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It is time for you to spice up your mobile phone screen with wallpapers from some of the most popular movies of all time. I have handpicked five wallpapers which i think would blend with Nokia 5800's overall structure. These wallpapers have the right resolution and a very premium look.
'Avatar' is one of the most popular and recent movies which created history. With amazing storyline and characters this has been one of the most watched movies in 3D. Download the Avatar wallpaper
Who does not like Harry Potter? I believe this character was liked by both kids and adults alike. Here, we have a wallpaper from the Harry Potter movie 'The Half Blood Prince'. Download the Harry Potter wallpaper
Are still find is there screensaver on the Nokia 5800? Screensaver is such a nice function for phone, but how pitty 5800 not include this. However our dedicated app reviewing partner, MMMOOO, the developer of the rocketing MyPhone-turn Nokia phones into iPhone, provides a very special .sis installer file which called Slide Show, actually i former know this function under theme section, but when my real life photos goes in the the homescreen with S60 frame ui, the background is so ugly.
However, this slide show is very unique, it meet seamlessly well with my 5800 as you can see from the photo above. The slide show has a very nice content targeting, it's called: 9 Fruits: Equip yourself with the ultra wisdom & inspirational 9 Fruits from Bible. Each motto word will slideshow according to your own setting in homescreen. It hints people keep in wisdom and holly, really impressive!
How t o apply slide show? Actually, you can use any photos of yours to apply in slideshow, but normally the photos will be display well on the homescreen just as i mentioned above. However you can ps your photos 
to achieve a nice fit. And MMMOOO 9 Fruits slide just is a good case. They even done this in .sis installer, not messed .jpg images, very convenient for your installation. The method from 9 Fruits:
- Choose the right resolution file to install
- Go: Setting-General-Personalisation-Theme-Wallpaper-Slide Show choose '9Fruits' related images
You can download this nice slide show in directly FREE from Ovi Store with easy installation. And to match this slideshow well you may use a dark style theme, and you can get it at Ovi as well. So the last tip of using slide show, you shall find a theme match with your slide show images style.
I have been looking around for some wallpapers for Nokia 5800 Xpress Music, found some lists around the web and joined all of them so that you can have a package with tons of wallpapers. This list might be the biggest one around the web, bigger than even another with 200 or something wallpapers. Also, in a near future we will get you an original list of wallpapers made by Neo, our mate from Nokia5800.net. This wallpaper pack for Nokia 5800 is just the beginning of better and more beautiful wallpapers. This wallpapers will also work on the Nokia N97 smartphone.
Have a look below to some of the wallpapers you can get:
Strobe is yet another very handy application, delivered by by Offscreen Technologies for the symbian fifth edition platform. If BrightLight bought torch light feature to our 5800, Strobe now brings Stroboscopic lamp features to 5800. In case you didn't know what Stroboscopic lamps or Strobes are: its a device that can produce regular flashes of light which are most commonly seen in clubs and alarm systems and are great for SOS signalling. So you may want this application on your 5800 for your next hiking trip. While we definitely wish you don't need to resort to SOS signalling, we want you to "be prepared", if the need arise.
Installation
Strobe v1.0 is one of the new applications to have surfaced in the recent overhaul of ovi store and can be downloaded for free the Ovi client. At around300 kb, its one of the thriftiest packages, meaning download and installation is simple and fast. After installation, the application takes up around 425 kb, just in case you were worrying about applications hogging precious memory space on your 5800.
Control Switch
As you may have noticed by now, Ovi Store has been brimming with a new set of applications for the last few days. As on Friday, I was not able to download any of these new applications, but things changed towards good as the weekend progressed. I successfully downloaded and installed some of these new applications and the best part is most of them are actually very useful applications. I will start with an application, which if you ask me should have been built-in into the s60 fifth edition OS but when a third party developer is providing it for free, there is no pointing in complaining about it, right? Offscr Technologies continue their goodwork and with BrightLight, they bring an easy-to-use torch light function to our 5800, that utilises the two LEDs of the camera flash for illumination and not the screen as with Ever Light, reviewed earlier.
Installation
BrightLight can be downloaded for free from the ovi store client. The installation file is around 370 kb and after installation it takes up around 450 kb of space on the phone memory/memory card (depending on where you install it). Its one of the most compact applications and installation is done in a blink of an eye.
vTap Login screen
Our dearest cellphone, 5800 has often been referred to as Tube 5800 for its video and music playback capabilities. This is kinda misnomer with no dedicated YouTube application for the s60 5th edition in market today. Thanks to vTap, Nokia 5800 can now live up to its name of Tube 5800 with support for every flash based video out there on the web today. If a flash video is out there on the web, you can definitely take a look at it, from your 5800 via vTap. Such is the capability of this amazing application.
