Nokia Mobile Reviews and Games

Lite Japanese with gaming Flash mobile social
The article is based on David’s speech on this year’s GDC. And the next big thing in Japan? “the next big thing from Japan” for mobile: new mobile sits that mix mini-games, avatars, and virtual money into million-user game services, most off-deck and advertising supported.” Go read it Gamasutra has published an article, where David Collier from Pikkle speaks about social mobile gaming in Japan; naturally, the focus is on Flash Lite.

6 Cameraphones Adobe Review: Complements Elements
I went with the box rout since It would’ve taken a tad bit longer over the interweb. Anyway, the box itself is minimal. Sooner or later, you’ll get used to it. Well, if that was your opinion, you’d be wrong. Why shoot pictures without being able to make them even more beautiful? Unless you’re a professional photographer and who is dependent on great photos in order to eat, this is a solid program for you. Sample Edits Here is the welcome screen where you have the option to choose where you can import pictures from. Here is a simple photo I took of Mark the other day. Well, I decided to show a simple little edit that will turn Mark’s boring background into a more interesting white and black-distorted background. A quick little 2 minute edit using the Quick Selection Tool to isolate his background. As usual, Adobe packs in a ton of features in it’s software but they never provide the customer with an appropriate manual. I know it’s a bit off topic, but I recently purchased Adobe’s new Elements for my Mac. Reminder: The Nokia Blog - Price Check Get a list of the lowest prices on the latest Nokia phones Related PostiMovie 08 and Nokia N95, Match Made in Video HeavenHow To: Tether Your Nokia to a Mac to Access the Net Via BluetoothHow to: Use MP3 Trimmer to Make Ringtones on a MacReview: Nokia Media Transfer Beta for MacSighting: Nokia N95 Spotted on CSI It is a great complement to your Nseries cameraphones. Possessing a cameraphone like the Nokia N95 or the Nokia N82 that can take 5 megapixel pictures and not having a decent program to correct some of the “faults”, either by the user, phone, or situation, is unacceptable. Elements 6 is a full featured program geared more towards users who wouldn’t be considered novices nor experts by any means. I myself had the beta version of CS3 and it was a tad bit much to my liking. The I chose to use a filter called “Bas Relief” to make it look like the following: … or how about a different look? Final Thoughts My advice is to purchase the program and start experimenting with the different edit options. As you can see, it comes with the disc, some rebate and registering forms and a useless little manual. Even though it just came out, there are some web guides out there. It costs around $99 to purchase, but I think it’s worth it. Please believe that when I say it’s worth every penny, IT IS. In my case, it’s not a problem, I love exploring. Many people think that this is just a watered down version of CS3. View more after the jump What’s in the Box? Adobe gives you the option of either purchasing the Disc and doing a “manual” download or via downloading the program itself from Adobe. However, I think a review is appropriate.

Menu Tabs How S60 Web Using Browsing Nokia’s Ovi To: Multiple Multimedia
This tip should also work with other Nseries phones featuring the new multimedia menu; the Nokia N81 and Nokia N82. Intro There is no documented button or option that lets us open new windows or tabs on the S60 browser. That’s basically it. I discovered while playing with the multimedia menu on the Nokia N95 8GB that it opens links as new tabs on the web browser. However, the internet tile of the multimedia menu lists your bookmarks and opens the link as a new tab instead of changing the main window. Reminder: The Nokia Blog - Price Check Get a list of the lowest prices on the latest Nokia phones Related PostHow To: Quickly Spot The Difference Between The European Nokia N95 8GB (N95-2) And North American Nokia N95 8GB (N95-4)An Evening With WOM World Nokia: Open to Anything LAHow To: Upload Your Videos and Photos To Multiple Sites From Your Nokia CameraphoneUsing GPS and Nokia Maps 2.0 on Nokia N95 8GB to Find My Parking SpotHow To: Upload Photos to Flickr From Your Nokia Nseries Phone With Three Clicks As I mentioned in my S60 Browser Shortcut Key Guide, #5 lists all open windows. Setup Arrange the tiles on the multimedia menu so that the Internet tile is the first tile that shows up after pressing the button. If you want to open a new tab, just press the multimedia button. Just scroll left/right to switch between windows. Combine that with the S60 Browser Shortcuts Key #5 to switch between the tabs very quickly, and now you have easy tabbed-browsing! The top of the page tells you how many windows are currently open. Tabbed Browsing on S60 If you enjoyed posts like this, consider subscribing to the Nokia blog RSS feed or subscribe by email to have new posts go straight to your inbox. This is not required, but it makes it a lot quicker.

