My new Nokia N95

Stream dreambox to NOKIA N95 through internet or local network

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:11:00 +0000

Programs:

Dreambox player and web streamer 5.0.7
Nokia pc suite
vlc .99
CorePlayer.v1.2.0.S60v3.SymbianOS9

اdescripton:

اInstall Dreambox player and web streamer 5.0.7
and from settings after running the program

Mobile settings:

Extract coreplayer to your pc

Install CorePlayer_S60_3rd_by_thouma20007.sis to your mobile by pc suite
after running coreplayer enter menu and enter local stream address or internet stream address taken from the streamer program in url entery

using dreambox as Tuner for Mythtv (Ubuntu)

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:42:00 +0000

This is a How To for using Dreambox as a Tuner for Mythtv on Ubuntu

1- Install Ubuntu
there is allot of resources for this (i use 9.04)

2- Install Mythtv
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mythtv

It will take a few minutes to download and install. It will pops up a few dialogues:

It will ask you for a password for the MySQL root user. It is strongly recommended that you leave this blank. Specifying a password here has been known to cause database access problems later on. It may seem insecure, but on your home network should be okay.
The second screen asks whether you want to allow remote connections to your backend. As a rule, that's not something I would usually recommend (ouch!), but as long as your MythTV box is behind a firewall I suggest that you answer "Yes" - it will make it much easier if you want to add a separate frontend in the future.
It then gives some information regarding running mythtv-setup to complete the process - we'll go through that in the next section.
It then asks you again whether you want to specify a password for the MySQL root user. Again leave this blank unless you know what you're doing.
The installation process has generated a password for your user to log into the MySQL database. See the file /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt. You won't need this yet, but it's worth bearing in mind.

3- MythTV Setup

Capture Card

Select (New capture card). For a DVB card, change the Card Type to "DBOX2 TCP/IP cable box".

add the ip of the dreambox

leave all other values

Video source

This defines the source of the schedule listings. I dont know exactly what to do here but i make it EIT and named it w

Input Connections

This associates our Dreambox with the video source. Set the Video source to the one we've just defined, "w".

as i did not yet find a way to scan channels, so we will do a manual chaned edit

Channel edit

Select new channel
add channel name, channel number, Video source "w"
you can get the channel number from the decoder channel list

5- Testing the Configuration

Now you can exit the setup utility. It will ask you if you want to run mythfilldatabase. Answer NO.

Now run a MythTV Frontend from the menu: Applications->Sound & Video->MythTV Frontend

Select "Watch TV"

that is all for now, i'll keep updating it

Review: SmartMovie by Lonely Cat Games – the best AVI/DivX/XviD Player for your Nokia N97 (and 5800/5530)

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:43:00 +0000

SmartMovie by Lonely Cat Games is a video player application for S60 (and other platforms) that allows you to play MP4V, FLV and 3GP videos.

I’ve been a big fan of SmartMovie ever since I got my 7610. When most phones out there couldn’t even play a video, SmartMovie was playing back music videos and TV shows.

You may have several videos stored in AVI format (.xvid/.divx/.avi), be it your home movies or backed up DVDs*. For S60 5th Edition Nokia handsets, like the 5800, 5530 and N97, there is currently only one solution to play your AVI videos on your phone. SmartMovie. The other S60 alternatives, DivX player nor Core Player do not work on S60 5th edition either properly/at all. DivX Player is jerky, does not work with touch and options are limited because it requires softkeys. Core Player is incompatible with S60 5th edition, (I would have tried it out but they have no try and buy).

You can try out SmartMovie at lonelycatgames.com. After downloading, be sure to install the “3rd edition” version – it works on S60 5th too.

Stick around as the Lonely Cat Games team have agreed to give away 5 licences** for the Full SmartMovie after this review to you guys.

The review will cover SmartMovie’s:

Optimized Touch Controls
Qwerty Keyboard Shortcuts
Playback (TV out)
Converter
Settings
Compatible Files
Choosing Video Folders

Video demo part to be updated later.

(Sorry about the length of the review – it got longer than I had anticipated.)

1. Optimized Touch Interface

On S60, you can operate SmartMovie completely either by touch (as in 5800, 5530) or entirely by hardware keys (e.g. N86, N85, N82 etc.) On the N97, you’ve got the option for both which gives you the best overall experience.

SmartMovie works in portrait though landscape view is the best for viewing video (it’s nice that the option is still there).

Videos appear as a 2×3 row of thumbnails (when in landscape) or 4×2 when in portrait.

Under each thumbnail is the title (including file type), video length and the video’s size. When you hover over (tap) a thumbnail, you get a slide show of scenes from the video and titles that were too long scroll across. Much better than simply either a list of video files or just random thumbnails.

Something quite surprising is that SmartMovie has kinetic scrolling. It really helps to get through a long library of videos (and it’s simply nicer to flick than do drag when scrolling).

This next feature is very nice indeed. When you long press over a video thumbnail, a really cool circle expands around your finger giving you the option to delete, rename, play or view the file details. If you tap outside the circle, it disappears.

: A bit like the first time you “slide to unlock the iPhone” or experience Gravity’s flawless kinetic scrolling, I just had to keep pressing around to just watch this bubble of options grow around my finger. Very intuitive way to display some quick options.

Another nice touch (no pun intended) is how the colour scheme matches your theme, even the animated bars that run behind your video list.

: Nseries 1 Theme

: Nseries 2 Theme

: Nseries 3 Theme

: ShazamiD theme

To play a video, just double tap it. Though the whole one tap, double tap thing may be an issue for some, it kind of makes sense because single tap allows the slide-show of scenes from the video.

: (Screencap at medium quality)

To access the basic controls (time line and volume) just tap somewhere on the screen.

When you drag the time line, a “picture in picture” window appears that shows a snapshot the precise scene you’ve dragged to. In longer videos that weren’t converted by the SmartMovie Converter, scrolling back gets more difficult.

Alternatively, instead of dragging you can just tap on a position in the timeline. Again, tapping backwards doesn’t seem to work that well for longer videos that are unconverted.

Double tapping pauses the video and brings up the settings. As you’ll see later, there are three setting views. Below is the touch screen version during playback.

You can exit by clicking files. When you exit SmartMovie, restarting it opens that video back to where you left it.

You can also access settings via the menu. This is the second view of settings.

By default, the time line and time remaining are always visible. But you can hide these if you want (I do because it looks nicer hidden and my mind tries to work out how it could end given the amount of time remaining >_<)

Screencap at high quality. Very sharp picture.

2. QWERTY Keyboard Controls:

Utilising the QWERTY keyboard for shortcuts has been an annoying scarcity on the N97, with few apps taking advantage of the keys.

Not for SmartMovie. The D-Pad allows for the basic player controls, whilst other QWERTY keys have been specifically chosen so you can easily access settings whilst a video is playing (not possible via touch). This is particularly useful when adjusting the audio sync, as you can immediately see how you’re affecting the audio and can quickly alter get it synced up.

