The Comic's cover page. All my life, I have enjoyed comic books. Comics have transported me to the world of Superman, Captain American and the legendary superheroes of the last fifty years. It has been a long lasting past time for kids in the 20th century. Then came the internet, cable internet and DVD. And comics took a backseat. Has internet killed the comics star? Well, with this concept application from Carnival Comics, we might just...
Ever since we say the voice command feature of the iPhone we have been hoping we would get that function on iPhone killer-5800s. We are not actually surprised that the best selling phone in Europe got an app for using voice commands on our 5800s. Vlingo is one of the coolest apps we have seen on our 5800s. Not only is it an excellent app for controlling your 5800 over a voice commands, it also users to update their status on popular networking sites of facebook and twitter. More details after the break. Read more »source:tu...
We know the target audience for this app may not be even reading this review but then we know our readers have a kind heart and are more than willing to share this amazing app with our “visually” less fortunate friends. Braille reader is one of the latest products from Nokia Beta Labs and we must confess this is one of the most innovative apps we have seen in this platform. Not only does the app utilise all of 3.2″ of our...
Ever wondered about the graphical capabilities of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone? To help you test it, you can use the FREE application known as Pendulum from OffScreen. What is Pendulum? Pendulum is a simple application that can test the graphics of your phone. When you launch the application, you will be greeted by just a black screen. The tendency is to touch the screen. And when you do, some activity starts on the screen. You will...
Do you have more space for your music or videos? Ever wanted to check your Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone’s memory and the 8GB external memory card that comes with the unit the simplest way possible? Now you can with the Memory Status Touch created by OffScreen. What is Memory Status? Programmed by OffScreen Technologies, Memory Status Touch is a lightweight and simple application that, for all intensive purposes, checks the memory...
Match the candy icons. Get points. Yum! One of the fortes of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone is the ability to present games in full graphics and sound. The phone most notably excels in the field of puzzle games. If you are looking for a simple yet addicting game that brings an alert mind and sharp pair of eyes into the picture, then the Candy Shop game is for you. What is Candy Shop? Programmed by Play Tomo, this game is both...
What is User Agent? In terms of web browsers, User Agent is a string that identifies the browser. When a mobile device uses a browser to access a website then this User Agent string, tells the website as to what type of browser is being used to access the website. Depending on the type of browser, the website modifies its content and makes it suitable to be viewed on the web browser. Ex – If you are using a Nokia 5800’s browser...
18 September 2009 – The Nokia 5530 is seen as the succeeding model to the 5800. In short, the 5530 is a slimmed down version of the 5800. The key difference between both devices is that the 5530 does not come with the HSDPA / WCDMA 3.5G technologies which are found in the 5800. Almost all the other features are the same so it will come down to a decision of whether one wants a 3.5G phone or a non-3G phone. The difference is about 10%...
Doesn’t it get boring to be listening to the same old ringtones that came in pre-loaded on your 5800s. With 5800s selling in bucket loads, we like to differentiate ours with that premium ringtone to set our 5800s apart from the crowd. While there are tons of them available on the web, finding that perfect ringtone continues to be a frustrating task. To make things easier for our readers, we have scouted the web and compiled a few sets...
Managing Music on your 5800 can be a big headache especially if you don’t have a tagged music collection to start with. Add to that the album art incompatibility and absence of the option of tagging the files directly from our 5800s, there is a dire need for an app that can help us organise and manage our music collection on our Xpressmusic 5800s. While Shazam, is an excellent application to tag music, its feature set is largely limited...
After covering a refreshing theme in Ovi by Pizero last week, we are back to themes again. This time we are covering another big name in the symbian theme community- TehkSeven. TehkSeven who is best known for his stunning designs and 3D like icons and buttons in his themes, released his Evo evolution last week. The dark hued theme which packs another eye-candy theme for our 5800s is absolutely dazzling. Screenshots and more details after...
With a high resolution 3.2″ screen of our 5800s, it was only a matter of time before some developer ported the comics to the vibrant touchscreens of 5800s. Thanks to Carnival Comics, the first comics has finally arrived on the symbian stage.source: tube5800.com While we grew up on a staple diet of comics from the benches of Marvel and manga from the Land of rising sun, Atomic dreams is the latest entry to our comics menu. Now that we can...
