tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292158342024-03-13T23:09:05.904-07:00Mobile SpeakEverything about mobiles!unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-60211103986255238082007-07-29T10:14:00.000-07:002007-07-29T10:18:43.181-07:00MobiK - Free SMS from your PC or mobile phone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mobik.com/mobik/client/?do=app.user_registration_step1&inv_id=3910294"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MV-RP4qhv5o/RqyIuvQYQMI/AAAAAAAAABQ/VbYKV1To3Vk/s320/pic_logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092595615189713090" border="0" /></a> MobiK lets you send free SMS messages from your PC or your mobile to your friends. In addition it also lets you earn “K dollars” for every friend that you refer. You can exchange your K dollars for mobile services and a huge range of really cool mobile phones, music players etc.<br /><br />The signup process is pretty simple and involves sending a verification code to your mobile phone. Once you complete the initial signup process your account has 100 K dollars by default. Then you can download the application to your mobile phone and use it to send SMS to your friends. In order to send SMS from your mobile phone , you need have a mobile phone which supports Java. <span style="font-style: italic;">A really nice thing is that your friends need not have the application installed on their cell phones in order to receive messages sent by you. </span><br /><br />Every time you invite a new friend, MobiK gives you an additional 100K. Inviting friends is easy too, simple import your friends from the several social networking/email sites which they support and send an email invite. Future plans include surveys and contests, which bring in more K dollars to your account.<br /><br />So what does MobiK get out of this? MobiK earns its revenue from small ads delivered along with the SMS message that you send. So if you don’t mind those, you can have a real fun time and save a lot of money too.<br /><br />You can register for a MobiK account <a href="http://www.mobik.com/mobik/client/?do=app.user_registration_step1&inv_id=3910294">here</a>.unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-18896485890209587542007-07-19T10:09:00.000-07:002007-07-19T10:48:07.718-07:00Zone Tag = Flickr + location tagging!Zone Tag is a freeware, location aware mobile application from Yahoo! Research Berkeley which provides seamless Flickr integration and location tagging. You don't need a GPS enabled cell phone in order to use Zone Tag, it identifies the location based on the cell tower your phone is connected to. If you do have GPS then it can be setup to use the GPS coordinates too! Cool! Alternately you can explicitly specify the location under "options" in case you are at a location where no Zone Tag user has been before.<br /><br />Zone Tag not only suggests tags which are suitable based on the current location but also provides a way to set the privacy level for each photo. In order to use Zone Tag, you need a compatible Motorola/Nokia phone, a Flickr, Yahoo and Zone Tag account and a suitable data plan. Phew! Thats a big list!<br /><br />In addition Yahoo! Research Berkeley has also developed Zurfer, which shows you photos taken around you and exposes interesting 'local highlights'. Zurfer also gives access to the latest photos from your Flickr friends and allows you to follow recent comments on your photos.<br /><br />There are quite a few different applications which provide such facilities but Zone Tag and Zurfer seem to be nice applications. For details on the other applications, keep watching this blog :)<br /><br />Download here <a href="http://zonetag.research.yahoo.com/">zonetag.research.yahoo.com</a>.unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-63682965474063288482007-07-05T11:04:00.000-07:002007-07-08T06:23:32.374-07:00Fring - Free voice calls and more...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MV-RP4qhv5o/Ro0z7zfO_NI/AAAAAAAAABI/wJSnDakG7d4/s1600-h/fringafriend_bot.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MV-RP4qhv5o/Ro0z7zfO_NI/AAAAAAAAABI/wJSnDakG7d4/s320/fringafriend_bot.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083776656897670354" border="0" /></a><br />Fring is a really cool mobile VOIP application which lets you make voice calls, exchange instant messages and get real time presence information about friends, wherever you are.<br /><br /><br />It currently supports messaging and making calls to your<b> Skype</b>®, <b>MSN</b>® <b>Messenger</b>, <b>Google Talk</b>™ , <b>Twitter</b> and fringsters friends! The application setup is pretty simple. Fring supports EDGE, GPRS, 3G and Wifi and the call quality is decent even on EDGE data connections . The application is available for free from the fring site <a href="http://www.fring.com/">http://www.fring.com/</a>.<br /><br />Fring does not require any proprietary hardware or airtime, and works with phones purchased through any mobile operator. Fring also supports SkypeOut and hundreds of SIP-based services such as <b>GizmoProject</b>, <b>VoipCheap</b>, <b>VoipStunt</b>, <b>Free World</b>, even from non-SIP enabled handsets, enabling cheap local and international VoIP calls to contacts’ PCs, mobile phones and landline numbers.<br /><br />Fring claims to use very little data over the network. The one for symbian phones consumes ~8MB for a 60 min mobile-VOIP call with just 0.05KB fring overhead per instant message and and ~10KB per hour connectivity.unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-13783726125191677972007-06-07T11:57:00.000-07:002007-07-08T06:21:30.929-07:00Wwigo- Webcam Wherever I GoWwigo is a cool application that lets you use your mobile as a webcam. It consists of two components; one that resides on the mobile and the other on the PC. Not only does it allow you to use your phone in all popular clients such as skype, yahoo messenger, windows live messenger, youtube etc but it also allows you to save the videos taken.