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My favorite messaging application.

Google Latitude

<-- download here

With Google Latitude, you can:

• See where your friends are and what they are up to
• Quickly contact them with SMS, IM, or a phone call
• Control what your location is and who gets to see it

E71 shortcuts and tips

Mainscreen

• Hold down 0 to enter web browser.
  
• Hold down * to turn on/off Bluetooth.
• Hold down End/Red to disconnect all data connections.
• Hold down Left Soft Key to read out sms.
  

Screensaver

• hold center navigation key to see the time and date.
  

WEB browser

• hold down 1 for bookmarks.
• hold down 2 to find something
  
• hold down 3 to go to previous page.
• hold down 5 to tab between open windows.
• hold down * to zoom in.
• hold down # to zoom out.
• hold down 8 for page overview.
• hold down 9 to go to a another web page.
• hold down 0 to got to the homepage.
• press Backspace to close current window.

Realplayer

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

Low on battery juice on E71?

Recently my E71 had been running flat pretty quick. With normal usage of a few calls and messaging, the phone went from a full charge to flat in a matter of 3 days. Wow!! What happened???! Well..as puzzling as it could be, it was down to my installation of Garmin XT latest version 5. This version activate the cardrunner.dll on your sys\bin folder which runs garmin tsrautostart.exe file to run in the background.

How to get around this problem.

1) Install nokia's energy profiling program.

2) Close all phone programs and run the above program checking your phone running wattage. With the garmin tsrautostart.exe running in the phone's background, your power usage will be around 0.09-0.15w.

3) Plug your phone to your computer and access your memory card sys\bin folder and look for cardrunner.dll file.

4) Edit and rename the file (ex. disable_cardrunner.dll)

5) Now reset your phone and run nokia energy profiler again. You should see that your phone will be running about 0.02-0.14w. Yes..now you are getting the life back on your E71, you will get back the battery juice and the phone will last another 3-4 days more under normal usage.

6) However, do take note. Whenever you run your garmin xt, tsrautostart.exe will be ran and you will start losing battery juice. Reset your phone after you use garmin xt and things will be back to normal.

Hope this post helps.

Reading ebooks on your E-series

download software page


For those bookworms out there, if you have ever tried reading a pdf document on your phone, you will probably find it so cumbersome having to scroll left and right through a page that you gave up reading it. I downloaded mobipocket reader on my phone and tested some of the sample files loaded and found the words are all nicely laid across your phone screen and for turning pages, all you need to do is pressing the left/right scroll keys. To complement the reader, if you have lots of pdf or word files that you want to read, you can dowload the mobireader ebook creater to convert your files to mobi format. Best of all, both software are free.

Nokia energy profiler for your Eseries

If you are interested in how your Eseries processor perform in real-time measuring the memory, signal and network level, here it is. The notion of optimization your phone's performance will be shown on the graphs. Thus, you can trial and error different phone settings and stretch your phone's performance. download

Garmin mobile XT on your gps enabled Eseries

My wife got a Garmin Nuvi 250 for her car because she couldn't find her way around Cockeysville. I loved to travel and used to stop my car and look at the maps just to get to my destination. Since she got one for her car, it itched me for quite a while thinking of getting a nuvi but I wanted something I could carry around without a large touchscreen.
Part the reason why I bought the E71 is the built-in gps chip, and although there is nokia maps loaded on the phone, I wanted something that I didn't need to pay for data. Garmin mobile XT fits all my requirements. All I needed to do is to install the navigation software which is free and get my map for my gps E71, no monthly data fees at all. And it works just like any Garmin navigator application minus touch screen. The downside is that locking on to gps satellites on gps smartphones takes longer. Garmin website

NiceLight : Lighting up your Eseries

Probably you may not be the avid photographer that will use your phone built-in flashlight. But if you love reading in the dark or exploring dark places, here's NiceLight. NiceLight converts your phone into a portable lamp and torch. You can choose to turn on your flashlight to use as a torch or turn on your backlight of the phone and use it as a lamp. You could even turn it both on. Now here's your rechargable lighting machine. Link to NiceLight.

Mobbler : last.fm music player on your Eseries

As much as you liked your internet radio, mobbler went the further distance by connecting your last.fm account and play all your favourite music you saved in your profile. Wow! You liked the sound of it already, don't you?




Register yourself on last.fm. Add your favorite artists on your profile.

