My Your's & Our E- 70 and E61

The Next Episode

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:28:00 +0000

Friends the next episode in my mobile life has begun , I've swtiched my blog to ourn958gb.blogspot.com I'm over with E series and has fully switched to N95 8gb , found it better suited to my requirements , this blog will remain open and I will also answer the comments if any . I invite you to my new blog although it will focus on N series but the software are compatible with E series too . I appreciate the interest shown worldwide in my E series blog and hope my N Series blog will also be appreciated

Leavingly

Farhan

Nokia N95 Firmware version 15 .0.015 dated 11th Dec 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:05:00 +0000

yesterday i upgraded my phone to the latest firmware and here are my observations
Flash 3 is now preloaded
GPS seems to work much faster then before

That's all I noticed maybe others will shed more light to it

Nokia N95 and Hajj

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:54:00 +0000

As mentioned in my earler post , the only piece of tech I took with me on Hajj was my Nokia N958gb , on my previous trips to Fareast etc. , my tech gear consisted of my N73 , Bluetooth GPS , Canon PowerShot A620 now replaced by Olympus 550uz , and my laptop now it's all have shrunk into one device .
During the trip my phone was my Concierge by telling me what's near me using nokia Maps , where I'm standing and how far my destination is , I preloaded Saudi Arabia maps on Nokia maps application and marked my residence in Azizia / Makkah area and my tent at Mina and only used to show the red dot on Nokia Navigation software to the Taxi Diver for him to take me to my residence . In Madina , it helped me finding the Shopping Malls and also nice eating places , tried using it during Tawaff in Makkah but GPS didn't caught on .

Phone also became my Camera as evident from my Flickr photo Stream and some of the photos could be compared to the mid end cameras i used to carry .

It was also my laptop , used it to check on emails and run my business through gmail application

It also acted as my spiritual guide with Quran , Azkar , Sahih Bukahri and other religious books stored in the memory

It acted as a record keeper , used it to record the Biyanat we were given during Haj

Over all it covered all aspects of my life , of course I had 3 g connection by Mobily / Etisalat ( net usage costed me an arm and leg but the speed was worth it )

N95 8gb software updated to version 15

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:16:00 +0000

Just checked Nokia N958gb software version is updated to Version 15 from Version 11 , I'm in the process of update will inform of changes later

Farhan

My tech gear for Hajj

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:58:00 +0000

One more day and I'm leaving for Hajj pilgrimage , not taking much tech gear with me as mostly I'll be involved in prayers still I'll be taking my newest acquisition Nokia N95 8gb , a Imation 1gb USB contaning backup of all my papers and credit cards and locked by security code . That's it this time I'm travelling light but on the software side I'm travelling heavy .

My N95 is now loaded with Nokia Maps complete with saudi Arabia maps , Nokia Sports Tracker for others to track my movements , Shozu to upload my photos instantly to Flickr , if I ever take them

things are looking bright

Prayingly Farhan

N95 8gb bringing Sexy Back

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:26:00 +0000

A couple of days ago I bit the golden bullet and bought a N95 8gb my first impressions are as follows

My first thought when I got the box Why ? Am I worthy of this phone , will I be able to utilize it's full potential , will it give me the joy and pleasure I anticipate it will give me will it be able to replace my previous joy the N73 , and then I made up my mind and ripped its coverings off revealing the what's hiding behind the covers

My first view of was like having ice cream for the first time , like having Dove / Galaxy Chocolate melting in the mouth , spoon of hot kheer / rice pudding , I was entranced by its beauty and whipped out my E 70 and took pics of it

Slowly I removed the top transparent cover and held it in hand , the black beauty , shined like a jewel , the curves and beauty was pure piece of art slowly I lifted it and further explored what's inside and almost shreiked with delight , it was the height of ecstacy , a Tv adapter was there I was in Geeky heaven the best of all the worlds

Carefully I inserterd my SIM in the phone , inserted the battery put on the cover and press the power button and 20 sec later it was asking my home town and setting the current date .

Then it turned on , Ohh the blackness the sweet black theme with flowing lines I was drooling over it I pressed it's buttons and it revelled all its secrets to me and there I fainted what no movie , nokia Middle East to America is giving free Spiderman 3 movie and Nokia India is giving Sholey what about Nokia Pakistan no movie in my phone not even Punjabi Son of Jut , well I relaxed . All is worth it , the beauty is in my hand , I own it , it will work on my command , I'm the master of this piece of art and I did with it what I know I'm good at i.e Installed a lot of software . It responded to all my probing , the inclinometer worked , the balls moved in movig ball game , it even showed my house on google maps and coordinates on Nokia Map .

and after two days today nokia gave me twin joy , a firmware upgrade from 10.0.021 to 11.0.026 a whole version up , and updated Sports Tracker software which can show my location in realtime on the net .

not everything is sexy and sleek , I miss the long endurance battery of N73 which could handle my demands , in N95 half a day is what the battery gives if Wifi , bluetooth and GPS are on , hey I'm a power user .

