Assalamualaikum,

N97 Mini was in my wishlist until this baby pops out from my browser, and straight away I was in love with it...here's a brief description of this soon to be mine Nokia N900. Hehehe

The N900 has a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard and an 800x480-pixel resistive touch screen. According to the man who let the cat out of the bag, the build quality is similar to the Nokia E75.

The device will also have a 5-megapixel camera with F2.8 lens, 32GB of onboard memory with a microSD card slot for up to 32GB (bringing the total capacity to a whopping 64GB), a micro-USB port, 1,320mAh battery, GPS and TV-out. But these details are not as interesting as the Maemo 5 software that the device is running on.

Without doubt this is Nokia’s hottest handset to date. And one we think has every chance of going toe–to–toe with the very best smartphones out there. And that means the iPhone 3GS and HTC Hero.

Nokia N900 Specifications

Display

- 3.5 inch touch-sensitive widescreen display
- 800 × 480 pixel resolution

Language support

- British English, American English, Canadian French, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Swedish, Russian

Connectivity

- 3.5mm AV connector
- TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable
- Micro-USB connector, High-Speed USB 2.0
- Bluetooth v2.1 including support for stereo headsets
- Integrated FM transmitter
- Integrated GPS with A-GPS

Battery

- BL-5J 1320mAh

Processor and 3D accelerator

- TI OMAP 3430: ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX with OpenGL ES 2.0 support

Memory

- Up to 1GB of application memory (256 MB RAM, 768 MB virtual memory)

Size and weight

- Volume: Approx 113cc

- Dimensions: 110.9 × 59.8 × 18 (19.55 at thickest part) mm

- Weight: Approx 181g

Mass memory

- 32 GB internal storage
- Store up to 7000 MP3 songs or 40 hours of high-quality video
- Up to 16 GB of additional storage with an external microSD card

Keys and input method

- Full QWERTY tactile keyboard
- Full QWERTY onscreen keyboard

Colour

- Black

Operating frequency

- Quad-band GSM EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
- WCDMA 900/1700/2100 MHz

Data network

- GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 107/64.2 kbps (DL/UL)
- EDGE class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL)
- WCDMA 900/1700/2100. Maximum speed PS 384/384 kbps (DL/UL)
- HSPA 900/1700/2100. Maximum speed PS 10/2 Mbps (DL/UL) WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g

Call features

- Integrated hands-free stereo speakers
- Call waiting, call hold, call divert
- Call timer
- Logging of dialed, received and missed calls
- Speed dialing via contact widget
- Virbrating alert (internal)
- Side volume keys
- Mute/unmute
- Contacts with images
- Conference calling with up to 3 participants
- Internet calling

Email & Messaging

- Supported protocols: Mail for Exchange, IMAP, POP3, SMTP
- Support for email attachments
- Support for rich HTML
- SMS and Instant Messages as conversations
- Support for Nokia Messaging service
- Instant messaging and presence enhanced contacts
- Multiple number, email and Instant Messaging details per contact, contacts with images
- Support for assigning images to contacts

Web browsing

- Maemo browser powered by Mozilla technology
- Adobe Flash™ 9.4 support
- Full screen browsing

GPS and navigation

- Integrated GPS, Assisted-GPS, and Cell-based receivers
- Pre-loaded Ovi Maps application
- Automatic geotagging

Camera

- 5 megapixel camera (2584 × 1938 pixels)
- Image formats: JPEG
- CMOS sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens
- 3 × digital zoom
- Autofocus with assist light and two-stage capture key
- Dual LED flash
- Full-screen viewfinder
- Photo editor on device
- TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, included in box) or WLAN/UPnP
- Landscape (horizontal) orientation
- Capture modes: Automatic, portrait, video, macro, landscape, action

Video

- Wide aspect ratio 16:9 (WVGA)
- Video recording file format: .mp4; codec: MPEG-4
- Video recording at up to 848 × 480 pixels (WVGA) and up to 25fps
- Video playback file formats: .mp4, .avi, .wmv, .3gp; codecs: H.264, MPEG-4, Xvid, WMV, H.263

Music and audio playback

- Maemo media player
- Music playback file formats: .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a
- Built-in FM transmitter
- Ring tones: .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a
- FR, EFR, WCDMA, and GSM AMR
- Digital stereo microphone
- DLNA

