Vopium has launched its mobile VoIP solution in 25 new countries and is now available on all major territories including North and South America, Western and Eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific.

Vopium is now available in 45 countries, and the 25 new countries are: Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Malta, Mexico, Poland, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Venezuela.

By installing the free Vopium application on any of the more than 900 supported GSM mobile handsets, callers around in the new countries can now also take advantage of high-quality and affordable international calling. With the launch, Vopium is now available across 45 markets in all major territories including North- and South America, Western- and Eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific. To get started, mobile subscribers can visit www.vopium.com.

Once registered, all new users receive 30 free minutes of talk time and 30 free SMS.

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Our beloved Nokia 5800 XpressMusic may be selling in bucketloads across the world, but looks like our friends at Espoo, Finland are not entirely happy about it.

Following up on closed heels of Nokia 5530, Nokia have recently announced yet another budget symbian fifth edition device in the form of Nokia 5230. Obviously they are no match to our 5800s, hit the jump button to see what makes us say that. Read more »

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Skype, the best known name in VoIP today has been overlooking the symbian platform for long. Amazed by the market success of our 5800 and the emergence of other offerings from Nokia and other manufacturers, Skype has finally released an official client for symbian fifth edition.

Before you get all excited, we should warn you that Skype have packed in a dampener with their debut client for the symbian platform: the client works only on the networks of 3 in Europe and few other destinations. Hit on the jump button for further details. Read more »

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Are you a frequent flyer or interact with overseas contacts on a regular basis? Then a world clock should definitely be on your table and if not, you are fortunate that your 5800 can double up as a world clock, courtesy- World Clock Touch from Offscreen Technologies.

While Time Machine served as an impressive standby clock, Offscr’s World Clock Touch converts our tube 5800 to standalone world clock, which can simultaneously display as many as 3 clocks in the analogue mode on the active screen. Screenshots and details after the break. Read more »

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How many clicks does it take to command "Sit."?

Some dogs are trained to follow voice commands from their masters. Sit! Bark! Play dead! Other dogs are given commands via clicking sounds with the use of, what else, a clicker. The Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic phone has an application that work just like a dog clicker aptly known as “The Clicker”.

OffScreen Technologies created this “Clicker” application. The premise is quite simple: to use the 5800 as a clicker for dogs. Just like Morse code, certain commands can be given to dogs through a variation of clicks from the clicker.

The bug that I am discussing in this post is a typical one and quite rare. You would actually encounter this bug if you have a lot of applications installed on your phone taking the count of the icons in your APPLICATIONS menu to about 35-40 which is less probable for a normal user. Since, I keep experimenting with my phone, its overloaded most of the time with a lot of applications. So, I would say I discovered this bug accidently.

Details

As you can see in the screenshot, the last row of icons gets hidden below the OPTIONS/BACK layer. This makes it really difficult to launch any application that is there in the last row. I would generally hold my finger/stylus on any of the visible icons and slide it to the last layer to access the hidden application shortcuts.

Which phones are affected?

This is common to Nokia 5800 phones which are still running the firmware older than the latest one. I guess the Nokia developers discovered this bug and later got it fixed in the latest firmware.

Nokia is all set to launch globally, the new Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition this quarter. The latest edition will have the Ovi Maps application pre-installed. Ovi Maps has a lot of new features to offer to the Nokia users. Ovi Maps come with high-resolution aerial images, 3D landmarks for over 200 cities, terrain maps, weather service, premium travel and events content and traffic and safety warnings. It is supported by Lonely Planet, Michelin and Wcities.

The Navigation Edition of Nokia 5800 will offer a Lifetime Voice-guided DRIVE and WALK Navigation Licenses. This is something that i think the Nokia 5800 missed the most over its competitors. When i bought Nokia 5800 (India), it came with a 3 months free navigation after which it required a monthly subscription with charges double my current data plan. At the same time, Iphone came with a lifetime navigation license. As an alternative i am currently using Google Maps which i find much much better than Nokia Maps.

