Troubleshooting The Error Message In Your Nokia Mobile Which Says "Expired Certificate"

Provided your application/theme is symbian signed, if you cannot install certain themes/ games/ applications on your Nokia devices, try doing this:
When installing any themes or applications to your Nokia devices such as N95, N80, N91, N73, and N6300 etc. out of the blue you just might see this message: 'Expired certificate!' This is simply because security measures within the Series 60 operating system only let you install themes which are less than six months old. (What a Shame!!)

But all is not lost, because all you have to do is you just have to move the date on your Nokia N Series/E Series back a year, install the theme, then change the date back to normal. (Still cannot follow me? No sweat then, simply read on!). Below is a step by step instruction on how to achieve this.
To change the date on your Nokia N Series or E Series, follow these instructions:

* Click on the Menu button, highlight Tools and click the center selection key (the 'OK' key)
* Highlight Settings and click the OK key
* Highlight General and click the OK key
* Highlight Date and time and click the OK key
* Highlight the date and click the OK key
* Use the Right Navigation key to highlight the year. To change the year back one year, press the Down navigation key once.
* Press the Red 'End' key to return to standby mode.

And voila! Now install your new theme and the chance it should be installed all smooth is 99.99% (Unless you are one of those real unlucky guys who is just plain unlucky in a trillion of odds!).
If you still see the Expired certificate error, change the year back another year and try installing again. (Trust me! It also works sometimes, just trust me!!)

When it is installed successfully and you are all happy go lucky, REMEMBER to follow the instructions again, setting the year back to the present by highlighting the year and pressing the Up navigation key once (this is to ensure that you are not late by one year the next day to wherever you might be going!!)

Remember all themes have one year certificate validity so after one year you have to do this to keep using your most favorite mobile theme to be used on your cool cell phone. And you are done!
Now to try this with a new theme: Click here.
Now to try this with a new application: Click here.
So from next time there should not be any problem to make your theme or application running smoothly all the time!

What are SIS files?

The .SIS extension identifies an installer application used for Symbian operating systems. SIS stands for Symbian Installation System or Source and it provides a simple and consistent user interface for installing applications, data, or configuration information to Symbian OS devices. End users install components packaged in Symbian OS Installation (.sis) files either from a PC using connectivity software, or from a Symbian OS phone using an on-board installation program. The Symbian operating system is used by a range of mobile devices and hence could be associated any one of a large number of brands of mobile phone.
What is Symbian OS?
Symbian OS is an open project operating system, which was mainly developed for the use on smart mobile phone devices. The development of the Symbian OS was spawned by a joint partnership in 1998 by big name companies such as Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung, and Psion. This venture was proposed in order to exploit the convergence between PDAs and mobile phones, creating a new hybrid phone which is called a PDA phone or a smart phone with greater functionality and sophistication. In 2008 Nokia announced that they intended to acquire the rest of the Symbian shares, trademark and name.
The first version of the Symbian OS was named EPOC and was designed by Psion. It runs exclusively on ARM processors.

How to create SIS files? (For developers)
The tools mentioned here are all mentioned on the Symbian website. Four tools are provided to enable developers to create installation files.

• CreateSIS, is a wrapper for MakeSIS, SignSIS and MakeKeys
• MakeSIS, the Installation File Generator, creates the installation files from a specification provided in a package file.
• MakeKeys, the Certificate Generator, creates private/public key pairs, which are used by SignSIS to digitally sign installation files.
• SignSIS, the Installation File Signer, digitally signs installation files with a specified key.

How to install SIS files on your mobile device?
A file with extension SIS is an installation file for Symbian OS, and not an application file, as sometimes believed. The proper Symbian application is the .APP file. The .APP file is generated whenever the SIS file is installed on your mobile device.

Since the introduction of Platform Security (PlatSec) in Symbian OS v9.1, the number of rules to follow in order to get an application installed has increased almost exponentially, to the point where it has become quite difficult to remember them all. This fact, coupled with the poor feedback provided by the S60 and UIQ installer User Interfaces, and often confusing advice from various sources often leads to intense frustration.

Go Play Mobile - A Pack Of Games For Symbian OS

BlockBuster (Symbian)
BlockBuster is a logic game with the elements of arcade - it will be right for both - puzzle fans and action lovers. The
main goal of the game is very simple - to remove color squares from the board, but as soon as you start playing, you realize that you need to struggle for victory. Three skill levels, original interface and amazing skins make your game more addictive than ever.
BoXplosion (Symbian)
BoXplosion is a symbiosis of two wonderful game styles. Relaxed game-playing modes are present here, as well as those that will require all your skills in quickly pushing the buttons and shooting your
clicks at the right spot. This game will give you possibility to exercise both your brainpower and speed of response. Don't let the oncoming blocks fill the field - use bonuses!
Bubble Shooter (Symbian)
Are you sure you have nothing urgent to do? It's better to finish everything before you start shooting color bubbles and
exploding their avalanches because otherwise you won't even start doing your job
! Bubble Shooter takes the best from Tetris(TM), Arkanoid, and Pool adding new and cool features. Four levels of difficulty allow players with different preferences and of various age groups to enjoy the game in full. Beware - it's addictive!

Mobile Phones - Integral Part of Our Life!

In the field of communication, mobile phones are getting more and more popularity and the reason of its increasing popularity is its ultimate multimedia and communication features. Today, people of almost all age groups are using mobile phones. From the hard core business professional to school going children, every individual use a mobile phone. Nowadays, handsets are not confined to just making and receiving calls. Now people use handsets for sending Emails, surfing Internet, viewing their important documents and many more different tasks are carried out by these gadgets.

The high-ends gadgets have completely changed our life. If you are one of those users who are looking to own a new user friendly and reliable smart phone then the Nokia mobile phones can be good option for you. In order to attract the users and to stay at the top in the highly competitive mobile phone market the Nokia has always come up with world class handsets. Some of its remarkable gadgets are the Nokia N85, Nokia N97 and Nokia E71. These splendid gadgets come with supreme design and high-end features.

Speaking of the Nokia N85 it is a slider phone that comes enabled with power packed connectivity features like 3G HSDPA, EDGE and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB. The display of this device is 2.6 inches in size and it weighs around 128 grams. The multimedia features of this handset has the capacity to give full joy to its users. The handset comes equipped with a 5 mega pixel camera with features like 20 x digital zoom, auto focus and LED flash. The entertainment feature of this phone include built-in music player, FM radio with RDS and Nokia Internet radio.

The Nokia E71 is another business phone that comes embedded with Full QWERTY keypad and supports Symbian 9.2 operating system. This 3G enabled phone has a 3. 2 mega pixel camera that offers the opportunity to the owners to use features like digital zoom, LED flash, auto focus and white balance. The handset comes fitted with rechargeable battery which gives great standby time of 408 hours and talk time of up to 10.5 hours on the go. When it comes to the reliability and durability, the Nokia mobile phones are highly appreciated by the users across the globe.

These days there are many deals available in the market which provide the individuals to own a feature rich handset depending on their budgets and needs. Two of the highly popular mobile phones and SIM free phones. The SIM free mobile phones provide the option to the users to change their networks at any point of time. One of more benefit of the SIM free phones is that the users do not have to pay the roaming charges and they can enjoy world wide free roaming facility. These deals have made possible for every person to own a mobile phone with preferred network at ease.

