drPodder Media Importer 0.3.1.0 released

Change log :0.3.1.0 (Beta)

-Fix database with Not existing album art on device
-Detect album art files on restore and clear in db if not existing (eg. restore on full erased USB partition)
-Clear downloaded flag if media files (episodes) are missing on device
-Clear downloaded and new flag if media files (episodes) are missing on device. Can be used if the restore (from eg. wobOS Internals Save/Restore
-Downloading files flaged as downloaded but does not exist on device if drPodder is capable of deleting (does not work if the download tickets in downloadhistory.db in webOS are erased eg. data erease, firmware flash I think).

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show upcoming Google calender appointments on webOS

How to show upcoming Google calender appointments on the wallpaper on a webOS device:

Download the Ultimate Wallpaper app http://www.precentral.net/app-gallery/beta/ultimate-wallpaper

Get the URL of your Google calender as described in this link:

http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37648

It's a long URL, so you could send it to you email on the webOS device and copy it from there.

Open the Ultimate Wallpaper on the webOS device and set it up with News and paste the copied URL into the RSS feed in the app.

Now you got your calender in the wallpaper

drPodder media importer alpha released

Now I just released an alpha version of the drPodder media importer software

http://helioxware.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/drpodder-media-importer-alpha-release-0-1-3/

Unlock landscape email on Palm Pre via secret code

Gadgetsteria » Unlock landscape email on Palm Pre via secret code.

This is the secret way to landscape email viewing, but its not permanent. You have to write the code every time :(

Palm Pre: How to Take Screencaptures

Here is the link to the source Take Screencaptures

This article point out how to initiate a screencapture (screen shot) on the Palm Pre mobile phone. This is a very nice feature to have buildin the OS on a mobile phone. I don't recall any other mobile OS to do this out of the box.

Palm webOS 1.0.3 update for the Pre

Taken from the Engadget comments by Jack:

Version information

Version: 1.0.3
Release date: 19 June 2009
Configuration: Sprint 1.5
New applications

No new applications in update 1.0.3

Feature changes to existing applications

Calendar
• Events created in your Google calendar—either in Calendar on your phone or in Google online—that contain a symbol or accented character in the event name can now synchronize. Previously, including a symbol or accented character in an event name prevented the event from synchronizing.
• Changes made to Google events on the phone now sync with Google online within a few minutes.
• The sync interval for Google events has been decreased from every few hours to every 15 minutes.

Clock
• If you create a weekday alarm on a weekend, the alarm sounds only on weekdays. Previously the alarm would sound on the weekend also.

Contacts
• Changes made to Google contacts on the phone now sync with Google online within a few minutes.
• The sync interval for Google contacts has been decreased from every few hours to every 15 minutes.

Email
• Power performance in areas where wireless coverage is sporadic or unavailable has been enhanced.
• Non-SSL Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) mail servers are now supported.

Other
• Miscellaneous updates for Email, Phone, and other applications.

Twitter client: Gravity on N97 as widget

The well known and pretty advanced twitter client for Symbian Phones is just getting transformed to a widget...

This widget version is just a early dev. stage, but I will look forward to  use the final version ;)

Here is a concept widget from the dev.



Here is the Gravity homepage: http://mobileways.de/products/gravity/gravity/

Here is a picture of the N97 widget home screen with gravity icon and widget:

http://twitpic.com/7mktz

E-Ink Keyboard

http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2009/06/e-ink-keyboards-rock-my-face-off.html

This mobile keyboard on the SGH-u750 Alias 2 has some new and nice features. Several different keyboard layouts supported in both landscape and portrait mode.

Ovi Store... now open all over!

Ovi Store.

Ovi Store is now open in all countries. This store can be accessed by web browser on the phone or desktop computer or the S60 Ovi Store application. I have tried all and I'm quite happy about them. I have also tries to buy applications and the experience was nice and streamlined. There are tabs like Recommended, Featured, Latest, Video & Audio, Games, Application and so on adn of cause you can filter by payed and free also. There are also categories like Entertainment, Business, Social Network, Utility ect.