With the release of the new Nokia 5800, we will have better navigation capabilities mainly because of the revamped Nokia Maps application. There are no reports of any hardware upgrades in the new Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition, thus i think we may have the improved capabilities for our devices via FOTA.

Nokia is all set to provide its customers with a versatile device that has excellent multimedia capabilities with excellent Navigation capabilities as well. The new Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition sales package includes, car charger and easily mountable Nokia car kit apart from from the regular in-box accessories. So it may replace your need for an extra GPS navigation system when you are driving. Now, Nokia 5800 is all set to be your friend all the time and everywhere.

The estimated cost the new Nokia 5800 is around 285 Euros plus taxes. If we consider not buying an extra GPS unit for driving purposes, this cost is reasonable in my view. However, this is just an estimation so nothing can be said at this moment. Let's wait for the official release this quarter.

Please post your views and comments and expectations from the new Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition.

Windows 7 desktop on your Nokia

With the world awaiting the release of Microsoft Windows 7, MMMOOO has just released their newest interface product for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone – Win 7. They have already the application being sold but they have not offered to anyone the trial for the Win7. We got you first on the web that has the chance to try the Win7 application for free. This is just a trial, not a full envyronment of the applicattion. You can find more just going here.

From the makers of the MyPhone application, Win 7 is the newest application from MMMOOO that brings the graphical user interface of the Windows 7 platform to the Nokia 5800. This application will be your application launcher for the different default software installed in your phone. Let's have a look at the Full Version reviewed by me.

From the back of notebooks in schools to the childhood memories of yesteryears, a classic and addicting game comes to the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Phone. The Tic-Tac-Toe game from OffScreen gives us a new twist to this classic game. But first, let’s talk about the basics.

How many players?

Upon launching the application, you will be shown four buttons: two small buttons at the top corners and two big buttons in the middle. The “I” button basically displays the “About Us” window that tells us the name of the application and the creators (OffScreen). The “X” button closes the application. I suggest you don’t touch that unless you really want to leave.

Its the Weekend and we thought about covering a nice little game to beat the stress and look what we landed upon-BlockGO, an addictive brainteaser from Frienzplay.

The game which bears striking resemblance to the game of Bulldozer of the yesteryears is an excellent adaption of a classic brain teaser on a touch screen platform. We were so impressed by the design and implementation of this game that we just couldn’t have enough of this game on our 5800s. Screenshots and more BlockGO related tidbits after the break. Read more »\

source:tube5800.com

While the v30 firmware update has left us with a mixed bags of feelings, we landed upon a bunch of app updates for followers of our blog. Some of the most popular 5800 apps to have been updated recently include: Adobe Flash Lite, Youtube Client (for s60 v3 and s60v5) and Google Maps (for s60v3 and s60v5).

All the three are minor updates with no official changelog released from the developers as such. We are still getting a hang of the latest versions of these apps but in this limited time, the apps seem to crash less frequently (esp the YouTube client). Screenshots and more info after the break. Read more »

source: tube5800.com

Remember those long hours you whisked away engrossed in a game of Tic-Tac-Toe with your best buddy? The game as such may sound silly but has very high entertainment quotient. Even to this day we can’t help but pull out a paper and start playing this classic game whenever we are stuck in a boring lecture or a sleep inducing seminar. We were so delighted when we saw this classic pencil-and-paper game on the ovi store that we didn’t waste any time and straightaway downloaded the application.