Personalisation

- Background pictures
- Widgets on your desktops
- Intelligent contact shortcuts
- Shortcuts to your favourite websites
- Shortcuts to applications
- Themes

Operating system

- Maemo 5 software on Linux

Applications

- Maemo Browser
- Phone
- Conversations
- Contacts
- Camera
- Photos
- Media player
- Email
- Calendar
- Ovi Maps
- Clock
- Notes
- Calculator
- PDF reader
- File manager
- RSS reader
- Sketch
- Games
- Widgets
- Application manager for downloads

Gaming

- Bounce
- Chess
- Mahjong

What's in the box

- Nokia N900
- Nokia Battery (BL-5J)
- Nokia High Efficiency Charger (AC-10)
- Nokia Stereo Headset (WH-205)
- Video out cable (CA-75U)
- Nokia charger adaptor (CA-146C)
- Cleaning cloth

Before I end this post, check out this video...

I am in love with it...I'm hooked. Please Nokia N900, please be mine!!!

Introducing the new Maps 3.0^Beta, with better maps than ever before, enhanced Drive and Walk navigation and synchronisation with Ovi Maps^Beta.

Overview

What's new from the previous release?

• Start-up sequence takes you to your current position as soon as position is found. If your position is not found in few seconds, you are taken to last known position
• You can rotate the map, so you can for example view 3D landmarks from all directions. Just press 4 and 6 in map view. Pressing 5 takes you back to 'north up' view
• In 3D view mode, you can tilt the view by pressing 2 and 8
• 2D/3D mode works with all map modes, i.e. with Map/Satellite/Terrain
• My Favourites menu is cleaned up and History list is moved higher in menu
• My Places has option "Point me to" for any saved place/landmark, you the direction to that place on the map
• In addition to the synchronisation of Favourites and Collections with Ovi Maps and vice versa (use in online mode, enable Internet connection), you can now plan routings on Ovi Maps and synchronise to your device
• Finally, many bugs have now been fixed

Compatibility and system requirements

Maps Updater and Map Loader 3.0 require Microsoft Windows XP or Vista.

Maps Updater requires Nokia PC Suite to be installed on your computer.

Maps 3.0^Beta works with Nokia devices based on:
S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 (E71, E66, 6110 Navigator, N95, N95 8GB, N82)
S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 (N96, N85, N79, 6650, 6210 Navigator, 6220 Classic, N78)

Ovi Maps^Beta works on IE6 (Windows XP), IE7, Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 (Windows XP or Vista).

What’s new in Maps 3.0 compared with Maps 2.0

Maps 3.0^Beta is a sneak preview of the forthcoming version of Nokia Maps.

• Enhanced car navigation, Drive*, through lane assistance, speed limit warners, improved sign post design and new ‘Route overview’ mode during navigation,
• Enhanced pedestrian navigation, Walk**, through shortcuts (virtual connections) in urban areas, straight line guidance for off-road terrain and beeps and vibrations before next turn,
• Significantly improved map data quality and content,
• 3D landmarks for over 200 cities – can be displayed in 3D and 2D map modes,
• New Terrain*** map mode,
• Hi-res aerial images for Satellite*** and Hybrid*** map modes,
• Nokia Maps Updater for PC, to update your Maps application and existing map data,
• Synchronisation of Favourites and Collections with Ovi Maps and vice versa (use in online mode, enable Internet connection).

* Feature requires Drive & Walk licence.
**Feature requires Walk or Drive & Walk licence.
***To load Terrain/Satellite/Hybrid maps you need to enable Internet connection.

Coming soon in Maps 3.0 commercial release:

• Safety spot warners in selected countries
• Extended country coverage for Traffic info service
• Weather information
• Premium POI content for travel, selected events and cinemas

Ovi Maps extends the Maps experience from mobile device to the web. You can explore maps in 2D, 3D, satellite and hybrid views, save places relevant to you, create your Favourites and Collections, and then synchronise them over-the-air with Maps 3.0^Beta on your mobile and vice versa.

Beta release feature highlights

• Maps in 2D, 3D, satellite and terrain views,
• 3D landmarks for over 200 cities – can be displayed in 3D and 2D map modes,
• Saving places under Favourites and creating Collections,
• Synchronisation of Favourites and Collections with Maps 3.0^Beta on mobile and vice versa.

Coming soon in the next Beta release:

• Route planner for Drive, car navigation, and Walk, pedestrian navigation,
• Traffic information,
• Weather information.