Nokia E61 For Media Entertainment

Nokia E61 first came to the market, but the people's reception to that Nokia baby was not so warm. E61 was Nokia's first attempt to match other smart phones like RIM's Blackberry 8700/8800 and Palm Treo's 680/750/755p models. It is the first Nokia QWERTY communicator device. The problem that came with E61 was with the usability and there was an unclear product focus. Nokia tried to simplify E61 by taking away E61's WI-FI capability and few other programs, thus coming up with the E62.

In an effort to correct the original issues with E61, and to give the market another option for smart phone besides Treo and Blackberry, Nokia Released the E61i model.

Nokia's difference with RIM and Palm is that it puts in its devices "being a phone" first. RIM focuses on email devices while Palm on organizer devices. E61i has a great voice quality. It operates well in both speaker phone and handset modes and there will only be a little distortion if the voice will be maxed out. Although it has a very sensitive microphone that easily catches background noise.

E61i has an excellent battery life and perhaps, it is its most striking aspect. It uses a 1500mAh battery that could last for 2 to 3 days. That is, even if it's user will be online all the time. Having to go somewhere minus the phone charger can definitely give one a lighter luggage.

E61i uses the Nokia Active Standby screen that is similar to Windows Mobile Today that makes it screen looking brilliant in all light settings.

As a communicator device, it has a desktop quality web browser that includes office applications. It also has emailing and text messaging features plus its multimedia capability that includes a 2.0 mega pixel camera. It also uses Nokia's Webkit-based browser that supports nearly every web standard, and even handling some flash that is suited for a QVGA screen. It has the Gallery application that is also present in the N95 model. It is the scrolling application that shows the thumbnails of the still photos and videos taken on the phone. It is one application that really looks good on E61i.

Other applications that are in E61i are Quick Office, Adobe Acrobat LE, Adobe Flash Player, ZIP Manager, Nokia Search [for entire device searching] and the usual Symbian/S60 PIM suite [contacts, calendar, to-do, and notes]. The email and text messaging are handled by the messaging application. The messaging application has folders for any personal mail account, text messages and an exchange mail account that is similar to Versa Mail on Palm Treo.

We can say that Nokia's attempt to improvise E61 was really successful. E61i is one gadget that can be enjoyed by people who do both playing and working on their mobile phones. It is one comprehensive device that gives you the Settings Wizard once you insert your Sim card. The Settings Wizard gives the guide on how to set-up the data feature of the phone. Such feature is so user-friendly.

Other interesting feature of the E61i is that it can download the Microsoft Exchange integration through Nokia's Mail. Microsoft Exchange is a free download that synchronizes calendar, contacts and email with the exchange server. E61i can also be connected to a computer through PC Suite. PC suite is a complete device manager that can sync, install and connect to Nokia Life Blog and update the phone if there is anything that needs to be updated. E61i is also compatible with a Bluetooth headset that is supported by A2DP that makes gives you the feel that you are wearing a regular two-ear headpiece. Like many mobile devices, the E61i uses a proprietor interface connector for syncing the Nokia pop-port. Like Palm's multi- connector, it is a sure connector.

Nokia E61i have its own share of shortcomings as a device, but just considering the battery life and its features in the communicator field, E61i will really qualify as a smart phone, user-friendly and just less PDA-ish. Find one in the market and furthermore, check this phone's capability.

The Future of Google Android

Google Android is a complete software system which can be adopted to mobile devices like cell phones, PDAs etc. It is developed by a consortium of many leading players in the consumer electronic segment such as Google, HTC, Intel, LG, Motorola, Samsung and many others. Initially it was Google who started the process of developing it in an endeavor to provide open standard for mobile services. Other entrepreneurs joined Google to form the consortium named Open Handset Alliance (OHA).

The first Android mobile device platform built on the Linux kernel version 2.6 was soon introduced. This achievement of Open Handset Alliance earned the promoters accolades of others like Sony, Ericsson, Toshiba Corp, and Vodafone who also joined the consortium. By the end of 2008 Android was made available for the users as an open source. The platform is found adaptive to larger VGA, 2D and 3D graphic library and MP3 players based on an open general license.

The new operating system has many takers. Acer has already announced the production of Android handset. Similarly Samsung and Vodafone are also contemplating on the introduction of Android Handsets. Many others may follow suit if the market sources are to be believed. Hewlett-Packard Company is in the process of manufacturing small computers or net books adopting the software developed by Google led consortium. Many other leading manufacturers have expressed their options to make use of Android based devices taking advantage of the multiple platforms offered by the new technology.

The consumers can expect more products in the market based on the Google Android, as efforts are being undertaken to produce them with active support from the hardware makers all over the world. Linux net books and embedded systems are expected to reach markets soon. Other innovative products are Home phones and Tablet Computers both from T-mobiles. It is indicative of the fact that market competition will be stiffer between these products and those of Microsoft. Google, which is playing a dominant role in the internet search platform, has now to face the Microsoft, a monopoly player in the computer segment. But Microsoft is so far safe from potential competitors. However market watchers are cautious when pointing out that Android based Net books may make dents on the Microsoft's profits.

Many of the leading PC makers are planning to use the Google Android operating system. The emerging trends in the contemporary markets are indicating the upsurge of Google Android as a complete software stack for mobile devices. As in the case of other technologies, there are ample prospects for Google Android as it is redefining the concepts of handsets as well as other wireless devices in the consumer electronic segments. Some market watchers are optimistic to predict that Android will capture a significant market share in the near future despite Microsoft.

Best of Nokia N Series - Mark of Elegance

The best of the Nokia N Series are convergence mobile devices that support digital multimedia services such as music playback, video capture, photography, mobile gaming and internet services. The first of Nokia N Series mobile phone introduced were N70, N90 and N91.The Nokia N70 mobile phone is enriched with 3G capabilities and is available in a variety of trendy colours. It is endowed with advanced multimedia features and imaging features. The N 90 is a 3G Smartphone with an elegant design in mobile software platform and supports QWERTY keyboard, megapixel camera, music player, multimedia messaging and Java embedded games. The Nokia N91 is endowed with a hard disk to store approximately 3,000 songs encoded in AAC, AAC+, MP3, mp3PRO, WAV, MIDI, or Microsoft's WMA format, 3G and Wifi technology.

The next on the move, the best of Nokia N series are N71, N80, and N92 .The Nokia N71 is a high performance multimedia device for excellent music experience on the move. The mobile phone has been designed elegantly in a compact fold and comes with a high resolution 2.4 inch QVGA display that provides the users with an excellent interface for watching video footage, pictures as well as phone features. The N80 is enriched with services that are capable of accessing Messenger, Windows Live Spaces and Hotmail accounts while the users are out and about doing their day to day tasks. The N92 comes to the users as the smallest TV available to them. It marks a new beginning in the multimedia gadgets, and the users can enjoy TV on the Nokia N92, 2.4 inch large anti-glare screen in 16 million colours.

The users can further have the experience of the best of Nokia N Series with the features available in N72,, N73, and N93. The N72 features 2 megapixel camera and runs on Symbian 8.1a operating system. The N73 is a smartphone described as a 'multimedia computer' and comes loaded with many software applications, including contacts, messaging, picture and video galleries, a music player, a Visual FM radio, RealPlayer, an IM client , and a WAO browser. The N93 has something to offer to everyone, for music freks, for the photography buffs, and for the internet savvy.