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.motvik.com/images/home-wwigo-illustration.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.motvik.com/images/home-wwigo-illustration.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The clarity of the video is comparable to that of a webcam (or sometimes even better!) . Lots of Symbian v2.0 and 3.0 mobile phones are supported. Check if your mobile phone is supported over <a href="http://www.motvik.com/download.php">here</a>.unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-8311269704801908092007-03-07T09:08:00.000-08:002007-03-07T09:36:44.568-08:00Nokia mobile maps-Smart2go<a href="http://www.smart2go.com/en/download/">Smart2go</a> is a compact programme for your mobile that allows you to load maps from around the world. Discover interesting places with ease, highlight them and get the route.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MV-RP4qhv5o/Re73Fld_JwI/AAAAAAAAAAs/0Xs52wvpFFw/s1600-h/smart2go.PNG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MV-RP4qhv5o/Re73Fld_JwI/AAAAAAAAAAs/0Xs52wvpFFw/s320/smart2go.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039236708403455746" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The interesting thing about this application is that it is not necessary to have a active GPRS connection prior to using the maps. The maps can be loaded directly into the phone from the PC using <a href="http://www.smart2go.com/en/help/maploader">Maploader.</a> This is quite unlike other applications like <a href="http://www.mgmaps.com/">MGMaps</a> or <a href="http://www.google.com/gmm/index.html">Google Maps</a> where an active connection is necessary to view the maps. The application also warns when the user moves to the network of a different network provider and has maps for lots of different places. For a complete list of supported regions, click <a href="http://www.smart2go.com/en/help/faq/#jump11">here</a>.<br /><br />The application is currently free and supports a fairly limited range of devices. Only the E61, E70, N73, N80 and N93 are currently supported along with Windows Mobile 5.0 based mobile phones. Hopefully a newer release should support other phones as well.<br /><br />Additional navigation upgrades and guides can be installed to get routes displayed in 2D or 3D along with detailed guides about different cities. These additional features however are not available for free.unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-28691418299142885592007-02-10T10:31:00.000-08:002007-02-10T10:40:11.453-08:00Netvibes2Go - Netvibes for your mobile<strong>Netvibes.com </strong>is a custom made web 2.0 home page solution which provides users the ability to create a personalized page with content they like. It provides a simple and elegant way to organize all your feeds at one place.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MV-RP4qhv5o/Rc4I4z-3ZTI/AAAAAAAAAAk/xXAWbiCXMoI/s1600-h/Screenshot0012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MV-RP4qhv5o/Rc4I4z-3ZTI/AAAAAAAAAAk/xXAWbiCXMoI/s320/Screenshot0012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029967605939004722" border="0" /></a>For those of you who have been using Netvibes on your computer, this service is now also available on your mobile. Simply type m.netvibes.com on your mobile web browser and then enter your email id and password to login into Netvibes2Go. Currently, one cannot update the list of feeds from the mobile version i.e. you can only view your current list of feeds. The interface is very simple and can be accessed from all mobiles with a web connection and xhtml compliant browser.<br /><br />Other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS">RSS</a> readers for your mobile:<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/m/view/">Google Reader</a><br /><a href="http://www.bloglines.com/mobile">Bloglines</a>unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-13573829937009512412007-01-15T10:36:00.000-08:002007-01-15T11:18:19.860-08:00Llama - Location based Mobile ApplicationOne of the first location based freeware applications which has earned a place for itself on my phone, Llama, provides a simple interface to perform location based activities.<br /><br />Llama lets you define events which perform actions based on conditions specified by you. So depending on your settings, it lets you set actions such as changing your profile automatically, displaying a reminder, changing bluetooth settings, or even sending an sms when you enter/exit a particular location (network cell). The actions can also include additional conditions based on time and day and activity associated with that area.<br /><span style="display: block; text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MV-RP4qhv5o/RavLty93vyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/TG1qMjJ9O8A/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MV-RP4qhv5o/RavLty93vyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/TG1qMjJ9O8A/s320/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020330197270380322" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MV-RP4qhv5o/RavLty93vzI/AAAAAAAAAAU/HWA0Pr-0PYY/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MV-RP4qhv5o/RavLty93vzI/AAAAAAAAAAU/HWA0Pr-0PYY/s320/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020330197270380338" border="0" /></a><br /></span><br />The interface is pretty simple to use, but could use a little improvement. Overall its yet another great application to use. Llama can be downloaded from <a href="http://my-symbian.