I would like more applications in the store. Most of the stuff is wallpapers and videos, but many of the applications I'm use to are also there.

All in all the experiance was quite good after the first crash ;) but Nokia quickly fixed this with adding more servers and soon the service was running smooth again.

Nokia 5800 firmware update v21 and video converting

Nokia 5800 firmware v21 and video converting guide

Here is a guide to update the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

The new Nokia N97’s Facebook Application

Summary view of the Nokia N97’s Facebook Application

The above link summarize the Facebook Application on the upcoming N97.
The souce of this is here.



There are many nice features in the new Facebook app which intergrade facaebook sevices with the local phone like pictures, calenders and contacts.

More depth in the upcoming Nokia N97

Social Networks In The Nokia N97 And More



The upcoming Nokia Flagship QWERTY phone has many nice features like all the N-series phones are known for. Some of the new features in this social-network model has some of the features already known from the Palm Pre, never the less has this feature in the N97 been known for months now so it does not seem as a copy/paste from Palm Pre. The contact-merge feature adds social-network-sevice-status direct to contacts like facebook, twitter, ovi, skype and google talk. This is good work Nokia, but please please upgrade the amount of ram to running apps. This would really smoothen the experience of the system. Also with many background running services to monitor all the cloud-services to update like e-mail, facebook-, twitter-, google-talk-, skype-, google latitude, friend view notifications + all the others. But we will see if it's a big issue or not.

Snaptu: Facebook, Twitter, Picasa and many more on your mobile

Snaptu: Facebook, Twitter, Picasa and many more on your mobile

Do you want more out of facebook, twitter picasa on a Nokia smartphone, try the Snaptu application. This application does fit on other phones as well. Facebook part of the application is fare better than the build-in web version and supports long home-feeds like the desktop version (not as long but long).



http://snaptu.com

Watch Application Video

Buddycloud for Symbian

Buddycloud for Symbian
This app does many things right when it comes to geo-messeging and awareness. It's more like twitter than Nokia's friend view app, and it does not run in the background as I know of. This kind of app could be nice, we just need more commen structure interfaces to link all these geo-networks together.

Behind the scenes of the N97

The Background Of The Nokia N97 In 7 Minutes

See how the team behind the N97 have worked on there 'baby'.

I'm really waiting for this phone to be released 23. june I hope.

Are you tired of Nokia Ovi Share - try Pixelpipe and get more

Pixelpipe Breathes Life Into Share Online



Pixelpip is a nice free service where many sharing services are supported like Facebook, Twitter, Ovi, You Tube, PhotoBucket and many more. Read more at the link.

The Guru’s Ultimate Guide To Twitter On S60

The Guru’s Ultimate Guide To Twitter On S60



Do you like twitter? Do you have a S60 phone? Now you can get a nice overview of which app to choose. Follow the link and this nice description.

T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 review

T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 review.

This is a nice review of the T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 by Engadget Mobile. Chris has tested this phone, but with no Wi-Fi only GSM and UMTS. Promise of Exchange integration coming soon helps a little. There are still many things to like about the new Sidekick ;)

Palm Pre FAQ: Round2

This is the link to engadgets summary about the Palm Pre FAQ Pre deets continue to trickle out; Office 2007 support in the mix.

Source

I'm really looking forward to this QWERTY smart phone. Is this the smart phone to own? There are so many unanswered questions and it's yet to be released.

Reset Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

Soft Reset
The reset will restore all the phone’s settings to factory default. You need to use the dialer to enter this code.
*#7370# or turn on and hold GREEN + RED + CAMERA until handlogo appears.

Hard Reset
Hard reset only works if you had previously updated the phone to v20. Please make backup before applying this type of reset, since it will restore the phone’s settings as well as erasing all the data in the phone memory.

1. Switch off the phone.
2. Press GREEN + RED + CAMERA + ON simultaneously until you see the “Select Country” option.

factory reset: The default password is 12345. You need to press and hold the key until the number appear (long press).