Nokia CSI on Sighting: N95 Spotted
Hmmm…If you had a choice, would you use a phone with a 2 megapixel camera without flash or a phone with a 5 megapixel camera with a flash? Then “BOOM!”, I caught a few scenes with the Nokia N95 8GB and the classic Nokia N95 on CSI. Now I’ve had a few sightings of Nokia Nseries devices usually around music videos, movies and the internet, but I never spotted one on a TV series. Reminder: The Nokia Blog - Price Check Get a list of the lowest prices on the latest Nokia phones Related PostAn Evening With WOM World Nokia: Open to Anything LANokia N95 8GB Open To Anything Website Is Now LiveVlog: Built-in Auto Rotation On The Nokia N95 8GB (N95-2)Using GPS and Nokia Maps 2.0 on Nokia N95 8GB to Find My Parking SpotHow To: Upload Photos to Flickr From Your Nokia Nseries Phone With Three Clicks Catch the scenes after break. Too bad the iPhone got a lot more shine during the show than the N95.

Walk A 2: the Around Lake Week Hiking Just
Nevertheless, I had the Nokia N95 8GB running Sports Tracker to show you my walk. You can read my guide on how to embed sports tracker data to your blog if you would like to do something like this on your blog. As you can see, instead of climbing the mountain, we just ended up walking around the nearby lake. Due to weather, the instructor told us it would not be safe and had an alternate hike, instead. If you enjoyed posts like this, consider subscribing to the Nokia blog RSS feed or subscribe by email to have new posts go straight to your inbox. Reminder: The Nokia Blog - Price Check Get a list of the lowest prices on the latest Nokia phones Related PostUsing GPS and Nokia Maps 2.0 on Nokia N95 8GB to Find My Parking SpotVlog: Path of Buddhas From The Nokia N95 8GB Photo Samples With The North American Nokia N95 8GB At A Buddhist MonasteryHow To: Quickly Spot The Difference Between The European Nokia N95 8GB (N95-2) And North American Nokia N95 8GB (N95-4)An Evening With WOM World Nokia: Open to Anything LA Check out the bigger map on Google. Last week, I told you that I’m taking a hiking class and I was really looking forward to this week’s hike to Bear Mountain which was supposed to be 5 miles and 1,000 feet vertical rise. The next hike is on Sunday April 27th.