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30196&sid=2">here</a>.<br /><br />Now i can easily attend meetings without worrying about my cellphone ringing and waking me from my sleep :)unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-1168457172445850192007-01-10T10:44:00.000-08:002007-01-14T10:56:44.279-08:00Apple iPhone launched!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6754/3106/1600/472261/indexhero20070109.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6754/3106/320/429449/indexhero20070109.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The much awaited iPhone has finally been launched by Apple!<br /><br />The iPhone is a combination of a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod and an internet communcation device. Just like any other Apple product, the iPhone is designed to simplify the way people use their cellphones. It introduces an entirely new user interface based on a large multi-touch display which lets you control everything with just your fingers.<br /><br />The iPhone lets you enjoy all your content — including music, audiobooks, videos, TV shows, and movies — on a beautiful 3.5-inch widescreen display. It also lets you sync your content from the iTunes library on your PC or Mac. And then you can access it all with just the touch of a finger.<br /><br />The iPhone features a 2-megapixel camera , voicemail and a predictive QWERTY soft keyboard that prevents and corrects mistake while you type your emails/sms. Although it supports Edge and Wi-Fi, it lacks 3G capabilities.The iPhone features a rich HTML email client and Safari and also a range of other widgets and applications. As of now the iPhone currently lacks business applications. The iPhone is based on OS X Operating System.<br /><br />The iPhone also introduces a totally new user interface based on a large multi-touch display and innovative new software that lets you control everything using only your fingers. So you can glide through albums with Cover Flow, flip through photos and email them with a touch, or zoom in and out on a section of a web page — all by simply using iPhone’s multi-touch display.<br /><br />With a storage capacity of 8GB (also available in a 4GB version) and a battery with 16 hours of audio playback capability and an excellent interface, the iPhone may redefine the way we use our cellphone.<br /><br />More information about the iPhone can be obtained from the Apple <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/">site</a>.unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-1166981226880487942006-12-24T09:26:00.000-08:002007-01-14T10:58:48.039-08:00Mobile applications for Business usersSymbian phones have a huge advantage over other phones as they provide a huge set of third party applications with which we can add a lot of capability to our phones. Unfortunately a large number of mobile users are unaware of what can be achieved using these mobiles.<br /><br />Most mobiles already come with an integrated Calendar, a To-do list and other simple utilities. Now using a set of freeware applications it is also possible to browse through PDF and document files. <a href="http://www.sept-solutions.de/officeS60.sis">Sept Solutions </a>has recently released a freeware symbian application for the opendocument format. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument">OpenDocument</a> format is an open format for saving and exchanging documents such as presentations, text documents, spreadsheets etc.<br />note: <span style="font-style: italic;">I have not yet got an opportunity to test this application so watch this space for updates :) or let me know if you are able to use this application successfully.</span><br /><br />In addition to this, Adobe has released a freeware PDF reader for mobile phones. It currently supports Palm, Symbian and Pocket PC. Download <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_mobile.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Applications like these are simple alternatives to commercial software such as <a href="http://www.quickoffice.com/">QuickOffice</a>.unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-1166034935325893172006-12-13T10:11:00.000-08:002007-07-08T06:25:16.508-07:00Tiny Tube - Watch videos from Google Video/MetaCafe/YouTube* on your mobileYou can now watch some of the most popular content from Google Video and MetaCafe at <a href="http://tinytube.net/">TinyTube.net</a> . This site has been designed for mobile browsers and allows you to view the latest/top videos from Google Video and MetaCafe. When viewed from a non-mobile device it acts just like the normal google videos, however on the cell phone it provides different quality settings which affect the amount of data that you download.<br /><br />You can also search for videos and see other videos shared by the same user.<br /><br />The site initially had support for YouTube too, but this feature has been taken down due to violation of YouTube policies. So you would probably have to wait until YouTube comes up with its own mobile version for downloading videos.unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-1165513389848430702006-12-07T09:42:00.000-08:002007-07-08T06:25:22.298-07:00Watch movies on your mobileWatching movies on your cell phone is now a lot more easier, thanks to DivX releasing a mobile version of its player.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6754/3106/1600/685037/divx.