The first time I used SmartMovie, the key short cuts were simply corresponding to the generic keypad. i.e. 1 and 4 were A/V settings (I think, I may be wrong) But for some reason, though it’s the same 4.15 version, they short cuts seem to have been specifically adapted for a QWERTY keyboard.

Full set of controls are as follows:

When using QWERTY controls, indication status pops up for a second then fades away, e.g.

as you press “G” you’ll see “Brightness: 100%, Brightness:110%” etc going up in the top left of the screen

as you press “V” (directly beneath G) you’ll see “Brightness: 100%, 90%” going down in “ “
zoom notifications (if available) appear in the bottom left

The “intelligent zooming” is a particularly nice function. If your video isn’t already 16:9, 640×360, pressing “Z” lets you zoom in to fill the screen as much as possible. The number of steps and the amount you can zoom up to depends on the file.

158%

It even works when you’ve got a 16:9 video encased in a 4:3 frame (we’ll see this in the Playback section)

Suggestion: Additional extra shortcut keys I would like to see:

to exit the video/smartmovie and them resume playback (only possible via touch)
show/hide time
in 3rd edition, pressing 9 goes through frame by frame each time you pause, holding makes it play is slow-mo. <

3. Playback –

DivX DVD backups played by SmartMovie look absolutely fantastic on the N97’s screen. Before, the only way I could get my video-fix on the N97 was via BBC iPlayer (and video quality was quite good – but of course, only BBC content). SmartMovie really shows of how stunning the screen is; absolutely crisp pictures. As you’ll see later, you can adjust contrast/brightness/saturation within the player to further enhance your viewing.

Photos By N82 (doesn’t do the vividness and sharpness of the picture justice)

The frame rate/smoothness of playback is entirely dependent on how the video was originally encoded. Videos converted by the SmartMovie converter always playback fluidly, even at the fastest action scenes.

As long as your videos are already not too high in either resolution (i.e. not HD) or bitrate, you won’t need to convert them to play them with SmartMovie.

SmartMovie on the N97 handles my AVI library fine, although some action parts do slow down noticably. I’m not sure if there’s much hope in future SmartMovie software updates or if it’s just the limitations of the N97. On S60 3rd edition, overall SmartMovie plays at higher frame rates – (display is only 320×240) though it also slows down slightly in faster scenes.

Though also dependent on the source, sound quality is excellent, and the volume is astonishingly high. You can fix any audio-sync issues (either due to the file itself or an artifact caused by the N97) really easily.

The audio is best heard through headphones – either wired or via Bluetooth.

3.1TV OUT

You’re going to need a CA-75U cable for this (not supplied with N97 but you may have one if you own other Nokia other models)

[demo in beginning of video]

The TV-out cable and SmartMovie adds another dimension to the N97, transforming it into ultraportable “DVD player” – no additional power source required (there’s enough battery life for at least a couple of films). Even more reason to love that SmartMovie handles my DivX catalogue well.

The TV-out resolution is 640×480, although most of the time, you’ll only see 640×360 (to match your screen). So 700MB film looks great on the big screen.

It’s not exactly the same as watching it directly from the 700mb source (i.e. not via a phone as you’ll experience dips in frame rate at faster scenes) but it’s good enough, and has wowed enough of my friends/family when they seen the TV playing a videos from my phone.

4. Converter.

If you do need to use the Converter for whatever reason, the SmartMovie converter is a very good one as it’s optimized for phones.

Just drag and drop a video, choose the phone model, convert and you’re done.

By default, the converter is set to 320×180, 112kbps, audio at 40kbps and in mono (XviD encoder). You can increase settings, but based on videos I’ve converted, the default 320×180 is somehow still better than 640×360 (it turns quite pixelated for some reason. You may want to increase the audio to stereo to take advantage of the N97’s stereo output via ispeakers/headphones (and also bitrate to 128kbps/Frequency to 44K whilst you’re at it).

It’s surprisingly not bad on the N97’s screen,quite comparable to BBC iPlayer quality

: Original

: Converted, default 320×180

There are random blips of big pixelation/blockiness, but they aren’t that frequent.

: Converted

Overall, it’s pretty good considering how small the file is (110MB) and is good enough for viewing on a phone (though not really if you use TV-OUT).

Conversion speeds depend on the original file, the resolution you’ll convert to and your computer. On average, to convert a 700mb/140minute movie it’ll take about:

- - 10-15 minutes to 320×180 – <
  - 20-35 minutes to 640×360 – <<>
  - 25-30 minutes via DivX encoder (320×180) <<>
  - 40-50 minutes via DivX encoder (640×360) <<>

“Back in the day” the main reason I’d use the SmartMovie converter was to shrink file sizes. When a 512MB card was considered a lot of memory on a phone, you simply had to be efficient with conversion. But with nowadays you don’t really have to (especially on devices like the N97 with oodles of memory to spare)

5. Settings

SmartMovie has an extensive array of settings accessible from the menu or during playback.

Configuration Settings

: Pressing C brings QWERTY optimised settings; Settings view via double tapping during playback

: Settings via menu.

Note: Hardware A/V sync changes all videos A/V sync. However, when you change A/V sync within video playback (e.g. wth “k” and “m” keys,) only that video alters their A/V sync, and SmartMovie remembers you’ve settings so you won’t have to repeat it. Changing Brightness/Contrast/Saturation changes it for every video.

Portrait view, 3 screenshots. All of settings are visible (no scrolling), but obviously isn’t best for watching video. Either it’s small or zoomed up that big chunks left and right are missing. But it’s very nice to have the option nonetheless.

Program Updates makes sure SmartMovie gets the latest stability fixes and new features, and it’s very easy to do it from within the SmartMovie app.

6. Compatible files

SmartMovie used to be just for AVI (.avi/.divx/.xvid) – the popular format for long videos as your files can be shrunken down but retain their quality. Though dependent on a number of factors, e.g. resolution, your standard DVD backup (around 640×360, 128kbs says Windows) of a 145 minute movie is only around 700MB. That means you can store 100 hours of DVD footage or 42 feature films on the N97’s internal memory alone, and still more to go with the memory card.

You may already have a collection of videos in DivX/.Avi format, be it backed up DVDs or camera footage saved in that format, so it’s a huge convenience NOT having to convert them to play them on your phone if you’ve got SmartMovie

SmartMovie plays .flv files – as found when downloading from flash video sites such as YouTube. Although the N97 can play .flv natively, it doesn’t treat it as a video file. You cannot rewind/fast forward, nor do you have smartmovie’s intelligent zoom. SmartMovie can minimize the black bars you’d see when you have videos that aren’t 16:9. Sometimes on YouTube, you’d have a video that was 16:9 but it’s encased in a 4:3 frame (i.e. double the black bars). SmartMovie zooms in to the center to give full screen viewing.

: Flash video directly from youtube. No conversion. SmartMovie treats it perfectly as a video file. Original file is 4:3 with a 16:9 video in the middle

: SmartMovie zooms in correctly to the 16:9 portion hidden in the 4:3 video

That covers practically all the bases of videos file types I’d ever want to transfer to my phone. SmartMovie also plays .mp4 extensions though at the moment, it doesn’t like the H.263 variety that your N97 records in – result is stuttering video.