I downloaded Mobbler from google site and couldn't wait to try it out on my E71.

What Mobbler does is streaming mp3 songs that you loved onto your phone from your last.fm account. After you installed the application on your phone, open Mobbler and login your last.fm account and you are ready to hit the musical highway.

Thing to note is that unless you have an unlimited mobile data plan, it will be best to listen to last.fm on mobbler through wi-fi.

cCalc : free scientific calculater application

There is this freeware cCalc (pronounced "see-kal"), written by Chua Welic. I think this guy is from Singapore looking at the .sg domain from the website.

I think we can start throwing away our casio scientific calculators and start using this freeware on our Eseries. This application features simple navigation and programmable formula that meet your needs.

Kudos for Welic for bringing us this freeware.

cCalc page to download.

cCalc offers the following features :

• Number Keys and Basic Math Functions : Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division.
• Programmable Formula : User-Defined Functions i.e Tax and Currency Conversion Functions
• Trigonometric Functions : Trigonometric/Inverse Trigonometric Functions (Sine, Cosine, Tangent/Arc Sine, Arc Cosine, Arc Tangent), Hyperbolic/Inverse Hyperbolic Functions. Degree/Radian/Grad mode for angle unit
• Common Mathematical Functions : Logarithm, Power, Exponential, Reciprocal, Square Root
• Pi Constant, Factorial Function
• Base-N mode and Logical Operations : Binary/Octal/Decimal/Hex base. OR/XOR/AND/NOT and MOD Functions
• General Functions : Clear Entry, All Clear, Sign Change
• Memory Functions : Memory In/Memory Recall/Memory Plus/Memory Minus/Memory Clear
• Parentheses : ()
• Precedence : Lower → Higher "1: OR 2: XOR 3: AND 4: +, - 5: /, *, MOD 6: x^y 7: NOT 8: f(x)"
• Pencil key/Shift key to switch function
• Copy to clipboard/Paste from clipboard
• User Theme background
• Support instant screen size change
• Support multi language
• Maping key text on button

mEarth v4.03 : java application

I came across this unknown mobile solutions provider mEarth, all their applications are made in Java. How competitive they are compared with google maps, nokia maps and garmin xt remains to be seen until you try out their products.

Basic version requires no registration but for versions with 3D support will need registration and a small monthly fee.

Review mEarth list.

Powerboot: application for advanced mobile user

Unless you are an advanced mobile user and not the type without the 'know-how', it is recommended that you don't crash and mess up your phone.

Users of this application has to ensure that the selected applications chosen to boot up will not pose any problems.

You can go through the tutorial on wireless-labs and download for free.

mobipocket reader ver 5.2 : your ebook reader

An alternative to reading pdf books on adobe mobile reader is reading ebooks on mobipocket. I have used adobe pdf reader to read my pdf files and I found that the layout and readability may sometimes put a strain on my eyes.

Ebooks on mobipocket is very readable, however, if you are interested on a certain ebook, you will have to pay for it. Maybe you can find some buddies interested too and share the same ebook.

Download mobipocket

google maps on your Eseries

If you have an unlimited data plan, google maps is the best application for your built-in gps on your E71(Eseries without gps also works) where you can switch between map or satellite view to get around. You do not need to buy a map like nokia maps or garmin mobile xt to load onto your E71, which may cost quite a bit depending on the country.

By far the most innovative application ever created. Download here.

Fring your Eseries

If you are travelling abroad and do not have roaming services from your service provider, an alternative way to stay contactable is through using your eseries wifi and finding a free wifi hotspot. Start messaging and making voip calls through Fringing.

Available for free download, by far the most friendly application to integrate all your Skype, MSN Messenger, ICQ, Google Talk, SIP, Twitter, AIM & Yahoo! together, what else could we asked for.

This is a truly great travel companion..see why you need to fring?
true mobility, free calls and chat, knowing who's online before you dial, sending and receiving files from your friends online.





No more paying costly international calls on mobile.

Internet radio for your Eseries

Listening to your local radio stations day in day out..makes you bored sometimes?

Check out nokia's internet radio application for your Eseries. Make use of the build-in wifi and enjoy high quality streaming music through your Eseries phone. You get access to radio stations from around the world.

Do take note of your phone's access points. Unless you have unlimited mobile data access to surf the web, it will be best for you to be around a wifi hotspot and listen to the music for free.

You can find the download link here. It will be best if you install nokia's pc suite before you install internet radio.