Nokia E65 & E Series Tips Tricks and Reviews

Thursday, May 29, 2008

There's nokia themes, then there are nokia themes

Sometimes you want to make your phone look nicer but there are so many people trying to sell their mods. There are some desktop themes which are pretty good and there are others which you wish you didn't waste the five minutes installing it on your phone and then deleting it again.

To save you some time, have a look at the themes available on this website: http://www.pizero.net/theme-gallery If you find one of these particularly awesome and have decided to keep it as your theme, let us know which one you chose. If you have other favourites, please post a comment but PLEASE don't just send a generic website which has 1001 themes, the point of this post is to save people time going through the crap ones. This particular site, the author has done well in paying attention to detail such as the icons etc. Hope you found this useful... more tips can be found by using the search on the right.

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Sunday, May 25, 2008

My E65 now can send emails with Gmail Mobile! Sending emails error fixed

Gmail Mobile can't send emails?
One of the best programs to have on your phone is GMAIL Mobile. However, many of us has had the problem of not being able to send emails from this program. In an earlier post, I alluded to this problem. It only seems to allow you to check emails. However, I've finally worked out the problem... its basically impatience.

In Gmail Mobile, under OPTIONS, there is Go to --> Settings. The third option is "Always use secure network connections (slower performance)". If you are like me, I unticked this because one doesn't like to wait around. However, when you untick this option, it seems that this will stop you from sending emails! I ticked this option and tried emailing myself at another email account. SUCCESS! We all learn something new and today it was this for me. Hope this helps you...

Gmail Mobile Loads Really Slow!
That wasn't good enough for you? Here's another tip... GMAIL Mobile sometimes loads really slowly! It could be because you have "Preload unread mail to open faster (uses more data)" ticked. If you UNTICK this option, you may find that the GMAIL application will load faster. Comments?

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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Born to Fidget? 21 Things to do when you're bored

Nokia recently had an ad campaign that said "Born to Fidget?" and featured a guy playing with the Nokia 6500 slider phone while he was bored. Here are some things you can do while waiting for a friend other than slide your E65 open and closed. For the sake of ease, if you are not sure how to do any of these, use the search bar on the right to find how these can be done on your phone. These are all possible on your Nokia E65.

1. Search for a free WIFI hotspot nearby on your phone and try to connect
2. Change your phone theme
3. Add entries to your calendar for events and reminders
4. Write yourself notes about things you would like to do later
5. Read the Bible on your phone
6. Use Google Maps
7. Check your email
8. Play a game
9. Read a book on your phone (copy full text books to your NOTES)
10. Watch a movie or TV show on your phone
11. Delete programs you don't use or clear out your SMS, MMS
12. Check this blog for more ideas on how to use your E65 better
13. Set up remote locking
14. Find out how many hours you have talked on the phone since you got it
15. Update your group distribution lists
16. Set up your speed dials
17. Explore the various menus in the phone and learn something new about it
18. Use YouTaggedMe to see how many people have their bluetooth on around you
19. Take a photo for no reason, or of yourself in a mirror (apparently this is not called "taking a picture of yourself" anymore)
20. Listen to an MP3
21. Learn a new language with "XS 2 The World"

I'm sure there are other things you also like doing but are pointless when you are bored, like trying to balance the phone to sit upright, swiveling the phone around, choosing a new ringtone or alarm tone... whether its useless or useful, add a comment about what you do with your phone when you're bored.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

6 Tips to Dry a Wet Mobile Phone

You've dropped your phone in a cup of water and while thinking, what are the chances of that happening, you now want to know whether there is any way to turn back time, when your phone was dry and happily serving you. Well, surprisingly, your phone can survive a baptism. Here are just some good ideas you can use to give your phone a fighting chance.

1. Water + Power don't mix If your mobile phone is connected to a charger, DON'T try disconnect the power! Maybe its worth trying to cut the mains power to your house first! If it is not plugged into any external power source, you should remove the battery ASAP. This is because the water conducts electricity and may short circuit your phone.

2. Remove your SIM Card Get it out of the phone. Seems obvious, but when your $500 phone has just been dunked or sprinkled, you don't think straight.