.wav is also recognized.

7. Choosing video folders.

By default, SmartMovie scans your phone memory/massmemory/memory card. With all those recognizable files, your library is going to be swamped and a bit difficult to manage.

: Note size of scroll bar: Camera folders (for videos) recognized too

Since the 4.15 update, you can specify which particular folder in each memory bay to use.

I’ve created a SmartMovie folder in the mass memory’s Video folder. (You can do this on the N97’s file manager, or on your computers file browser)

To show videos only from that folder, go to Tools>Configuration>Video Folders, E>Videos>Smart Movie.

It’s a lot easier to do this with the N97’s D-pad. Centre button selects the folder whilst Left/Right are used to navigate. With touch, you have to press the tiny +/- to move around folders.

You can organize it even further, i.e.. within SmartMovie, I’ve created a folder for Movies and one for shorter clips.

As well as being useful, folder selection is somewhat of a necessity to do, because currently SmartMovie is prone to crash when you autorotate after having tons of N97 recorded videos being recognized. It doesn't always happen, but it stops happening if you do folder selections

Suggestion: In future updates, it would be nice to see folder selection feature more prominent/accessible instead of packed away within settings. Perhaps within the video menu view, have an option to view certain folders. e.g. clicking an icon lets me see the youtube clips you the youtube folder, clicking it again hides. it.

Finally, from the menu, you can arrange the order that your videos are shown.

Conclusion

For the N97 with its 3.5″ 16:9 nHD screen, 29.8GB memory plus more with expandable storage, QWERTY keyboard and TV-out – it was always screaming to be your portable video player. Until I rediscovered SmartMovie, I thought the only way I’d be getting any of the videos I want to watch on my phone is via BBC iPlayer or converting videos AGAIN to something the N97 could handle. With SmartMovie, I’m not limited to either options.

SmartMovie is a fantastic AVI/DivX/XviD video player, as well as handling FLV and 3GP.But as well as being capable of playing a wider selection of video formats, SmartMovie has a great UI to match – with brilliant touch and QWERTY keyboard customizations on the N97. There’s also a neat video converter included, though I’ve not needed to use that yet as it plays my video library quite well.

It would be nice if it was a frame rate or three faster at times (for higher resolution DVD backups – never an issue with converted files – which btw still don’t work on DivX player) – I’m not sure if that’s the N97’s limitations in software/hardware or something a future SmartMovie upgrade could do. I mean, DivX player is extremely similar to SmartMovie (in 3rd edition)and it’s inability to play AVI videos properly led me to assume neither would SmartMovie. I’m glad I was wrong.

Pros

It actually works with touch AND hardware keys (DivX Player)
Playsback .divx/.avi/.flv/.mp4 (except native N97 video) quite smoothly.
Great UI,
- Displaying videos as animated slideshows, with scrolling thumbnails is pretty slick. Much better than having just thumbnails or just a list of video files.
- Touch optimizations are very nice – kinetic scrolling and the settings bubble that grows around your finger when long pressing
- Picture in Picture thumbnail when seeking through a video
- “Intelligent Zooming”
Great QWERTY short cuts
- Not only is it nice to have shortcut keys to quickly adjust settings, it’s great that they’ve been located specifically for a QWERTY keyboard, i.e. specific controls are adjacent to each other – brightness +/-
You’ve got a video converter included

Cons

Price

Though it’s among the higher priced applications at 21.99EUR (around 30USD/19GBP – same as CorePlayer) it’s not difficult to see that it’s actually a worthwhile purchase considering how much use it will add to your N97 (or applicable phone)

You can try out SmartMovie at lonelycatgames.com. After downloading, be sure to install the “3rd edition” version – it works on S60 5th too.

Licences for SmartMovie are transferable 3 times during 2 years after purchase.

Nokia N900 Technical Specifications

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:40:00 +0000

Some beastly specifications coming from the N900, for around 500EUR/440GBP/712USD unsubsidized.There’ll definitely be some good UK contract deals if it starts unsubsidized 440GBP.

My only complaints right now is the battery (1320mAh, not 1500mAh) and of course, no Xenon. But apart from that, what a power house! 1GB RAM (256 physical, 768 Virtual) OMAP 3430 ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz, OpenGL ES 2.0 – Extreme multitasking of even the most resource intensive of apps?

Some neat little features too with DLNA, Digital Stereo Audio RECORDING, Full Screen viewfinder for both 5MP camera and video – which is at 848 × 480 pixels (WVGA) videos at 25FPS – I’m guessing lower VGA res at 30FPS. No mention of the gesture areas/shortcut buttons seen in the hands on video.

Nokia N900 Technical Specifications

Display

3.5 inch touch-sensitive widescreen display
800 × 480 pixel resolution

Processor and 3D accelerator

TI OMAP 3430: ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz
PowerVR SGX with OpenGL ES 2.0 support

Memory

Up to 1GB of application memory (256 MB RAM, 768 MB virtual memory)

Connectivity

3.5mm AV connector
TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable
Micro-USB connector, High-Speed USB 2.0
Bluetooth v2.1 including support for stereo headsets
Integrated FM transmitter
Integrated GPS with A-GPS

Mass Memory

32 GB internal storage
Store up to 7000 MP3 songs or 40 hours of high-quality video
Up to 16 GB of additional storage with an external microSD card

Keys and Input

Full QWERTY tactile keyboard
Full QWERTY onscreen keyboard

Camera

5 megapixel camera (2584 × 1938 pixels)
Image formats: JPEG
CMOS sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens
3 × digital zoom
Autofocus with assist light and two-stage capture key
Dual LED flash
Full-screen viewfinder
Photo editor on device
TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, included in box) or WLAN/UPnP
Landscape (horizontal) orientation
Capture modes: Automatic, portrait, video, macro, landscape, action

Video

Wide aspect ratio 16:9 (WVGA)
Video recording file format: .mp4; codec: MPEG-4
Video recording at up to 848 × 480 pixels (WVGA) and up to 25fps
Video playback file formats: .mp4, .avi, .wmv, .3gp; codecs: H.264, MPEG-4, Xvid, WMV, H.263

Music and Audio Playback

Maemo media player
Music playback file formats: .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a
Built-in FM transmitter
Ring tones: .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a
FR, EFR, WCDMA, and GSM AMR
Digital stereo microphone
DLNA

Size and Weight

Volume: Approx 113cc
Dimensions: 110.9 × 59.8 × 18 (19.55 at thickest part) mm
Weight: Approx 181g

Box Contents

Nokia N900
Nokia Battery (BL-5J)
Nokia High Efficiency Charger (AC-10)
Nokia Stereo Headset (WH-205)
Video out cable (CA-75U)
Nokia charger adaptor (CA-146C)
Cleaning cloth