Discover more at maps.ovi.com

p.s: Can't wait for the full version to come in. Should be a good addition for my N95

Assalamualaikum,

Having to leave my PS2 at home to allow my nephews to play them during the school break leave me with only my laptop and my N-gage on my N95 game to occupy the time. As you all know, I only recently bought FIFA Soccer 09 and now I can't play them. Huhuhu.

Worry not, now I have FIFA Soccer 09 mobile on my N95's N-gage.

This will be my latest addition to my list of games I have.

Download

Credit : IPMart and BinPDA

Assalamualaikum,

A visit to the nearest hypermarket have forced me to make an unpopular decision to buy a bigger capacity Memory Card of SanDisk 4GB micro SDHC for my N95.

I know this is kinda late and I should have bought 8GB but I this 4GB is sufficient considering that I only add the latest N-gage games and the space is getting very limited. I never used my N95 as a MP3 player anyway.

FYI, a 4GB microSDHC card can store more than 1,000 digital songs or more than 2,000 high-resolution pictures or up to 8 hours of MPEG 4 video. I think that is more than enough for me.

The only thing is I need to transfer all the backup and important appointments from the previous memory card into this new one. Hehehe

Assalamualaikum,

Two latest addition to my list of N-gage games in my N95

The One
Fight around the world to become the true ONE. You will be tested in incredible locations, against well-trained bosses with furious gangs who master different fighting techniques and styles. ONE breaks the boundaries of mobile gaming. Experience amazing 3D fighting with stunning motion-captured animations.

Download
pass : huseyin

Cafe Solitaire 12-Pack
Get 12 Solitaire games in 1 - the most ever assembled for your mobile device, including Klondike, FreeCell and Caesar! Grab a quick game on the go, form Cafés with your friends and create your own character for everyone to see. The better you play, the more you can win prizes, character clothing options and cool upgrades for your Café!

Download

note : for cracked phones only

Assalamualaikum,

Remember when I said the setbacks of updating the N95 firmware to v30 that we will have a menu icon that looks like this....

That big Menu Icon on top drives me crazy. Like I mentioned earlier I didn't like this but upgraded anyway...it's because I knew someone would come up with some way of reverting it back to its former state...

Please follow these simple steps:

1. Your phone must be hack using Drakkarious.
   
2. Download this .txt file
3. Copy the file into C:\private\10202be9 folder using xplore
4. Restart your phone.

Voila....


Note : Bigger Icon is good for your eyes...hehehe

credit: i-pmart

Tested on N95, may not work on all other phones.
This is a patch for ROMPatcher, only for S60v3

1. Unpack camera patch.zip and copy all .wav files to e:\system\sounds\digital
2. Copy all .rmp files to e:\patches\
3. Apply patch and enjoy.
   

All patches are for specific purposes:

• capture1-4 turns off all the capture sound during the use of camera
• focus - disabling the sound of camera auto focus
  
• start/stopcapture - turns off start/stop in video mode
• allin1 - turning off ALL camera sounds
  

Of course you can replace .wav files for your own .wav files, example explosion sound for capture1 etc.

CamMojaveCapture1-4.wav - Capture 1-4 sound
CamMojaveFocusSucc.wav - Focus sound
CamMojaveStart/Stop - Video capture start/stop sound

Note:

• If you don't have e:\system\sounds\digital folder, just make it yourself,
• Phone needed to be hack first using Drakkarious method.
  

Downloads:
Download Patch
Download ROMPatcher with auto patch

Noticeable Changes:
No more sound & faster response during capture of image

credit to: Kostek94 & i-Pmart

Assalamualaikum,

I am going to share with you my most essential tools and installer in my Nokia N95. I hope this entry will be much of a use for those who owns a phone like mine or alike.

• Drakkarious

The most important installer. One should use Drakkarious to enable them to install anything in the phone regardless whether the software is signed or unsigned. Drakkarious also enables use to view folder hidden from us thus allowing us to even hack our phone to the fullest.
download

• MsDict

As a teacher, this is one of my most important software in my phone. It helps me deal with unfamiliar word by finding its meaning at the tips of my fingers.

• QuickOffice/Officesuite

Ever wonder if we can view documents created on you laptop/PC on your phone. Yes we can. With this two suggested softwares, we can view documents like Microsoft Word, Excel and even PowerPoint on our phone just exactly the way we view it on laptop/PC.