3. Get out in the sunshine Now you should aim at getting your phone as dry as possible. After you have used tissues, shaking or whatever to dry it, its best to leave it out in the sun (preferably where it wont be stolen) to dry. Be careful not to use anything that would make matters worse like blow dryers which could drive water deeper into the phone or any electronic equipment which may create static electricity.

4. Let something else have the water There are certain things like rice which likes to absorb moisture from its surroundings. It may help to leave the mobile in a sack of rice for a while, just remember that its in there or else things might get worse for your mobile.

5. Don't Rush You have to approach this operation with patience. If you try quick methods of trying to fix your phone like an industrial strength heater or something, your phone will age quickly too and it may well end up more of a brick than if you didn't intervene. if in doubt, just let it dry on its own.

6. Testing Once the phone turns on, you might smile to yourself and think the job's done, but you will need to test it extensively. If there are any problems, you may need to go back to the drying and waiting stage.

Article inspired by post on http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Wet-Cell-Phone

Got more tips? If this has happened to you, please leave a comment with what your phone drank, what you did to save it and whether it worked.

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Sunday, May 18, 2008

emTube: Another Nokia E65 youtube app

After having problems with the official YouTube player, I decided to use this program emTube. This time, I was able to watch the videos on my E65 without any problems, not just the menu screen which was all I could get out of the YouTube application. So for those who are struggling to get YouTube working on your E65, try EmTube.

Where can I get emTube?
Symbian Freeware - here
Symbian Freak - here
The official emTube site here currently doesn't work

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Thursday, May 15, 2008

My Nokia E65: 10 Things I... Dislike About You

Sure, the Nokia E65 is the best phone around* but there are other some things that I don't like about the phone. I'll try name ten.

1. Battery life - As I post this, my phone is occasionally letting out the sad tone that indicates the battery is about to die. But hey, if you want to save battery, get a phone that can't do much! The battery life problem is because the Nokia E65 is so useful!
2. The keypad - its quite hard to SMS without looking.
3. Camera - I am not sure whether the camera deteriorates or not but I hardly use it anymore because the photos don't come out too well.
4. No Stopwatch/timer - I'm not sure what their problem was, but why couldn't Nokia just add the stopwatch/timer feature to the E65? It's not like it would take up too much space!
5. Speed - Or lack thereof. I am not sure why but the E65 is a little laggy. It was something I knew about before I bought it but decided that it would be bearable.. and it has been. Just think of it as training up your patience..
6. Conference shortcut key - what a waste! I've never used this shortcut and I wish I could have customised it to do something else. In the future, Nokia, if you want to add a shortcut key, make sure we can change what you thought was worthy of the shortcut.
7. Two Internet Browsers - I am not sure how this works but sometimes when I open up a weblink, say from an SMS, an internet browser called Service pops up with different bookmarks to that of my usual web browser. Why couldn't they just use the one browser? Perhaps it is the same, but then why are my usual bookmarks not available in one, but only in the other?
8. Viewing videos - Sometimes if I play an MP4 on my phone, it will show the video but not the sound. Other times, it plays the sound but no video shows up. I am sure there are some ways of formatting the videos to work on the phone but I haven't figured it out yet.. maybe you can help?
9. No snooze adjustment - What if I don't think 6 minutes is an appropriate snooze length? What if 6 minutes puts me into deep sleep so I can't hear the alarm, or it is too short for me to get much out of my snooze? OK I admit this is not that important but, perhaps I'm running out of faults to find in the E65?
10. Your contributions... what don't you like about the Nokia E65? Remember the price you bought it at, so don't say things like it doesnt have a GPS or a touch screen or its not an iphone..

*Don't agree? start your own blog. :)

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Monday, May 12, 2008

Addicted to MSN Messenger? Login on your Mobile Phone

Its been mentioned earlier that you can use MSN Messenger using the program Fring.. however, if you are using a slower internet connection like some data plans, Fring won't actually work. It works best when you are using a WIFI network. Also, some phone companies have certain arrangements where you can sign up for monthly subscriptions to use MSN but I don't understand why people would do that when you can do it for free. Here are some ways:

May only work in Australia
There is another way, using your phone internet browser to log in to your MSN messsenger account. Go to http://m.ninemsn.com.au/msg and it will take you to a login screen. Once you are used to this website, it would probably make more sense to bookmark the later page http://mim.live.com/wlm/imsi.aspx (this one might work for international users).

