Nokia E7 and HDMI-out to 110 Inches Screen

 

Like the Nokia N8, the Nokia E7 has a HDMI out. Connect up your E7 and you can show whatever is on the E7′s screen on the bigger TV or projector screen. Oddly not all phones can do this. Some can just show media if any. Nokia’s TV out gives you a portable PC like experience of hooking up to a “monitor”, whether it be the browser, the menu, music player, photos or video player.

Watching movies is particularly great since you’ve got 720p playback with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound. With the USB to Go feature, you can connect a hard drive full of media to be played back via the E7.

Here in this video you can see the E7 playing nicely with a 1080p projector over HDMI out. The projector screen here is 110 inches! That’s massive! Not as big as the record breaking N8 movie screen but more than enough for a home theatre. Dang 42″ is good enough, no? :p The video is in 1080p which better shows off the clarity of HDMI out.

Lastly, don’t forget that if your screen doesn’t have HDMI connection you have the 3.5mm TV-out. As seen in the C7, even though it lacks HDMI out, near HD quality can still be output (very high quality analogue signal).

Nokia C7 HD TV out via 3.5mm Audio Visual Jack Possible

The Nokia N8 as you know outputs 720p HD over HDMI. But the C7 lacks HDMI out, only having the standard multifunctional 3.5mm audio-visual jack. Unlike previous Symbian devices, you aren’t stuck on 640×360. You are in fact, upscaled to as close to “HD” as you can get over an analogue signal.

It’s difficult to demonstrate over pictures (I should have tried identical ones like the E7/N900 shots), but in person it was easy to see that the C7′s tv output (above) was much sharper than the N97′s (below).

C7 below

Point: You’ll be getting much sharper images over TV-out. Perhaps a little bit like the N900 (or sharper) and depending on the source video, you’ll get some decent home cinema watching experience.

Mobile Phone Display Mega Shootout

There are so many of them that it’s pretty hard to make up your mind. It all boils down to LCD vs. LED although this simple fact is easy to overlook. You can go ahead and blame it all on marketing but that’s one thing that just can’t be black and white. Instead of keeping it simple, manufacturers are busy making up catchy names.
Had enough with LCD? Be our guest, try Super LCD. There’s even Super Clear LCD for the sake of being different. Same with AMOLED. There’s the garden variety. But there’s also Clear Black and Super AMOLED.
Anyway, with so many screens around even we got mixed up. And instead of writing down “We’ll never again mistake regular LCD for Super LCD” three thousand times, we got assigned to do this article. Yes sir. Coming up, boss. It’s about LCD and AMOLED, about Super AMOLED and SUPER LCD. It’s about the Retina display, which technically is a type of LCD.

This is not a story going back to monochrome displays and the dawn of STN and CSTN screens. That would’ve made an even bigger mess. Instead, we’re focusing on present day touchscreen and the varieties it comes in. We have each technology represented and it’s quite a bunch of highly popular and fairly recent phones being judged by the quality of their screen. From the good old LCD to the ClearBlack AMOLED by Nokia – they are all here, with all their strengths and weaknesses.

And here are the contenders, along with the display technology they stand for. In the LCD corner, the HTC Desire HD and LG Optimus 7 are next to the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10.

HTC Desire HD • LG Optimus 7 • Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10
The Samsung S8530 Wave II is on the enhanced LCD team – technically, it’s Super Clear LCD, the brand name Samsung use to market their own SLCD-based screens. The Retina display is not just another LCD screen either – like the Apple iPhone 4 is not just another phone.

The Samsung S8530 Wave II • Apple iPhone 4
The Nokia N8 is running for AMOLED, while the C6-01 has Nokia’s ClearBlack technology behind it. Finally, we have a couple of Super AMOLED screens – on the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S and Samsung S8500 Wave.

Nokia N8 • Nokia C6-01 • Samsung I9000 Galaxy S • Samsung S8500 Wave
An elite club it is and that goes to show how important screens are. Manufacturers can’t go on for ever offering more and more features, so things like screen quality are becoming a key selling point.

