Nokia offers half-price 5800 Comes With Music

Andrew Rafter

Nokia has announced that 5800 Comes With Music package will be available half-price for one hour, to the first 100 customers this Friday (22nd May)

Unlocked Nokia 5800 ‘Comes With Music’ for £299 in UK

A week ago Nokia announced the ‘Comes With Music’ service coming on Nokia 5800 via Orange in UK. And now the news out is it will also be available ‘unlocked’ starting May-22 for just £299. The SIM-free version of the handset will initially be available at Nokia T5, Nokia Regent Street, as well as at Nokia’s online store.

You can also have an impressive 50% off if you are among the first 100 customers who will reach the Nokia’s Regent Street store in London between 12 noon and 1pm on 22nd May. You just need to bring an old mobile handset of any brand as well as one MP3 player (including ipod) to exchange them with the handset. Read more »

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Yay! I just love this theme of Superman, it’s so cool isn’t it? Yay again! Get this theme for your S60 device here.

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Nokia 5800 App Review: Free iSMS

Not happy with just the GUI of iphone on your 5800 (assuming you have installed MyPhone by MMMOOO)? Another Chinese developer has just an application to bring an iphone style interface for your SMSes. This is a free application called Free iSMS by Junni Kokuki, an independent Chinese developer who has come up with an amazing list of applications for the symbian 3rd and 5th edition devices. Free iSMS v1.02 is still in its development stage and as such, users have to sign the application on their own prior to installation.

Free iSMS v1.02 is the latest version of iSMS and can be downloaded for free from mobicreed.com. As mentioned earlier, the users need to sign this application on their own before proceeding to installation. There are several methods for signing an unsigned application but the most reliable is the one by OPDA. If you are a non Mandarin speaker, please follow the instructions from this forum post in dailymobile.se which has pictorial explanation for getting a certificate and key from OPDA. Please note that you may have to wait for around 4-5 hours to get your certificate and key after submitting your files with OPDA. Its a long procedure no doubt, but the outcome is satisfactory nevertheless. After spending like around 5-6 hours to download and sign this application, am very glad that I could get it working on my 5800.

Nokia 5800 App Review: Mobjab

If you remember well, I talked about IMPS in my earlier post. Some of you had complaints that Yamigo does not support Gtalk. That’s one of the reasons that I am writing this post about yet another free IMPS server called Mobjab.

Before I begin, lets have a recap of what IMPS is: IMPS stands for Instant Messaging and Presence Service. Nokia 5800 and most Nokia mobiles come with an inbuilt IMPS client. Now, IMPS is a protocol which allows instant messaging via Yahoo, MSN, etc. Mobjab is a free server that connects your handset with all these chat services. It acts as a bridge. The benefits of using the inbuilt client over using the external chat clients is effective and minimum data usage, its faster and low on your handset’s RAM.

Mobjab provides free connectivity with AIM/AOL, Gtalk, Yahoo, ICQ, Jabber-XMPP and MSN. To use the free service provided by Mobjab, all you need to do is to register with Mobjab and setup your multiple chat accounts.

Nokia 5800 works great with Mobjab and I have tested the connectivity successfully; however, the settings provided by the website are not all correct.

To setup Mobjab on your Nokia 5800, please follow the below instructions (after you have registered with Mobjab) –

Server Name :
Web Address : http://mobjab.mobi
UserID :
Password :
Access Point :

Please post your comments and questions here

Nokia 5800 App Review: Music Launcher

I have been searching for an alternative for the built in music player ever since I got my hands on my 5800. Not that the built in player has some nasty issues but I just want to get a feel of other players in the competition. So far there are very few players in the market and Music Launcher (still in it beta stage) is one of the free applications. After playing around with Music Launcher for around a day, am reverting back to the tried and tested buit in music player for all my music as of now. Lets see what makes me say that.

Installation

Music Launcher v0.99(BETA) can be downloaded for free from the official website of MLauncher. Please note that this is just a BETA release and hence you can expect some bugs or random program crashes. I didnt experience any crashes during my usage though. Moving on let me a highlight a few features of mlauncher.