Review: N95 Nokia Look And Feel 8GB
Be careful not to scratch the camera lens too much, or it might negatively affect the image quality of the photos. Battery. Opening the battery cover shows off the 1200mah battery. A big minus, however, is a missing micro-SD card slot. The location is perfect for talking on the phone with speakerphones. On the right side are the volume controls, the Gallery button, and the camera shoot button. The camera button works like other point-and-shoots. There are however, small amount of people who complain about the slider, so just hope that you are not unlucky. Back The surface has a “sticky” rubber surface which makes it feel comfortable in the hands. I’ll finish this part off by saying that I agree with Steve Litchfield’s review claiming the Nokia N95 8GB is the best phone ever made. The contrasting chrome with black buttons look great, too. Dual Slide. The Nokia N95 8GB is more than a slider phone. Transferring files will be limited to bluetooth or USB transfer. I have no complaints about the volume. On the left side are the infrared port and a 3.5mm jack for headset and the TV-out cable that lets you view your screen on a TV or monitor with composite video and RCA inputs. The Nokia N95 8GB is the thickest of the three but also the shortest. Apple iPhone 8GB: 115mm x 61mm x 11.6mm Nokia N82: 112mm x 50.2mm x 17.3mm Apple iPhone 8gb, Nokia N82, and Nokia N95 8GB side by side Let’s start the tour of the Nokia N95 8GB. Front In a closed position, the first thing you notice is the glossy 2.8 inch screen. Nokia N82 vs. For now, let’s stay to the look and feel aspects. I haven’t used infrared yet, and I honestly think it is useless. This is handy for those who like to use the phone while driving. Nokia N95-3 vs. I’ll explain more about its uses in the next post on using the Nokia N95 8GB. There also dedicated buttons to the Menu and the Multimedia Menu. If you are right-handed, it is easy to cover up the microphone while taking videos. The future models should really get rid of the charger port and just let the phones be able to charge on the mini-usb. The microphone’s location should be acknowledged by anyone taking videos. Nokia N95 8GB Photo Comparison”>Bar Fight! Sliding both ways shows either the numeric keypad or media playback buttons. I did not like the camera button on the Nokia N82. Bottom The bottom of the Nokia N95 8GB consists of port for the charger, mini-usb connector for transferring files with the computer, and the microphone. I personally like the gloss and shine. Glossy display on the Nokia N95 8GB On top of the screen are the earpiece, secondary camera, and a light sensor which automatically adjusts display and keypad brightness according to the surrounding. Below the screen are some buttons for calling, ending calls, and navigating around the phone. Sides Placed on each side are the built-in stereo speakers. Nokia N95 8GB Photo ComparisonView From Brooklyn with the Nokia N95 8GB and Nokia N82An Evening With WOM World Nokia: Open to Anything LA Out of all the phones I’ve used, all the versions of Nokia N95 have provided the easiest and fastest way to remove and replace the battery and SIM card. Reminder: The Nokia Blog - Price Check Get a list of the lowest prices on the latest Nokia phones Related PostUsing GPS and Nokia Maps 2.0 on Nokia N95 8GB to Find My Parking SpotReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70

Live the Contest Results of Stickers Vlog: Giveaway Ovi
This is also the direct link to the video. If you haven’t checked out Ovi yet, it is a one-stop source for storing and sharing your photos and videos. If you are reading this in your RSS reader, it might not be visible. I was connected on AT&T’s 3G internet, but the latest version allows you to take video anytime and it will upload it for you once a connection is established. No extra work is required. I’m a little afraid that news of Flickr opening up video sharing will be a threat to Ovi, but we’ll see. Qik worked great for streaming the video for the contest winner. To make sure that I was not cheating on this contest, I decided to stream the video to Qik from the Nokia N95. Reminder: The Nokia Blog - Price Check Get a list of the lowest prices on the latest Nokia phones Related PostGiveaway: Ovi StickersFirst Hike With The Nokia N95: Castle Rock Unique AreaLive Vlog: Mark at the ParkReview: The Many Uses of QikMobile World Congress Here I Come Congratulations to Abul Hussain, also known as adonisdemon, who blogs at Symbian in Motion for winning the five Ovi stickers from last week’s giveaway. It worked as expected. Here’s the embedded video below. The average delay was about 15 seconds. It is also easy to upload your media right from your phone. My buddy Ninong Brown shared his review of Qik and likes it.

and in Flash Western Lite devices US, Europe percentages
Via Bill, the percentages for Flash Lite devices in Western Europe and US have been released: The total percentage (for 6 countries) of Flash Lite enabled devices on the market, is about 15%. “Data for this PDF was provided by mmetrics and shows the active number of Flash Lite devices as of January 2008 for six countries: US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. [Also] Total Flash Lite devices, number of device models and number of addressable devices by platform are listed: Nokia S60, Nokia Series 40, Sony Ericsson and BREW.” Download the 2 page long .pdf