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The first version of MyPhone - August 2008
As I was saying the first MyPhone was released by August last year and got a lot of buzz around the web, but the best from MyPhone just came when they released the MyPhone for S60 5th edition devices, which was the first version for Nokia 5800. I remember very well when the folks from MMMOOO contacted us and we reviewed this version of MyPhone, after seeing the review of Myphone by Jametif I immediately bought one MyPhone application for myself and indeed a great job was done by MMMOOO with this app. After 1 year of developing the MyPhone, MMMOOO folks have now much more experience and many other applications have been build, like the Win7 or the iXP.
Recently I upgraded my Nokia 5800 phone to the latest firmware version v30.0.011 via FOTA. As it was promised and witnessed earlier, I expected my device to be much more enhanced in terms and performance and functionality. Well... it did look faster but I had a rather strange problem, I was no longer able to go to the Call Log from the home screen after pressing on the green call button. Another problem that I found scary was the fact that my shortcuts on the home screen were no longer visible.
Nokia 5800 Firmware Update v30.0.011
I was beginning to believe that there was certainly something wrong with my phone's hardware as I used to use my phone to its optimum capacity. I have around 40 applications installed at this time and many of them have settings and data that are way too important for me and I can't lose them.
I then started digging deep in to the internet in search of a solution and more insight on the problem and this is what I experienced and learnt:
Win7 application from MMMOOO
After our exclusive news regarding a future Win7 release by the folks from MMMOOO here we are writing about the Win7 official release. Now you can test by your own and check the fantastic functionalities of this Symbian S60 Launcher, Win7. You can purchase the Windows 7 emulator for a special release price of 4,99$ here.
On this Win7 version, the first one, you have direct access to the applications you want on the start menu and on the desktop, allowing you to run the applications letting the Win7 launcher interface active. At the sidebar you have a widget bar and on this version it only runs a calendar and an analogue clock, who knows this can be improved on the next version? But it is already very nice to see this kind of functions on this Win7 environment.
After you install the Win7 application you will be able to select from 6 different wallpapers and you can just change them as you would on a normal PC. The Win7 is very user friendly and gives your phone a fresh and familiar look.
Some particular apps my require termination of the Win7 interface as Win7 is using Flash Lite.
On the older post we made you can have a look and see some screenshots of the Win7 application on many platforms, but I can make sure it works very nice on the Nokia 5800 and on the Nokia 97, symbian s60 v5 editions. We will of course make a Win7 review on a 5800 phone and hold a contest as soon as possible.
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!
5530 Xpress Music
Remember the pictures of rumored 5900 Xpress Music doing the rounds on internet, just around the same time last month? We did cover that on our blog here. It turns out that the pictures were authentic but the speculations were wrong. Nokia Conversations just announced the results of its "Pass the Parcel", here in Singapore and much to the surprise of everyone, it was not Nokia N97 as many were expecting but a brand new Xpress Music Series Phone bearing the model number 5530. Pass the Parcel as you may know by now was an online contest by Nokia, wherein a package was passed around randomly among shortlisted bloggers, with the package being unwrapped layer by layer as it moved around and one lucky blogger got to unwrap the final layer of package and unveil the hidden product to the world. Nokia has been really impressive with its promotion on onlne media these days: first with their "Search for N" for N97s and now with "Pass the Parcel", making waves in effervescent blogosphere like no other.
The contest was won by PhoneDog.com, who get a 5530 Xpress Music phone prior to its official launch in the third quarter of 2009, along with an exclusive interview with the product manager for their blog. Nokia Conversations has also promised some "goodies" for other bloggers who participated in the contest along with a "special treat" for one lucky netizen who has been commenting on Nokia Conversations for the past few days. The goodies and the lucky commenter and his "special treat" will be announced later.
Screenshots of M1 - Android Emulator by MMMOOO
Android interface is coming to a symbian device near you! Surprised? This news is exclusive to followers of our blog as we are proud to be the first source on internet to announce that developers at MMMOOO are coming up with an Android emulator for our beloved 5800s (s60 5th edition devices) and s60 third edition mobile devices. The screenshots to the left are from a s60 third edition device but the folks at MMMOOO have assured us that the emulator aptly titled "M1", inspired by HTC G1, will be very much functional on s60 5th edition devices. M1 will be priced at USD 6.99 and will be officially launched on June 18th this year.