• Panoman 3.0

Generating amazing 360° panoramas with your mobile phone has never been so fast and easy:

Just turn around with your smartphone and scan the scenery you want to capture. The fully automatic patent-pending stitching-algorithm of PanoMan™ composes the captured photos to an impressive panorama, in realtime and up to 360°!

• Screenshot for Symbian OS

Screenshot for Symbian OS is a FREE program to take screenshot on your Symbian OS mobile phones (UIQ or S60). You can capture screenshot and save it to a file in JPEG, PNG, BMP or MBM format. The screenshot can be sent directly to a PC via Bluetooth or infrared and another mobile phone. Furthermore, you can customize the shortcut key, file name and delay of capturing. It supports continuous mode that allows you to capture screenshot every a few seconds.

I use this software to get a screenshot of my phone in case I need to post some problems I have with the phone over the forum.

download

• Photorite

Simple photo editing tool which is the best in my oppinion in its class. Powerful and creative imaging software which enables us to capture, edit, view and share photos. Enhancement of photo is now just a button away. We can also apply effects like autofix, slim up, transform, magic mirror and even add a photo frame.

• Smartmovie

SmartMovie is a video player for your mobile device, with counterpart PC converter utility. With the converter, you may prepare any video clip for playback on your mobile device.

• Flipsilent

Useful during meetings. Hiks. A freeware which makes you use your nokia phone (symbian s60 3rd) in a more natural way:
When you are in a meeting or dating, and a call is coming in, you can flipover your phone to make it go into the silent profile and hang up the phone call or mute the ringer — without touching anything on the phone, just flip it over, your phone will go into silence! Also, you can flipover your phone into silence when the alarm goes off, by either snooze or stop the alarm.

download

• Kaspersky Mobile Security 7.0

We need to protect our phone from malicious attacks and I think KMS 7.0 is the best.

Those are the main thing which is in my phone currently, there is a lot more but can't elaborate on them right now...maybe later. Enjoy...!!!

Assalamualaikum,

Ever since I upgraded my N95 to V30, I can't help myself to search for a way to permanently remove all those messy and useless shortcuts on Active Standby which was forced to be there after the upgrade was done.

At first, I opted for the RomPatcher, but I have to repeat patching every time I restart my phone and this is very annoying.

But today I found a way to permanently remove unwanted plugins on the Active Standby to leave it clean and better looking. Here's the proof of me removing the Calender, the Search and the Share plugin. I opted to retain the WLAN and To-do plugin as I often use them.

Follow the following steps:

1. Turn off active standby
2. Copy from z:\resource AIPluginDefinition.rsc to c:\resoucre
3. Edit c:\resource\AIPluginDefinition.rsc via xplore to disable or enable plugins
4. See below and check plugin uid you like to show or not show
5. Open AIPluginDefinition.rsc via xplore (select file and push 8)
6. Search uid via hex-search
7. Change first occurring uid to some other uid (for example change xxxxxx10 to xxxxxx11 - easy to remember later to change it back - change then xxxxxx11 to xxxxxx10)
8. Save file
9. Activate active standby

List of Active Standby Plugins in Hex:

• 05871f10-0200-01-00-00000000 - Shortcut
• 527d0020-0200-01-00-527d0020 - Search
• 07871f10-0200-01-00-00000000 - Calender/Organizer
  
• 09871f10-0200-01-00-09871f10 - To-do
• 18871f10-0200-01-00-18871f10 - mplayer
• 0d871f10-0200-01-64-0d871f10 - aioperatorplugin
• d61c2810-0200-01-00-d61c2810 - WLAN
  
• 7fa70020-0200-01-00-00000000 - Share
• 898a2010-0200-01-00-898a2010 - Radio
• c7090020-0200-01-00-c7090020 - Printintent

One can also change appearance order of plugins. The order is defined in the order which they appear in rsc file.

Proven to work on:
N81, N82, N95, N95 8gb

note : Phone must be hacked using Drakkarious method to move the required rsc files.

Assalamualaikum,

Few days ago, I was in dilemma of whether I should upgrade my N95's firmware or not. Being unoccupied during the weekend finally persuaded me to upgrade after readinga forums that I should gain more advantages after upgrading.

One thing that worries me was the ability to install third party software like RotateMe and Panoman with the new firmware. They said that the new firmware security has been upgraded and unsigned software cannot be installed. However in the world of S60, where there is a will there's a way. As soon as Nokia came up with the new firmware, hackers already plot their way to make them hackable thus allowing unsigned software to be installed normally like before.