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6754/3106/320/975520/divx.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The player automatically searches for DivX files stored on the mobile phone (this happens only the first time you load the application), if new files are added we need to rescan the file system. It has a facility to fast forward and also control the volume. Full screen mode is also supported and the player has an option to play in landscape or portrait mode.<br /><br />The application currently doesn't support the "resume" option, so once you close the player you need to fast forward back to the last played location or use the "4" shortcut key to use the "jump to time" feature. Lots of other shortcuts are provided for controlling different features.<br /><br />The player is currently available for free download from the <a href="http://mobile.divx.com/">DivX mobile site.</a> The application is a great freeware alternative to <a href="http://www.lonelycatgames.com/mobile/smartmovie/">Smart Movie</a> provided by Lonely Cat Games.<br /><br />The player currently supports Symbian, UIQ, Windows Mobile SmartPhone and Palm.<br />DivX has also released another application "Discover DivX Mobile" which allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds which notifies you of any new content. The site also provides movie trailers and music videos.unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-1165082480215693102006-12-02T09:46:00.000-08:002007-01-14T11:03:08.601-08:00Cool Mobile phone CalculatorAlthough the <a href="http://www.s60.com/life/s60phones">Series 60</a> phones by Nokia come bundled with a calculator, <a href="http://mtvoid.com/calcium/index.html">Calcium</a> provides a more efficient interface (not to forget it looks cool too!) to perform the simple mathematical functions like addition,multiplication etc.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6754/3106/1600/284211/CalciumTitle.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6754/3106/320/669865/CalciumTitle.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Calcium makes use of the joystick and assigns a function to each joystick navigation options (top/left/right/left/center click). That makes it a lot more faster as you don't have to select the option from the menu each time.<br /><br />In short, Calcium = Simple + Free + Cool :)unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-1164653135329959362006-11-27T10:29:00.000-08:002007-01-14T11:03:44.053-08:00SMS Assistant<a href="http://www.kotikone.fi/eerola/tuomas/download.html">SMS Assistant</a> is a simple freeware application for Symbian based smart phones. It sends predefined messages automatically to people calling you or sending messages to you. This way you can always focus on your work and at the same time let people know that you are currently unavailable.<br /><br />The application can be configured so that you can choose to use the service only for specific message types(text messages/multimedia messages) or voice calls. The software can be activated as and when the user needs it and then disable if not required. Currently it is available only for Series 60 and Series 80 mobile phones.<br /><br />The Series 80 version allows incoming messages to be forwarded to another number and also keeps a log so that the automatic reply will only be sent once to each number.unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-1164115672088586172006-11-21T05:23:00.000-08:002007-07-08T06:25:16.510-07:00Mundu : Radio on your mobile!<a href="http://radio.mundu.com/">Mundu Radio</a> provides streaming internet music radio stations to your mobile. As of now it supports Palm, Windows Mobile and Symbian phones. All you need is a data connection (GPRS/CDMA) and you are ready to go!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6754/3106/1600/Screenshot0002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6754/3106/320/Screenshot0002.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>You can define your own play list and also select the radio stations/ genre. Currently around 50 stations are supported right out of the box. You can also define your own station, all you need is the link to the radio station. The play list/radio station list can also be updated from the web from the "<a href="http://radio.mundu.com/lgn/php/loginmundu.php">My Mundu</a>" section on the site.<br /><br />To install <a href="http://radio.mundu.com/">Mundu </a>on your cell phone you first need to register at the site (yup, this is necessary and you need it to connect from the phone application) and then download the application for your phone.<br /><br />Check <a href="http://radio.mundu.com/cmn/php/phonessupported.php">here</a> to see if your phone is supported. As of now this service is available for free and the only charges are for your data plan provided by your network operator. The amount of bandwidth used depends directly on the songs bit rate (a song @ 128 kbps will require more data usage as compared to @64 kbps).<br /><br />You might not be able to receive calls when you are using your GPRS connection (this varies from one mobile to another) so check your mobile phone's behavior first (it actually depends on your network operator and your mobile phone).unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-1162648547465375452006-11-04T04:16:00.000-08:002007-09-08T11:14:28.587-07:00Surf Orkut on your Mobile!Orkut is one of the most popular social networking websites and for a Orkut freak like me, it is very important that i can always stay in touch with my friends.