Email and Messaging

Supported protocols: Mail for Exchange, IMAP, POP3, SMTP
Support for email attachments
Support for rich HTML
SMS and Instant Messages as conversations
Support for Nokia Messaging service
Instant messaging and presence enhanced contacts
Multiple number, email and Instant Messaging details per contact, contacts with images
Support for assigning images to contacts

Web Browsing

Maemo browser powered by Mozilla technology
Adobe Flash™ 9.4 support
Full screen browsing

Operating Frequency

Quad-band GSM EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
WCDMA 900/1700/2100 MHz

Data Network

GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 107/64.2 kbps (DL/UL) EDGE class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL) WCDMA 900/1700/2100.
Maximum speed PS 384/384 kbps (DL/UL) HSPA 900/1700/2100. Maximum speed PS 10/2 Mbps (DL/UL) WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g

GPS and Navigation

Integrated GPS, Assisted-GPS, and Cell-based receivers
Pre-loaded Ovi Maps application
Automatic geotagging

Personalisation

Background pictures
Widgets on your desktops
Intelligent contact shortcuts
Shortcuts to your favourite websites
Shortcuts to applications
Themes

Battery

BL-5J 1320mAh

Colour

Black

Box Contents

Nokia N900
Nokia Battery (BL-5J)
Nokia High Efficiency Charger (AC-10)
Nokia Stereo Headset (WH-205)
Video out cable (CA-75U)
Nokia charger adaptor (CA-146C)
Cleaning cloth

Via Maemo.nokia.com

10 Ways to Improve the Nokia N97

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:24:00 +0000

The N97: Still some room for improvement.

How would you improve Nokia’s N97 smartphone? That’s the question of the day. My answers inside!

1. Prioritize the user experience over everything else. If that means throwing in a faster processor so the phone doesn’t lag when scrolling, so be it. But this could also be something simpler, like masking loading times with animations. A $750 phone shouldn’t feel slow or choppy.

2. Get rid of the directional keypad and make the QWERTY keyboard bigger and better.

No one is going to be playing N-Gage games on the N97. The directional keypad is way, way too close to the edge of the phone, making it difficult to use it effectively. It’s just too cramped, and for me, playing a game for more than 2 minutes strained my fingers. And the actual keypad just isn’t made for gaming. Game controllers are made so you can just shift your thumbs over to move Up/Down/Right/Left. Here, you’ve got to move your thumb around thanks to that (pretty useless) center button.

Removing the keypad would allow for a full QWERTY keyboard, with larger keys in the correct places. That means the Space Bar in the middle, the ZXCV row underneath the ASDF keys, Shift keys on both sides, etc.

Also, consistent tactile feedback would be great, too. Right now every N97 I’ve used has some very nice-feeling keys (anything in the second row, for example), and some really squishy ones (bottom row – ugh). I find myself having constant issues wondering whether I pressed or didn’t press a certain squishy key.

3. Fix the lock key. Once and for all. I seriously cannot believe how buggy the lock key is, and how Nokia hasn’t been able to fix this.

4. Move the Menu key somewhere else.
I personally can’t stand the location of the menu key (so much so that I’ve even remapped the camera key to act as a Menu key, more on this in a later post). It’s in a lousy spot that’s just not finger friendly to one-handers. Maybe this is a little revolutionary, but how about putting the Menu key on one of the sides, a la Lock key or Volume keys? It might not look as elegant, but it’d be a hell of a lot more functional.

5. Throw in a better email client. Preferably one that actually works (contrary to my experience with the onboard email client). Nokia’s own alternative, Nokia Messaging, is just far too slow to be practically used in a serious mailbox. My not-so-serious mailbox that’s filled with less than 100 emails lags like crazy when scrolling or opening up individual emails. We need a responsive email client, and we need it now!

6. Make the keyboard functional in more places, instead of just the Music Player.

There’s a lot of instances on the N97 when the keyboard just isn’t used or used to its fullest potential. Some examples are the Home screen, where the phone simply ignores all keys except those reserved for dialing, and the browser, where the keyboard is also summarily useless. The fixes aren’t difficult. At the Home screen, just default to contacts search (or the add a new contact menu). As for the browser, the keyboard should open up the Go To box and allow you to quickly enter URLs.

The funny thing is that S60 Third Edition phones with keyboards (ie. E75) do a great job integrating the keyboard into the phone experience. Why can’t the Fifth Ed.phones do the same?

Finally, I’d also love to see keyboard shortcuts for applications.

7. Put the 5800 XpressMusic speakers on the N97.
The 5800XM’s stereo speakers were, quite simply put, awesome. The N97’s, on the other hand, kinda suck. They certainly sound puny and tinny by comparison.

8. Move the audio jack. The jack is centered on the top of the phone. This is a really lousy spot because having something plugged in there directly interferes with using the phone in landscape mode (since people tend to hold the phone by its sides). Somewhere in the top right corner of the phone sounds good to me.

9. Remove (or change) the camera key.
I find myself constantly hitting the Camera shortcut key by mistake, usually when attempting one of those finger yoga exercises that I have to go through to press the Menu button. The lens cover automatically opens up the camera application anyway, and you can snap pictures using the touch-screen. A manual touch-focusing feature, similar to that on the Xperia X1, could replace the autofocus. Alternatively, if Nokia allowed me to disable the camera key entirely, I wouldn’t be complaining.

10. Improve the widgets system.
Widgets are small apps that can be added to your Home screen, and they’re an important part of the N97 experience. Yet there’s so little flexibility involved that it’s a wonder that anyone actually uses them. Why am I only allowed to have 2 sets of shortcuts? Why can’t I have widgets in different places, depending on the screen mode? What’s the point of adding a “Hide Content” button? Instead of flicking the screen to hide widgets, how about adding support for multiple “Spaces”, a la OS X? There’s a lot of potential here for some really cool stuff.

How-To: Play DOS Games On Your Nokia N97 [DOSBox]

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:23:00 +0000

Run some of the greatest DOS games on your Nokia N97!

Before there was Windows, there was DOS. A command-line interface with nothing but text, text, and more text. During the ’80s and ’90s, DOS was the OS of choice for gaming. And there were lots of great games.

Flash-forward to today. Thanks to an open-source emulator called DOSBox, you can now run those oldies-but-goodies on your Nokia N97 (or 5800XM, or any other S60 3rd or 5th Edition phone, for that matter). This how-to will get you started installing and running games with DOSBox.

Let’s begin!

The Setup

You’ll need the following:

- DOSBox. Latest version as of this writing: 2009-06-23.
- Custom dosbox.conf and premapper.txt files. Dosbox.conf is a config file, and premapper is a key map file. I’ve zipped them both up for your enjoyment. More on this later.
- DOSBox Binary Dependencies. Required to run the program. Click the “Binary Dependencies” box to show the link.