Spicelabs Trill v1.00(14) Symbian OS 9.x S60v3 - N78, N78, E52, E66, E71 - Full Version Download

Are you a Twitter Fan? Do you miss Tweeting when you are on the move? Ever wished for a quality Twitter client available for free? Well, Trill might be the answer to your prayers for a decent Twitter client for non-touchscreen S60 devices. Following the phenomenal explosion of Twitter service and to satisfy the ever-growing user demand for more sophisticated freeware twitter application for S60 devices Spice Labs, a product development and marketing company in the Mobile Internet and Applications has announced its new Twitter application non-touchscreen phones.

Trill is a "State Of the Art" Twitter client for your Nokia device that brings a eye candy transitions and animation all together with the easy to use user interface.
Trill allows you to manage your Twitter presence on the go. Things like updating your timeline, responding to friends, browsing the links, tracking tags etc. Interacting with the world in 140 characters had never been more fun

Supports
* Post new tweets
* Inline reply, Re-tweeting, mark as favorite, DM
* Monitor twitter timeline, replies & mentions
* Inline Photo Viewing
* Monitor trending topics
* Browse links posted in tweets, option to adapt web pages for mobile devices using Google GWT
* Search the tags posted in tweets
* Profile view
* OAuth Support
* Simple but featured User Interface
* Option to set update interval, link settings

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[N8FanClub.com]Spicelabs Trill v1.00(14) S60v5 s^3 SymbianOS9.x Signed.rar

Block Unwanted Calls and SMS / MMS Messages on Symbian^3 - Nokia N8, E7, C7 and C6-01

Blacklist Mobile protects you from unwanted calls, sms, mms and even from sms-spam. Just add contacts you wish to ignore using "Contacts" menu and forget about people who annoy you. You can also consider blocking unknown (not from address book) or hidden numbers. And if you receive lots of SMS-spam messages every day Blacklist Mobile will solve this as well: just specify SMS-spam gate address (i.e. "4440" or "HOTLADIES") and all messages from those senders will be blocked.

Blacklist Mobile is released in 2 variants: full and free Lite versions. Lite version allows you to add one particular contact to blacklist for free. No time limits, no charges, but just one contact. Consider using full version of Blacklist Mobile if you want to block as many contacts as you want + reject unknown/hidden numbers.

* Application features: Blocks calls, SMS and MMS
* SMS-gate (like Skype alias) or URL can be added to blacklist
* Hidden numbers blocking
* Unknown (not from address book) numbers blocking
* Autoboot at device sturtup
* All deleted messages texts are available in Blacklist Log
* Easy and comfortable in use

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[N8FanClub.com]BlackList Mobile v1.99.1 S60v3 S60v5 S^3 SymbianOS9.x.rar

ShapeServices IMPlus v8.17.1 S60v5 Symbian^3 - Nokia N8, E7, C7 and C6-01 - Free Download

Chat within AIM/iChat, MSN/Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo!, ICQ, Jabber, Google Talk and MySpace IM from your mobile phone regardless of location and mobile operator. No cost per message!

Here are some key features of "IM+ for S60 Phones":

• · Message History. View correspondence with your contacts even when you're offline.
• · A list of contacts who you have new messages from will be displayed by focusing on the envelope in the upper right-hand corner.
• · Voice messaging enabled. Send and receive voice messages with IM+.
• · File transfer. Excellent alternative to MMS, send files over GPRS.
• · Full presence status support. Set your own status to give your contacts an idea of your mood.
• · You can see your contact's status in dialog window.
• · Contact list management functions including add/delete features.
• · Layout aware. Screen renovation during the orientation change (portrait and landscape).
• · Set up melody alert. Select the melody for messages received. Select the melody when another user gets online.
• · Multiple dialog windows. Don't miss a moment, chat with several buddies simultaneously.
• · Smileys. Add emotions to your messages, a huge set of funny faces available.
• · Multiple code pages support. Exchange messages in any language installed on a phone.
• · Integrated help function. Easy to configure and easy to chat.
• · Support requests. Send support requests directly from mobile devices.

