A short little video showing how the Nokia 5800 XM updates its firmware OTA (over the air). The firmware is updating from v20 to v21, i’ve sped the video up in a few places so it doesn’t drag on too long. Nothing much else to say, it does what it says on the tin!
source:nokiaaddict.com
Published by Steve Litchfield at 10:43 BST, May 5th 2009
A couple more S60 5th Edition tutorials from myself and Tzer2, looking at How to Sync music from Apple iTunes to the Nokia 5800 and Shooting, editing and sharing videos. And, again, here's the full Nokia 5800 XpressMusic tutorial index, which should help you get much more out of your device.
"The Nokia 5800's camera is capable of shooting video at VGA resolution (640x480 pixels) at 30 frames per second, which in theory is close to the standard used by DVDs. Although phone cameras aren't as high quality as the professional cameras used on TV and film, the level of detail on 5800 video recordings may surprise you compared to most other phone cameras."
source: allaboutsymbian.com
One of many people's must-have utilities, and like competitor Fring before it, the VoIP and chat client Nimbuzz has been finally ported to make full use of the touchscreen on the Nokia 5800. In fact, not just a straight port, since the developers have produced the most Nokia-like UI of any third party app for the 5800 that I've seen so far. Screenshots and download link below.
(Grab your 5800 version of Nimbuzz by going to m.nimbuzz.com in Web on the phone
STOP PRESS: this wasn't working just now, so download from the main desktop download page)
Here I'm using it in IM mode, showing my buddies on Skype
Note the consistent use of the S60 5th UI throughout. In the right hand shot, I'm chatting with Rafe...
Oodles of settings; and it's easy to send files and images directly to Nimbuzz-connected IM friends
Showing the full list of currently supported IM communities in Nimbuzz...
source:allaboutsymbian.com
Nimbuzz has been updated and ported to S60 5th Edition so that it runs perfetly on the 5800 Xpress Music and on the N97. Nimbuzz Mobile lets you call, chat, message, and send files on the go, for free. It combines all your buddies from Skype, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM, Google Talk, Facebook and more. One login, one contact list, all accounts. It’s pretty similar to Fring but compared to Fring it offers more services and better touch controls. Of course it’s for free. Just point your browser to m.nimbuzz.com to get it.
Yes, nowadays everyone has to be in touch with others. So today I tried eBuddy, a great solution for you to get connected with all the chat accounts through you mobile phone. The version 1.2 build 3610 is specifically designed for the Nokia 5800. It works full screen and full touch sensitive.
With eBuddy you will get MSN, Yahoo, AIM and Google Talk buddies in one single buddy list. First you will have to join eBuddy and after that you can get popular and free instant messaging application on your mobile. The main key factor of eBuddy mobile messenger is:
1. Chat with all your friends anytime, anywhere with simple user interface.
2. Multiple IM account support.
3. You can set your avatar.
4. You can set your display picture.
5. Support offline messaging.
At last I want to say about offline messaging. It means if any of your friends is offline you can also send him/her message from your mobile through eBuddy, and opposite - you also can receive offline message sent to you. Just install eBuddy and get connected with your world. eBuddy is available on mobicreed.com.
PS: Sometimes it happens in Java programs that you can’t get full screen. just do the following:
Press menu>settings>application manager>installed apps>click eBuddy>select options>select suite settings>and turn OFF the “on screen keyboard”
source: 5800.net