M.Ebuddy.com
Another way is to use http://m.ebuddy.com on your phone browser. This will also get you access to MSN Messenger on your iphone, PDA, Nintendo DS or even your Sony Playstation Portable! They also have an application which you can download and install to your phone if you want. Download it here.

Fring
Has been mentioned in previous posts like this one, but if you want to download Fring, you can get it from here. All you need to do is fill in your mobile phone number and FRING will actually sms you a download link for free where you can download the program. Remember, if you download it using your mobile phone provider, download charges may apply. Fring is good if you have a VOIP account, read more here.

Why would you want MSN on your phone? Here are some practical applications:
- Contact someone you know is online but doesn't have a mobile phone
- Make the most of free wifi to catch up with someone while you are waiting
- Check who's online to decide whether you want to boot up your computer

If you have a Facebook addiction... feed it with this post.

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Take a Photo of your Nokia Screen

Some of the regular readers of MyE65 would have noticed recently that there have been more screenshots used on this blog. There is a free program online which allows you to take a photo of your screen by using a shortcut key combination (for example pressing down the PENCIL button and the default button). All you need to do is load up the program and have it run in the background. You can choose the shortcut key that you want to use to take photos of your screen. Ths is useful if you would like to show a problem on your screen for example, or if you are running a blog about your phone, or just to email an image of a funny text msg you received from someone. Whether you are a freeware enthusiast, a blogger or just bored, check out this program here at AntonyPranata.com You won't be the first, over 250,000 downloads have already been recorded! For the record, your E65 is a Symbian S60 (the first download option). If you wanna try it out, upload your screenshot and leave a comment here.

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Saturday, May 3, 2008

Why Nokia E65? Remote Locking!

You are at a shopping centre toilet and after you have done your business, you walk away. 15 minutes later you realize you left your phone in the toilets! When you get back, its gone! What do you do?

There is an option in the phone called Remote Lock (under Tools - Settings - Security - Phone and SIM - Allow remote Lock)

Enabling this will allow you to SMS your mobile number with a predefined "code". When your phone receives this SMS, it LOCKS! You will need to put in an unlock code to use the phone again. The phone still allows you to call up your mobile and maybe negotiate with the thief (or suddenly, good Samaritan) to have your phone returned to you. Pretty cool feature!

See the video below for a demonstration...




How to Remotely Lock a Stolen Mobile Phone by SMS... for Real! - Watch a funny movie here

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Friday, May 2, 2008

New Nokia E65 firmware fails to impress... or work v3.0633.69.00

There is a new firmware available for the Nokia E65 but personally, it hasn't got me convinced that it is worth it. Below are the new features in the firmware version v3.0633.69.00 Also I have tried to run Software updater from the Nokia PC suite but I get a "Missing Software Components" error. It appears even after reinstalling so I havent figured it out yet. Probably wait till a better update comes along. For now, if the following interests you, load up your Software Updater and hope you have more luck than me:

Changes made from v2.0633.65.01 to v3.0633.69.00
SB-036/17.04.08
Messaging* Reading fo SMS time stamp information unified between regions* SMS sending from SIM Toolkit - Profile 07 improved* Unicode Handling with Turkish characters corrected* Correction to fetching email from freemail server* Intellisync: Searching a contact for the first time improved
SIM* After the startup, the phone recognizes the language to use from the SIM card* SMSC is re-read from SIM after switch on
VOIP* Improvement of co-operation of Gizmo VoIP client and Internet voice mailbox* SIP Proxy Authentication corrected in outgoing call if two SIP profiles with same realm and user name
WAP* Correction of Chinese word corruption with WAP browser* Searching in hebrew from portal corrected* Wap GET/POST forms corrected when using Greek characters* Reset during WAP browsing and MT calls corrected
Other changes* Start-up settings updated* Settings Wizard updated* Start-up date changed to 1.1.2008* Correction of NITZObserver with negative time zone values* Localization improvements Needed equipment for software update:* Phoenix Service Software version 2007.44.4.31162 or later* Product Data Package v6.0* PKD-1/PK-1 Dongle & Flash Prommer FPS-10 or CA-53 USB Cable* Product specific service tools

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