Requirements:

• Symbian^3.

What's New :-

• Bugfix with MySpace and AOL protocols.
  
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  [SymbianZone.us]ShapeServices IMPlus v8.17.1 S^3 SymbianOS9.5.rar

Santa Claus Wallpapers

                                          Santa Claus Wallpapers

 

Christmas Gift Wallpapers

Capree iON BatteryTimer v1.05 S60v3 S60v5 Symbian^3 - Nokia N8, E7, C7 and C6-01 - Free Download

Did you ever concern if your battery survive the whole day while far from the battery charger or did you experience unexpected battery drain down over a day? If so, using iON BatteryTimer for S60 will appreciable improve your day-to-day smartphone experience.

Features
* Provides information about:
o Operating time remaining to complete discharge,
o Estimated future date and time of the battery being completely discharged,
o How long the battery holds its charge on average,
* Fast and handy access to remaining operating time at the home/standby screen.
* Power saver with additional the ‘big’ battery levels percentages indicator, built-in system notifications (e.g. missed calls, messages, unread emails, current profile, keypad lock).

Precautions :
During the installation you will be prompted for accepting required installation on your device memory not an additional card (uses small amount of memory, about 150kb). It also needs background ‘Core’ process which must starts automatically each boot time and utilizes device CPU in less than 1% once per minute.

Whats New :
* The latest iON version 1.05 with S60 5th support and 3rd edition improvements.

 

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[N8FanClub.com]Capree.iON.BatteryTimer.v1.05.S60v3.v5.SymbianOS9.x.rar

ThinkChange ShakeSMS 1.04(90212) Symbian^3 - Nokia N8, C6-01, E7 and C7 - Free Download

When you receive a new sms, you normally without ShakeSMS: you need to unlock the phone first, then read the message, after replying, lock the phone again. But with ShakeSMS you can shake your phone to read the sms, and control sms operation by gesture.


HOW TO USE:
1)Shake your phone, you can read the incoming sms
2)Control SMS operation by gesture
Lean Left -- Leave (delete) SMS
Lean Right -- Write (Reply SMS)
Lean Up -- Up to the SMS Folder In
Lean Down -- Done (Back to Previous Screen)

 
COMPATIBLE MODELS: 5228, 5230, 5233, 5235, 5250, 5530, 5800, N97, N97 mini, X6, C5, C6, C7, N8, N95,N958GB,N82,5800,N96,E66,N85,6210,N79

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[N8FanClub.com]ShakeSMS-5800-N96-N85-E66-beta-unsigned.rar

ThinkChange nUnlock v5.20 S60v5 Symbian^3 - Nokia N8, C7, E7 and C6-01 - Free Download

Description
The coolest homescreen ever for your symbian device.See everything you need at first glance: easy-to-read time display, indicators of your phone status.Then,unlock your phone with one smooth slide.background image, font color... Completely configurable!
 

What's New:
Free you side slide key lock with menu key:
1, double click the menu key to lock your phone
2, when phone is locked, single click the menu key to activate the nunlock screen
3, when nunlock screen on top, single click menu key to turn off backlight (save battery)

How to use:
choose background: choose an image file from your phone´s any directory as the application´s background.
slider sensitivity: how easy you can slide to "unlock" the phone.
font color: sixteen different colors to set the color of time,date and phone information.
transparency: set the slide area´s transparency.
date format: how the month, day displays.
time format: the time will be formatted in 24-hour format, or in 12-hour format.
text display: customize your own message that displayed at the right of the block.
autostart: start automatically with phone boot, hide from the task list.
autolock: automatically lock the phone after a specified timeout.

