Following the recent update of the Youtube client, Google have also updated their Maps for Mobile application to v3.2.0 which now has a host of new features including Layers and My Maps. The official release notes after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
source:symbianworld.org
Adobe Reader doesn’t need any introduction, does it? Well, you may know that since Adobe pdf is one of the most widely used document formats today, Adobe PDF Reader has been a standard office package for the s60 third edition with the immensely popular Quickoffice.
However as of today, a fully functional Quickoffice continues to elude the s60 fifth edition devices. But, our developer friends at Quickoffice have been good enough to offer Adobe Reader as a stand-alone application. Lets see how this PDF viewer app fares on our Nokia 5800s. Read more »
source:tube5800.com
Here they are, fun applications: a genre which has been very popular on the iPhone platform. We have been touting 5800 to be an iPhone killer since long now and finally some developers have realized the huge potential of our 5800s. If its available on iPhone, its gotta be on Europe’s best selling phone-5800 too, right? XpressBeer started it and now Shake it! by Zensis brings the same joy to non-alcoholic friends of us.
Well, you gotta be wondering whats Shake it! all about. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that this application has got something to do with shaking and coke but how does it all pan out on a Nokia 5800? Lets check out! Read more »
And then there was Smartlight
I’m sure all of us have experienced this. We check our messages in our inbox. While we’re reading, the backlight turns off. So we need to touch it again. And again. And again. Wouldn’t it be nice if your phone knew when you needed the light and when not? Thank goodness for SmartLight Automatic Backlight.
Smartlight Automatic Backlight by PhonePhreak Software for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone will let your backlight stay on until you close or hide you applications automatically. Now, you are in control of your phone.
Once started on your Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone, SmartLight runs as a background application. With SmartLight running at the background, the backlight stays on as long as the menu or an application window is in the foreground. The backlight goes out as normal backlight phone settings once the user returns to the idle screen.
Record your message for later.
Ever found yourself talking notes instead of taking notes? How about a melody or lyrics in your head that keep getting away because there’s no handy recorder on hand? How about giving yourself voice reminders and memos via e-mail? Imagine the hassle of attaching it to your e-mail so it is sent to your inbox. We’ve got an application that can help you achieve these and more: the SBSH VoiceQ.
SBSH VoiceQ by SBSH Mobile Software is a simple yet powerful utility for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone that helps you track your thoughts and tasks instantly! This handy application will assist you in your vocal notes and other voice-memo requirements easily.
Sensible Sudoku Platform
Subscribing to our RSS Feed is the best way to get the latest news but also the best contests of the nokia 5800 world: Sensible Sudoku is the best Sudoku game for Nokia TouschScreen phones, Nokia 5800 and Nokia N97, giving you the possibility to use the touchscreen resources even knowing that the game wasn’t designed to run on a Symbian S60 v5, but for a Symbian S60 v3, so, we can figure that this was an excellent work made by Ludimate folks because besides working on a 5th Edition, allows the use of touchscreen win no big problem to the user, no crashes or similar issues.
Sushant reviewed Sensible Sudoku some time ago and I sure you would be fascinated with the perspective given on this article regarding this game.
Now you have the chance to get this game, priced at 14,95$, for free to run on your Nokia 5800. All you have to do is to join this contest:
To join the contest you only need to:
- Comment in this post, saying something like: “I am in”, “I want to get a Sensible Sudoku game”, simply comment;
-On the comment you must put a real e-mail so that we can contact you
New Firmware. New Features?
Recently, rumors that our favorite Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone will be receiving a major firmware update is circulating in the internet. Included in this firmware upgrade are certain addressed issues and functional tweaks.
Some rumored functional and aesthetic improvements are the kinetic scrolling in the web browser and contacts list. Kinetic or flick scrolling is an awesome feature that iPhone introduced where the user “flicks” the screen and the unit responds with a fluid scrolling function. Double tap will zoom into the screen. That will look great in the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone.
I have been looking around for some wallpapers for Nokia 5800 Xpress Music, found some lists around the web and joined all of them so that you can have a package with tons of wallpapers. This list might be the biggest one around the web, bigger than even another with 200 or something wallpapers. Also, in a near future we will get you an original list of wallpapers made by Neo, our mate from Nokia5800.net. This wallpaper pack for Nokia 5800 is just the beginning of better and more beautiful wallpapers. This wallpapers will also work on the Nokia N97 smartphone.
Have a look below to some of the wallpapers you can get:
With the touch interface of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone, MMMOOO’s MyPhone software brings the graphic user interface (GUI) of Apple’s iPhone to the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone. The innovative folks at MMMOOO are listening to your suggestions and they are using this to make their MyPhone v2.2 for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone product truly remarkable, as we reviewed in the Beta version.
As promised, the MyPhone v2.2 for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone was launched last July 15, 2009 with such anticipation. With new improvements and features, this new release will surely bring the Nokia 5800 look like an iPhone but with the powerful features of the Nokia 5800 S60 mobile operating system.
