Walker News » Nokia http://www.walkernews.net A capsule of walker's experience in life... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:29:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Attractive Features Of Symbian^3 http://www.walkernews.net/2010/05/29/attractive-features-of-symbian3/ http://www.walkernews.net/2010/05/29/attractive-features-of-symbian3/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 18:02:40 +0000 Walker http://www.walkernews.net/?p=4666
Symbian^3 specs sheet (with reference to its official wiki and close-up):

1) Full HDMI support allows one to output movie playback or game from mobile phone to HD TV at high-definition mode up to 1080p display resolution.

2) Supports single-tap as well as multi-touch for fascinating touchscreen gestures such as pinch-to-zoom function of an image viewer.

3) Support more than one personalized home screen (a close analogy will be multiple desktops seen in a graphical Linux console powered by GNOME).

4) New graphic architecture harness powerful graphics hardware acceleration to deliver snappy user interface and advanced layering and effects.

5) One-click connectivity achieved via global settings. A notable example is capability of switching automatically from cellular to Wireless LAN when an open WIFI access point detected.

6) Industry-leading networking architecture ready for 4G networks.

7) More efficient memory management, achieved by using writeable data paging technique, allows more applications to run in parallel for delivering way better multi-tasking experience.

8) Integrated Qt Application Framework – the new primary application framework for mobile apps coded for Symbian platform.

9) Qt Smart Installer automatically fetch and install the correct runtime version required by Qt-based mobile apps.

10) Starts to support symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) or multi-core hardware.

11) Support for hardware acceleration of cryptographic algorithms allows the main processor freed for other tasks when bulk data needs to be encrypted and decrypted in real time.
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Alternatively, just click the uninstall program shortcut created by the software, which is normally found in Start menu.

It’s that simple so even the geek take the uninstall function for granted. No doubt the default uninstaller seems to work right, it is not always the case.

For example, it took me quite some precious time to uninstall AVG Free Anti-virus version 8.0.

Now, I just stumble upon a “new” program called Nokia PC Suite Cleaner, which is a special tool to perform clean removal or un-installation of Nokia PC Suite.

Do I really need to separately download Nokia PC Suite Cleaner or just count on the “Uninstall Nokia PC Suite” shortcut in Start menu?

Download Nokia PC Suite Cleaner to completely remove or uninstall Nokia PC Suite.

Well, as far as the Nokia PC Suite Cleaner download page that I’ve read, it seems to be necessary if I would like to completely uninstall or remove Nokia PC Suite for the sake of better performance.
Nokia PC Suite Cleaner helps you remove any unnecessary Nokia PC Suite-related files, registry data, as well as personal content left on your PC after uninstalling Nokia PC Suite. – quoted the download page as saying.

Take note on underlined words: the un-installation is not clean or complete after running the default uninstall program. But, this cleaner ensures the leftovers are cleaned too.

According to download page, Nokia PC Suite Cleaner is made to work with Nokia PC Suite version 6.83 or later.

Therefore, I strongly believe that this cleaner program is a must if I want to uninstall Nokia PC Suite version 7.1.18.0, at least until the cleaner program functions are built into the uninstaller of new release.

Download Nokia PC Suite Cleaner – supports Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista. In Windows 2000, the support is restricted to PC Suite versions 6.83 – 6.86
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To find a relief of frustration and pressure, I prefer to play mobile game than listen to music with a loud headset (as I don’t want to suffer deafness later :-).

Now, talk about my favourite mobile game, it must be Big 2 (Choh Dai Di, 锄大D), a poker-alike card game that is so popular among Chinese.

I’ve Net Big2 in PC for many years and never find it boring to play with and I was really excited to know about Symbian freeware version of Big 2 for Nokia N73 (that sold on Jan 2009).

However, I missed the game after switching to Nokia 5800, as the M-Bounce Big 2 only works on Symbian S60 3rd Edition UI, not for S60 5th Edition.

But, this situation has gone! M-Bounce has just released a new Big 2 mobile game for Symbian touchscreen interface, dedicated for S60 5th Edition UI and specifically hosted by Nokia HK as one of the many Symbian freeware made for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic!

Symbian freeware game for S60 5th Edition or touchscreen interface.

M-Bounce Big 2 Master - free mobile card game for Symbian S60 5th Edition.M-Bounce Big 2 Master is a free mobile card game made for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.