Tic-Tac-Toe Touch is another masterpiece from Offscreen Technologies of whom we have been covering an awful lot in the recent times. While we were not very much impressed by their Labyrinth Lite, we can say that the developers are back on track with their latest game-Tic Tac Toe Touch. Read more »

source: tube5800.com

Recently I stumbled upon Daily Mobile forums and found this nice app for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and other Symbian S60v3. So basically this is an app that allows its user to see who’s calling them. Doesn’t sound like it is a special app? well, this free app is able to let the phone owner to know who’s calling them EVEN if they do not have the number saved on their Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. Now that is what I call cool

The freeware TrueCaller is currently available in more than 20 countries and it works on the background and activates when you receive calls or SMS. One more thing, you need to have access to 3G network to get all the freeware’s goodness

Anyway,here is how the Truecaller free app works:

• You receive a phone call from a number that is not saved in your phone book
• TrueCaller searches for the number in our databases
• If TrueCaller finds the number it will be displayed on your screen. If number is not found you will be prompted, “No matches found…”
• When phone call has ended TrueCaller will ask you if you want to save the caller to your phone book (if the caller is found)

Here are the list of supported countries:

1. Austria
2. Belgium
3. Canada
4. Cuprys
5. Denmark
6. Estonia
7. France
8. Germany
9. Greece
10. Iceland
11. Israel
12. Italy
13. Luxemburg
14. Netherlands
15. Norway
16. Philippines
17. Romania
18. Spain
19. Sweden
20. Switzerland
21. USA *NEW*

PS: they promised us that more countries will be supported. Isn’t that great? They also said that even though it was initially made for Symbian S60v3, it also works on Symbian S60v5 and Windows MObile! Great huh? IF that is not enough, they posted an image of “iPhone, coming soon”… So this is a good news for all

Ok, here is the link to download TrueCaller freeware for your Nokia 5800 XpressMusic .

You can find more on its official site here (including links to download the freeware to your S60v5 devices and windows mobile)

source:nokiafanboy.com

Have you ever been caught on a wrong foot by your loved ones? Sometimes your partner (gf/bf) may not approve of your staying in touch with your ex or you just prefer not to reveal your conversations with a certain someone be it for business or personal reasons. Hidden Contacts by Tektronic is exactly the application for covering your tracks.

Hidden Contacts is an excellent phonebook application that goes beyond hiding your contacts, offering complete cover up of all the conversations with selected contacts. Hit the jump for screenshots and a brief description of this amazing stealth app on Nokia 5800. Read more »

source:tube5800.com

If iXP was impressive with its looks and feel of XP on Nokia 5800, how about having Windows 7 on 5800s sound like? Unbelievable, ain’t it. Windows 7 the latest OS from the benches of Microsoft, which is yet to see the ray of light is already the most talked about OS in the web today.

The developer folks at MMMOOO seem to have realised the potential of this promising OS from Microsoft and being pro-active as they are have released Win 7, a Windows 7 emulator for symbian devices. While we are still waiting to get our hands on the final version of Windows 7 for our desktops and notebooks, we are glad to see the familiar interface on our Tube 5800s. Screenshots and other Win 7 tidbits after the break. Read more »

source:tube5800.com

I had recently upgraded my firmware to the latest version, after which I upgraded my Nokia Maps application to the latest version i.e Ovi Maps 3.0. I had to do a Hard Reset for some reason which downgraded my Ovi Maps application back to Nokia Maps 2.0. After the Hard Reset, I was unable to use Nokia Maps application. Every time I tried to use it, I got an error asking me to upgrade my Maps application.

I would like to call this a bug because currently users can use both the versions of Nokia Maps 2.0 and 3.0. However, whatever happens after a Hard Reset is not under the user’s control. If the Hard Reset downgrades Ovi Maps 3.0 to Nokia Maps 2.0, the user should still be able to use the older version which is Nokia Maps 2.0. But this does not happen, the user is forced to upgrade to Ovi Maps 3.0.

For this very reason, I have written this post which details the step by step procedure for upgrading from Nokia Maps 2.0 to Ovi Maps 3.0 and then downloading the latest maps for the desired location. I have also included the process of acquiring a trial navigation license for 7 days.

Upgrading Nokia Maps 2.0 to Ovi Maps 3.0 -

1. Visit the following link and download the Nokia Maps Updater application. Install the application on your computer system.

2. I assume that you have successfully downloaded and installed the Nokia Maps Updater application. Connect your Nokia 5800 phone to your computer. Launch the application. Note: You need to have the latest Nokia PC Suite installed in your computer as well.