Installation
Like they say, "The best things in life are for free", and vTap seem to believe in this philosophy and have made the application available as a free download at their official website here. At around 370 kb vTap has been packed into a very compact package for an installation file and even after installation it takes up around 700 kb on the phone memory or memory card depending on where you install it. In all, the installation is straightforward and is done in a matter of seconds.
There is a new firmware for 5800 doing rounds in the inter-circles of web since June 22. Available for a selected few product codes (maily HongKong) and the firmware version is v21.0.101 and not v31.0.15 as has been widely rumored in blogosphere, which was previously covered in our blog here.
While there has been no official changelong released by Nokia, users who have updated their firmware have reported improved browsing experience on the default symbian browser and as with every firmware update the phone is more responsive and faster with the new update. There is a marginal improvement in the camera performance as well, which has been one of the most sought after feature by most of the 5800 users, ever since it was launched. Its good to know that Nokia have finally responded to requests from 5800 users. However Kinetic scrolling continues to baffle 5800 as of now.
MyPhone v2.2 Menu Screen
We were the first source on the web, to bring you a sneak preview of Android emulator, M1 and now we are again the first source to give our readers a sneak of the latest version of: you guessed it right, MyPhone-Infinite. We are making a habit of being the first with anything that's related to 5800. As much as we love our 5800s, we love to bring the latest news and reviews, along with some free licenses to give away to our fellow 5800 users.
If MyPhone v2.11 was impressive, MyPhone v2.2 will blow your mind away! I am not exaggerating what so ever when I say this but the latest version is indeed a(n) (iPhone) killer application.
Our developer friends at MMMOOO never take a break, do they? After launching the Android emulator-M1 last month, they have now revamped the most happening application on 5800. With their latest version of MyPhone, MMMOOO has responded to some requests from users of earlier versions of MyPhone and added a few innovative features of their own. The result: an awesome emulator that will make your non 5800/n97 friends go gaga over you. With MyPhone v2.2, not only will you have the mighty symbian as your OS but also a working interface of the most happening phone a.k.a over hyped phone of the world: iPhone.
Whats new in v2.2? Well, the official change-log should be up at the MMMOOO website when its released in a few days. However, some of the changes that are worth mentioning are:
- Faster and more responsive performance
- Languages supported: Chinese and English (German and French to be added soon)
- All new icon set with no need for manual configuration of default symbian applications (This is the best feature in my view)
- iPhone like SMS interface (Users asked for it and MMMOOO delivered it!!)
Do take a look at the gallery below for some screenshots highlighting the new features.
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MyPhone v2.2 Menu Screen
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Check out the new icon for Office, which showed up by default without any configuration
Searching for the all new SMS interface? Well, you will have to wait for 2 more days to get a glimpse of that and believe me its definitely worth the wait. Adiós till then and don't forget to keep checking our blog for the latest news and reviews on 5800.
You can buy the version 2.11 and then upload to the v 2.22 when released, here!
Blogosphere is effervescent with rumours of 5800 getting a firmware update to v31.0.0.15. While there has been no official news or comments from Nokia on this topic, bloggers across the globe have been speculating v31.0.0.15 from the video of Ovi suite 2.0, posted over at Nokia Conversations. (Check the video after the break)
It all started with Vikas from Fone Arena who was quick to spot the v31.0.0.15 firmware being shown during the video at 0:57 minutes. However the screenshot also shows the present version of firmware as v15.0.0.15, which never made it to the NSU public servers or FOTA. So whether v31.0.015 will ever make it our 5800s is something only time can tell. So please do take this news or should I say rumour with a pinch of salt!
Welcome screen
Remember those jigsaw puzzles and hours of engrossing game play, putting the pieces together? Jigsaw puzzles were one of my favorite puzzles during those lazy afternoons of summer vacation. Well, now you dont have to head to the nearest store to get your hands on a jigsaw puzzle. Your 5800 is all you need to enjoy this game in your spare time. Spb Puzzle by Spb Software is an excellent game, bringing jigsaw puzzles to our beloved 5800s.
Installation
Spb Puzzle is a paid game costing US $ 9.95 and can be either be downloaded from ovi store or from the official website of Spb Softwares. The setup file, at 7.1 MB is one of the biggest set up files I have seen so far for any application/game on s60 5th edition device. Download from the official website is surprisingly fast, making me double check if the file is really 7 MB large. Spb Software seems to have reserved sufficient bandwidth for game downloads and rightly so, I still remember the sorry state of Ovi client when it was first launched this May. I already have a good feeling about this game! I hope more application/game developers learn from this and reserve sufficient bandwidth for their download pages.