Installation

1. Copy the following files to your N97, in any folder of your choosing. Do not install yet.

- glib.SIS (from Binary Dependencies zip file)
- pips_nokia_1_3_SS.sis (Binary Dependencies)
- SDL-1.2.13-s60-2.3.4_armv5.sisx (Binary Dependencies)
- ssl.SIS (Binary Dependencies)
- stdcpp.SIS (Binary Dependencies)
- stdioserver_s60_1_3_SS.SIS: this may refuse to install. If it doesn’t install, skip this file. (from Binary Dependencies zip file)

- full3/dosbox.sisx: note that this is the full version dosbox, not the slim one. The slim one is for crappier phones. It should be located in the full3 folder in the dosbox zip file.

2. On your E: (Mass Memory) drive, check to see that you have a Data folder. If not, create it. Also, create a Games folder. You can choose to copy games to this folder now or later.

3. Copy the following files to the Data folder in Step 2.

- dosbox.conf
- premapper.txt

4. Install all binary dependencies files first (i.e. the first six files in Step 1). These should install without any prompts.

5. Install dosbox.sisx. I installed it on my Mass Memory drive, but I doubt having it on the phone memory would make any difference.

6. Run DOSBox. If you’ve done everything correctly, you should see something that looks like this (my directory already has games in it, so it’ll probably be different):

Congratulations, you’re done with the first (major) part. You can safely type “exit” to quit.

Key Mapping

Before you go digging around DOSBox, you might want to read a little bit about key mapping, and which buttons do what:

I’ve included my default key map file (premapper.txt). Basically all of the letter keys should function properly, both lowercase and uppercase. The Function key (blue diagonal arrow) does nothing. However, the Sym key is extremely important – it toggles between the normal/letter mode and number/special character mode:

Press Sym to toggle number/special mode, and press it again to return to letter mode. In number mode, the following keys are different:

- The top row of keys will default to their correct number (ie Q will be 1, W will be 2, and P will be 0).
- The Backspace key is now an ESC/escape key. You might need this in certain games to quit.
- The S key is a / or forward slash key.
- The D key is a – or dash key.
- The arrow keys move the mouse cursor, instead of acting as arrow keys.
- The 5-way directional key (the key inside the arrow keys) functions as a left click.
- The Space Bar functions as a right click.
- The H, J, and K buttons are Home, Up, and Page Up, respectively.
- The B, N, and M buttons are Left, Down, and Right, respectively.

I’m still messing around with key mappings, so check back for updated versions. Next thing I’d like to add is a left click on touch in number mode.

Adding Games, Running DOSBox, and Navigating DOS

Next, you’ll need to find some old DOS games. There’s a lot of sites that host this stuff – simply Google “Abandonware” or “dos games” and you should come up with quite a few. Once you’ve gotten hold of some games, copy them to your E:\Games directory. It’s best to create directories for each game, since each game could have tons of little files, and you don’t want to drop everything into one directory.

Now load up DOSBox again. You should see some commands that were automatically entered (see Configuration and Key Mapping section for more), and a listing of the current directory. For now, here’s the basic commands necessary to navigate through DOS: (be sure to enter the command and then hit the enter key afterwards)

cd – switches to the directory you specify in . Without the <> of course.
cd.. – go back to the previous directory
dir – displays a list of files in the current directory
dir .exe or dir .bat – displays a list of files with the exe or bat extension. Works with any other extension also.
– run a file. Only works on executable files such as .exe, .bat, and .com.
exit – quit DOSBox.

Let’s go through an example. I’ve copied a game called “dune” to my Games folder.

C:/> cd dune

This switches to the “dune” directory.

C:\DUNE> dir .exe

This displays all of the executable files in the dune directory. Running the command on my N97, I see that there’s a DUNE2.EXE file. This should be the main executable file.

C:\DUNE> dune2

This runs the executable and loads the game. You don’t need to add the extension.

Not too bad, right? And if you need some game suggestions, here’s a couple that I’ve tried:

- Dune 2 (one of the first RTS games made, a little slow but very playable and still a lot of fun)
- Commander Keen (excellent classic side-scroller game)
- Dark Sun (oldschool RPG, slow but playable)
- Civilization (the original that started it all)

Configuration

DOSBox includes a dosbox.conf configuration file that you can use to change the options. I’ve made the following changes to the dosbox.conf:

- devicescreenwidth and devicescreenheight is set to match the N97 (640×360)
- mouse sensitivity is 500
- cycles = 3000 (default is 800)
- all sound (pc speaker and sound blaster sound effects) have been turned off to increase frame rate
- upon loading, DOSBox will automatically mount the E:\games drive, read the premapper.txt file in E:\data, go to the E:\games directory, and display all files in that directory

Feel free to change any or all of the above settings to whatever you’d like.

Things to Remember

- E:\games is the default games directory. You can change this in the dosbox.conf file.
- E:\data is the default data directory. Make sure you put the dosbox.conf and premapper.txt files here.
- The config file is set to automatically open up the E:\games folder and display the contents.
- Sound will kill your FPS.
- Changing your s60scale variable will too.

Other Stuff

- You can also apply the same steps to the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. However, since the 5800XM has no physical keyboard, you’ll have to use a virtual keyboard – read the help files included with DOSBox for more info on this. I don’t have a 5800XM any more, so I can’t test this.
- If you’d like to install DOSBox for other platforms (like Windows or OS X), check out the official DOSBox page.

Credits

Well, for the most part the above was figured out by me. Credits, however, do go out to a user named Lorenzo over at the Sourceforge page, who provided a custom key map that I used as a base for my own mapping. And major props to kljc for porting DOSBox to the S60 Fifth Edition platform – if you like what he’s doing, consider donating to the DOSBox project.

S60 editions

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:16:00 +0000

I've always think if a software will work on my nokia mobile
so i searched for all the editions of the symbian OS

here is the list

S60 edition	S60 version number	Symbian OS version number	Devices
S60, version 0.9	0.9	6.1	Nokia 7650
S60 1st Edition	1.2	6.1	Nokia 3600 Nokia 3620 Nokia 3650 Nokia 3660 Nokia N-Gage Nokia N-Gage QD Sendo X Sendo X2 Siemens SX1
S60 2nd Edition	2.0	7.0s	Nokia 6600 Panasonic X700 Panasonic X800 Samsung SGH-D720 Samsung SGH-D728 Samsung SGH-D730 Samsung SGH-Z600
S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 1	2.1	7.0s	Nokia 3230 Nokia 6260 Nokia 6620 Nokia 6670 Nokia 7610
S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 2	2.6	8.0a	Lenovo P930 Nokia 6630 Nokia 6680 Nokia 6681 Nokia 6682
S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 3	2.8	8.1a	Nokia N70 Nokia N72 Nokia N90
S60 3rd Edition	3.0	9.1	Nokia 3250 Nokia 5500 Sport Nokia E50 Nokia E60 Nokia E61 Nokia E61i Nokia E62 Nokia E65 Nokia E70 Nokia N71 Nokia N73 Nokia N75 Nokia N77 Nokia N80 Nokia N91 Nokia N91 8GB Nokia N92 Nokia N93 Nokia N93i Samsung SGH-i570
S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1	3.1	9.2	LG KS10 LG KT610 LG KT615 Nokia 5700 XpressMusic Nokia 6110 Navigator Nokia 6120 classic Nokia 6121 classic Nokia 6124 classic Nokia 6290 Nokia E51 Nokia E63 Nokia E66 Nokia E71 Nokia E90 Communicator Nokia N76 Nokia N81 Nokia N81 8GB Nokia N82 Nokia N95 Nokia N95 8GB Samsung SGH-G810 Samsung SGH-i400 Samsung SGH-i408 Samsung SGH-i450 Samsung SGH-i458 Samsung SGH-i520 Samsung SGH-i550 Samsung SGH-i550w Samsung SGH-i560 Samsung SGH-i568
S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2	3.2	9.3	Nokia 5320 XpressMusic Nokia 5630 XpressMusic Nokia 5730 XpressMusic Nokia 6210 Navigator Nokia 6220 classic Nokia 6650 fold Nokia 6710 Navigator Nokia 6720 classic Nokia 6730 classic Nokia 6760 slide Nokia 6790 Surge Nokia E52 Nokia E55 Nokia E71x Nokia E75 Nokia N78 Nokia N79 Nokia N85 Nokia N86 8MP Nokia N96 Samsung GT-i8510 (INNOV8) Samsung GT-I7110 Samsung SGH-L870
S60 5th Edition	5.0	9.4	Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Nokia 5230 Nokia N97 Samsung i8910 Omnia HD Sony Ericsson Satio