As you can see here, the new version looks more attractive than the old one in Nokia N73, with these new interface and graphic design. Not only the avatar is bigger, there is also a brief profile and game score of each player.

Most important point is free! Thank you M-Bounce and Nokia HK for making this great mobile game a freeware again and it works with Nokia 5800!
But, to be frank, I’m not that satisfy with this new version for two points. First, the cards are too small and second point is that I’ve to use a stylus to play Big 2 now.

In other words, it must be played with two hands, which is challenging if I want to play Big 2 while I’m sandwiched in a tube during peak hours :-(

Download and install Big 2 Master For Nokia 5800

1) Download Big 2 Master for Nokia 5800 from Nokia HK website.

2) Unzip Big2Master.zip and copy both JAD and JAR files to Nokia 5800 memory card.

3) On handset, presses Menu key, go to Application, File Manger, Memory Card and click the JAD file to begin installation. Enjoy yourself!

If you’ve “certificate expired” problem during installation, it might be fixed by format your Nokia 5800 after taking out the bundled memory card!
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After a while, another message printed on screen, suggested that N73 is “Unable to activate mass storage mode. Memory card is in use by Messaging application. Change the selected memory in Messaging settings first.”

Now, what you could do? Well, the message printed includes error (the reason of failure) and solution to fix the error reported.

If you have configured N73 to use Mini SD memory card as storage media for its Messaging application (e.g. SMS, MMS, Email, etc), you have to temporarily reset it back to phone memory and retry the Mass Storage mode:
  • Click the Menu key to access Menu screen and then access to Messag.
  • While in Messaging screen, click the Options menu followed by Settings menu
  • In Settings screen, scroll through the list of menu to access Other option
  • Go to Memory In Use and change the Messaging storage media form memory card (e.g. N73SD, the memory card description I’ve set) to Phone Memory. Click OK to save the change.


How to configure N73 to use phone memory or external memory card as Messaging storage media?
How to configure N73 to use phone memory or external memory card as Messaging storage media?

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The first and simple way is by removing the Mini SD card from Nokia N73 and access the memory card via a card reader. Some modern laptops built with such card reader that normally support multiple flash memory card formats.

As one of the expensive Nokia NSeries smart phone, N73 allows add / remove memory card in online mode. To remove memory card while N73 powered on, press the power button and select “Remove Mem. Card” option from the quick menu.

Alternatively, press the Menu key, go to Tools and then Memory. While in Memory Card screen, go to Options and select “Remove Mem. Card”.

Wait for the Remove Memory Card and press “OK” message printed on screen, then you may proceed to remove the Mini SD card and then only press OK. Once you’ve done with the memory card, simply insert it back to N73 Mini SD card slot gently (without needs of power it off).

If there is no card reader to access the Mini SD card, what you could do? Well, the N73 itself is a ready card reader. Indeed, N73 supports USB mass storage mode.

So long as the OS supports USB mass storage device (e.g. Windows Vista SP1 on my home Desktop and Dell Latitude; supposing that most modern OSes such Mac OS X, RHEL, etc, is able to detect and access it as normal), the Mini SD memory card in Nokia N73 will appears as a USB drive, to allow files copy easily without needs of installing additional device driver or application.
Although the Nokia PC Suite is not a must-have program to access N73 USB mass storage function, an optimized driver ensures achieving USB 2.0 full speed file transfer via Nokia proprietary Port-Port interface.

How to configure Nokia N73 mass storage mode to access memory card as USB drive?

Click the menu key, access to Tools and then Data Cbl. While in Data Cable screen, make sure Data Cable Mode is either set to Mass Storage or Ask On Connection.

Then, connect the phone to a computer USB port via CA-53 cable. N73 will prompt you to select mode of connection if the Data Cable Mode is set to “Ask On Connection”.

This is extremely useful when I’ve to copy files to or from the “expensive” Nokia phone I ever own (so far) with a computer that has not yet installed with Nokia PC Suite application, but there must be a card reader OR CA-53 cable AND a computer that supports USB mass storage device (both hardware and software). The bulky Nokia PC Suite, is not a must-have program in either cases.
]]> http://www.walkernews.net/2008/11/09/how-to-instantly-access-nokia-n73-memory-card-as-usb-drive/feed/ 3 How To Use Infrared To Send Files From Windows Vista To Nokia N73? http://www.walkernews.net/2008/10/25/how-to-use-infrared-to-send-files-from-windows-vista-to-nokia-n73/ http://www.walkernews.net/2008/10/25/how-to-use-infrared-to-send-files-from-windows-vista-to-nokia-n73/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:29:14 +0000 Walker http://www.walkernews.net/?p=1219 Nokia N73 can send and receive files over USB, Bluetooth, or Infrared connection.