Phone Supported
Nokia: 5228, 5230, 5233, 5235, 5250, 5530, 5800, N97, N97 mini, X6, C5, C6, C7, N8
Samsung: GT i8910 Omnia
Sony-Ericsson: U1 Satio, U5 Vivaz, U8 Kanna

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[symbianzone.us]ThinkChange nUnlock v.5.20(0) s60v5 S^3 signed.rar

PicoBrothers Flashlight Extreme v1.01 Symbian^3 Freeze Fixed - Nokia N8, E7, C6-01 and C7

Turns your phone into an extremely bright led flashlight. Included is also for your safety a SOS distress function. Turn it on to signal SOS message that can be seen several kilometers away.

Changelog:
Flashlight Extreme Update Now in Ovi Store! This fixes the icon bug that caused some devices to freeze.



Supported devices:
Symbian S60 5th and Symbian^3 devices, except N8 due to it has a zenon flash.

Installation Note:
- You first need to uninstall the old version. Then install the version of your choice. -This item may require a one-time download of components as large as 13 MB. Use of WLAN is recommended.
- v1.00(1) is the Signed fixed Ovi version with 24.11.2010 datecode.
- v1.01 is the available fixed version on the developers site with 19.11.2010 datecode.

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[symbianzone.us]flashlight_extreme_beta_installer_v.101.rar

ThinkChange AutoInstaller 1.02 S60v5 Symbian^3 - N97, 5800, 5530, 5233, X6, E7, C7, N8, C6-01

Automatically install mobile softwares! Why using AutoInstaller? 1, Have many favorite applications to install after a firmware update? 2, Want to try many apps after bought a new phone? 3, Get bored to press many keys to install an applicaton?

How to:

1. you need to copy all the applications you want to install on E:\ThinkChange\c\ or E:\ThinkChange\e

2. enter the AutoInstaller application, press "StartInstall" , it will automatically install all the files in that folder

3. After the process is complete, there would be a summary telling you which files failed to install.

Compatibility:

5230,5530, 5800, N97,N97 mini,X6,5233,5235,C6,C5,N8,5228,C7

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[N8FanClub.com]AutoInstaller_S60_5_X_v_1_2_0_unsigned.rar

Symbian Foundation Websites Shutting Down on 17th December as Symbian Becomes Closed Source

With Symbian coming back under the full control of Nokia, the following Symbian websites are expected to shut down from 17th December 2010.

• www.symbian.org, www.symbian.org/cn, www.symbian.org/jp
• developer.symbian.org, developer.symbian.org/cn, developer.symbian.org/jp
• horizon.symbian.org
• ideas.symbian.org
• blog.symbian.org, blogcn.symbian.org, blogjp.symbian.org

Everything is still available (see symbian.org) so if you have to download platform source codes they are available now. Afterwards, Symbian says, “We are working hard to make sure that most of the content accessible through web services” though they will NOT be hosting this source.

Former Nokia and Symbian employee Julien Fourgeaud on Symbian becoming “closed source”:

“I have to say that this is a bit of a surprise.
Symbian as an open platform still makes sense and I can’t believe that there is anyone in the industry who hasn’t come forward to offer hosting the code and the documentation.
Even if the code/doc doesn’t live, it still has a chance to be used by the community and get back on its feet, maybe in a different manner?”

Symbian.org via Fourgeaud.com

Should Symbian.org and related websites stay open? Shame about ideas.symbian.org also shutting down. I hope Nokia pool those resources somewhere as it’s a good place to see ideas for Symbian.

Note, we do have  mynokiablog.com/symbian-features-wishlist where you could submit ideas/bugs too. I’m getting through updating the post (there were more than I’d anticipated) and will have to recategorize as some suggestions may form a new group.

Xenozu YouTube Player v1.0.17 - Symbian^3 - Nokia N8, E7, C7 and C6-01 - Free Download

Xenozu is a freeware YouTube Player application for Symbian^3, Symbian S60v3 and S60v5 mobiles. This advanced YourTube player application lets you stay in touch with all your favourites videos while on the go! As per YouTube data, videos are categorized by Featured, Most Viewed, Most Recent, Top Rated. You can also search for the videos of your choice.