Nokia Beta Labs Nokia Image Exchange v0.97 S60v3 SymbianOS9.x Signed

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:13:00 +0000

Nokia Image Exchange v0.97

Nokia Image Exchange is an experimental image gallery to make browsing and sharing photos fun and easy.

Nokia Image Exchange is an experimental image gallery to make browsing and sharing photos fun and easy. It aims to provide a seamless integration of a mobile image gallery application and a corresponding web-service. Image Exchange explores user experience when the mobile phone is enabled with an always-on data connection and utilizes existing contact information as a basis for social networking.

A few notable highlights include: automatic account creation, automatic back up and synchronization of image data, instant sharing, notifications about new images from contacts and a web interface for uploading and downloading images.

Note: The first time you use Image Exchange it may be initially slow as it generates image thumbnails and uploads images onto your private web account. If available, you can use a WiFI network and charger during this period. After initial upload the application should be quite fast.

Very Important Notice: Nokia Image Exchange is an experimental research project by Nokia Research Center. It can transfer very large amounts of data. A flat-fee data plan or WiFi access is essentially required. For similar mainstream Nokia services, check out Nokia Ovi Share.

What's New in This Release:

· Interface has been translated to English, Russian, Spanish, Finnish, Chinese and Swedish. Do note that some languages such as Chinese depend on the firmware to be able to show the characters correctly. Changing language requires to restart Nokia Image Exchange.
· Image rotations now work on 3.2 devices with accelerometer (e.g. N85)
· Symbian 3.0 devices are now supported

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CoreCodec CorePlayer v1.35.7340 Repacked

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:13:00 +0000

CoreCodec.CorePlayer.v1.35.7340.Symbian.OS.9.x.S60 v3

Repacked - LORD MADA
Original Topic ------} See here

What's New?

1 - Including 8 Skins
2 - Arabic Language has been activated (translated by corecodec)
it was hidden because it contains some errors
will be edited by me in next repack

3 - Tweaked:
- Hotkeys:
- Automatic Association with:
AVI , DIVX , WMX , ASF , OGG , H264 , MKV , FLV , M1V , OGM , TS

Install notes:
1 - Remove previous versions before install.
2 - Need a cert. or hack your phone (all tools are included)
3 - Restart (recommended for some phones eg,N73) to activate the new icon and skins properly.

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All Epoceware Applications With KeyGen

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:10:00 +0000

All Epoceware Applications Incl. KeyGen
All Applications Are Here Including KeyGenerator....
All Application Versions Are New & Uptodate!

Compatible devices: LG KS10 (Joy), LG KT610, LG KT615, Nokia 3250, Nokia 5320 XpressMusic, Nokia 5630 XpressMusic,Nokia 5700 XpressMusic, Nokia 5730 XpressMusic, Nokia 6110 Navigator, Nokia 6120 classic, Nokia 6121 classic, Nokia 6124 classic,Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 6290, Nokia 6650, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 6720 classic, Nokia E50, Nokia E51,Nokia E55, Nokia E60, Nokia E61, Nokia E61i, Nokia E62, Nokia E63, Nokia E65, Nokia E66, Nokia E70, Nokia E71, Nokia E75, Nokia N71,Nokia N73, Nokia N75, Nokia N76, Nokia N77, Nokia N78, Nokia N79, Nokia N80, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8GB, Nokia N82, Nokia N85, Nokia N86 8MP,Nokia N91, Nokia N91 8GB, Nokia N92, Nokia N93, Nokia N93i, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N96, Samsung i7710, Samsung i8510 INNOV8, Samsung SGH-G810,Samsung SGH-i400, Samsung SGH-i450, Samsung SGH-i520, Samsung SGH-i550, Samsung SGH-i560, Samsung SGH-i570, Samsung SGH-L870.

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Symbian Application Pack - August 09

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:09:00 +0000

This Package contains all written apps (with all versions available) by KloNom till August '09. Here's the Listing:
S60V3:
* Battery Manager 1.0
* Battery Manager 1.5
* Battery Manager 1.5e
* EasyPySay v1.0
* EasyPySay v1.2
* EasyPySay v1.4
* EasyPySay v1.5
* EasyPySay v1.6
* FreeAir v1.0
* FreeAir v1.2
* FreeAir v1.3
* SpyMe v0.5
* TagMe v0.5
S60V5:
* BubbleWrapper v0.6
* CarLocker v0.9
* Magic Conch Shell / Magische Miesmuschel v1.0
* Meiern v1.0
* touchoBurpo v1.0
* touchoFarto v1.0
* XPiano v0.4
Have Fun!

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Quickcalendar, Quickclock, Quickexpense, QuickID, Quickweather

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:05:00 +0000

For more information about this products got to http://www.quickoffice.com/

For Nokia Eseries Devices
E71,E71x,E72,E75,E63,E90,E66,E52,E55,E50,E51,E60,E 61,E61i,E62,E65,E70

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Quickclock Download
Quickexpense Download
QuickID Download
Quickweather Download

For Nokia Nseries Devices N95,N95 8GB,N82,N78,N86, 8MP,N73,N79,N85,N77,N93,N93i,N96,N71,N75,N76,N80,N 80i,N81,N81 8GB,N91,N92

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Augmented Reality App ARound v0.82.87 S60v5 FP2 - Use Camera To Capture The Real World

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:42:00 +0000

Over the last year many so-called “augmented reality” applications have been popping up, specially on the Android platform. While the concept is not new (research on the proper field of Augmented Reality dates back to the ’90s), it has generated some media attention lately. Unfortunately there is no mention so far of any similar application on Symbian smartphones, so Sequence Point Software S.L decided to bring this function on S60 devices. The result is ARound. This project aims to fill the gap by providing a prototype application featuring the use of sensors (GPS and compass), camera and location based services.