Although the USB connection is faster than the Bluetooth or Infrared connection, it’s troublesome (for me) to bring along the proprietary Nokia CA-53 cable on every working days.
So, I’ve to rely on either Bluetooth or Infrared to transfer files between Windows Vista SP1 and N73 (while I’m at outside/office with Dell Latitute that supports Bluetooth and Infrared too).

Now the Bluetooth in Dell Latitute is breakdown, I’ve to be more patient with Infrared connection that transferring data at 115200 bps (or 14.0625 KBps) :-(

How to send files from Windows Vista SP1 computer/laptop to Nokia N73 over an Infrared connection?

The answer is not difficult, but required few simple steps to complete it:
  1. On Nokia N73, press the Menu key (refer to Symbian S60 UI Shortcut Key, the key labelled “A”), navigate to Tools, and finally click the Infrared icon to activate Nokia N73 infrared function.
     
  2. Face the Nokia N73 Infrared port to Dell Latitute Infrared port, as near as possible, i.e. to make sure Infrared ports at both end are in range and no obstacles blocking in between. (Besides the slow connection speed, this is another downside of Infrared connection).
    Note: Don’t look at the activated infrared port that might hurt your pretty eyes!
     
  3. Keep your eyes on Windows System Tray (normally, it’s on bottom-right corner). Soon, the Windows Infrared icon (first icon next to the “EN” in the screenshot below) appears in System Tray (a.k.a. Notification Area in Windows Vista), with tooltips indicate a new device called N73 is in range.
    How to use an Infrared connection to send files from Windows Vista to Nokia N73?
    How to use an Infrared connection to send files from Windows Vista to Nokia N73?

    Next, you’ll see the message says “Another computer is nearby. Click here to send files to the computer N73″.
     
  4. Now, you can just click the Infrared icon or right click on it and select Transfer Files option to open up Infrared’s Send File dialog box. Browse to the target folder, select one or multiple files and click Send.
     
  5. Back to Nokia N73. You will likely get a prompt to accept connection or immediately getting files transfer status bar on screen. A SMS notification received whenever Windows Vista completes sending a file to Nokia N73, i.e. the file transferred to Nokia N73 kept as SMS (instead of storing to a folder as file). To retrieve the file, just open the SMS as usual.

P/S: You might need to configure Nokia N73 Messaging to use memory card instead of phone memory, if you are about to send a large file size to N73. (Refer to Sending Big Movie File To N73 for this configuration.)

Of course phone memory is nothing wrong, if free memory space is big enough to keep the file (so as memory card).
]]> http://www.walkernews.net/2008/10/25/how-to-use-infrared-to-send-files-from-windows-vista-to-nokia-n73/feed/ 0 Nokia N85 Expected On October 2008 With RRP EUR 450 http://www.walkernews.net/2008/08/27/nokia-n85-expected-on-october-2008-with-rrp-eur-450/ http://www.walkernews.net/2008/08/27/nokia-n85-expected-on-october-2008-with-rrp-eur-450/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:26:09 +0000 Walker http://www.walkernews.net/?p=1017
About 8 hours ago, Nokia informed me (really?) that another Nokia NSeries multimedia computer is scheduled to hit the stores on coming October, with a cheaper selling price set at EUR 450.

This Nokia smart phone comes with a 2.6″ OLED display and a set of standard NSeries features, e.g 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics enhanced with bright dual LED flash and geotagging capabilities, 3.5G HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity enabled, TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, included in box).

Good news for N-Gage users, N85 will be preloaded with at least 10 made-for-mobile N-Gage gaming titles! However, only one voucher given to activate one full game license :-(.

As for music lovers, N85 also comes with in-built FM transmitter, capable of playback DVD-quality videos at 30 frames per second, 3.5 mm audio jack for top-quality headset.

The BL-5K 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery ensures a maximum talk time at 6.9 hours (GSM mode)/4.5 hours (WCDMA mode).

Nokia N85 is a cheaper alternative to N96.
Nokia N85 is a cheaper alternative to N96.

With reference to official Nokia N85 technical spec.
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