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Nokia 5800 App Review: Latest Fring – Now with video call

Posted by Isaac Wong Tuesday, February 2, 2010 0 comments

Fring is a mobile chat client which i believe everyone of us are aware of. We know about the capabilities that Fring adds to your mobile phone when it comes to communicating over a number of IM services. We can interact on Gtalk, Skype, Yahoo, Aim, MSN, ICQ, Twitter and Facebook with Fring using WiFi or the data connection. The latest version of Fring brings Video Calling over Fring/Skype which is amazing and Fring claims itself to be the only such application providing such a service.

To use the video calling service all that you need to do is just search for the Fring/Skype contact on Fring and choose Video Call from the calling options. The video call facility is available to 'Fring -> Skype' and 'Fring -> Fring' calls. I hope they bring out video calling over Yahoo, MSN and Gtalk also. So now you can video chat with your friends either from Fring or Skype on PC.

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Nokia 5800 App Review – UCBrowser 7 – a new look and feel added with extra functionalities

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UC Browser is just another browser not really as good as the Opera Browser for the Nokia 5800 i reviewed in my last post. However, it has come long way since i last knew about it. It was buggy and unstable when i last used it. UC Browser 7 is an all new avatar of the last version i laid hands on. It is much more stable and refined, displays the webpages just like you see on your PC browser.

Browsing over this browser on Nokia 5800 was a fine experience. In terms of functionality, i would say it surpasses Opera. It has an inbuilt download manager which supports low speeds over the 2G network. The download manager allows you to save your download anywhere on the phone, something which is not available in Opera 10 Beta 2. It somehow restricts the download to the phone memory only.

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Nokia 5800 App Review: Opera Mobile 10 Beta 2 – Symbian Version

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We all know about Opera which happens to be the master of mobile internet browsing. I have reviewed the previous versions of Opera 4 and Opera 5 for Nokia 5800 which happened to be the J2ME versions. Opera 4 was a nice one but Opera 5 somehow was not stable on Nokia 5800. Opera Mobile 10 Beta 2 is a symbian version and works flawlessly on Nokia 5800. The entire layout and user interface which appears on Nokia 5800 gives a feel as if you are not browsing on Nokia 5800 and you are on an entirely different phone.

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Skyfire 1.5 Goes Beta on 5800, Does More than Mere Browsing

Posted by Isaac Wong Monday, January 25, 2010 0 comments

Yeah, Skyfire-the only other mobile browser (other than symbian and microB), capable of rendering flash content on mobile devices is now available for symbian fifth edition device, still in 1.5beta though. We have been waiting to get our hands on this browser from our 5800s since long and the dawn of 2010 has finally bought this amazing browser to our dear Tube 5800s.

So, what’s the thing with this Skyfire which made this browser win the “People’s Voice Best Mobile Application” in the 2009 Webby Awards? Well, we have already spilled the beans on this one-flash support and couple that with “blazing fast” browsing speeds and you have one gem of a browser for your mobile phones. Ok, so if it’s that good how does it fare on our 5800s? Hit the read button to find out. Read more »

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BBYY FotoTranslate- Ideal Travel Companion

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The holiday season may be over but if you are still planning for some travel (work/leisure), we have something you might just need for the trip. Wondering what? Let’s say you are traveling to some exotic location, the local language of which is as alien to you as the humanoids on Pandora of James Cameroon’s Avatar, then you are in for luck as ABBYY have just released another one of their revolutionary OCR based apps for 5800s- ABBYY’ FotoTranslate.

ABBYY FotoTranslate comes in as many as 8 versions as of now offering word-by-word translation between German, Italian, Russian, and English. That covers most of the European languages and if you happen to be heading to Europe, put ABBYY FotoTranslate on your shopping list, right now! Read more »

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Nokia 5800 App Review: ShareMySlides – Open and view pdf/powerpoint documents for free

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ShareMySlides is an online live presentation service which is currently running in the Beta test phase as such it is offering free service at the moment. I found it really interesting in the sense that you can upload all your documents (Only PDF and Powerpoint currently) on their website and view it on your mobile without a supporting application. What i mean is that to view the power-point or pdf documents that you upload, you don't need a Adobe Acrobat or Quick Office application installed on your Nokia 5800 to view them. There is a ShareMySlides application that can be used to see these documents on your phone which is absolute free at this time.