I started Saturday morning, soon after my inability to return to sleep after sahur. Prepared the backup for my phone and began to use Nokia Software Updater. Detected my phone and downloading the latest firmware. But to my suprise, soon after the download was complete the firmware was unable to be installed due to some error message that requires my phone to be reset. However, the suggested procedure was a failure and I was left wondering what went wrong. I composed myself quickly and consulted my friends over the Symbian Forum to get some answers. But still no solution the problem I am having.

Then when all hope was lost finally I decided, hey...since I am installing new firmware and all the data was previously backed up, why don't I perform hard reset which will return my phone to it's original state adn it worked. Alhamdulillah. After that, I continued where I left of and to my relief, I was able to proceed with the upgrade.

After that, I reloaded all my contacts and important notes and data back into my phone and began installing some of the necessary software. Only this time I was adviced to install Drakkarious to allow some of my software to be installed in the new firmware.

Noticable Changes after Upgrade:

• Faster booting process
• Crowded Standby mode (Share online option added)
• Better picture quality
• Better battery consumption (this one I like)
• No longer need TRK and SecMan to install N-gage game due to the usage of Drakkarious.
• New upgrade for the Music Player
• New Cool Dark Nokia Theme

All and all, I love the new upgrade. I'm glad I decided to upgrade because it made me want to test out new stuff which makes my phone better than before. Until then take care now bye-bye then.

p.s: The reason I decided to take the leap is because I am confident that I will soon acquire the problem solution (the menu and crowded active standby) in no time...

It has been bugging me for the past few days that Nokia have come up with the latest firmware update for my beloved phone N95. Some changes and additions to the new firmware excites me and some made me think twice before I carry on with the update. Let see which one I like and which one I don't...

New Features:

• Maps 2.0(OK) (Installed)
  
• Full N-Gage (much improved over v20.x)(OK) (Installed with games inside)
• Nokia Search 4.0 with Google plug-in(OK)
• Enablers for “Comes With Music” (OK)
• Share Online 3.0 (includes Ovi, Flickr, Vox)(OK)
• Mosh & Ovi bookmarks added to browser(OK)
• Automatic screen rotation:
  (Enable via Settings > General > Personalization > Display > Rotate Screen)(OK)but some say Samir's RotateMe response is better and I seldom use screen rotation.
  
• New dark theme from N82/N96 (Nokia Nseries 4)(OK)

Changes:

• Increased startup speed (15-16 seconds)(OK) but some site said not that fast
  
• Download! application updated to v 3.1.50(OK)
• Update for Flash Lite 3, YouTube video works!(OK)
• Menu screen changed (no longer has the reduced-size header.) (TOTALLY NOT OK)
• Current consumption improvements (for e.g. WLAN scanning)(OK)
• New baseline for VoIP (with significant error corrections)(OK)

Some other setbacks:

• I've already installed a lot of stuff in my phone. (N-gage games, Themes etc.) and I hate doing it all over again.
  
• Still getting bad reviews of the update over the related webs.
• Still happy with my current firmware version.

So how, should I or should I not?? That is the question

Assalamualaikum,

These are the list of N-Gage game I have in my phone...

click game banner to download

if promted for password... Pass : huseyin

you might need these TOOLS

and install N-Gage 2.0

installation note:
For now there are a few phones compatible with n-gage: N81, N81 (8GB), N82, N95 and N95 (8GB). More will come soon. First of all, make sure you have TRK (included in this release) installed and connected to your pc via USB.

• s60_3_0_app_trk_2_7.sisx is for SymbianOS9 devices WITHOUT FP1
• s60_3_1_app_trk_2_7.sisx is for SymbianOS9 devices WITH FP1

Also you have to be sure that the n-gage application from www.n-gage.com is installed on your device.Start the .exe which is included in this release. This is an installer which will guide you trough the installation process of the game.

Assalamualaikum,

Left home after Sahur at 5 am this morning for KMJ. I was predicting a hectic and tiring first day of fasting @ work. As Wednesday is my the day with most classes compared to any other day of the week. So today should be the benchmark of tiredness. Hiks. If I survive today, then any other days should be better.

Anyhow, my concern about getting groggy during work was way out of the question. I am very much awake right now (yeah right).