Nokia 5800 just got a new firmware update in the form of version 31.0.008/ 31.2.008. The update brings some performance improvements and better maps for your Nokia 5800. But unfortunately, there is still no sign of the much expected kinetic scrolling or a new home screen. The firmare update comes with a new version of Ovi Maps 3.0 which offers improved maps and enhanced pedestrian and drive navigation. Some general device improvements are...
I must say the guys at Opera are really doing a great job. I am really impressed by the latest version of Opera Mini. All the gaps that most of the mobile manufacturing companies are not able to fill in terms of quality software features, the job is being done by companies like Opera. The latest version of Opera Mini is a masterpiece in its total potential and presentation. Kinetic Scrolling is one of major drawbacks of Nokia 5800. Opera...
Nokia’s response to Blackberry’s push e-mail, the Nokia Messaging has been updated to v10.1.0.13. The update which brings HTML support to the symbian fifth edition devices (5800, N97, 5530, 5230 and X6) along with other improvements can be accessed by pointing your mobile browsers to email.nokia.com. HTML support on Nokia Messaging for symbian third edition devices has been available for a while now and the recent update brings certain...
Zum Zum is a simple yet attractive arcade game which has an egyptian backdrop in the way the menu options and the entire screen has been designed. If you have played those bubble arcade games, you will find a lot of similarity in the way the whole gaming logic works here. Here, you find a series of multi-coloured balls racing from one hole to the other in a spiral path. You have to shoot a matching coloured ball in the collection...
The world of social media has taken the Internet by storm. It has become a phenomenon that has brought old friends together and new friends meet for the first time. One of these social networks is Friendster and they have brought their flavor of social networking at the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone via the Free Friendster application. Your Friendster on the Nokia 5800. The Application The Friendster application basically brought...
Midnight Mowling 2 HomeScreen Sometime back I played this amazing bowling game in one of my friend’s Iphone. It was Midnight Bowling 2. I was wondering of all these wonderful games that exist for Iphone, if there was a way I could get them on my Nokia 5800. I was lucky to find this game which I would like to share with you guys. Read More »source:nokia5800....
After the overwhelming response we got to our last contest, we are back with yet another Tube5800 contest for followers of our blog. While Microsoft is giving away a free license of Windows 7 for throwing in a launch party, we decided we will pitch in with a Microsoft themed party or rather contest of our own. We are giving away 10 licenses of iXP/Win 7 for winners of our latest Tube5800 contest. More details of the contest, after the...
Bored of your 5800 homescreen? How about giving it the looks and functionality of Nokia N97 or the Samsung i8910? Not only that you can customize your 5800 homescreen the way you want it to be. Thanks to this amazing application- GDesk, 5800ers can now add more functionality to that 3.2″ homescreen. To be honest we feel 5880er were largely let down by Nokia with their latest firmware not bringing the 5530 like scrollable contacts screen...
Nitro Street Racing 2 is a nice quick game to have on your Nokia 5800. Get yourself racing with the famous branded cars anytime anywhere. This J2ME game is not at all RAM hungry and runs pretty smooth on the Tube. The game runs in the landscape mode with excellent graphics and nice control. As you jump up levels you can upgrade your car with accessories that give more power, control and acceleration. As you go winning levels your bank balance...
Nitro Street Racing 2 is a nice quick game to have on your Nokia 5800. Get yourself racing with the famous branded cars anytime anywhere. This J2ME game is not at all RAM hungry and runs pretty smooth on the Tube. The game runs in the landscape mode with excellent graphics and nice control. As you jump up levels you can upgrade your car with accessories that give more power, control and acceleration. As you go winning levels your bank balance...
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. is a space ship action game. This is one of the latest releases by Gameloft. It is java based game that supports full screen play on Nokia 5800 and N97. You can play the game in three different modes - Easy, Normal and Hard. You also get to select from a number of planes to fight the enemies - Mig 31 Foxhound, Rafale C, EuroFighter Typhoon, Saab 35 Draken. I have personally tried and tested this game...