Inspired by the success of MyPhone, which definitely is the hottest application for 5800 today, MMMOOO has come up with this fully functional android emulator-M1. As with MyPhone, M1 is just an application launcher for s60 devices. M1 brings in features of android interface like: transition from standby menu to main menu with a drag icon, option of adding unlimited 3rd part icons in the applications menu and an independant application displaying SMSs in iPhone style conversation window (only for the s60 fifth edition devices).
It can be seen from the screenshots above that screen lock, drag to main main menu and sideways drag to the second screen are functional. It can be assumed that as with android interface, M1 will also support three screens and the screen transitions will be as smooth as with MyPhone application if not any better. So be ready to get a feel of Android on your 5800s, come this June 18th.
P.S- We will be giving out MyPhone Exceeding iPhone licenses at a special promotional price to our readers soon. More details on this in the next post. Till then check out screenshots of the Android emulator-M1 for s60 devices.
Android Emulator already released - You can purchase it here.
Talkonaut is a free VoIP/IM client supporting Jabber, Google Talk, MSN, Yahoo, AIM and ICQ. (Skype support has also been added but is paid service at the time of this review). Talkonaut is supported across several mobile platforms ranging from Windows Mobile 5/6, J2ME with MIDP - 2.0 and symbian 60. Continue reading for a comprehensive review of Talkonaut on Nokia 5800.
Installation:
Talkonaut can be downloaded directly on to your 5800s by pointing your browsers to http://get.talkonaut.com
Installation link on Opera mini
Please note that the installation file (.sisx) is a massive 1.3 MB file and is best to download over wi-fi or from a pc.
We receive information that Nokia has released or will be releasing a new software update for your lovely Nokia 5800. The news just came out today and Nokia claims that it will further improve the phone's performance and new functionalities will be added.
Noticed that I also said will be releasing, because when I read the article it sound like it has been released and already available for update. First thing came in to my mind is, which version is affected, Europe, NAM, India, or what? Also I checked and nothing about the firmware was mentioned. So I immediately tried the OTA update, and of course "no update available". I connected my PC suite, which I was asked to update my "software updater", after that it says. No updates available. Still showing available V20. It made me think that maybe there are only informing us of the future updates coming up soon.
According to the press release, it will improve Internet download and the interface would be faster. Better in-device search, hopefully faster. Also better email experience. Here are the some of the additional feature that should be included on the update:
Some of you have already known this by now. All Nokia 5800 North American (NAM) are pulling off the shelves, due to issues with 3G unable to get signals. I feel bad for North American consumers who waited this long to get their hands on Nokia 5800.
Other website already confirmed that the issue was the 3G signal. For some of you who need an extra confirmation, I did my own legwork. I called New York and Chicago Flagship store to see if they are going to give me the same information. When I called Chicago Flagship, the person that picked up the phone just told me that it's not available and didn't say why. I grilled the guy with questions and finally he said that there was an issue with 3G. They even took the display (NAM) of the shelves. As for the NYC flagship store, the lady was kind enough to tell me that it was pulled off due to 3G issue and they don't have an estimated date of the next release. She apologized for the inconvenience.
There you go, no ETA as of this time for Nokia 5800 NAM. Just to let you know, NYC flagship is still selling the European version, both Red and Blue, and last time I check, Chicago has some Red.
If your provider is AT&T you might have to wait for the next release. And for the folks that has T-Mobile USA, it doesn't matter if it's North American or European version, it will not get a 3G reception, since T-mobile USA is using a unique frequency for their 3G. EDGE and T-mobile hotspots are your only options. I'll say just get the Europe version and start enjoying the phone.
Hopefully Nokia will be able to fix the problem soon, so that our North American consumers can start stimulating the economy by getting their Nokia 5800. Don't think twice, you deserve it.