Right now the unit is on software update let's see what the future beholds

Brining the Sexy back

Farhan

Sold my N73 got me a N95 8gb

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:21:00 +0000

Today made a spontaneous decision and got me a N95 8gb , it could be the best investment I've made

My box also includes the optional phone to tv cable :)

Exploringly

Farhan

Nokia N95 8 gb

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:31:00 +0000

Finally Nokia N95 8 GB is in Pakistan at mere cost of Rs 42130 or USD 700 while N95 plain has fallen to Rs 34000 or USD 555

Lookingly

Farhan

Welcome to the Trial

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:20:00 +0000

Nokia had introduced a new page called TRIAL when Nokia downloads section is accessed for ringtones etc through my N73 , the software here are the usual old stuff with a new application Amazon Anywhere ( no use for me( , the tones are better and on wallpapers there is a new one called nature

As it;s trial I don't know whether ev eryone will get it or not , it does not appear on my E70 or E61

Exploringly

FArhan

Change SIM get new downloads

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:49:00 +0000

Just changed my SIM on my E70 to Malaysian Digi just to see whether it works or not and on catalogs section now I'm getting software and downloads for malaysia , Wifi required for this connection

Playingly

Farhan

Nokia goes green

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:45:00 +0000

just updated the Nokia download! on my N73 and got a new folder ECO in green color , highlighting WWF , ECO DEC newsletter , Cannes Video featuring Team Italy , USA and norway submissions , Rap Songs featuring La Rouge Tourne , Gospel FDA , Freedom Jean Brice , Ryuga Jeremy Pepe , and We are where website on how to be Eco Friendly

All in all ,I like the WWF website for vids and wallpapaers

Thinking Green

Farhan

Nokia Pc Suite 6.85.11.1

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:31:00 +0000

Nokia has quietly released the new Pc Suite 6.85.11.1 Beta obtainable through mininov torrent or a number of web based download sites , it's about 25mb in size ,
the footprint on screen is much smaller ,
it's more user friendly ,
selection of phones is through drop down menu ,
and it even shows the SMS on the side ,
phones can be renamed on dropdown menu ,
Pc Suite support can now be manually installed on phone through help menu ,
file storage location could be defined on Pc Suite for program instalation and music / video copy folders
Only front outlook is same all other functions use the same old design

All the updates my life , my phones and my softwares

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:29:00 +0000

Folks I'm almost back it had been a hectic 2 months , in the begining of October my grand father ( mom's father ) passed away , than came eid and later I left for Malaysia where I fell in bath tub and busted by chin and messed up my sholders and neck beside that all is good especially in my cellular world .

First comes the phone updates , my current phones include N73 ME , E70 and E61 other phones I have access to ( co workers give them to me to fix stuff in them ) E50 , E61i , N95 and E65 . All phones are good in their own way but i'm still a fan of my E61 although it's keyboard back lights are busted . I've given up on my dream of E90 ( price again shooted up to Rs 60000 / USD 1000 ) while N95 is almost in my reach at USD 600 but still now N95 8gb is my target or I'll wait for a year and get those touch screen phones .

On the software side there had been a lot of new stuff around

Google Maps Mobile now connects to GPS and gives awsome road pics - if I drive at 20 - 30 kmph the map updates instantly on warid / mobilink's 4 -5 kb/s speed . I've used it in KL and Karachi with similar results

Nokia Maps 1.2 used them in KL and worked flawlessly with street names and distances from my position to airport or shopping areas . Pakistan is not now available for download through Map Manager and is loaded OTA when used in KArachi

Gmail updated now supports offline data retention and offline email writing and above all have IMAP support for direct access from phone

My cell company mobilink has introduced Mobilink Cricket Companion good for knowing scores on the go , It works with all other operators too and could be obtained from wap.mobilinkworld.com

Nokia updates its beta software and now have an audio book reader , device status , Share 3.0 and Mosh softwares

www.NSeries.com when accessed through WAP browser had a lot of S60 goodies collected in one place and the best part is N73 has more stuff then N95 :)

Opera mini has updated itself out of beta but when installed it does not replace opera mini beta . The best part here it that it has a link to GameJump which delivers free ad supported Games as per the device platform

I also got Bluetooth RC from www.avaxhome.org to control my PC through bluetooth the application crashes a lot but it does work .