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Nokia 5800 App Review: Snapfish – Upload, Print and Share your images

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Snapfish is an online photo printing service by HP (Hewlett Packard) which is there for quite some time. It is available worldwide and allows you to print your pictures online at cheapest prices available. You can simply upload your pictures to your snapfish account or email them to your account and print them. They have a variety of options available for you to print your pictures. You can create photo mugs, posters, collage pictures, etc and have them delivered at your doorstep via courier.

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Nokia 5800 Breaking News: Navigation on your phone is free for lifetime

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Yes, you heard it right, Nokia has offered free lifetime navigation on these compatible phone models - Nokia X6, Nokia N97 mini, E72, E55, E52, Nokia 6730 classic, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic, Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition, Nokia 5230. Nokia 5800 now has a free turn by turn navigation with voice and visual guidance across 70 countries. Of-course, this has come late but Nokia has finally kept our faith in it. Iphone was launched with free navigation and Google Maps already had a free version for Nokia 5800. With strict competition with other brands offering free navigation, this is a bold move from Nokia.

Not just the navigation, all the related features are free too, like free weather updates, free lonely planet and michelin guides. 2010 is all set to witness a new business strategy from Nokia. I would say that the latest firmware update and now free navigation are nice gifts for all the Nokia 5800 fans.
The new Nokia Ovi Maps with free navigation has an online mode toowhich allows you to get your location without downloading the maps on the go. It works somewhat like Google Maps. There is a bad news for all those Nokia 5800 owners who have still not updated to the firmware version 31.0.008 or higher. The new Ovi Maps is compatible only with the latest firmware v31.0.008 or higher.
I wish you a very happy navigational weekend. It is one more reason to get ASAP a car holder for Nokia 5800. Go and explore with the new free navigation service from Nokia. I know it must be hurting guys with Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition who paid more to get a lifetime navigation. To download visit the new Ovi Maps, visit http://nokia.mobi /maps on your phone's browser or click here to download directly on your PC.

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It’s official – Nokia 5800 has a new firmware upgrade v40.0.005

Posted by Isaac Wong Monday, January 18, 2010 0 comments

I know i have been late at putting this up but the sole reason for this was to confirm the authenticity of this upgrade and test it myself. However, i have not been able to test it myself because the newfirmware is still not available on the Nokia servers for my region. I have it confirmed on the Nokia Update Finder that the upgrade does exist for my region and others too. Here is a list of all the products codes for Nokia 5800 which are eligible for this new upgrade.

With this new upgrade, we have a similar home screen like that of Nokia 5530. There is the much awaited kinetic scrolling but unfortunately not in the main menu, application menu and the browser which i feel are the main portions where we need kinetic scrolling. Anyways, it is better to have something than nothing at all. As we know with every upgrade, there is a significant touch response and overall performance improvements. Some of the phone menu icons have been changed. On the UI part, there are some additions which include new screen alarm, slide to unlock during call, new screen incoming call when the phone in locked. You also have an updated Real Player and Ovi Contacts installed. Another major change is the removal of the alphanumeric keypad in the landscape mode. Now on moving the phone, the portrait mode alphanumeric keypad changes to the full qwerty keypad.
This is a positive sign for all the Nokia 5800 users as this update has come after a very long time since the last one and proves that Nokia has not forgotten its first touch screen baby.

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Nokia Software Updater released for Windows 7

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Nokia Software Updater released for Windows 7

Nokia Software Updater is a standalone application for updating Nokia 5800's device firmware. Updating phone's firmware adds some enhancements to phone's basic features, also improve the overall device performance apart from removing identified bugs from the previousfirmware.

Nokia Betalabs has launched the compatible version of Nokia Software Updater for Windows 7. It is still a release candidate and may contain bugs. However, this version of the updater has better USB connectivity with Windows 7.

The RC version of the Nokia Software Updater will not install any special pre-release firmware updates for your phone. It is the regular application which is now enhanced to support Windows 7. Some of the basic requirements for using this software is the availability of good internet bandwidth. Your phone should have a sim card when connected to the updater. Also, make sure to follow all the onscreen instructions.

What should be avoided while upating the firmware? Use the PC Suite mode when connecting the phone to the computer. Do not use any USB hubs for connecting the phone to the computer instead use the direct USB port of your computer.

The installation package is 23 MB in size and can be downloaded free of cost. The software installation is available in all the international languages - chinese, french, italian, german, portuguese, spanish, russian, polish, dutch, croatian, malay, etc.

Download NSU - English

Download NSU - other languages

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