Symbian VoIP SIP Applications for your Symbian Phones (Auckalnd, New Zealand)

There is a lof of free and not really free VoIP clients for Symbian Nokia and Sony Ericsson devices like BaraBlu, AQL, Mobiboo, Skype, RebTel, Jajah, Truphone and possibly others. But we talk now about really free software clients that allows to use SIP gateways on Symbian 9 and Symbian 8 smartphones.

You always can use special edition of Nokia smartphones Ineternet Edition - N80 IE and others. These devices have embedded SIP client that can be configured to work with any SIP gateway server. But what to do with other Symbian smarphones?

We need to install some free SIP client on the smartphone. One of these applications is Fring. Since version 3.0 it allows you to call not only to Skype contacts, but configure a SIP service and directly use it.

Now you can call for free to many countries with SIP services like Gizmo, Free World Dialup or bunch of Betamax services like VoipStunt, VoipDiscount, VoipCheap, NetAppel, Voipbuster, SparVoIP etc. You might be surprised by the quality of the free internet VOIP phone calls and you need pay a cent to any VOIP service provider at all!

Free VoIP Symbian app Fring now on Nokia E71, Auckland, New Zealand

Free VoIP Symbian application now is available for Nokia E71. This is Fring. Nokia E71 smartphone is another new device supported by this great free VoIP application.Some you might be amazed by the quality of the internet VOIP calls (including international calls). A few days ago Fring team also announced support of Samsung i550w smartphone. Besieds that, you can make heaps of FREE internet VOIP calls without using and VOIP provider. More information about Fring features you can find in Symbian VoIP SIP applications.

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SkyFire: A Brand New Browsing Experience for Nokia E71 (Auckland, New Zealand)

Now you can experience a totally different surfing experience on your Nokia E71 pda phone with the help of SkyFire free software.

It runs flawlessly on my Nokia E71 and linked up to your social web account like facebook.com

You can either download via your mobile phone or via your computer. See this page for more information.

This is what SkyFire is all about (info abstracted from the official website):

Skyfire is a free, downloadable mobile browser that gives you a web browsing experience exactly like PC browsing. For the first time ever, on your phone, you can watch any video, connect with friends, listen to music, shop, and browse the web using the full-featured PC versions of your favorite websites. With Skyfire, mobile browsing just works -- speedy page loads, full video, images and audio. Search Engine Submission

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Turn your Nokia E71 to a Magnifying Glass! (David Lim, Auckland, New Zealand

Apple iPhone eat your heart out! The Nokia E-71 has done it again! Now any proud Nokia E-71 phone can use a free software and turn the E-71 to a magnifying glass!

Hey, this beats the coin or beer drinkg trick on the iPhone any time hands down. At leat is a something functional and use ful.

Go and download the beta ware at this site.

Blog posted via Nokia E-71 phone. http://auckland.posterous.com/

Nokia E71: Must Know Power User Tips (Auckland, New Zealand)

The E71 was one of the very best handsets to come out of Nokia factories in 2008 and the best ever in my book. So it is only right that we utilise its functionality to the absolute hilt and try and make the E71 even more efficient.

Here is a long list of must know tips and tricks for the E71. You might already know a few but if you are new to S60 and the E71 in particular, I’m sure this will make for a happy start to the E71 new year!

• STICKY FUNCTION KEY – A quick double press on the bottom left ‘function’ key locks it. This is helpful in situations when you need to press a combination of keys or in applications like Gmail which can be controlled via the keypad.

• 1-800-WHATEVER - To dial 1-800-WHATEVER: type 1800, hit Fn, then Shift twice, type WHATEVER, and press the Call/Green key to dial. (The idea is to type in the alphabet mode in CAPITAL letters ONLY). The alphabets will automatically be converted to numbers.

• ONE TOUCH MUTE – You can simply mute a call by press the button between the volume keys present on the right hand side of the phone. Press it again to cancel the mute.

• REMAP THE KEYS - There are times when you feel certain keys on the E71 are being wasted when they could have come in very handy. For example, the volume keys would work wonderfully with the web browser to scroll pages or in your music player and the mute key could work as select.

• TIME & DATE – When the phone is in the locked state and the screen is blank, hit the Navi Button to display the time and date in a large font.

• TEXT MESSAGES – When in the standby mode, hold down left soft key to read out new text messages.

• ASSIGN SHORTCUTS - If you have a lot of applications installed on your E71, you might want to assign additional shortcuts to different applications by definying a set of keypresses with an application called Cute Keys.

As a follow up to the above tips, here are a few shortcuts that you should enjoy. I have highlighted some of the lesser known ones.

GENERAL

• To get to a symbol or number hold down its key.
• Shift + Backspace deletes letters after the cursor, thus immitating the behavior of the ‘Delete’ key on the computer.
• In the Main Menu:

  A B C D
  E F G H
  I J K L

  To open A press 1, 2 for B, 3 for C, * for D, 4 for E, 5 for F and so on.

• Fn + Ctrl + C to copy.
• Fn + Ctrl + V to paste.
• Shift + Left ( or Right ) to select text.
• Ctrl + Up for page up.
• Ctrl + Down for page down.
• Ctrl + Vowels ( or n ) for accented characters like á or ñ.

CAMERA

• T to focus.

GALLERY

• Green Call to send the image.
• Fn + * for full screen.
• Fn + 7 to zoom in. Press twice for the full screen size.
• Fn + 4 to scroll left while in the zoomed image.
• Fn + 5 to zoom in.
• Fn + 3 to rotate right.
• Fn + 2 to scroll up while in the zoomed image.
• Fn + 1 to rotate left.
• Fn + 0 to zoom out.