Interface

The interface is pretty basic with no fancy options. The default screen looks more like an explorer than a music player.

Nokia 5800 App Review: Palringo – A Multi Chat Client

Palringo has been released for Nokia 5800. It is a wonderful chat client with connectivity to almost all popular chat services. It has connectivity with AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, Jabber and Windows Live.

One of the major advantages of using Palringo is that you can also use Palringo to connect with friends using iChat, Apple’s IM application.

Palringo allows you to send pictures and voice messages. It is very low on your data consumption as compared to other IM clients. The look and feel of Palringo is really professional and state-of-the-art. The fact that it is completely free is amazing when you think of paid chat clients such as Slick, Agile etc.

I am really attracted to the user interface provided by Palringo. It defeats any other chat client that I have seen until now.

So, what are you waiting for, go on explore Palringo! Browse the following link in your mobile browser to download Palringo - www.palringo.mobi

Nokia 5800 App Review: Audials Mobile

Missed out on Comes With Music on your 5800? Nevermind, there is an application which is as good as Comes with music if not better. Thanks to RapidSolution Software for bringing Audials Mobile on symbian 3rd and 5th edition devices, free music is just a three step process on your mobile devices. Free music on our phones! There must be a catch somewhere right? Yeah, as you might expect this is not a free application but its definitely worth every buck considering the service it provides.

Installation

Trial version of Audials Mobile can be downloaded for free from their official website here. The trial version is fully functional and lets you download two music tracks for free. The premium version with unlimited music downloads is available at a special introductory price of GBP 7.90 (normal price-GMP 12.90). Let see whether the price tag is justified:

Vopium brings cheap, high quality calls to the G1 and HTC Magic™

Copenhagen and London, 18 May, 2009 – Vopium, the leading international mobile communications company, has today launched its award winning mobile VoIP application on the Android Market. The application follows the recent launch of Vopium on the iPhone App Store^SM and BlackBerry App World™ and cements Vopium’s commitment to offering mobile users worldwide a cheaper, high quality international communications channel.

To download the application, users simply search for Vopium in the Android Market. Once downloaded, Vopium seamlessly integrates with the address book and intelligently recognises international numbers, automatically re-routing calls via the Vopium gateway. Using 3G, GSM, and GPRS networks, Vopium ensures that all international calls are made using the cheapest method available while also preserving the highest level of call quality. Users who download and register Vopium from Android Market will receive 30 minutes of free calls and 30 free text messages (SMS).

Vopium CEO, Tanveer Sharif said “Vopium on Android adds another string to our bow and means that even more people across the world can now easily make cheaper international calls whilst also enjoying the same high call quality they are used to experiencing through their operators.”

Vopium: The Key Facts

- Vopium is compatible with more than 500 handsets across Java, Symbian, BlackBerry RIM, and Windows Mobile, as well as offering complete applications for the iPhone App Store^SM , BlackBerry App World™ and Android Market

- Vopium is free to download at www.vopium.com

- Vopium re-routes international calls as a local call to a Vopium gateway and then via global traffic carriers as ordinary voice traffic in order to ensure voice quality

- All new users are given 30 minutes of talk time and 30 international SMS for free

- Calling internationally with Vopium can result in up to 90 percent savings versus traditional carrier rates; for an overview of current pricing, visit: http://vopium.com/tariff

- Calls made through Vopium are always routed using the cheapest method while preserving the highest quality

- Vopium Wi-Fi users can call each other around the world for free

- Vopium users keep their own mobile number and SIM card, and maintain their numeric identity when making calls

- When a user calls from their home country, a local rate may be applied by their operator

- When calling from abroad a roaming charge will be applied by the subscriber’s operator

- Wi-Fi calls made with Vopium will not incur additional charges from a subscriber’s operator

Andrew Williams

An online report suggests that a Q3 Nokia touchscreen will have a capacitive screen and may offer multi-touch functionality

Upcoming Q3 Nokia touchscreen phone will utilise a capacitive screen