The next to take part in the contest of the best of Nokia N Series are N75, and N95. The Nokia N75 is a smartphone that uses Series 60 3rd Edition on Symbian OS.AT&T Mobility and supports WCDMA 850/1900 frequencies. The Nokia N95 is endowed with a music store, radio, a camera, a video player along with 3G Bandwidth, with which the users can watch his favourite video and TV online.

The Nokia N95 8GB, N81 8GB and N82 are the other best on Nokia N Series ,loaded with features that the users would long for. The upgraded version of Nokia N95 8GB comes under 3G mobile phone series and is enriched with 160 MB internal memory that could be expanded upto 2GB by adding a Micro SD card.The N81 8GB comes with 8 Gbytes of internal flash that makes it easy for the users to store the desired data on the new handset.The N82 run on Symbian OS v92, with an S60 3rd Edition Platform with Feature Pack 1.It has an in built 5 megapixel camera, and has Xenon flash.

These best of Nokia N Series is aimed at the users who look for many features as possible into one device. The N Series mobile phones comes with high performance multimedia devices and delivers amazing experiences by merging the latest technologies with sleek and trendy design that makes it a must by.

N-Gage Un-Caged

Now some of you may remember the old Nokia N-Gage mobile phone come mobile gaming device from five years ago - it was a big clumsy looking gaming device with phone features. Sadly it did not take off, probably because even the most hardcore gamers didn't want to carry a brick around with them! Now Nokia have revamped N-Gage and made it into a platform, which can be downloaded to 'normal sized' Nokia mobiles. This will no doubt make it more appealing, and get N-Gage more fans.

The N-Gage platform can be downloaded to the Nokia N81, N82 and N95 currently, but it is expected that more N-Series handsets will be added to the list shortly. And once you have N-Gage on your mobile you will be able to download games and play online with other mobile gamers.

The N-Gage platform is promising to be a cross between iTunes and the Xbox Live community for gamers. A couple of great points about the new N-Gage is that it will be much easier to find a game you like, as buying games through your operator or network is often complicated and it can be difficult to navigate the menus to find the game you want. Nokia's N-Gage will also make it possible to play a short demo of each game before you buy it, which is certainly a new idea to mobile gaming.

Some of the games currently available are Fifa 08, Brain Challenge and World Series of Poker Pro Challenge, games will cost between £4.50 and £8.00.

Care Tips for your Mobile Phone

Mobile has become essential part of our life in today's fast world. It has become the main source of communication in our life. Mobiles are also used for surfing internet and playing games. So mobile keeps you update on latest happening plus keeps you entertained when you feel bored. But sometimes it may burn your pocket if you do not take proper care of your mobile.

There some very basic steps you can take to keep yours mobile safe

1. Always keep your mobile free from dust. Try to use some covers to cover the mobile and protect it from dust. Dust is one of major enemies of a mobile.

2. Use only genuine charger as per specified by the mobile company to charge your mobile. It will help in properly charging your mobile plus it will boost the battery life of your mobile.

3. Avoid frequent charging of your mobile. Try to charge mobile only when it is required, that is when your mobile indicates that the battery is low.

4. Do not download software and games from unauthorized websites and unknown sources.

5. Try to have good anti-virus installed in your mobile (Symbian OS mobile).

6. Keep away your mobile from moisture and water because that could damage its sensitive circuits. If your mobile has fallen into water then immediately take out the battery from the mobile and take it nearest company service Centre.

If you keep the above points in your mind then you will be able to properly safeguard your cellular device (both GSM and CDMA).

Take care,

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Nokia N97- A Next Generation Mobile Phone

Nokia N97 is a high end next generation gadget introduced by leading mobile manufacturing company and has been promoted as handheld computer. Pretty comfortable, this gadget features resistive touchscreen display with a surefire QWERTY keyboard. It comes loaded with 32 GB onboard memory, memory slot, and a top quality camera for ultimate video capture. Its interface is user friendly, comfortable to behold in hands and exhibit a solid evolution of smart phone lineup of Nokia.

Major features of Nokia N97

It supports both 2G and 3G networks with the frequency bands of GSM 1900, GSM 1800, GSM 900, GSM 850, HSDPA 2100, HSDPA 1900 and HSDPA 850. With the nice weight of 150 gm, it carries the dimensions of 117 x 55 x 15 mm. The primary TFT tilting 3.5 inches touch screen supports 16 million colors and uses the pixel resolution 360 x 640 so as to render DVD like picture quality.

In addition to handwriting recognition and QWERTY keyboard, this gadget comes equipped with accelerometer sensor and proximity sensor which aids for turning the unit on/off automatically. Inbuilt 5 mega pixels camera along with video light, LED flash, auto focus and Carl Zeiss optics implements the resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels.

The on board memory supported is 32 gigabytes with 128 mega bytes for RAM. One can extend the memory space up to 16 Giga bytes by integrating external memory card. It runs on the operating system of Symbian v9.4 Series 60 and uses the processor of ARM11 434MHz.

Different messaging options incorporated in the function list of this cool handset are push mail, instant messaging, e-mail, MMS and SMS. A full HTML browser with RSS feeds is also included which aids for keeping oneself up to date with all types of information.

In addition, some other features are voice dialing, music player, TV output feature, digital compass, photo editor, pocket office and durable battery.

Symbian OS Dominates The "Smart Mobile Device" Market

One of the emerging trends in mobile marketplace has been the increasing adoption of smartphones. When we talk of smartphones, Symbian is the first word that comes to our mind since it has taken over 70% of the existing smartphone market. Symbian OS is an open operating system that powers the most popular and advanced smartphones from the world's leading handset manufacturers. Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturer like for example Nokia and some other leading names such as Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Fujitsu, LG Electronics, Motorola, Mitsubishi Electric, Sharp and others.

Symbian has all those salient features that make it stand apart from other operating systems. It targets mass market by providing a wide range of products with wireless connectivity and offers an open platform for independent software developers. It has maintained a continuous focus on improved user experience, by keeping in mind the diverse individuality of different users. Other than this, the phones with Symbian operating system include basic features such as calendars, contacts, messaging, push email and web browsing, but can also extend easily to any enterprise information system.

Looking at the sole success of Symbian phones it is found out that 20.4 million Symbian smartphones have been shipped in quarter 3 of 2007. Symbian is also the leading OS for smartphones in China with a market share of 60% in Q2 2007. The robustness, security and ease of customization of Symbian OS contributes greatly to the possibility of short development time for a wide variety of handsets making it over 30 million Symbian smartphones shipped in Japan up until the end of November 2007.

In the previous few months, we have been witnessing some major industry changes in which Google has launched a new operating system called as "Android". Android is built from ground up with the goal of being the first open, complete and free platform. It has managed to gain a broad developer base and industry support from the leading companies such as T-Mobile, HTC, Qualcomm, Motorola and many others. Some leading mobile operating systems of mobile communication industry such as Symbian and Microsoft have still denied in becoming a part of it.

Nokia has remained a global market leader that uses Symbian OS. A recent rumour has been that Microsoft is trying to grab Symbian's share by convincing Nokia to move to Windows mobile OS. Although Microsoft still has quite less chance of becoming successful since they share only meager part of smartphone market. But we have to consider the fact that if Nokia shifts towards Microsoft, how this will affect the dominance of Symbian OS. However for the moment, it is indeed pleasing to find that Symbian OS - based smartphones have gained immense amount of popularity in a very short time and they truly have a great beneficial and positive impact on the mobile industry.