STANDBY

• Hold * to activate/deactivate Bluetooth.
• Hold 0 to go to the web browser.
• Left Soft Key then Fn ( or * ) locks the keypad.
• Hold End/Red to disconnect all data connections.
• Hold Left Soft Key to read out new text messages.

MAIL

• Shift + Return to mark/unmark a single message.
• Shift + Down to mark multiple items.
• Fn + Spacebar in new message body to access input (predictive text, etc.) options.

MAPS

• Shift to zoom in.
• Backspace to zoom out.
• Space to go to the current position.

REAL PLAYER

• Fn + 2 for full screen.
• Hold Up for fast forward.
• Hold Down for rewind.

WEB

• 1 for bookmarks.
• 2 to find something on a page.

• 3 to return to the previous page.
• 5 to tab open windows.
• * to zoom in.
• # to zoom out.
• 8 for page overview.
• 9 to go to a different web page.
• 0 to got to the homepage.
• Hit the Backspace key to close the current window.

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Nokia 5800 Multimedia Touchscreen Phone, Auckland, New Zealand, David, Lim

I visited a few Vodafone dealership today around Auckland and found that a few stores is retailing the Nokia 5800 phone, the first touchscreen model introduced by Nokia. Unfortunately, I never have the chance to test drive a unit in live mode! Very tempting size and design!

Generall: 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
Announced 2008, October
Status Available. Released 2008, November
Size Dimensions 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm, 83 cc
Weight 109 g
Display Type TFT touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Handwriting recognition
Ringtones Type Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3
Customization Download
Vibration Yes
- Stereo speakers
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB, 8GB included, buy memory
- 81 MB internal memory
- 128 MB SDRAM memory
- ARM 11 369 MHz CPU
Data GPRS Class 32
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 32
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Features OS Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
Games Yes + Java downloadable, order now
Colors Black, Red, Blue
Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, video(VGA@30fps), flash; secondary videocall camera
- Built-in GPS receiver
- A-GPS support
- Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
- MPEG4/WMV/3gp video player
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- TV out
- 3.5 mm audio output jack
- Voice command/dial
- Document viewer
- T9
- Photo editor
- Built-in handsfree
Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh(BL-5J)
Stand-by: Up to 406 h
Talk time: Up to 8 h 45 min

Nokia E71 PDA Smartphone Specification, Auckland, New Zealand

I bought this unit from Vodafone New Zealand dealership in January 2009 and paid NZ$949 for it. The Nokia E71 is dubbed as the Apple iPhone killer. The only thing that I have problem is getting used to the QWERTY keyboard layout. No complaint on this model, has all the data connection you can thinkg of for such a tiny PDA phone.

The range of software available for download is siimply amazing! It has a very impressive battery size and usage time too! Camera is not too shabby, it has a 3.15 Mega pixel camera.

The only thing I miss is the 5.0 Mega pixel camera of my Nokia N95!

General: 2G Network, GSM 850/900/1800/1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
Announced 2008, June
Status Available. Released 2008, July
Size Dimensions 114 x 57 x 10 mm, 66 cc
Weight 127 g
Display Type TFT, 16M colors
Size 320 x 240 pixels, 2.36 inches
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Five-way scroll key
Ringtones Type Polyphonic, Monophonic, MP3, True Tones
Customization Download
Vibration Yes
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 8GB, hotswap, buy memory
- 110 MB internal memory
- 128 MB SDRAM Memory
- ARM 11 369 MHz processor
Data GPRS Class 32, 100 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 32, 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port Yes
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Features OS Symbian OS 9.2, Series 60 v3.1 UI
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Games Java downloadable, order now
Colors White Steel, Grey Steel, Black, Red
Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, video(QVGA@15fps), flash; secondary videocall camera
- Built-in GPS receiver
- A-GPS function
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player
- Office applications
- FM radio
- Push to talk
- Voice command/dial
- PIM including calendar, to-do list and printing
- Built-in handsfree
Battery Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BP-4L)
Stand-by Up to 410 h
Talk time Up to 10 h 30 min

Nokia N95 8GB Multimedia Phone Specification, Auckland, New Zealand

This information might be a year or two late, but it is good reference for you to compare the N95 8GB with the Nokia E71 PDA phone, you will be surprise how simillar are they!

Currently, Vodafone New Zealand is retailing this model at NZ$1,399 (February 2009), but you can hunt for better pricing with Vodafone plans. Parallel imported model might not be able to configure for the NZ Vodafone setting like MMS or accessing the internet with full integration.

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
Announced 2007, August
Status Available. Released 2007, October
Size Dimensions 99 x 53 x 21 mm, 96 cc
Weight 128 g
Display Type TFT, 16M colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
Ringtones Type Polyphonic (64 channels), Monophonic, True Tones, MP3
Customization Download
Vibration Yes
- Stereo speakers
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days
Card slot No
- 8 GB internal memory
- 128 MB SDRAM memory
- Dual ARM 11 332 MHz CPU
- 3D Graphics HW Accelerator
Data GPRS Class 32, 107 / 64.2 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 32, 296 kbps; DTM Class 11, 177 kbps
3G HSDPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port Yes
USB Yes, v2.0 miniUSB
Features OS Symbian OS 9.2, S60 rel. 3.1
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Games Downloadable, order now
Colors Black
Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, video(VGA 30fps), flash; secondary CIF videocall camera
- Built-in GPS receiver
- A-GPS function
- Nokia Maps
- Dual slide design
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player
- 3.5 mm audio output jack
- TV out
- Stereo FM Radio
- Organizer
- Office document viewer
- T9
- Push to talk
- Voice dial/memo
- Built-in handsfree
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200mAH (BL-6F)
Stand-by Up to 280 h
Talk time Up to 6 h
If you need to unlock your Nokia N95 8GB to be used in New Zealand, please contact me via email, davidlim hotmail.com