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Introduction Nokia doesn’t have a version of the Ovi Music Player for the Mac. Its a long time coming but Mac users are not completely left behind. There is still Nokia Multimedia Transfer, which allows you to do the following with your Nokia mobile: Transfer music & playlists from iTunes Transfer and copy photos and [...]

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In this second part, we are going to explore applications which convert videos for playback on Nokia S60 5th edition mobiles, specifically the Nokia 5800. In Part 1, we reviewed SmartMovie,  a commercially available from video player for playback on the Symbian device. We will look at three applications for video conversion. All these applications [...]

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You probably know that the 5800 XPressMusic has an accelerometer that automatically changes the screen from the Portrait to the Landscape mode when you rotate the mobile device. But there are two other useful settings on the 5800 XPressMusic. You can flip the mobile face down and instantly silence an incoming call or snooze and [...]

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I recently came upon an application from Dr.Jukka called Key Lock Clock. But its not a signed application and can only be installed if its Symbian signed. This is for the S60 5th edition mobile devices like Nokia 5800 Xpress Music and N97. You can now see the clock even when the device is locked [...]

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Here is my list of essential S60 applications. I install these applications everytime after a ‘hard-reset’ of my device because I use them the most. They are not in any order of preference. Not all of them are five-star applications and many of them have not even been reviewed by us at BestofSymbian. I would [...]

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Well, you actually can’t completely avoid it! But here is a way to make it a non-issue for your day to day use. The most common complaint of S60 is the directory structure down to many levels, sometimes more than six. And one has to press the ‘back’ button several times to get to the [...]

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Have you been trying to install an application on your Symbian smartphone but it ended up in getting a certificate error? Don’t mind, there is an easy way to solve this problem. Here is the solution: point your device to the “Application Manager” and open it click the left soft key to open the options [...]

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