Touch Play Share With the Nokia 5800 Tube XpressMusic

Touch: The look of the Nokia 5800 Tube is dominated by the 3.2" large resistive touch-sensitive screen. The display is high resolution and projects 16 million colours. The home screen can be personalized according to one's individual taste and makes available the most frequently used applications, at the user's finger tips!

Play: The Nokia 5800 Tube comes with a dedicated Media Bar which implies that mobile entertainment is always at hand. It comprises high-resolution video quality, superior surround sound, built-in stereo speakers and an advanced music player. Music can be downloaded and the music collection synced with the Music software for a PC.

Share: The Nokia 5800 Tube features ultra-fast 3.5G wireless technology. The handset allows you to feature your set of favourite people on the home screen and share with them moments and media as they happen. Still and videos can be shared online seamlessly using the photo-sharing services like Ovi or Flickr.

Input Options: The handset is perfectly proportioned to fit into one hand, featuring responsive fingertip, stylus, plectrum control, automatic screen rotation (accelerometer) and tactile feedback. It comes with the choices of alphanumeric keypad, full QWERTY keyboard and handwriting recognition.

Music Player and Sound: The phone houses an advanced multi-format music player. One can browse their collection of music by artiste, album or genre or simply flick through the play-list. Extended battery life allows for over 35 hours of continued music listening. The inbuilt speakers emanate crystal-clear, hi-fi surround sound with an 8-band graphic equalizer.

High on Memory: With an 8GB memory card which comes with the handset, and is swappable with a 16 GB card, memory on the Nokia 5800 Tube can never run out. The phone can store thousands of tracks, data entries, stills and videos.

Fun Features: The radio, a stereo FM with RDS, Java downloadable Games, multi-format recognising video and music players keeps the user of a Nokia 5800 Tube thoroughly engaged. The GPS comes with A-GPS support and embroidered with the Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch application. A TV-output makes it possible to screen videos off the Nokia 5800 Tube directly.

Google Android

Come 2009, the Google Android will be seen on all major mobile phones. It was unveiled on November 5, 2008 but will come into use next year. Google will release the Android platform available under the Apache free-software and open-source license. That means it is absolutely free to use.

What is Google Android?

No, android is not a mobile phone which most people have assumed. But it is a operating system and software platform for mobile devices. It will based on the Linux operating system. Developers can write applications using Java Programing languages. The Android will be jointly developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance.

In simple terms, it will be like Symbian and Windows Operating system found in mobile phones.

Features of Google Android

1. Android will supports all common media formats for videos, songs and pictures. Such as MPEG-4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPEG, PNG, GIF.

2. Network Capabilities - It will support all the present cell phone network providers namely GSM/EDGE, CDMA, EV-DO, UMTS. It will also feature Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity.

3. Unlimited and diverse applications - Since its a freeware software, anyone can make applications using the java programming language and share it with others. This is the main and will be the most important selling point of Google android.

4. Messaging features - Supports text and picture SMS, MMS and the new XMPP (directly contact with other people without any software like Yahoo messenger or Skype)

5. Google Android will provide enhanced utilization of GPS services combined with Google maps. Very helpful in finding your way.

6. Display - The platform will be adaptable to all mobile phones display layouts. Provided it has a color screen and GPRS enabled.

Nokia N97 and Nokia N96 That Add More Credit to Nokia N Series Phones

It is not an exaggeration to say that there are no other phones in the market to compete with Nokia N series gadgets. They are unique and marvellous Nokia mobile phones.

Let us discuss about two Nokia N series phones that have received countless praises from all segments of the mobile users across the world. They are none other than the Nokia N97 and Nokia N96 devices. The Nokia N96 has been recently released in the market where as the Nokia N97 is expected to be released in the market in the second quarter of 2009.

To break the silence and to compete with the 3G technology Apple iPhone, Nokia is going to launch the N97 phone with innovative features and stunning looks. To serve and please the demands of the modern mobile users, who are eagerly waiting to have a touch screen phone in their hands, this world class phone comes with a large 3.5 inches TFT touch screen display with 16M colours and offers a resolution of 360 x 640 pixels. The users can enjoy its easy to use and simple to drag touch screen features. Beside the advanced navigations features such as the Proximity sensor for auto turn-off, Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and Handwriting recognition, this stylish phone also comes along with a QWERTY keyboard.

To prove it as a complete Internet-based entertainment phone, the N97 handset from Nokia is compatible with WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML Internet browser and RSS feeds. One of the major features of this upcoming phone is its storage capacity. To our great surprise, the microSD (TransFlash) memory card of this phone has the capacity to support nearly 16 GB memory card slots. Its power-packed entertainment features like audio player, video player, video recorder, secondary video call camera, 5.0 mega pixels digital camera, RDS technology stereo FM radio definitely prove it as a seamless entertainer. This 3G technology Nokia N97 phone has a Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support and is installed with thousands of Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch along with a digital compass feature. It supports the operating system of Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 and comes preloaded with all the endless features like class 32 GPRS, class 32 EDGE, HSCSD, 3G-HSDPA, WLAN-Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology, Bluetooth connectivity and microUSB support.

While on the other hand, the Nokia N96 has already proved it as a high-end device and reached the pockets of most of the modern mobile users across the world. Like an unexpected storm it has entered the mobile market with all the powerful multi-purpose features. Its 2.8 inches colourful TFT display is the first attractive feature of this phone. The user-friendly slider mechanism and great quality multimedia features like 5.0 mega pixels digital camera, MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player, Stereo FM Radio with RDS, DVB-H TV broadcast receiver, 3.5 mm audio output jack, T9, TV out, secondary VGA videocall camera and video recorder offer ultimate fun and entertainment to its users. Some of the other sumptuous features of the N96 from Nokia include the Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS function, SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging, RSS reader, WAP 2.0/xHTML Internet browser, Office document viewer, push to talk, Voice dial/memo and Built-in handsfree.

After the clear description of these two gadgets such as the Nokia N97 and the Nokia N96, we can strongly say that both phones surely offer wonderful mobile experience to their users.

Choosing Between Nokia 6300 and Nokia 6220 Classic

Nokia is dedicated to enhancing people's lives and productivity by providing easy-to-use and secure products, such as, mobile phones and imaging, games, media, mobile network operators and business solutions. The following compares features of the Nokia 6220 Classic and the Nokia 6300.

Operating System: The 6220 is equipped with Symbian 9.3 S60, 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 user interface. The 6300 is equipped with Symbian S40.

Network: The 6220 (Quadband) works on more networks (850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA, 900/2100) than the (Triband) 6300 (850/900/1800/1900). Due to the frequency used in some locations, if you are an AT&T user, this could be an issue.

Battery: Batteries are fairly comparable, providing similar talktime minutes (210 m.). However, the 6300 provides the user with more standby (348 m.) time.

Camera: Both mobile phone models have a camera. However, the 6220's 5-megapixel, Zeiss T lens, and xenon flash surpasses the 6300's 2-megapixel resolution and 8x digital zoom. Additionally, the 6300 has no flash. The 6220 also has a second embedded CIF camera for 3G video calling the 6300 does not have, although the 6300 has video recording capabilities the 6220 does not have.

Bluetooth, USB, GPS: The 6220 has 3G HSDPA connectivity including Bluetooth 2.0, USB mass storage, 2.5mm AV connector, 2mm DC jack, and TV-Out. Unfortunately syncing the handset with the (Mac) iSync has been difficult. The 6300 has Bluetooth 2.0, no GPS, but does have a charging port, a 2.5mm headphone jack and a mini-local USB that connects to your PC, eliminating the need for the proprietary Nokia USB cable. The 6300 has a plugin to make it work with iSync.

JAVA, FM Radio, Music Player: The 6220 has 64-voice polyphonic ringtones / MP3 & AAC ringtones, music player (MP3, AAC, ACC+, eAAC+ and WMA formats, OMA DRM version 2.0) and RDS FM radio. The 6300 also offers 64-voice polyphonic ringtones, MP3, and True Tones, and has MIDP Java 2.0 with additional Java APIs. It also features Macromedia Flash Lite 2.0 for interactive video, audio and graphics use for FM stereo and visual radio and music file format.

Emailing/Messaging, Organizing, Handsfree: The 6220 has SMS, MMS, email with attachments. The user has access to voice dialing and voice commands. Contacts, organizer with calendar, to-do list and notes, alarm clock, and countdown timer (normal and interval timer) are also included features. The 6300 similarly has SMS/EMS, MMS, and e-mail messaging with T9 predictive text, but without the other features.

Memory: The 6220 has a larger, our-of-the-box memory than the 6300. The 6220 has 120 MB plus microSD memory card slot (1 GB supplied; expandable to 8 GB), expandable up to 8GB with a microSD card. The 6300 has a 7.8 MB out-of-the-box shared memory that is expandable up to 2GB with a microSD card.

In general, the Nokia 6300 is a simpler and less expensive cell phone than the Nokia 6220 Classic, which could account for its popularity. The 6220 offers more and expanded features. And the 6300, although comparable on many fronts, does not have as expanded features. In fact, its primary drawbacks are its small, out-of-the-box memory and inconvenient USB port. However, for the money, the features it does offer typically get high (4-star) ratings for functionality, usability, and ease of operation. Its then is left up to the consumer to decide which features are the most important to him or her.

Mobile Phone Buying Guide - 5 Things You Must Consider!

Mobile phones are available with tons of features these days. But have we ever stopped to think which features are important to us and which might not be? I'm sure over the course of many years, all of us have bought at least one mobile phone which we would have regretted buying. Even though most of us go through so many reviews that are available online, we still want to get the latest and greatest mobile phone only to find that it does not fit our lifestyle. Well in order to address this, this article will describe 5 things that you must consider before buying your next mobile phone. Keeping these 5 things in mind while reading your next mobile phone review will greatly help you to understand the review better and choose your next gadget wisely.

1. Form Factor

Mobile Phones basically come in 3 form factors: Candy Bar, Slider and Flip. You need to choose wisely which one of these will suit you. Some of us prefer to just have a candy bar which is the easiest to use, but one potential drawback is that you could accidentally press one of the keys and could be dialling someone overseas. So setting the phone to auto keypad lock is very important. Slider and Flip phones are generally better looking than Candy Bar phones and do not leave the keypad exposed.

Another key point is to consider what size you are most comfortable with. Slider and Flip Type mobile phones are generally smaller than Candy Bar phones and can fit easily into your pockets. If you like to flaunt your physique and generally wear tight jeans, it would just make sense to go for Sliders and Flip Types. This also will ensure that you dont accidentally press any keys on a Candy Bar phone while you are pulling the mobile phone out of your tight pocket.

2. Screen Attributes

Screen attribute is the next thing to watch out for. What kind of screen are you looking for? A normal mobile phone screen with no bells and whistles? Or a touch screen? If you are a heavy text message user, you should go for phone with no touch screen but one which offers a keypad instead. This is the most easiest and fastest way to type those text messages. Touch screens offer 2 types: Using a stylus and using your bare fingers. Stylus is good for people who use their mobile phones as PDAs and would like to take quick notes during meetings. Its also a very good fit for those who are looking for handwriting recognition. But if you are not using your phone to scribble any notes during those meetings and would still like a touch screen, then you should go for those mobile phones where you can use your fingers on the touch screen. Stylus operation can be cumbersome at times and this might be a good alternative.

One major point to note about the screen of your phone is how well it performs under direct sunlight. If you are constantly on the move and use your phone outdoors most of the time, choose a mobile phone whose screen performs well under sunlight. Most mobile phone screens don't! This is one factor which is not considered in mobile phone reviews - so watch out! Do some research yourself.

3. Connectivity

Next we look at what kind of connectivity we are looking for in the mobile phone. Is it 2G, 3G or Wi-Fi? Well it all depends on your usage and your data plans as well. If you are one who tends to surf the web like I do, go for a 3G phone. But you should also take your data plan into consideration here. Unless you are not on an unlimited data plan I suggest you don't choose a 3G phone. It's going to cost you a bomb! If you still want to surf the internet, then go for a Wi-Fi phone. But then you will need to find a Wi-Fi hotspot every time you want to connect to the internet and surf. Wi-Fi phones are also very good for those who intend to run VoIP software to make calls (like Skype).

4. Operating System

This is a very important attribute of a mobile phone - what OS does the phone run on? It could be Windows Mobile, Symbian OS or Apple's proprietary OS which runs on a Unix platform. The look and feel is one important factor here. Another thing is whether you will be running a ton of applications. Some Operating Systems are more stable than others, so it depends on your usage. Some Operating Systems give a better look and feel to the mobile phone itself. But if you choose a phone with the wrong operating system for your usage, you might just end up crashing the phone!

5. Applications

Last but not least, do some research on what applications are available for your next mobile phone. These could be applications available from the manufacturer or from third parties. Look at the quantity and quality of applications available. Some might want to download games while some others might be looking for financial software applications. So if your mobile phone does not support the applications that are essential for your lifestyle, stay away from the phone. Choose one which suits your lifestyle.

I hope that the above 5 points will guide you in your next mobile phone purchase. Give it a bit of thought; write in a piece of paper. Choose your next mobile phone wisely keeping these points in mind. I'm sure that you will not regret your next purchase. Don't forget to check out some of the other cool stuff that is available on my blog. Have Fun!

Nokia N95 8GB - Loaded With Amazing Features

The super stylish 3G slider phone comes in the glossy black colour casing. This light weight phone holds 128 gram of weight. This phone measures 99 mm deep by 53 mm wide and 21 mm high dimensions. Some of its key features are 3G technology, 16 million colour TFT screen with 240 x 320 pixels resolutions, 5 mega pixels camera with autofocus and carl zeiss lens, OS symbian operating system with S60 software, music player with MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ and WMA formats, EDGE technology and Quad band facility on GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM 1900 with HSDPA. This highly smart phone comes in a 2.8 inches screen size, which has 240 x 320 pixels resolutions. The TFT screen has the sixteen million colours with the accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate feature.

The desirable smart phone has an excellent 8 GB of internal memory and this device is popular for its 8 Gbyte memory version. The memory can be expanded by adding a MicroSD™ memory card up to 2 Gbytes. The memory feature offers more options which are 128 MB SDRAM memory, dual ARM 11 332 MHz CPU and 3D graphics HW accelerator. The Nokia N95 comes with a S60 software feature with the OS symbian operating system at up to OS 9.2, S60 rel. 3.1 measurements, which provides the high quality applications with the photo, video editing programs, music player programs and management applications. The quad band network feature has the 2G or 3G network facility. The 2G network supports 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM frequencies and 3G network supports 2100 HSDPA. It is equipped with polyphonic ringtones with up to 64 channels, monophonic tones, true tones and MP3. The phone book option comes with a practically unlimited entries and fields with the photo call and call records.