Coming to other electronics I have sold my Canon Powershot A640 and got a Olympus SP550UZ a 7.1 mp DSLR look alike with a solid 18 x optical and 100 x digital zoom , got a good deal i.e. RM 1350 / Pak Rs 23000 / USD 400 for the camera , tripod and 2 gb XD card sold my Canon for RM 450 or 133 USd on the spot

That's all for now , I'm nowadays busy in getting ready to perform HAjj next month ,will be taking my E61 along cause it does not have any Camera I think Saudi Customs till break the camera lens on camera phones .

updatingly

FArhan

Nokia Device Status

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:13:00 +0000

Ever want to know all you want about your device including how much memory you have , what's your operator or country code even which programs are installed and which are just fakes use nokia Device Status available at nokia beta labs

copied from Nokia

Nokia Device Status is a self-diagnosis tool that allows you to collect detailed system information both from your PC and your S60 device. Your current device configuration and phone settings are presented in a detailed summary, which you can use to determine the exact cause, if you run into problems.

With Nokia Device Status, you can save all the collected information to a file, and you can send the file to customer care services for closer inspection and analysis.

Collected data from your PC includes:

Operating system
Language of the operating system vs. that of Nokia PC Suite
Version of Nokia PC Suite currently installed on your PC
Drivers required to connect your phone to your PC
Local time zone
Log files created by Nokia PC Suite
Regional and language settings

Collected data from your phone includes:

Device model
IMEI code of the phone
Device memory and any available memory card
Profiles and themes used on the phone
Locations used to store data on the phone

After installation, you can access the application both from your phone and from your PC.

We are evaluating the possibilities for integrate Nokia Device Status with Nokia customer care, so tell us what you think - all improvement suggestions are warmly welcome!

Installation instructions
Before installation, please remove possible earlier versions from your PC and your phone. Also, make sure that you have Nokia PC Suite (6.84 or newer) or Nokia Nseries PC Suite installed on your PC.

Download the file, launch it from your PC, and follow instructions

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Eid Mubarak from Nokia

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:08:00 +0000

Seems like Nokia is head over heals to get business from Muslim population yesterday first it was Nokia Ramadan softwares, nokia Ramadan edition phones and here comes Nokia Eid card

Wishing you all the best in Eid

Farhan

Google maps with GPS details

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:04:00 +0000

My own obeservations are that the software is fairly simple and do what it advertises , the street level view makes land marks and even houses recognizable even in Karachi . however it will be better if google can keep the map data stored on phone as I have moved around the city in max res using my Wifi connection but once the application restarts the data is lost . If the images are stored in cache it can be used for realtime mapping / GPs application . none the less it's the begining and I'm looking forward to more imporovements

Mapppingly

Farhan

copied from Google
Google Maps on your Windows Mobile Device
Contacts integration and GPS functionality make this version of Google Maps, available for Windows Mobile 2003 and higher, even easier to use. Download the CAB, or visit www.google.com/gmm on your mobile web browser.

Get GPS-Enabled Google Maps
GPS functionality helps you find yourself (the little blue dot) right on the map.

Google Maps on your Treo
Now you can download Google Maps on your Palm OS 5 device. Download the PRC, or visit www.google.com/gmm on your mobile web browser.

What's been keeping us busy...

Ever since we launched Google Maps, we've been working hard to make it better. Here are a few of the features we've added:
Real-time traffic conditions
See where the congestion is, and estimate delays in over 30 major US metropolitan areas.

Favorite places and routes
Save time (and avoid sore thumbs) by keeping a list of residential or business locations, and driving routes.

Insta-KB-o-meter
Monitor your data consumption in real-time — just look to the top right portion of your phone screen while using Google Maps.

Enhanced business info
After selecting a particular business, select the "Details" tab for hours of operation, hotel amenities, and more.

BlackBerry support
Just visit www.google.com/gmm on your BlackBerry's web browser, and you're all set to go.

