There is a new version of Nokia Sports Tracker available.
Version v1.42 contains some standard bug fixes and introduces a few new enhancements. There is now support for Metric/Imperial/Nautical measurements as well as GPS filtering. Another enhancement is the support for transferring .kml files using Bluetooth or MMS.
Those Googlers certainly don't rest on their laurels.
There is a new version (new to me at least) of the Gmail appplication for Nokia E61 and the rest of the Eseries devices.
FON is a funky Spanish company with a cool idea - Share your WiFi broadband access at home/work and enjoy WiFi all over the world.
The thinking goes something like this… "why should you pay for Internet access on the go when you have already paid for it at home? Exactly, you shouldn’t." FON is hard at work creating a global community of people who get more out of their connection through sharing.
Earlier this week FON announced a partnership with Time Warner Cable which allows Time Warner Cable broadband subscribers to become FON community members and create FON access points via their home or business broadband connection.
Also announced is a FON WiFi Connection Manager for Symbian S60 3rd edition devices such as the Eseries.
Nokia has quietly open the doors to its Nokia Beta Labs.
Nokia Beta Labs is a site for early testing of Nokia applications that are not yet in wide distribution.
I recommend bookmarking the URL to the site - http://www.nokia.com/betalabs as I expect many cool, innovative and cutting edge applications to first appear on the Beta Labs site.
The current set of applications on Nokia Beta Labs include a few applications previously covered on e-series.org: Mobile Codes, Wellness Diary, Sports Tracker and Widsets.
Head over to the Nokia Beta Labs - try out some application and leave feedback.
Sometimes, built-in applications leaves a bit to be desired… Luckily, there are plenty of talented, fast-moving, entrepreneurial developers who can identify the opportunity and create a solution to fill a void.
Case in point - the built in SMS application on Eseries devices and the newly released ThreadSMS.
ThreadSMS provides some missing and often requested features which should have been part of the built in SMS application.
The most obvious enhancement is the layout - a threaded IM-style overview of your SMS messages.
ThreadSMS supports a wide range of emoticons as well as all the "standard" SMS features such as "send, receive, reply, forward and callback"
I've been so busy that I completely missed the firmware updates that were released over the past few weeks. Thanks to everyone who pointed this out for me. New, well…new to me at least 
are firmware upgrades for the Nokia E60 and Nokia E50.
Yesterday I finally had some time over so I downloaded the latest version of Nokia Software Updater, connected my Nokia E60 and had a cup of tea while Nokia Software Updater worked its charm.
I'm happy to see that the crew over at Widsets are not resting on their laurels but keep on improving an already great service. This latest improvement makes it possible to browse and pick Widsets on the go. There is also a list of the most popular and most recent Widsets.
I just can't stop raving about Nokia Sports Tracker and there is already a new version available - V1.37.
If you have enabled "Check for updates" you should get a new version notification when you start up the application.
For some reason it didn't work on my device so I just downloaded and installed the new version.
Just as I was about to start summarizing my 30 day Nokia Wellness Diary (challenge) I came across an amazing application thanks to JKa - Nokia Sports Tracker.
This application has everything I wanted to see in the Wellness Diary - more focus on exercise tracking and support for GPS. This application is so very, very cool! Exactly what I have been looking for.
I don't know what excites me the most - how cool this application is or the fact that is available for free thanks to the amazing Nokia Research Center.
Nokia Sports Tracker is a GPS based exercise tracker which collects information such as speed, distance and time. The information is automatically stored to a training diary and can be displayed in a variety of ways.
Last week I posted about the DST patch that Nokia made available for the Eseries devices.
The patch was created due to the fact that daylight saving time starts three weeks early in the US and ends one week late. Two days later, and before I had time to patch my devices, the DST patch mysteriously disappeared without a word.
The patches are no longer available for download from the Eseries' product pages.
With the risk of sounding like a broken record (I have written about Widsets several times before) here is my list of why I really like Widsets - the company behind, stunningly beautiful mobile Widgets.
Continuous improvement
I was very impressed with the first release of Widsets, which I wrote about back in June 2006 (If you are new to Widsets I recommend you start with that post, it will give you a good overview of what Widsets are).
Since then, Widsets have gone through a number of enhancements each one gradually improving the service. The last enhancement I wrote about was in September 2006. Since September the Widsets team have been busy working on the library of Widsets, the application itself and enhancement to the website. Which leads us to next reason..great website.
Great Website
I really, really like their website. It is simple, beautiful AND very functional. A pretty amazing combination to pull off. So many websites are either beautiful or functional. Some websites are simple but not beautiful.
Nokia has released an update for the changed dates of Daylight Saving Time (DST). In the US, DST starts three weeks early and ends one week late.
Nokia E61: Download the patch here.
Nokia E60: Download the patch here.
Nokia E70: Download the patch here.
Nokia E50: Download the patch here.
Thanks to long time reader Nona!
One of the absolute highlights of running this blog is the user feedback. Email I receive from average Eseries users like you and I.
Last week I must have gotten at least ten messages urging me to try out the beta application available on Eseries devices from Smart2Go - the mapping company Nokia acquired back in August '06.
Thanks to everyone who told me to try it out - I like it!
One of the great aspects of the application is the flexibility from an end user perspective. The application/service can be used with or without GPS. There is also a free, basic service as well as a premium option. So whether you have an GPS unit or not, and whether you want to upgrade to the premium version or not, there is something for everyone.
I’ve been a big fan of Google Mobile Maps on the Nokia E61 since it was released last year. However, I wasn’t terribly impressed by Windows Live Search For Mobile when the beta was announced late last year. The support for Eseries devices was questionable and the application felt more or less like a “me too”.
That was then.
Microsoft is back with a new, much improved, version of Windows Live Search For Mobile.
Nokia Mobile Search is now able to search for content stored on your device, such as email, text messages, calender entries, music and video files.
The new version of the application can be downloaded from here.
Windows Live Messenger, which we wrote about here, has found a new home. The previously available client from Microsoft China stopped working, or at least is no longer free.
However, the same Windows Live Client client is available as a download from, among other sites, Nokia Hong Kong. The client is free (for now) and works great on my English language Nokia E61. (more…)
If you use your Eseries device to listen to radio your are going to like this. If you don’t already use your device for this purpose I suggest that you try it out.
Radio and the Nokia E61 has been covered quite extensively before. If you are a beginner there are some basic posts you might want to go through. (Start with this then perhaps this post go on to any of these posts. I would also recommend that you scan through the comments of these posts. There are some GREAT tips and answers to many questions that a newbie or even an advanced user will run into).
Anyway, Becket was kind enough to send me a playlist of “Digitally Imported” radio (Di.fm). “Digitally Imported” is is a multi-channel Internet radio service specializing in Electronic Dance Music genres. (more…)
One of my favourite Nokia applications is Team Suite. Up until now, Team Suite was only available on Nokia E50. I am glad to report that Team Suite has been added to the Nokia Catalogs and is now available for download.
Just go to Catalogs > Nokia Extra Applications > Office Tools > Nokia Team Suite.
I’ve been waiting for this to come along - a great blog dedicated *exclusively* to S60 3rd edition applications. Nothing more, nothing less - just lots of posts about applications for the Eseries and the other S60 3rd edition devices.
One frustration I had when I first got the Nokia E61 was the lack of S60 3rd edition applications. What was even worse was the almost complete absence of information about where to find the few applications that existed and a brief description about them. A lot have changed since then.
If you have ever tried to open a large PDF file (more than a few MB) on your Eseries device with Adobe Reader LE then chances are that you have seen the following error message:
