Eseries

Last year was spent in Europe but this year we are going to China! Expect fewer updates during the next week and forgive me for taking longer time to reply to questions.

In the meantime you can catch a glimpse of my escapades over at my Flickr 

See you soon! 

There is always a time gap between when new devices are announced and 3rd party accessories become available. As is evident with the Nokia E61i as new cases are available.

The first Crystal cases for Nokia E61i have been spotted. xtemujin picked one up from a vendor in Singapore for $8.

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I normally try to focus this blog on anything related to Eseries devices but as many of you know I have a morbid curiosity of the innards of handsets and can't say no to some photos of the Nokia N95 disassembled.

Thanks to TJ for sharing.

Some people might know of SYSOPENDIGIA as the company behind the MegaPhone - the 170cm tall jumbo phone running S60 which actually works.

The impressive creation is used for display/training purposes at various trades hows and events.

However, SYSOPENDIGIA does so much more.

They are a virtual powerhouse when it comes to Symbian expertise and have a wide array of services and products for operators, handset manufacturers and also end users.

One such product for end users is Corporate Phonebook.

Corporate Phonebook is more of a supplement than an replacement to the built in address book application.

Corporate Phonebook allows you to import your address book information from a backend system such as Outlook, Exchange, LDAP, CRM, and other Databases.

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It's not so common to see people use mobile phone lanyards / neck straps in the US but it's common and fashionable in many other countries. 

Since the Nokia E61(i) doesn't come with built-in support for attaching a lanyard xtemujin took the risk and attached one himself.

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Thank you Symbian Wave for creating SMS Chat For S60 3rd edition - a *really great* threaded SMS chat application for Nokia Eseries!

Many of us "switchers" coming to Nokia Eseries devices from Palm Treo really miss a more robust SMS application. Well, look no further. I would go as far as to say that SMS Chat For S60 3rd edition is almost as robust SMS application as you can get.

The application is stylish and has a very professional look and feel.

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I received the following email from Robin:

About a week ago I decided that my new E61i could use a mount of some sort to use for GPS and for easier access to my phone while I was driving. I searched a lot of places and ended up on eBay, naturally. I stumbled upon a nice little mount that seemed to do exactly what I was looking for. A week later, I installed it in my car and I was ready to go. 

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This is priceless, it just made my day - A "dancing" Nokia E90.

This great video comes directly from MRKTNGman over at S60 Blogs.

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One shortcoming of the built in address book application of the Eseries devices is that you cannot search contacts by company name.

Sure, there are additional software that you could add/use to overcome this issue (we will get to those applications later) but here is a quick solution for which you don’t need any additional software.

Just open up a new text message, type the company name in the “To” field and then press in the center key. The contact information which includes the company name you searched for will be displayed.

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A big THANK YOU to Krion for introducing me to spodtronic - a great alternative to Nokia's Open Source Radio Client.

spodtronic is a sleek looking radio and podcast client previously available on S60 2nd edition and now available for the Eseries and other S60 3rd edition devices.

The application is branded by Virgin and does contain some other pieces of advertising as well.

However, as annoying as advertising and commercially sponsored applications can get, this is not bad at all. Also, given the fact that the application is free and that there is an open source alternative, spodtronic is a welcomed addition to the field of radio applications.

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The Nokia E90 that was up for sale at the sneak preview event, previous post here, sold for Rp45,000,000 (US$5,000).

Hartono Gunawan, won the auction and got the bragging rights to be the owner of "the first E90 sold in the world".

The event was organized by the local Communicator Community in Jakarta, together with Nokia and InTouch

The Communicator Community boasts a membership of more than 30,000 and is still growing. More than 1,000 Nokia Communicator users attended the gathering. The proceeds from the auction will be donated as charity to UNICEF.

Via Slashphone

It’s Friday again and time for some themes for your Nokia E61(i) and other Eseries devices.

First up is a fellow Symbian blogger who has his own theme:

Symbian60.mobi By Phanthomas

The next four themes are from the same designer - Wesley.

Ball By Wesley

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I didn't know this until David was kind enough to point out that the Nokia E65 supports landscape viewing of videos when enabling "Continue in full screen".

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I've added two great new blogs to my list of daily reads. First up is a great looking blog with a focus on Eseries and Nseries called X-series.

The next blog is by Jake who used to run Jake61. He is now back with a new blog - S60tv welcome back Jake!

I found a new favourite radio station for my Nokia E61i.

If you haven't tried using your Eseries device to listen to the radio I recommend some older post where the topic is discussed in detail. Such as this post and this post and this one (Don't forget to read the comments as well, that's where you will find a lot of good information).

Anyway, Ion sent me a Shoutcast playlist which I used with Nokia's Internet Radio Client. One of the included stations was 1.FM - The Chillout Lounge, which I have been streaming most of the day.

Thanks for the shoutcast file Ion!

The file is available for download here.

(Don't forget to put the file in the Shoutcast folder on your device. For more information see the above links to previous posts about radio on the Nokia E61).

One one of the most commonly asked question I receive is:

"How do I increase the font size on my Nokia E61?" or "How do I make the text in BlackBerry Connect larger?" I cannot tell you how often I receive that question.

An interesting tidbit is that there seem to be a large number of BlackBerry Connect users who are looking for this.

Anyway, up until now my response have been that certain isolated 3rd party applications such as Alon Contact Guide and RoadSync support increasing the text size.  That was true until yesterday.

Today Psiloc released Font Magnifier a great application which lets you increase the font size on all applications.

As with all Psiloc's applications it is intuitive and easy to use. It lets you control the font size of all the installed fonts.

You use a slider to set the font size and then restart the device for the changes to be made. If you want, you can make the font size *REALLY LARGE*. 

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Nokia Eseries Devices… 

I was trawling Nokia's web pages and came across a good PDF with lot's of useful information about Eseries devices. The best part of the PDF is a Nokia Eseries device comparison. 

Technical spec is listed as well other information such as supported email solutions etc. Great stuff.

Download here: 

I've seen a fair number of coloured and moded Nokia E61 but nothing like this. Gelan created a unique Nokia E61 Camouflage using Krylon Camouflage Paint.

You can read about his transformation of the Nokia E61 here.

Great write-up Gelan! and excellent photos~! Thanks for sharing.

More examples of unique Nokia E61 at the mod gallery.

After a rather lengthy beta period (the creator behind Salling Clicker - Jonas Salling, really, really pays attention to details and produces rock solid products) Salling Clicker 3.5 is now publicly available.

I was fortunate to be part of the beta process so I have been able to use the new version of Salling Clicker for a few months.

Before I take a brief look at the new features; if you are unfamiliar with Salling Clicker I have written about it before, but in essence it is a great piece of software which lets you control your PC from your Eseries device. Although I concentrate on the Mac features Salling Clicker supports Windows as well.

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 If you want to be sure you are one of the very, very first to get your hands on a Nokia E90 there is one unit up for auction May 16th.

The local Communicator Community in Jakarta, together with Nokia and InTouch is organizing a sneak preview event of the Nokia E90 where one unit will be up for auction.

The translation of the event poster goes as follows: 

The waiting is over…

NOKIA
ESeries

Finally, the newest Nokia E90 Communicator is here.

Exclusively for the first time, present to you, the member of Communicator Community.

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