Some of its basic organiser features includes phone-book, contacts, calendar, notes, clock, to do list, calculator, converter, conference call, push to talk, document viewer and OS symbian operating system with S60 software. These basic features allows you to be update yourself with the date, day and time. The new generation mobile comes in entertainment based features are the Java games, Java applications,embedded games, downloadable games. Through the downloadable games facility the games can also be downloaded from the Internet or bluetooth technology. The connectivity features are 3G technology, Bluetooth technology, USB 2.0, pop port, EDGE, HSCSD and WLAN Wi-Fi network. The GPRS navigation feature supports maps for more than hundred countries, which clearly display on the 2.8 inch colour screen. GPRS technology helps you in finding the desired location. The EDGE technology and HSDPA feature provides the high speed data transfer facility. The Bluetooth wireless technology allows you to download or transfer heavy data from other devices. Whereas Bluetooth technology also supports the Internet system. The users can enjoy advanced Internet browsing through the WAP, XHTML and facilityHTMl. The internet browsing comes in 2.0/xHTML, HTML WAP facility.

Nokia N95 8GB is the best imaging features includes 5 mega pixels camera with digital zoom option. This high resolution autofocus camera is empowered with 2592 x 1944 pixels resolutions. The other camera features are flash, camera key, carl zeiss optics tessar lens, scenes settings in automatic, user defined, close up, portrait, landscape and night mode, white balance with automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent and fluorescent light, colour tone with normal, black and white, sepia and negative mode, video player, video recorder, video streaming, video modes, video calling second CIF camera and GPS Navigation. The messaging features include SMS or text messaging, MMS or multimedia messaging, Email through SMTP, IMAP4 and POP3 formats, Email with attachments, picture messaging, instant messaging, SMS distribution list and predictive text. Through the MMS or multimedia messaging option the message can be sent in the photos or video recording format.

Nokia N70

Nokia N70 music edition is another remarkable gift from Nokia N series. It is a music filled version of Nokia N70. It is elegantly designed, compact and smallest 3G series smart phone. It has several attractive features like smart look, 2 mega pixel camera, flash and front camera for video calling, fm radio and above all Nokia Music Manager Software that helps users to manage their music.

Along with above features there are many other like it possess Video recorder, visual radio, conference calling, downloadable Java and Symbian applications, voice dialing, voice commands, Bluetooth, display with attractive matrix and excellent colours etc. The battery backup of this set is so strong its standby is up to 11 days.

As with Nokia brand, they are always with the theme to provide something new with improvement over earlier models. In the same way, Nokia N70 is also coming with an additional feature which makes it different from several other mobiles like for example this model comes with dedicated music access keys, which helps in easy access to music by the user.

It has its own reasons why it is the favorite of today's professionals and teens. Nokia N70 is a set, made keeping in mind the requirements of both work and fun together It is well equipped with perfect phone book, active cooperation with your personal computer and is having good organizer functions. It enables you to enter web easily, enables you to check mails and even permits downloading of emails. One good feature is with Nokia N70 Microsoft document or Acrobat files can also be accessed. Now discussing the other part i.e. fun it is well equipped with good camera, possess advanced video application, plays FM radio and above all possess attractive games which are quite expensive.

As with everything there are always two sides, in this case also some sort of problems are there like often users complain to have some sort of problem with provided games with Nokia N70 and it is not having infrared port. However, just these small problems are not enough to resist someone from buying this phone.

Talking about its look and feel, Nokia N70 possesses a very attractive look. It gives luxurious metal impressions. When you are having this model in your hand it really gives a reason to smile. So don't wait and grab this opportunity to buy this best as you simply deserve the best.

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Symbian Mobile Phones

A phone using the Symbian operating system is able to integrate several software applications at once, such as word processors, internet browser and email. The first phone on the Symbian OS was the Nokia 9210. It was launched in 2000 and was a fairly ordinary-looking handset with the old style black-on-green screen and simple keypad...at first glance.

Opening it up revealed a full QWERTY keyboard and colour screen, almost like a mini laptop. It could be used to send emails, browse the internet and it featured a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation viewer and file/contents manager. All this from a fairly basic-looking handset.

Since the 9210 the Symbian OS has appeared on several new handsets, with more and more software being developed to make use of them. A regular feature on the Symbian OS is the ability to send and receive emails as well as access instant messaging, full internet access and even hook the handset up to your TV.

Nokia seems to have cornered the market in Britain when it comes to Symbian phones, with handsets in all shapes and sizes from clamshells to sliders to PDA's. There's even a handset which looks like a small camcorder; the Nokia N93i is capable of video capture of DVD quality, as well as mobile TV software to turn it into a portable television.

But Nokia are by no means the only manufacturer to jump on the Symbian bandwagon. Ericsson, LG, Samsung and Motorola all have handsets carrying this technology too. The Motorola Z8 also carries yet another new feature; a 'kick-slider'. This means that when the phone slides up, it forms a curve which fits the shape of your face letter than a standard handset would. Not exactly a feat of modern technology, but sometimes the simplest things are the best.

While Symbian phones are the top end of the technology spectrum at the moment, they're still reasonably priced. Some are even available on a pay as you go tariff, for those who don't want to be tied to a monthly package. Look on the internet and mobile phone retailers for the best deals.

NOKIA N70 3G PHONE

Description

The Nokia N70 is the successor of the popular 6680. Similar to its predecessor, it is built for the WCMDA/GSM 900/1800/1900 networks. The N70 comes bundled with a 64 MB MMC card in the sales package which you can transfer files. It also has Bluetooth connectivity. The N70 is also based on the Symbian OS, making the phone an open platform for the most variety of applications written in Java or Symbian. The phone supports the following formats JPEG, MP3, PPT, DOC, XLS, and PDF. The major improvement over 6680 is its 2megapixel camera that can be used for video sharing and recording or camera using the smooth 20 x digital zoom, integrated LED-based flash, and high-quality lens provided, it also supports Nokia XpressPrint printing solution makes producing great prints of images. You can even hookup a Keyboard to the phone using Bluetooth. Measuring just 108.8 x 53 x 17.5 mm, the Nokia N70 is the smallest ever 2 mega pixel 3G smart phone based on the leading Series 60 Platform. It is also lighter than the 6680.

Features

From a technical perspective, it's a GSM 900/1800/1900 phone. The N70 also comes with integrated Bluetooth and supports Pictbridge printing for ease of photo printing. On the software side, the N70 supports visual radio applications, comes with RealPlayer installed as well as a small suite of business-type applications. Of all the N series mobiles, this is the one that you're most likely to convince your manager to buy you for the office, if only because the leisure applications are better hidden than with the clearly musical or photo aspirations of the other N series mobiles. Connectivity is once again provided by Nokia's PC Suite Software. Like the N90, the N70 features a 2.0 Mega pixel camera with a surprising amount of clarity for a mobile phone camera. The N70 offers up to 22MB of internal memory for storage. With the quantity of downloadable 3G data out there, not to mention the phone's inbuilt music and photo offerings, that's likely to be gobbled up rather quickly. For additional storage the N70 uses RS-MMC (reduced size Multimedia Card). The slot for these is on the right hand side of the phone, and our test sample came with a 128MB RS-MMC card.