I will also experience my first time shopping food for Iftar at Tangkak's Ramadhan Bazaar. They told me it is situated at the same place as last year. Next to Tangkak's mosque. Gonna go with Miss Syahida today. Thinking of looking for those delicious Mutton Beriyani I used to have last year. Ayo...can't talk food right now...stomach grumbling really heavy right now. Acid kicking in. Huh.

Assalamualaikum,

Today is the second day of fasting and I have done a little bit of reality checking before going back to work tomorrow. It seems that I really have to rapidly adapt myself to the situation. Even with the two days holiday, there is a high tendency of me getting groggy and go to sleep during daytime. I can't afford to do that on normal working days...hmmm. Anyhow, I won't have to wait long for the answer as I have no choice but to endure it tomorrow...wish me luck.

As for the Ramadhan Bazaar here in Keramat AU area, from my observations, the number of stalls is noticeably depleting compared to previous years. Last time it used to take the whole street and on both side of it. This time, only half-way through from the way it used to be and on only one side of the street. Hmmm. So my conclusion is that people here don't have much of a choice and the hawkers maybe turn to somewhere more profittable to them. Maybe sometime in the future I am going to try and give the Setiawangsa's Ramadhan Bazaar a visit and see how things are there.


Anyhow, for those who live nearby Keramat area, there is this one single stall which sells Tepung Pelita Asli and all I can say it was the most delicious tepung pelita I have ever tasted (last night of course) for a long, long time. It's gonna cost you RM2 for only 5 cups of tepung pelita (yes...price hike, used to be 6 for RM2). Why they call it asli or original? Mostly I think it is because the various ways of hawker preparing it nowadays. It seems that the tepung pelita have changed "container" from just banana leaf to various shape of plastics. I guess asli refers to the banana leaf container.

Because of it's deliciousness, I couldn't get my hands on today's tepung pelita. Finished by the time I got there. Bummer. So I turned my attentions to the nearby Samosa stall (5 for RM3). Hope it is as yummy as it's appearance.

Ok guys, time for Iftar. Gotta help my mom prepare the table. Selamat berbuka puasa everyone!!!

Assalamualaikum,


I am writing this as soon as I finished my first sahur for this year's Ramadhan. This time around, our family started sahur at 4 am. How early is that? Hiks.

Solat Subuh is at 5.52 am and I still have time to drink a lot. Dehydration is what worries me a lot this year as the weather this time around tends to heat up a little due to the global warming earth is experiencing.

Other than that, due to the dehydration I am also normally will experience multiple mouth ulcer which is very...very painful. Especially when my mouth is extra dry...hehehe.

Allah, please give me strength to perform Ramadhan fasting this year. To all muslim around the world, happy fasting and happy blessed Ramadhan.

Assalamualaikum,

The title might be puzzling but it is not me who's engaged but it is my phone. Hiks.

Recently I found website link that enables me to install all those games into my phone and I couldn't be more happier. Games like World Series of Poker, Asphalt 3, Midnight Pool, Mile High Pinball, Brain Challenge, Block Breaker, Snakes Subsonic, Space Impact, Hooked: Creature of the Deep, System Rush and FIFA08 are now available at the palm of my hands. More games are said to be coming soon here.

People might say that the games are also available without the N-Gage's application but the truth is the feeling is a little different. It's very awkward to have that N-gage icon available yet nothing is accessible inside. Now...no more.






The process of installing this application is a little bit tricky and I can't afford to have time to write it here...but if anyone is interested, I might give you guys the link to help you out.

Until then...game on!

Assalamualaikum,

Ever since I've updated my Nokia Map installer to version 2.0 Beta, I lost the whole map of Tangkak. But today, I received a good news that Nokia heve released the full version of Nokia Map 2.0 and my map of Malaysia now is fully recovered.

Go HERE to download.

Nokia Map Feature

Whether you’re exploring on foot or in the car, you can discover the best features of Nokia Maps with Nokia Maps 2.0. Drive and Walk navigation options, downloadable multimedia city guides, satellite views – all on top of great day-to-day features. Discover more

Good News for Nokia S40 owners...now you can also enjoy the map feature on your phone.

Now Nokia Maps has arrived on S40 devices too. Browse and search nearby, plan your route, and upgrade to navigation. If your Nokia device uses S40 software, you can now find your way with Nokia Maps. Discover more
p.s: I'm loving every moment browsing the Map of Malaysia marking my important landmarks

Assalamualaikum

I finally remembered that I needed to somehow upgrade some of my N95 stuff, and this time I've decided to upgrade my Nokia Maps. Although it is still under development process, I still curious to try this unfinished software.

