Nokia 5800 New
Submitted by miracle_strike on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 06:30The new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is a mid-range music-focussed mobile and it´s Nokia's first touch enabled Symbian S60 mobile. Other key features include a 3.2-inch touch-screen, 3.2-megapixel AF camera with dual-LED flash, VGA front camera, A-GPS, HDSPA, up to 16GB of storage via microSD and loud speakers. The 5800 XpressMusic price will 279 Euro, 129 UK Pounds and $227 USD. This is also Nokia’s first Comes With Music phone, a newly launched music service that offers unlimited music downloads for the first year of ownership.
Nokia takes aim at Apple with touch-screen phone
Submitted by mrsyamsul on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 02:04Finnish phone maker Nokia launched its first touch-screen phone on Thursday, intending to one-up Apple's iPhone on features and be competitively priced.
Nokia has clearly taken a cue from Apple in its design of the 5800 Xpress Music, formerly known as "Tube." The device, due for release by year's end, looks quite similar to Apple's iPhone, which has a single panel of smooth glass on the front.
Frustrated researcher details iPhone security bugs
Submitted by mrsyamsul on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 01:45Tired of getting the brush-off from Apple, Israeli researcher Aviv Raff Thursday disclosed technical details about a pair of iPhone security flaws that he first reported more than two months ago.
Raff, best known as a browser vulnerability researcher, told Apple in July that he had uncovered bugs in the iPhone's Mail application as well as in its version of Safari that could be used to trick users into clicking on malicious links and boost the amount of spam they face.
Symbian Series 60 takes on Apple and Google
Submitted by angelofdeath on Sat, 10/04/2008 - 11:21Symbian has released the latest version of its Series 60 (S60) mobile phone operating system, and has added features to make it more competitive with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android.
The fifth edition of the S60 will integrate touch screen control to new handsets, support for higher screen resolutions and a widescreen mode for viewing.
Mobile internet use has also been improved, with touch scrolling of web pages and support for Adobe's Flash Lite 3 built in.
Motion control has been added, so that users can silence an incoming call by simply turning the handset upside down.
Email Spam and user registrations
Submitted by admin on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 14:44Some of you may have noticed that your registrations e-mails are not coming through to you. We have had a serious issue with our e-mail server and due to this most e-mails were not being sent out.
Thankfully, this issue should be resolvedin the next 24 hours and we hope to have the mail and registration system back online.
Thank you for your continued support.
Admin Team
Update Nokia N73 to N73 Music Edition
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 14:33If you already own the Nokia N73, you can update the firmware to the Music Edition by using the Nokia Software Update with a little trick. Read on to find out how to update the firmware.
Before you decide to update your Nokia N73 to the Music Edition, know that this may void your warranty and you run the risk of breaking your phone.
Download and install: Nemesis Service Suite (http://www.b-phreaks.co.uk/software.htm) and the latest Nokia Software Update (http://www.nokia.com/A4176089).
1. Connect your phone and wait for Windows to install the drivers.
the HTC Touch Diamond with TouchFLO 3D
Submitted by hamada on Sat, 07/19/2008 - 19:59Today at a press event held in London, HTC launched the next wave in its Touch series of products. The new Touch Diamond is the first device from HTC to run TouchFLO 3D, the latest version of the company's finger friendly user interface layer for Windows Mobile Professional devices. The Touch Diamond takes what was popular with the original Touch and puts it all inside a new, slicker package with gobs of functionality.
iPhone 3G and 2.0 Firmware Launched at Apple WWDC
Submitted by hamada on Sat, 07/19/2008 - 19:56Just shy of a year since the original iPhone went on sale, Apple Inc has announced a fresh upgrade to the platform from its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at San Francisco's Moscone Center this morning, coming in the form of new software and a new device.
Review of Nokia's sexy E66 business smartphone
Submitted by hamada on Sat, 07/19/2008 - 19:54The Nokia E66 is a new business oriented smartphone that is tasked with replacing Nokia's popular E65. With a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera and updated Contacts and Calendar applications, we take a look to see if the E66 is much of an improvement, and how well it stands up to the tasks expected of a business phone.
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Tutorial: Etisalat BlackBerry as Modem
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 06/02/2008 - 14:01As promised, and long awaited; here is a Step-by-Step tutorial to configure and connect your BlackBerry device to your computer for Internet use.
Important: You have to connect your BlackBerry by USB connection to the computer, and make sure that BlackBerry Desktop Manager is running.
1. Click Start > Control Panel > Phone and Modem Options
2. At the Phone and Modem Options window, click on the Modems tab and Click Add
3. Make sure to select the option “Don’t Detect my modem; I will select it from a list“, and then click Add
