Monthly Archives: January 2009

V11 firmware for Chicago bought 5800: available

By fernando | Published: January 21, 2009
From europe.nokia.com :D Gotta go get my cable, will report any major differences here soon. (besides what was already covered with the change log that has been floating around for a while) Update: If the theme transitions (aka kastor ui) is on, pop-up menus don’t flash anymore after being opened. (if you experienced it you’ll [...]
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App Review: StyleTap

By fernando | Published: January 17, 2009
Sega Swirl anyone? :D Posting this one day later then the rest of the internet. But still. StyleTap came out of private beta and became a regular app yesterday. I grabbed the 15 day trial and am playing with it for a while. Nostalgia filled me up while I searched thru my old .prcs for [...]
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App Review: Adobe Reader 2.5 for S60v5

By fernando | Published: January 13, 2009
Application review? In my blog? Yesterday I updated my Download! app to find this there. When I see that it’s published by Quickoffice I sighed and downloaded hoping it wasn’t paid. But alas, it is. I’m gonna go with a pros and cons format here, plus linked screenshots: Pros: Can render pdfs way faster then [...]
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S60′s default destination rules

By fernando | Published: January 11, 2009
<3 Found this setting today, while looking in Settings > Connectivity > Destinations > Options > Default connection. It allows you to select a default destination instead of selecting which one you’re gonna use for each and every app. So every app that asks for a destination now (including java!) will shut up. Combine this [...]
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More Nokia 5800 pics and notes

By fernando | Published: January 9, 2009
Ah winter, ice, snow. I tried and tried to take good pictures really showing the bluish tint of my 5800 for my last post, but failed. Turns out it was just a lighting problem, since the blinding white glow of snow was enough to make it show itself to the camera. :D See the whole [...]
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Nokia 5800: it’s here!

By fernando | Published: January 7, 2009
Yes! Finally today I went to the Nokia Flagship store in Chicago to get my very own Nokia 5800! This post is going to be just my first impressions, not meant to be a through review, I’ll leave the nitpicking in specific apps (or lack of) in the next posts. The good: Since the moment [...]
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Nokia Search: the return!

By fernando | Published: January 5, 2009
Today I noticed that Nokia Search had changed since the last time I used it, which I think was when N95′s V30 brought Nokia Search 4. So this might be old news, but it’s enough to cause me to post a sequel to the Comparing Search Methods post! Anyway, this might be Google’s working since [...]
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