Slick for Chat

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:44:00 +0000

Lonely Cat games has released SLICK for chat the softare covers AOL , Yahoo , MSN a good contender for Agile Messenger they have missed on Jabber / Gtalk or it would have been complete

Google updates s 60 Gmail 1,5 and Maps suport GPS

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:34:00 +0000

Over the past week Google has made many changes in their mobile profile all for the good of the mobile devices owners the development shows where google is going to tap next

The most important update for a business user was in Google mail for mobile , now instead of loading all the mail and retreiving older items , google saves the viewed mail in phone memory and recalls when required and only downloads newer mail good for those without unlimited data plan

Second major update is in Google Maps now supports GPS be it external or internal this was a major feature missing in google but now it's covered , the zoom level is right down to my house as good as Google earth but unlimited sata plan is required as zooming down to street leevl took over 250 kb . Accracy here is a little out at 9 m but none the less my GPS problems are solved

In need of a prayer

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:25:00 +0000

Fellow Nokians ,last week my grand father ( mom's father) has been diagnosed with cancer covering all his major organs , I request you all to remember him in your prayers for his recovery . Where the effectiveness of medicine stop , the effect of prayer begins

Thanking you all

FArhan

Nokia N73 Ramadan Edition

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:02:00 +0000

Just read at Symbian Freak , Nokia has introduced Nokia N73 AA Ramadan Edition with useful Islamic software as ( Quoted from thinkabdul.com)

Islamic Organizer includes many useful features to help your smart phone match your culture by enabling you to know prayer timings, the Qibla Direction, the most important Islamic event dates and the like.

Unidic is a powerful and comprehensive multi-lingual dictionary that includes a vast number of words (up to 100,000 ) and languages (Arabic, English, Farsi, etc). It is very user-friendly, helping you find words, meaning and equivalents effortlessly.

Azkar is a set of prayers perfectly packaged in one program. Its main features are Prophet sayings, sleep and wake up time, entering mosque time, entering home time, etc.

An important application for all Muslim users, Imsakiya displays prayer times, Tahajjud time, Islamic event dates, and more.

An electronic guide that provides a step-by-step description for the Hajj and Umrah through a facile way. Its main features are prayers taken from Sunnah to be said in Hajj and Umrah and a tour guide for Islamic places and mosques that deserve visiting.

A brief and comprehensive biography of the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The main features are voice recording to pray to Prophet Muhammad PBUH (Hanafi).

'In addition the Nokia N73 Special Edition offers unique Ramadan Greetings, a very special customized e-card application that enables families and friends to send greeting cards through SMS or MMS in celebration of this Holy month' said Neil Gordon, Vice President for Multimedia, Nokia, Middle East & Africa, 'This new edition is a reflection of Nokia's commitment to continuously provide consumers with tailored services, based on their needs and requirements

Software can be downloaded from Think Abdul

Prayingly

Farhan

Avantgo for Series60v3

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:08:00 +0000

Finally Avantgo has realised the power of Symbian and issued Avantgo for Series 60 v3 , it's an awsome software for those who like to keep in touch with the latest happenings be it Cnet or Reuters , BBC Asia or Wall street Journal , they have ( 2 mb + 1 mb free detailed registration info ) for 3 mb limit for content but with loads Free Memory content you are never out of space

Avantgoingly

Farhan

Mosh by Nokia

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:26:00 +0000

Mosh is a user-generated content platform designed specifically for use with any mobile device. Create, upload, collect and share applications (like games, software mashups, videos, blogs, music and photos) all from your mobile.

logon to mosh.nokia.com password is ALLACCESS ( Thanks Darla Mack )

July 29th a big day for me

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:15:00 +0000

Go to your nearest cake shop and eat cake it's my birthday , some say every birthday we loose one year of our life , I say every birthday it's another year I've spent teaching myself new things

Getting old

Farhan

A Kiss may lead to _____

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:17:00 +0000

a Kiss may lead to many things , kissing a boss's ass could lead to fortune , kiss a painting and you got a one way ticket to the slammer as now being experienced by Cambodian-born French artist Sam Rindy who kissed a painitng by by American artist Cy Twombly with her rouge painted lips 'scaring' a 1 million pound bone white canvas painting .

Well think before you place your lips on something .

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My Lips are sealed

Farhan

Sony Launched 8 new cell phones in India

noreply@blogger.com (Farhan) — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:38:00 +0000

Sony has just launched 8 new models in India namely
P1 3 Way Input , 3.2 mp , stylus input , keyboard , My Fav cost INR 25000
W580i with shake control technology somewhat like Nokia 5500 tap technology , cost INR 14000
W910i with SensMe technology
W960i
K810i cost INR 17000
K850i Cyber-shot phones with 5MP and Photo-Fix features;
T650i
S500i The slim S500i keeps you in harmony with the world around you. Let desktop and menu themes change with the season; or as day turns to night cost INr 14000

Source Techtee.com

Now I'm waiting for Se to launch it P1 in Pakistan and later after initial " showoff" price drop I may purchase it if e90 didn;t came down to my ideal price of Rs 45000.

Awaitingly

Farhan