Tag: phones

I’ve updated my top S60 applications from its previous incarnation.

1. Walking Hotspot – Turns your phone into a wireless router and share your HSDPA signal (if you get one).  I found it easier to use than Joikuspot
2. Opera Mobile – A niftier mobile browser than even Opera Mini. It is standalone so it requires more memory and processing power. Can match any desktop browser in handling complex websites.
3. Fring – reach out and talk to your friend via you can interact with friends on all your favourite social networks Skype, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, SIP, Twitter, Yahoo!, AIM, and more!
4. YouTube – Watch YouTube videos on your mobile phone. You need a fast network connection though.
5. Google Maps – Turns your phone into a navigation device complete with map. It even shows your location with GPS or without (via cell site)! How cool is that?
6. Nokia Messaging for Email – You can configure your email to check Ovi Mail, Yahoo Mail, GMail, HotMail, and  POP, and IMAP. And you can view your email in HTML glory!
7. Google Sync plus Mail for Exchange – allows you to sync your Google contacts and calendar with your phone contacts and calendar. No tasks syncing, unfortunately.

This morning, my phone’s battery ran out so, on the way to work, I charged it with my car charger. As soon as it accumulated a sufficient charge, I turned it on and continued merrily on my way.

Then when I reached the parking lot, I noticed that fring was on! I checked the data connection counter and found that I had been online without my knowledge for almost 30 minutes. I quickly disconnected. Good thing Globe has recently lowered their wireless data rates to P5 for 15 minutes.

Still, I definitely don’t want a repeat and wake to discover that I’ve been online for hours and hours. I didn’t immediately found a way to turn off the auto start feature. But finally, after a quick search on the net, I found that the switch can be found in fring->Options-> Settings->Personalize->’Automatic Start’. No more auto start!

Aside from the enhanced calculator, I’ve installed a few really cool apps on my Nokia E51 that some might find useful:

1. Joikuspot Light – Turns your phone into a wireless router and share your HSDPA signal (if you get one).  It’s free but supports only browsing (HTTP and HTTPS). The full version version offers more features.
2. Opera Mini – A pretty nifty mobile browser. It uses a gateway that retrieves web pages for you, transforms it into a smaller mobile version, and sends the transformed pages to you. I prefer the built-in browser but Opera Mini has its place (like when your connection is slow).
3. Fring – reach out and talk to your friend via you can interact with friends on all your favourite social networks Skype, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, SIP, Twitter, Yahoo!, AIM, and more!
4. YouTube – Watch YouTube videos on your mobile phone. You need a fast network connection though.
5. Google Maps – Turns your phone into a navigation device complete with map. It even shows your location with GPS or without (via cell site)! How cool is that?
6. Google Mail – You can configure your email to check Google Mail via POP or IMAP but you can also download this app for checking your Gmail account on your phone.
7. Google Sync – strictly speaking, not an app but this service allows you to synchronize your phone (just contacts for now) via SyncML
8. GooSync – since Google Sync doesn’t handle calendar synchronization just yet, GooSync steps in between your phone and Google Calendar to provide you synchronization via SyncML.