Specifications

The specifications of Nokia N70 include; Phone Type Symbian OS 8, Network Supporter WCDMA/TriBand GSM 900/1800/1900, Wireless Technology 3G, WAP, GPRS, Java, MMS, Bluetooth, Video streaming, Video calling/sharing, LCD Display 176 x 208 pixels, Colour Yes / 262K Colour TFT, Form Factor Candy Bar, Dimensions 108.8 x 53 x 17.5 mm, Weight inch Battery 126g, Battery Power Rating Nokia BL-5C 3.7v 900 mAh Li-Ion, Max Talk time 4 hrs, Max Standby Time 240 hrs, Digital Camera / Video 2 mpixel, Max resolution 1280x960, Video 3GP, Ringtone MIDI, MP3, AAC, AMR, Real player, PDF reader, Storage 64M RS-MMC external storage provided

Conclusion

Nokia's N70 isn't half bad. Unlike so many 3G phones - including N80 - it's neither chunky nor gawky. It's got the slick look of Nokia's business phones coupled with a consumer-friendly feature set. The camera's good and there's a nice music player for your MP3s - it supports iTunes-friendly the AAC format too, though not songs downloaded from Apple's online music store. Sure, it has its idiosyncrasies - size, the lack of flight mode - and the battery's life could be (much) better, but the N70 won me over despite that. A great all-rounder.

Nokia N93 - An All-In-One Device

The new Nokia n93 is a portable music player, a digital camera, and a 3g smart phone combined into one. It has something for everyone--for the music freaks, for the photography buffs, and for the Internet savvy.

N93 has got so many features that one finds oneself at a loss where to start. Let us first discuss the design of the phone. The phone’s twist-and-flip design allows the user to keep it in four different positions. You can keep it one position for taking photographs and shooting videos, and view the photos and the videos in another position. For calling you just have to fold open the phone. There are two displays: internal and external. The external screen is for displaying basic information like time, date, etc. the internal display is brilliant (TFT screen with 262K colours). The keypad has one-touch keys for the camera, zoom, and flash etc. making it easier for the users to use the phone. Save the weight of the phone, the design is immaculate.

The camera of Nokia n93 is perhaps the best one to have been incorporated in a mobile phone till date. At 3.2 mega pixel (2048x1536 pixels), it is capable of taking high-resolution photographs. Other remarkable features of the embedded camera are Carl Zeiss lens, auto focus, macro mode, integrated flash, and auto exposure. These features could earlier be expected only in special digital cameras. It is a surprise therefore for many that Nokia has been able to incorporate these features into the camera of a phone.

The video recorder of the Nokia N93 is not far behind the camera when it comes to features. It allows you to shoot videos in the MPEG-4 or 3GP format. The resolution is good and the phone also allows you to shoot videos of up to 60 minutes duration. So you can now make your own movies with the phone and earn admiration for yourself!

Coming to the music player, it supports a variety of file formats like MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC, and WMA. The sound output with the supplied stereo headphones is outstanding. The music player also supports play lists and equalizer. There is a stereo FM radio as well with visual radio support. No surprise, therefore, that some music freaks are going for the phone just for the music features.

Other features of the incredible Nokia N93 are:

SMS, MMS, and E-Mail

MP3 ring tones

Voice recorder

Integrated hands-free speaker

Push to talk

Java and Symbian applications

Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, infrared, wireless LAN,

Web browser

Perhaps nothing is missing from the phone. For people who are willing to put up with the weight and bulk of the phone, and are ready to pay a heavy price, it’s the ideal phone.

Lets Talk About S60, the Leading Smartphone Platform in the World

When we buy a shiny new Nseries device, we play with it, we browse internet with it, we make phone calls with it etc... But you never asked yourself what OS (Operative System) is running inside them to make them so powerful? A smartphone is like a computer, in fact it *is* a computer, and as HPs run Windows XP/Vista and iMacs run OSX Leopard, the Nseries devices run S60 3rd Edition and more recently S60 5th Edition. Wait, where is the 4th Edition? you might ask. Well Nokia decided ''as a polite gesture to Asian customers'' skip the 4th because 4 is an unlucky number for some Asian cultures.

Anyway, so far we have S60 3rd Ed and S60 5th Edition. Lets start with S60 3rd Edition.
The S60 3rd Edition is as its name says the 3rd edition of S60, there was S60 then S60 2nd Edition and then the most popular, loved, and widely used the S60 3rd Edition. This edition of S60 is to date the most widely used edition of S60, an amazing 46 devices use the 3rd Edition compared to the 13 devices that run the 2nd Edition and the 7 devices that used the S60 (1st Edition). And what exactly is S60? S60 is a software platform, a software platform runs over an OS (Operative System) in this case Symbian. Basically S60 is what runs on the top of Symbian that makes Symbian usable through S60. The S60 is an user interface, and for those who don't know what an user interface is, it is the way that the man (us) communicate with the machine (Smartphones).

And why is S60 so popular? As the slogan from S60 says ''S60 is open to new features'' or ''Open to anything''. The great aspect about S60 is that we can install 3rd party apps easily. With an S60 device users can have more than 100 unique applications and each one does something different to make the device the ultimate tool for almost everything.

An important thing to have in mind is that S60 3rd Ed is a button-only interface, there is no support for touch screen and to date the maximum resolution it supports is QVGA (Quarter Of VGA) which is 240x320 pixels and consequently the maximum acceptable display size is 2.8 inch because if the size gets bigger then the images produced by the screen will look really bad and pixelated. And in an era were touch screen devices with screens of 3.5 inches and with 320x480 of resolution exist, well Nokia was not doing well, isn't it? That was until the S60 5th Edition came and save the day! The 5th Edition of S60 was announced in October of 2008 with the Nokia 5800. This device being mid-range sports a 3.2 inch touch screen with 360x640 pixels of resolution! And that was not the end of it, 2 months later Nokia surprised, rocked, amazed, everyone with a 3.5 inch with 360x640 resolution screen device!! On top of that it has a QWERTY keyboard, 32GB of Built-in memory, 5 Megapixel Camera, GPS and the list goes on for quite a while. This device is the Nokia N97, Nokia's greatest flagship of all times.The 5th Edition is THE new platform, with this platform we probably will see the greatest Nseries devices ever. The N97 is a start, an excellent start. Nokia and S60 reaffirmed themselves as the leaders in mobile technology with the N97, there is no device or OS better than the new N97 and S60 5th Ed.

I hope this short but condensed article explained you in an easy way the basics about S60, Nokia and Nseries.

Mobile Viruses And your Symbian Devices

Mobile Viruses....Whats the damage? Whats the antivirus ?

Whats the threat?

Imagine if someone were to erase your phone book - or worse still, steal it?

Imagine if someone were reading your text messages and personal emails - how would you feel?

Imagine if someone could trace your bank details, or other sensitive information from your phone.

Imagine if someone could add just 10p a month to your bill. Would you notice? How much could they regularly take from your account before you would be alerted to it?

Imagine if someone stole your identity? Without virus protection you run the risk of ID theft, these details are easy to obtain from your mobile.