The application overlays the image stream generated from the camera with markers of “Points of Interest” around the user. It has been developed for the Nokia N97 and a hand full of other Nokia devices. Making use of plugins allows third-party developers to customize the application at different levels. The application is using the internet to download the Wikipedia, landmark and Twitter information.

Features
- Showing Points of Interest using Wikipedia information, landmarks and tweets
- Use of Data Source plugins, which allows third-party developers to add their own sources of information.
- Display different details of each point of interest, including hiperlinks to external resources.
- Being a pluggable component makes it possible for third-party developers to include it as a customized view into their applications.

This is a freeware applications I’ve tested on the N97 and the N86. It works fine for both devices. I’ve also tested this software with the 5800 XpressMusic. Unfortunetely it didn’t worked.

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Talkonaut v5.56.66 S60v3 S60v5 SymbianOS9.x Signed

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:39:00 +0000

Talkonaut supports Jabber, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN, AIM and Yahoo networks both for chatting and voice calling.

Brief description

Talkonaut is freely available, VoIP enabled, Google Talk like application for your mobile phone. Basically, there are two editions of Talkonaut: the one for Symbian s60 based Nokia mobile handsets, and the other one for J2ME platform which is available on a large scale of mobile phones, including Windows Mobile and Palm handsets. Talkonaut supports Jabber, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN, AIM and Yahoo networks for chatting and voice calling.

The ourstanding feature of Symbian S60 edition of Talkonaut is "VoIP over GPRS" capability, that allows you to make free long distance and overseas calls utilizing your data connection such as GPRS, EDGE, 3G or WIFI.

Features:

Free calls to Google Talk, MSN/Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, SIP phones and other Talkonaut fellows right from your mobile over GPRS, EDGE, 3G or WIFI connection.
Talkonaut 4.0 Cheap calls to mobile and landline phones using GTalk2VoIP infrastructure.
Free calls using your existing SIP accounts from major public SIP services like: voipstunt.com, sipnet.ru, etc.
Sending and receiving IM messages and invitations for all major IM networks: Google Talk, Jabber, ICQ, MSN, AIM and Yahoo.
User-defined status messages and displaying status messages of your contacts right in the roster.
Flexible contact list management: searching, adding, removing and renaming contacts; organizing contacts in groups by IM network type; user-defined groups of contacts.
Intuitive full-screen graphics, with tabs and popup messages; well structured menus, quick access by hot-keys and lots more.
Navigation using joystick and key-pad (customizable), support for touch-screen inputs (stylus).
Built-in smileys support.
Customizable alarms and notifications using sounds and vibration.
Multi-language: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Ukrainian and Russian languages are currently supported.
Viewing contacts' vCards; modifying your own vCard.
Multi-user chats (text conferences) complient with Jabber standard. Lots of existing chat rooms available.
Talkonaut 4.0 Full-featured conference moderation and private chat support.
File transfer according to Jabber standard.
Support for Jabber Service Discovery to work with other IM transports, to search ICQ contacts and to send SMS messages over Mail.RU Agent.
Support for ZLib traffic compression, which reduces GPRS traffic consumeption in 5-10 times.
Support for encrypted SSL connection.
Support for HTTP Binding which makes possible to use Talkonaut over WAP and limited GPRS connections.
Support for modified User-Agent to pass proxy connection for some mobile carriers (O2 in Germany).

v5.56.66:

Fixed:
1. "Back" action "opening Tools-> Search" (jud.jabber.ru).
New Features:
1. DTMF input in the form of a call added.
2. File browser improvements (icons, search string).
3. Image shows when you send or receive through the file transfer.

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RAMADAN Special II, Nokia Quran,Hadith, Prayer Times, Zakah Calculator

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:38:00 +0000

Quran

Read, bookmark passages and listen to the Holy Quran using a multi-lingual interface.

Prayer Times

Detailed prayer timings and accurate Qibla directions for 1,000 cities in 200 countries.

Cards

Preview and send a range of customizable mobile cards for different occasions.

Zakah Calculator

An interactive feature to work out your contribution to charity with updated rates for gold, silver and currency.

Hadith

Browse through the Honourable Hadith, consisting of books from renowned scholars.

Hajj and Umrah

An easy-to-use hand-held guide that offers information on places to visit during the pilgrimage.

Mozzaker

Enjoy, download and share regular Azkar and selected prayers every day.

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RomPatcher 0.8 Plus BETA

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:37:00 +0000

RomPatcher+ is an improved and fixed version of the RomPatcher software developed by ZoRn
This is the list of the main differences in comparison with RomPatcher by ZoRn:
- New: it is now possible to apply/remove patches with just 1 click.
- New: added vertical scrollbar.
- New: introduced support for a new tag: "+SuperPage" which allow to patch the RAM area where is stored the SuperPage.
- New: two new options available "Dump Rom" and "Dump SuperPage".
- Fixed: Kern-Exec0 error when closing RomPatcher after a patch was applied.
- Fixed: doesn't unexpectedly crash when using large and complex patches.
- Improved: the shadow ram memory is now fully released when a patch is removed.
- Improved: better compatibility (supports the new OmniaHD and probably future devices).
- Improved: the "Patch Info..." option shows all the information lines contained in the patch.
What's NEW?
+ New: "Patch Info" option is now available and working.
+ New: An official webpage for RomPatcher+ has been created.
+ Fixed: The autostart configuration get corrupted after a while.
+ Fixed: DumpRom command now correctly unlock the file if the operation is cancelled
+ Improved: Removed the version number information from the "System Info" menu'. (it is already shown in the menu' About...)
+ Improved: Changed the order of the options in the menu' to make easier to select "Add to Auto / Remove from Auto"
+ Improved: Updated credits.
+ Removed: DisableCaps.rmp and Open4All.rmp patches have been removed.

How to install
There are 3 different ways to install RomPatcher+
1) If your phone has been hacked to allow installation of unsigned .sis then install RomPatcherPlus0.8.sis
2) If your phone has been hacked and has the Leftup root ca, then sign the RomPatcherPlus0.8.sis using the Leftup certificate and install it.
3) Otherwise, you can sign and install the "Lite Version", using a DevCert or OpenSigned Online. But, in this case, you MUST also manually copy the patcher.ldd in c:\sys\bin\ folder
Currently RomPatcher+ is in BETA stage, so, use it at you own risk!
If you apply the same patch with both rp and rp+, it will be successfully applied only by the first one, the other will report the red icon error

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Astraware Boardgames v1.11 S60v3 S60v5 SymbianOS9.x Regged BiNPDA

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:34:00 +0000

Astraware Boardgames includes 8 games, each with user-customizable rules and a range of difficulty levels, but designed with casual players and non-experts in mind. If you're a new player or an old hand who just enjoys a fun traditional board game, then Astraware Boardgames is just for you.

