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‘Trail-plazing’ with Nokia Maps

April 14th, 2008

Peter Rukavina from Ruk has made a handy tool that enables you to convert any Plaze location into a landmark on your Nokia Maps-enabled device.

With a great browser button add-on and an easy to follow walkthrough, it won’t be long before you’re converting your Plazes into Nokia Maps landmarks. Big thanks must go to Peter for making this so easy. Just goes to show how powerful Nokia Maps can be with a little creativity thrown in.

So what other ways have you found to make Nokia Maps more relevant to you? Jump over and share them on Peter’s site.

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‘Kick-ass’ Ovi knocks Flickr for five

April 14th, 2008

Dotsisx from Symbian Guru shares some thoughts on Ovi about why the service is described by Danish blogger Gersbo as ‘kick-ass’.

Dotsisx gives us five reasons of her own why Ovi is the sharing platform of choice for her. It’s simple – first time users can get to grips with it straight away. It’s easy to manage – all done with a few mouse clicks. It’s easy to share – compared to Flickr this service is simple. It’s user friendly – tip boxes are always present and hitting Help doesn’t leave you wondering why you bothered.

So that’s what Dotsisx thinks….only 4 you say? Well we wouldn’t want to steal all her thunder. Jump over and find out what else she thinks, then leave a comment. If Dotsisx’s five reasons weren’t enough, check out Gersbo’s pages to see what his five are.

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S60 Dictionary query goes in circles…

April 7th, 2008

One of the great things about the internet, is the way it links things together.

Only this morning, I was reading Mike’s quick look at the Dictionary 2.0 app over on The Nokia N82 Blog. He thinks it’s a nice application, and notes that while a dictionary isn’t a regular, must-use app, it can certainly be useful when you need it.

It was interesting therefore, to pop over to Howard Forums just moments ago, and be met by corny2007 asking whether anyone knew of a dictionary app for the N95 8GB.

If you’ve got any questions, get out there and explore the forums and see the communities that exist out there at work…

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Shootout at the Nokia Corral – N82 vs. N93

April 7th, 2008

Mazor at Symbian Freak has taken a new device – the N82 – and in the second part of his photo shootout sees how it matches up to the old N93. The N93 shots are post-processed, but he includes some before this has happened, and they still measure up favourably.

The N82 comes out on top in terms of resolution in some shots (that’ll be the 5MP then), but loses out to the N93 in terms of colours in others. Mazor’s conclusion has to be put down as a split decision – he reckons the N82 loses out to the N93 in terms of lens angle and optical zoom, but scores with better rendering and 5MP.

So what do you think? Jump into the discussion thread and have your say.

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Use your Nokia RSS reader wisely

April 4th, 2008

Amir over at Mobile Space has stitched together a guide to getting the most out of the Nokia RSS reader that you can find on your Nseries device.

The post looks at the RSS reader to see if it fulfils the needs of the average user or whether one might need to employ a third party app in order to reach RSS nirvana. Amir for one is happy with Nokia’s built in offering it turns out, though he does note certain limitations, not least the relatively small number of recent articles that the reader will list.

Jump over to read through Amir’s article and leave any thoughts you might have.

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A barcode tip for Nseries users…

April 4th, 2008

Continuing his series of tips over on The Nokia Guide Devin Balentina has taken a look at the barcode reader on Nseries devices that can help you wrangle with links, text and so on in a quick to read fashion by rendering them as, you guessed it, a barcode that can be easily read through your camera. He even includes a link to creating your own barcodes, so you can really take advantage of this nifty feature.

Jump over to see Devin’s tips archive to see other ways you can get more from your Nseries device.

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N-Gage 2.0 buzz jams the airwaves

April 4th, 2008

You couldn’t move in the space yesterday for the buzz about the release of the new N-Gage software, and Nseries stalwarts Steve Litchfield and Matthew Stevens (krazykritter for those of you that know him) didn’t let us down in their speedy response to the news.

Matthew (on Mobile Diva Darla Mack’s site) revealed that N-gage 2.0 is supported on all N95s, the N81s and the N82, with support for the N93s and the N73 coming soon. Steve, writing on All About N-Gage, provided a link to the 7MB download and some screenshots to whet the appetite.

Have you downloaded N-Gage 2.0 yet? Jump through the links above to have your say.

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Mobile software for your Nseries, from CTIA 2008

April 3rd, 2008

The Mobile Gadgeteer Matthew Miller has picked up on some of the best mobile software making itself known at CTIA 2008 over in Las Vegas.

One of the main announcements, has been the public release of Opera Mini 4.1 beta. Matt has had this installed on his N95 in order to give it a bit of a test-run and has found there to be great speed improvements in this version, as well as progression in terms of the auto-completion of URLs. Jump over to check his views on the fring/Boingo partnership as well as Astrawares first S60 games release as well.

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Secure your N95

April 2nd, 2008

Just as in the real world, you need to be careful when playing in a virtual world. Windows users will be well versed in virus management, but do you need to be as wary with your S60 device?

Over on The N95 Users forums is a discussion on that very subject. The discussion was kicked off by sandrodz who wondered whether it was worth being wary of viruses on the N95. The views are mixed, but generally guide users to be as wary as possible in order to stay safe.

Jump over now to see what is being said, and leave your own thoughts.

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Nokia services to complement your Nseries

April 2nd, 2008

Over on Last100 Steve O’Hear has written about a couple of Nokia’s service offerings that are worth a look for any Nseries owner.

Ovi, including Share on Ovi which continues to pick up users, is looked at in terms of its positioning as is the much talked about Comes With Music. This is Nokia’s ‘all-you-can-eat music offering’ that will allow those who are happy to use their mobile device as their music player access to literally millions of tracks all inclusive with the handset purchase price.

Jump over to check Steve’s full range of thoughts and leave any of your own.

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