Nokia 5800 App Review: XpressBeer

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Application Review: XpressBeer

4 July 2009Entry by Sushant Ghargi 21,815 views 13 Comments

Beer.. Hmmm!!!

Wanna have some beer without the intoxication? Drink beer on your Nokia 5800? Nah, I am not talking about any substitute for beer but a cool application, named XpressBeer the likes of which are pretty common on the iPhone platform, but in this case, XpressBeer works very well on the Symbian Platform with accelerometer just like the Nokia 5800.

XpressBeer is an accelerometer based application, which lets 5800 users have a mug of beer, anytime, anywhere just with a few clicks on their 5800s. Its an application based on Python platform and as such Python is a pre-requisite to use this application.

Installation:

Unless you already have Python installed on your 5800, its a two step installation process. Let me cover the complete two step process for the benefit of everyone. First, you will need to install Python v1.9.5 which can be downloaded from here. Restart your phone and now download and install XpressBeer from this link.

Features

Xpress Beer is a very simple application, just open the application and it will fill your virtual mug with beer. Tilt it to drink it, that simple! Take a look at this video below, if you need any more convincing!

Verdict

While this is no fancy application, bringing some great functions to our 5800, its an all out fun application. If the Apple App store can have like a million applications of this genre, 5800 can have a few of its own too. 5800 is inching closer to that iPhone killer tag and its moving in great leaps and bounds. So go ahead and download XpressBear on your 5800 and get drunk sans the intoxication!

13 Comments »

Application Review: XpressBeer said:

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# 4 July 2009 at 1:35 am

Hemansu said:

Hi,

I installed Python runtime (Version 1.9.6) and the Pyhton ScriptShell. After that I installed this cool app. When I try to start it I get an error – Invalid screen mode. Please help.

thanks,
Hemansu

# 5 July 2009 at 9:48 am

Hemansu said:

I got it. I shld have installed Python Version 1.9.5.

Thanks,
Hemansu.

# 5 July 2009 at 10:04 am

john said:

I did not managed to install python for s60 5th edition… where can I download it?

# 7 July 2009 at 5:34 am

BHAGIRATH said:

hey python runtime missing while installing its not working for my nokia 5800

# 14 July 2009 at 7:07 am

Harsha said:

I installed this application but when I run Xpress beer, first it opens the App.update application. And nothing happens. When I exit App.update it says “Update is mandatory for installing python runtime and it’s dependencies. Rerun the application for automatic updates” What can I do for this? And how can make this application work?

# 14 July 2009 at 3:37 pm

Gagan said:

hey…can any 1 hlp me….i installed every component for xpress beer and the application itself. But when i run the application it goes to an code written mode and says error 46. so pls help me out sum1 ..

# 14 August 2009 at 1:56 pm

Gagan said:

@ harsha:.u can download python runtime from this link..its virus free,,
http://gallery.mobile9.com/c/nokia-5800-xpressmusic-software_1954/1/?kw=python%20runtime

# 14 August 2009 at 1:58 pm

Maxi said:

Todo estoo saleee gracias a IPHONE .. apple creo todo esto .. no tienen originalidad ¬¬… me kedo mil veces con mi iphone !

# 12 October 2009 at 10:45 pm

MrBoring said:

Yaya thank you

# 16 December 2009 at 7:12 am

$ahan said:

i get :Traceback (most recent call last)
File “launcher.py”, line 37, in
execfile(‘default.py’,default_namespace)
File”default.py”, line 424, in
s=main()
File “launcher.py”, line 103, in
app.screen=’full_max’
TypeError: invalid screen mode: must be one of
normal, large, full

# 17 January 2010 at 11:53 am

Prasad said:

me too having same problem like $ahan

# 28 February 2010 at 6:45 am

raja said:

how to install the nokia 5800 xpress bear i am downloaded but some error is coming .so send me the correct file and give me the instruction please i need

# 26 April 2010 at 6:54 am