Astraware Boardgames offers 3 levels of gameplay that everyone can enjoy, even complete beginners, If you're new to board games, you can play a nice easy game to begin with and when you're winning those regularly, select a harder difficulty.

The game features plenty of options so that you can choose to play it your way - against the computer, or alongside other players, and with your choice of rules, so whether you like huffing in checkers, flying in nine men's morris, or want more ladders and less snakes, Astraware Boardgames lets you play it your way!

The gameplay and graphics are designed to evoke the feel of classic board games, played on wooden boards, with traditional playing pieces and satisfying piece movement. Astraware Boardgames includes Chess, Backgammon, Ludo, Checkers, Reversi, Nine Men's Morris, Snakes and Ladders, and Tic Tac Toe.

Features:

· 8 classic boardgames in one easy-to-use pack
· User customizable rules so you can play it your way
· 3 levels of difficulty, designed for casual players and non-experts
· Evokes the feel of classic boardgames played on wooden boards

v1.11:

· Added support for S60th 5th edition devices!
· Added support for 360x640 and 640x360 resolution devices
· Various minor bug fixes

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VNC Plus v1.3.5 S60 J2me

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:33:00 +0000

The application is ideal for system administrators, IT managers, helpdesk and support personnel and many others using VNC server on their Windows, Mac or Unix platforms.
Whether you just need to check inbox or send e-mail, edit the document, install or start a new application - with VNC+ it is also possible.
Just install the application on your mobile device, enter your IP host address and the password used in VNC on your desktop and you are ready to view and experience the mini desktop on your mobile phone. To learn more about VNC read the online Wikipedia encyclopedia.
Key Benefits:
* Multi OS support: Windows, Mac, Unix
* Remote access. Access your files, e-mails, documents, edit and send them on the go.
* Ability to access any computer remotely. With the IP address and a password you can access any computer remotely.
* Program Management: Install and Remove applications on your PC remotely from a mobile device
* One-time fee with all future updates included free of charge.
Key Features:
* SSH secure connection end encryptions plugins for Ultra VNC are supported.
* Different shortcut sets for Windows, Linux, Mac OS. Copy, cut, paste or edit your document. Create and edit your own shortcuts.
* Zoom in and zoom out modes. Change the mode for more convenient view and work.
* Direct Input. Select this option to type.
* Mouse and Keyboard options. Turn one or the other one on depending on the task you are trying to accomplish. Chose "Mouse" for selection and "Keyboard" for typing.
* Scroll Mode. Convenient for scrolling your desktop faster.
* HotKeys. Assign Hotkeys for all of the above features.

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Gold or Cyan Ramadan - With Touch Icon S60v3 Themes

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:32:00 +0000

Fp1 and Fp2 phone themes with touch icon for People who celebrate ramadan mubarak

Free Gold Ramadan Theme Download
Free Cyan Ramadan Theme Download

Ramadan - S60v3 QVGA FP1 and FP2 Themes

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:32:00 +0000

Ramadan - S60v3 QVGA FP1 and FP2 Themes

QVGA themes for fp1 and fp2 phones.

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Garmin Mobile XT 5.00.60 S60v3/v5 SymbianOS9.x

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:30:00 +0000

Add full-featured navigation to your GPS-enabled smartphone with Garmin Mobile XT. Just plug this data card into your compatible phone¹ (see specs tab) and start navigating. Garmin Mobile XT puts pre-loaded maps, spoken turn-by-turn directions, real-time services, and many more great features in the palm of your hand. With a price of just $99, you’ll have everything you need to navigate your day. And with no recurring subscription fees, you can make the most of your phone while you’re on the go.

5.00.60:
- To improve the horizontal to vertical NOKIA 5800 screen problem
- NOKIA 5800 to improve the horizontal screen open "turn preview" issue
- To improve the NOKIA 5800 in the evening when the text mode
Notes:
- This Garmin Mobile XT application is designed for use on Symbian smartphone devices running S60 (ie. Nokia E6x, Nokia N7x) 3rd Edition OS .
- You must have a previous version of the XT software installed on your SD card to have all of the help files, voice files and basemap files. These are not included with this update.
- During installation, you will be prompted to turn on your Garmin GPS. Please Note: You will not gain access to Garmin Online features and/or the navigation will be unavailable without connecting your Garmin GPS.
- A minimum card size of 256 MB is recommended for Garmin Mobile XT software with maps.
- Please save all appropriate data before beginning the update.

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All extra multi files (copy garmin folder to root of mmc) and select language from options inside garmin

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ActiveFile v1.43 RC1 Update S60v3 S60v5

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:30:00 +0000

ActiveFile is a FREE program to browse all folders and files in your mobile phone.
Key Features:
File management with 2 panels (File manager similar to Total Commander). so, you can view one folder in the first tab and browse to another folder in the second tab
File sorting by name, extension, uid, size, date, and ascending, descending
Full file management with copy, move, rename, delete, make directory, make file, file properties, and set attributes
Compress and decompress file using gzip format
Modify the attributes of files and directories
Quick check of available storage on your drives
Allow multiple instances. So, you can launch ActiveFile more than 1 instance.
Searching thru the directories
View running processes, tasks, kernel objects, and display system information (phone info and network info)
SMS creator tool to create SMS (fake SMS) and save it to a destination folder (Inbox, Drafts, Outbox, Sent folder) without using your sim card credit
Capture screenshot and save it to a file in JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, and MBM format
Memory monitor tool
Have an option to access inbox files
Add shortcut
What's New:
S60 5th Edition have wrong dependency
Single SIS implementation for all S60 platforms
Support for S60 2nd Edition FP3(N70, N72, N90)

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iPhone Theme for S60v3 by MalarMannan

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Give the latest iPhone look for your symbian mobile with this theme!!

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Astraware Sudoku v1.60 S60v3 SymbianOS9.x

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:28:00 +0000

Sudoku is a logical puzzle game featuring a 9x9 grid. Within the grid are 9 boxes each featuring 9 cells. The object is to fill in the numbers 1-9 in each row, column and box, but they must only appear in each one once.
Suitable for all players from beginners through to experts and six levels of difficulty, Astraware Sudoku is packed with features.
Download any of the Puzzles of the Day* over the air and then compare your times with other players worldwide. Players can automatically download more puzzles from our dedicated Sudoku of the Day server or generate more puzzles by using the integrated Puzzle Builder which creates literally billions of puzzles. Players can also enter puzzles from newspapers or books to get Astraware Sudoku's expert help and assistance to solve them.
Astraware Sudoku offers a range of different options to help players solve puzzles including manual or automatic pencilmarks in a choice of styles; a smart hints system; and the hold and highlight system which can display an overlay for a specific number or pencilmark helping players to see where to look and what to look for.

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Fun Park Tycoon S60v3/v5 Java Game

noreply@blogger.com (waelaase) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:27:00 +0000

Dive into the wonderful world of "Fun Park Tycoon." Use your creativity to create a world of fantasy, fun and detailed simulation ever seen on mobile. Build your big amusement park and enjoy the success

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