Imagine if you simply could not use your phone.

This list above is what is under threat by a mobile virus getting into your cell or symbian devices, once in your Phone, PDA , Pocket Pc or what ever you call you device any or all of the above could happen.

Many Of the Threats Listed Below can be avoided by being careful what texts and emails you open. Have you ever received a text message offering a free mp3, software download or something more suggestive? you may have downloaded a virus.

Here are some examples Of the viruses out there and what they do

Doomed : What does this virus do?

This virus arrives disguised as an installer for a normal application, when run it stops normal applications on your phone from working, prevents your phone from restarting properly and introduces and runs SymbOS/Skulls, SymbOS/CardBlock, SymbOS/CardTrap, SymbOS/Fontal, SymbOS/CommWarrior and SymbOS/Cabir. The virus can also sometimes cause other Bluetooth devices in the vicinity of the infected one to restart.

SymbOS/Doomed arrives as a SIS installer disguised as a normal application. Some known applications it uses for cover are:

Double Process Speed v6.1.3 by DFT
Effects v1.05 by Dj 6230
exoVirusStop v2.13.16
Doom 2

It usually has three primary payloads:

• Disable normal applications
• Prevents proper phone boot
• Drops and executes other Symbian viruses

CommWarrior : What does this virus do?

This virus will reset your phone on the first hour of the 14th of every month. It spreads using Bluetooth and MMS utilising your phonebook contacts to send the MMS to.

SymbOS/CommWarrior is the first known mobile malware that spreads via both Bluetooth and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). It can also be downloaded from malicious web sites as an archive file named COMMWARRIOR.ZIP.

It affects phones running the Symbian S60 platform. Some phones affected by SymbOS/CommWarrior include the following:

Nokia 3650, 3600
Nokia 3660, 3620
Nokia 6600
Nokia 6620
Nokia 7610
Nokia 7650
Nokia N-Gage
Panasonic X700
Sendo X
Siemens SX1

Bluetooth Propagation

Once running in a device, SymbOS/CommWarrior searches for other phones with Bluetooth. Once a target phone is found, it sends a randomly named SIS file to the target.

The SIS file enters the target phone’s Inbox attached to a message. When the message is opened, it activates the SIS file and installs the following:

!:systemappsCommWarriorcommwarrior.exe
!:systemappsCommWarriorcommrec.mdl

Go Play Mobile - A Pack Of Games For Symbian OS

BlockBuster (Symbian)

BlockBuster is a logic game with the elements of arcade - it will be right for both - puzzle fans and action lovers. The
main goal of the game is very simple - to remove color squares from the board, but as soon as you start playing, you realize that you need to struggle for victory. Three skill levels, original interface and amazing skins make your game more addictive than ever.

BoXplosion (Symbian)

BoXplosion is a symbiosis of two wonderful game styles. Relaxed game-playing modes are present here, as well as those that will require all your skills in quickly pushing the buttons and shooting your
clicks at the right spot. This game will give you possibility to exercise both your brainpower and speed of response. Don't let the oncoming blocks fill the field - use bonuses!

Bubble Shooter (Symbian)

Are you sure you have nothing urgent to do? It's better to finish everything before you start shooting color bubbles and
exploding their avalanches because otherwise you won't even start doing your job
! Bubble Shooter takes the best from Tetris(TM), Arkanoid, and Pool adding new and cool features. Four levels of difficulty allow players with different preferences and of various age groups to enjoy the game in full. Beware - it's addictive!

Bubble Snooker (Symbian)

Bubble Snooker is a game that combines the best features
of Bubble Shooter, Pool, and Arcanoid. The winning strategy is to play from the
cusions not letting the balls fill in the whole table. Perfect 3D graphics on your HiRes Palm, pleasant sound and music, addictive gameplay, this is what you get when play Bubble Snooker. Besides, you can take part in the International Bubble Snooker Tournament online.

ButterFlight (Symbian)

Try your magic power on Symbian and you'll enjoy its bright colors and excellent graphics. You play on the glade that is
filled with the multicolored butterflies. At every round, you have to collect a
certain number of butterflies of a particular color on the glade. You can flip and rotate the butterflies sitting there - try to bring those of the same color together. Be the true Lord of the Butterflies! Good luck!

Checkers Challenge (Symbian)

Checkers anyone? Either you need some training for your logic and strategic skills, or you are in need of some rest, this

game will be a perfect pastime for you. New Checkers Challenge from Absolutist.
com will provide you a decent partner for a game of checkers. New and strong artificial intelligence can play on one of the three available levels of difficulty. This makes the game interesting for the player regardless of his skills in checkers.

Illustrix Dream Pack (Symbian)

Haven't heard yet about Illustrix? We bet the fans of brain-challenging games are already excited to try it. Absolutist presents beautiful Illustrix series:

* Illustrix: Cat Dream

* Illustrix: Dog Dream

* Illustrix: Bird Dream

* Illustrix: Animal Dream

* ...More to come soon...

Whatever you do, it's always the right time to take a rest with our Illustrix Series. Enjoy playing the most popular computer classics while revealing one by one hundreds of gorgeous pictures with the cutest representatives of the nature.

Jet Ducks (Symbian)

Incredible arcade-shooter mix on your Symbian phone! treat for fans of trendy cartoon graphics and classic shooter-arcade mix from Absolutist. The task of the hunter ... oops! sorry ... the player is simple: kill as many ducks as possible. But beware - those creatures, first of all, do not fly unprotected (use helmets!), and, second, shoot right at you. So, charge your rifle and stand out against the... Jet Ducks! Trial hunting for free! Download and try it on your Mac ASAP!

Rotate Mania (Symbian)

Fresh new game, combining elements of arcade and puzzle to form a very addictive mix. If you like Tetris, Clickomania, BlockBuster - this one is in the same vein but quite different and entertaining.
Several game modes and skill levels are included to make it even more fun. Strip

and Shift Mania are for people who love meditative strategic games. Time Mania
is exactly what it says - you will be hard pressed to win the game, as new blocks will appear while you are thinking on the next move - you'll have to be quick.

A Demo mode will give you some extra minutes of fun, as well as an exhibition of the rules in action.

Smiling Bubbles (Symbian)

The path to perfection has no borders, so

as the new bubble game. Smiling Bubbles are not only chatting and laughing, entertaining you but also give you a chance to improve your skills - they are clever and cunning you see. At first you will need some time and attention to clear up who is who (there are both positive and negative characters). Then you should
develop your own strategy, using your quick mind and acuity of vision. Go ahead!

Trivia Machine (SymbianOS)

Now on your Symbian smartphone! Climb to the top of the ladder by answering fun questions from the trivia machine! The game features over 7,000 trivia questions in 9 fun categories. The unique game play involves strategy as well as trivia knowledge...it's challenging and entertaining! New questions are downloaded automatically so you may never see the same question twice.

Features
* Thousands of fun trivia questions!
* Multiple categories and difficulty levels
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* Exciting lightning rounds
* Fun, challenging and educational

VolleyBalley (Symbian)

Do you like active sports? Do you like travel, sea and sun? If you do, then you came to the right place! Try Volley Balley by Absolutist.com now! Smooth pseudo 3D animation, realistic physics and striking dynamism - these are the main features of the game. Have the everlasting summer on your Symbian! Besides, you can take part in the Online Web Tournament between all the players of Volley Balley regardless of the platform!