The application is very rich in features. You can also bookmark a video, view the history of the videos you have watched and get additional video details. This application requires heavy data usage, account with unlimited data plan is suggested. The touch screen controls are very easy.

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Custom UI running on the Lenovo and Nokia N900 by Digia

 

This is a wonderful UI paradigm by Digia and quite innovative. In this underwater theme, you have these set of 3D bubbles that we’d otherwise associate with icons. And hey – the circle icon surround actually works in this concept (as opposed to the now over used squircle). These icons populate the screen with yet more contextual bubbles when touched, e.g. hit contact bubble and get more contacts. These bubbles live on a 3D panoramic seabed. Though you are swiping left to right, it seems as though you’re not simply moving horizontally but rotating about a fixed point (which is a nice change). These Bubbles can also then be moved behind (looking smaller) or towards the foreground.

This cool custom UI is demonstrated on the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t Netbook/Tablet hybrid and the Nokia N900. It’s great seeing this work on the big screen as well as the smaller mobile display. The N900 looks less responsive to touch though that might be due to to the IdeaPads feather touch capacitive and the pressure touch resistive on N900 (as often seen, resistive screens are also responsive it’s just that folk apply the same pressure as capacitive and thus such input is not registered).

What’s cooler still is that Digia claim it took one developer just one month to create this and shows the fast software development cycle and ease of use that attracted them to MeeGo.

About Digia (from Wikipedia)

Digia Plc (formerly SYSOPENDIGIA) is a Finnish software company quoted on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, and is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (DIG1V). Digia’s main business areas are enterprise systems and mobile applications. The company has about 1 500 employees in Finland, Sweden, Russia and China.

The company is headquartered (Digia Tower) is located in Helsinki Pitäjänmäki.

Digia Plc’s head office in Helsinki, Finland.

SysOpen founded in 1990. It grew rapidly through acquisitions in the millennium in what way. SysOpen Corporation and was founded in 1997 Digia Oy merged 4 March 2005 SYSOPENDIGIA Plc. In summer 2006, SYSOPENDIGIA Corporation acquired the integration and production control software for manufacturing Sentera Plc n. Sentera’s business was merged into SysOpen Digia in the autumn of 2006. 26. March 2007, the company name was changed to SYSOPENDIGIA Plc. The company changed its name to Digiaksi 17.3.2008.

Digia has a history with Nokia, developing Symbian and Maemo Browsers as well as Qt Based cross platform Future UIs. One of the strong things emphasised from Qt Quick is the focus now on just how the UI should look like rather than how to get it done (allowing designers to be part of the development process) creating the concepts with the help of the developer.

Nokia 5800 Xpress Music v52 and Nokia C6 v20 Firmware Update (Changelog)

 

This week there were a lot of software upgrades news that we’ve covered and today another firmware update for C6 and 5800 are available. The two phones runs on Symbian S60 5th edition operating system and both features resistive touch screen. Whilst the C6 has the four-row QWERTY compare to the music predator, 5800 XM.

For the Nokia C6 the new software version brings big changes and lots of new additions. Refer to the lists of changelog below:

CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS

* Fix implemented to keyboard freeze problem
* Performance enhancements done
* Email application stability has been improved
* Memory related issues have been improved
* Changes to memory card/mass memory content
* Memory card – Maps data version 24
* Here and now application
* Changes to vanilla SW UDA content

NEW FEATURES AND APPLICATIONS / UPDATES TO EXISTING APPLICATIONS / NEW FEATURES

* Ovi contact 1.5.x
* Ovi store update 1.6
* MAPs 3.0 SR4
* Easy dialing from touch dialer
* Here & Now 2.0
* Nokia In-device tips
* Twitter Link
* New Themes, Pink and Blue

On the other business line, Nokia 5800 receives a minor software update too.

* Upgrade CPU performance
* Enhanced touch screen
* Improve wifi, connection error Ovi Store
* Rotate Enhanced
* Software Map added
* V52 pictures and movies better!
* No Nokia Email
* Interface does not change!