Upon upgrading, I noticed few noticeable feature have been added like the walk navigation and the all new black interface which I believe is better looking than the previous version. However, after updating my map, I realized that the Map of Tangkak is no longer in my phone. What was left of it is just a landmark I marked as my Home there with no road visible anymore. I'm quite frustrated with this but I realized this is the risk I chose to take when I choose to upgrade in the first place....maybe later they will resolve this thing. Hiks.

If your Nokia supports Map feature, and if you want to try this beta version...please visit here.

Until then, take care now bye bye then

My first act this year was to upgrade my Nokia N95's firmware. Words has it that the new firmware v.20 is much faster and less power consuming that the v.12 firmware. Nokia released it some time ago and now only I found time to update it. Nokia introduced On Demand Paging which is a more efficient way of loading data into RAM. In other words, it uses less RAM memory therefore it is faster in a way. I felt that after upgrading.

This is the comment made in the Nokia web

"This software version includes battery, stability & performance improvements enabling you to run faster and longer - giving you up to three more hours of music (up to 30% increase, from 9h to 12h of music playback). This release also includes a new version of Nokia Maps which provides faster positioning, faster Map Loader, and free 3-day navigation. Free N-Gage demo games are included and other games are available via Download! With the Nokia Music Store now live in the United Kingdom, users can enjoy the convenience of instant over-the-air downloads, regardless of where they are."

Those higlighted stuff was made me eager to upgrade...

Simple instructions however has to be done to ensure your phone is in good condition after the upgrade:

1. Make sure you BACKUP all your phone data to avoid losing contact number or important appointments in your calendar. Go to Menu>Tools>Memory>Back up Phone Memory
2. Download the Nokia Software Update and install.
3. Follow the instructions soon after installation (Remember not to remove your USB cable otherwise you will damage your phone)
4. If somewhere in the process it says update fail, please disconnect your phone from the PC and perform phone reset by pressing *#7370# for soft reset or *#7780# for hard reset. Press 12345 when promted for Lock Code (default unless you already changed it) . Don't worry about loosing all your data, you already perform backup procedure in Step 1. The update should perform normally after the phone reset process. (because this happened to me...hehehe)
5. After updating your device software to 20.0.015, and restoring your personal data (repeat Step 1, except choose restore phone memory this time), you can optimise the menu layout by installing the New_Menu_Structure.SIS file. Download and install this file to rearrange your menu layout specifically for SW 20.0.015. Reboot your device to see the menu changes.
6. You can also choose to upgrade your Nokia Map. After the upgrading process, it seems that I've also upgraded my n95 to A-GPS (Assisted - Global Positioning System).

Results:

I can feel the difference right after the upgrade and all I can say my n95 runs faster now with much more organized interface. The battery even lasts longer than before and that what matters... hiks :)

Graphics taken from N95 Best Tips and Tricks

I even had time to upgrade my Mom's n70 firmware as well. It seems that now the 1 gig memory is more compatible than before. The music can be accessed using the default player without any fuss. Hiks...


p.s: How many out there who owns expensive gadgets but don't know how to utilize it to the fullest.

Assalamualaikum

It's been a week since I've been using Nokia N95 as my primary companion replacing my previous Nokia N70. Not that I'm not happy with N70, but ever since my Mama started complaining about her hand phone having some problems, I have been searching for a device worthy of substituting my old N70 so that I can give it to her as a replacement. After giving it some thoughts, I've decided Nokia N95 fits my needs for bombastic gadget perfectly. Hiks.

Like the advertisements on TV said, Nokia N95 is what computers have become. That quote really tempt me to own this phone. As far as my Mama knows this is most probably the phone that will last with me for a couple of years from now. But who knows? Hahaha (Laughing twistedly).

Next week marks the beginning of the Finals of Semester 1 of 07/08 session. The last five days has really tested my patience with my students, especially those who came in late for a major discussion. I was disappointed to be asked such simple question from the students and even my colleagues said that it was their first time seeing me outburst. And when I raise my voice a little bit, that means I am very mad. People never see me scold student for asking question. That was it for me. I had to let it out.

And I'm so glad the study week is over. All I can say now for those matriculation students out there all around Malaysia....all the best and may you succeed in anything that you venture. Amin