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source:nokia5800.net

The folks from MMMOOO are celebrating 1 year of the release of MyPhone and we have joined this celebration to give nokia5800.net lots of "stuff". Yah, until the end of the month, we will be holding contests, give free stuff and great discounts at the Nokia 5800 Blog, so, I advice you o stay in touch via our RSS Feed or e-mail subscription that is on the sidebar.

The first version of MyPhone - August 2008

As I was saying the first MyPhone was released by August last year and got a lot of buzz around the web, but the best from MyPhone just came when they released the MyPhone for S60 5th edition devices, which was the first version for Nokia 5800. I remember very well when the folks from MMMOOO contacted us and we reviewed this version of MyPhone, after seeing the review of Myphone by Jametif I immediately bought one MyPhone application for myself and indeed a great job was done by MMMOOO with this app. After 1 year of developing the MyPhone, MMMOOO folks have now much more experience and many other applications have been build, like the Win7 or the iXP.

Connect the jewels.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone is not just a music device but also a game device. Many have released games for this platform to take advantage of the steadily growing number of users. Electronic Arts (EA) and PopCap Games bring one of their most popular games – Bejeweled; one of the most addicting games available today. This is how it is played.

I have gone through a number of articles explaining how to hack your Nokia 5800 which I found very interesting but useless. There are a number of reasons why I suggest not hacking your phone.

• You tend to install a number of SIS files you cannot trust. They can have a resident Trojan.
• In a number of hacking tricks, there is a server installed which runs in the background and facilitates the installation of apps without certificates. Now, this server eats both your RAM and memory space.
• By hacking your phone you actually break the security shield provided by Nokia which in some cases may cancel your warranty by Nokia too. That means if something happens to your phone even by a hardware failure, Nokia gets a chance to escape saying you modified the proprietary software provided by Nokia.

Generally, I won’t suggest you even adopting the process of signing the unsigned apps. But, since the Nokia 5800 users tend to be adventurous, they often adopt any method for installing the unsigned apps so I thought at least this process which I am suggesting is a bit better one if not the best. This at least ensures that you get to keep the inbuilt security alive and going with Nokia’s warranty norms.

Please follow the instructions below to understand the process of signing unsigned apps.

Step-1: Visit http://andy.ehandysoft.com/devcert.php (Visit this link. You will find two text boxes. The one where you need to provide your IMEI number and other where you need to verify the image. After filling in both the data correctly click on the submit button. On the next page, you receive a message confirming the submission of your request for a Symbian Developer’s Certificate. You need this certificate for signing any unsigned app. This certificate is exclusive for your device and you cannot sign apps for any other device using this certificate. The worst part is that you need to wait 24 Hrs for your certificate to get generated. I know this sucks but trust me this certificate is worth this wait. This certificate costs 20$ if you request this with “Symbiansigned.com”. With this certificate, you can sign 95% of the unsigned apps that you get on the internet.

Proporta USB TurboCharger 1200

Though batteries nowadays come with a long life span, we still are faced with the uncertainties of low batteries during the most important of days or times. Maybe you forgot to charge it. Maybe you thought you charged it. Maybe you thought the charge was enough. How about using your Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone for music playing, video watching, internet wifi and bluetooth. I'm sure that will suck out all the juice from your batteries. Whatever the reason may be, batteries get drained. Then your phone reminds you time and time again that you need to feed him some love. In this case, feed him some battery juice. The Proporta USB TurboCharger 1200 can do this for you.

Actually, the Proporta USB TurboCharger 1200 can charge almost anything. When we say "almost anything", we mean "almost anything" from mobile phones, Nintendo DS and iPhones. This portable powerhouse is ready to attack or "charge!" Imagine bringing a battery pack ready to feed any power hungry device. Simply charge the Proporta USB TurboCharger to any USB port (via computer) or with the included 12v power charger. When you are done charging, just get the USB cable and snug it behind its allocated compartment. When it is fully charged, just pack it and it is ready for those unfortunate gadget-draining situations.