Nokia X7-00 Symbian^3 Leaked - Video and Images

Nokia seems to be on a roller coaster ride with the latest Symbian^3, as we have already seen it pull out the N8, C7, C6-o1 and the upcoming E7. Is the company working on a fresh masterpiece that runs on the latest Symbian, which we hear has four speakers? Wondering where we are getting these fabulous ideas from?

Well, Nokia Saga has shed some light on the nitty gritty’s of the supposed Nokia X7-00. It elucidates that the device is running on the latest version of Symbian and is loaded with four stereo speakers

. Looks like this device could be the first music centric Symbian^3 smartphone coming from Nokia.

In fact, even gaming aficionados could leverage on its proposed audio brilliance. The Nokia Blog highlights that the video shows the X7 smoothly running Symbian^3 along with the game Need for Speed Shift. From what we deduce, it looks like the device has a accelerometer integrated, as orienting the handset to drive seems effortless.

Nokia X7-00

Nokia X7-00

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SMS Zipper v2.2.12 - Symbian OS 9.4 - S60v5 - Symbian^3 - Nokia N8, E7, C6-01 and C7 - Free Download

SMSzipper Free is a utility application for Symbian^3 mobiles such as Nokia N8, C6, C7 and S60v5 mobiles such as Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, N97, N97 Mini, X6, 5230, 5233, 5235 and 5530 XpressMusic. The SMSzipper compresses your ordinary SMS messages (up to 65%) and allows you to send up to 480 characters in one single SMS - at at no additional cost!

All you need is the SMSzipper to write and to receive SMS messages, and providing your intended recipient has it too, you're ready to go! You can send compressed SMS, send SMS that destroy themselves after being received, define subjects, and send SMS that appear at a date and time you define!

You just need to type as you would do normally when sending SMS to someone. SMSzipper needs to be installed on both sender and receiver side in order to use it. This Java application is developed by acticom GmbH. The version 2.2.12 of SMSZipper Free application is available to download.

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[N8FanClub.com]SMSzipper Free_v2.2.12_Symbian^3_S60v5.rar

Data Quota v1.32 Symbian^3 - Nokia N8, C7, C6-01 and E7 - Free Download

● Simply shows how much of your packet data quota you've used so far this month.

● If you have a pre-determined quota from your operator of how much packet data you can use in a month, it's a pain to first find the Logs application, open the packet data counter, then try and work out how much data you have left from the amount used so far.

● Data Quota shows two simple bars: one showing how much of the data for this month you have used; and one showing how much of the month has elapsed. This lets you tell at a glance if you've been using data up too fast or two slow, so you can be more frugal or let rip!

● On the first of each month (or whenever your quota resets on billing day), clear the packet data counter. For example: Tools -> Log -> Packet data -> Options -> Clear counters

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Nokia Own Voice v 2.01(2) Symbian^3 - Nokia N8, E7, C7 and C6-01

Nokia Own Voice is one of the ultimate apps in a very long time from Nokia. Imagine your own voice giving you directions when using Nokia Ovi Maps, isn't that amazing. I am talking about people who love themselves. This application is a major breakthrough in the GPS navigation industry because we have not seen such an application before. Earlier, the only option that you had was to choose between a very few languages and monotonic voice sounds. Now, all of that is going to change and you can choose between the voice packs for Ovi Maps just the way you select a ringtone for your phone from a huge number of options.

Nokia Own Voice is a very small application sizing about 470KB only. All it does is that it lets you record your voice in a very easy and convenient way for all the keywords or sentences that are required to be announced while navigating your way on Ovi Maps. There are 54 such keywords/sentences that are needed to be recorded in your voice in order to create a voice pack for Ovi Maps. The application interface is very clean and usable. The application displays the keywords/sentences in a sequence with a record/play button. You need to click on the record/stop button and record your voice and then click back on the rec/stop button as soon as you finish. You need to repeat this process until all the 54 words are recorded.

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