<br /><br />Although the official Orkut FAQ still specifies that <a href="http://help.orkut.com/bin/answer.py?answer=45441&query=mobile&topic=&type=">it cannot be accessed from your mobile</a>, it is in fact possible to access Orkut from your mobile. All is takes is a set of bookmarks by which you can join communities, accept friends, scrap users etc.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Orkut Login page problems:</span><br />If you cannot see the username and password fields when you open www.orkut.com on your mobile, you are probably using an old version of Opera Mini. Update Opera to the latest version and the login page should work properly just by using www.orkut.com (Read more about <a href="http://mobilespeak.blogspot.com/2006/10/opera-mini-best-of-all-mobile-browsers.html">Opera Mini</a>)<br /><br />In case you are unable to update opera due to some reason, create a new bookmark in Opera Mini :<br />1) Go to Menu > Bookmarks and select Add.<br />2) Set the title as "Orkut" and the address as<br /><br /><textarea style="overflow: auto;" id="textAreaWithLink" onclick="document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink').focus(); document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink').select();">https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLoginBox?service=orkut&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nui=2&uilel=1&amp;skipvpage=true&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orkut.com%2FRedirLogin.aspx%3Fmsg%3D0%26page%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.orkut.com%252F&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;followup=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orkut.com%2FGLogin.aspx&hl=en-US">https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLoginBox?service=orkut&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nui=2&uilel=1&amp;skipvpage=true&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orkut.com%2FRedirLogin.aspx%3Fmsg%3D0%26page%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.orkut.com%252F&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;followup=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orkut.com%2FGLogin.aspx&hl=en-US</textarea><br />This link doesn't go though any proxy and is though the Google login page :) The link is pretty big so instead of manually typing it out you can save it to a text file and send that to your mobile, then copy the link (don't know how? click <a href="http://www.s60tips.com/2006/04/15/copy-and-paste/">here</a>) and paste it in your Opera Mini bookmarks.<br /><br />For all the following operations instead of clicking a link which simply reloads the page use the bookmarks specified to achieve the desired result.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scrap other users:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">UPDATED : 8th September 2007</span><br />Create a new bookmark with the title as "Scrap @Orkut " and set the address as<br /><br /><textarea style="overflow: auto;" id="textAreaWithLink1" onclick="document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink1').focus(); document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink1').select();">javascript:{document.forms[5].action = document.location + "&Action.submit=1"; document.forms[5].submit();}</textarea><br /><br />Now every time you want to scrap someone, just type your message in your friends scrapbook message box (once you type your message the page will reload, this will not cause any problems) and then open this bookmark. Your scrap would then be posted.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Joining communities: </span><br />Add a bookmark with the title as "Join Community@ Orkut" and set the address as<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(UPDATED: 17th June 2007)<br /></span><br /><textarea style="overflow: auto;" id="textAreaWithLink2" onclick="document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink2').focus(); document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink2').select();">javascript:_submitForm(document.getElementById('b1'),'join');</textarea><br /><br />Once you are presented with the option " Are you sure you want to join this community?" load the bookmark to join the community.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For Adding a user as a friend/Accept friend request: </span><br />Add a bookmark with the title as "Add Friend@orkut"and set the address as<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(UPDATED: 17th June 2007)</span><br /><br /><textarea style="overflow: auto;" id="textAreaWithLink3" onclick="document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink3').focus(); document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink3').select();">javascript:_submitForm(document.getElementById('b1'),'yes');</textarea><br /><br />Use this bookmark instead of pressing "Confirm" on the friend confirmation screen.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For Updating Profile data:</span><br />Add a bookmark with the title as "Update Profile@ Orkut" and set the address as<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(UPDATED: 6th September 2007)</span><br /><textarea style="overflow: auto;" id="textAreaWithLink4" onclick="document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink4').focus(); document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink4').select();">javascript:{var x = document.getElementById("mboxfull").getElementsByTagName("a"); _submitForm(x[x.length-2],'update');}</textarea><br /><br />Use this bookmark instead of pressing the "update" button.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For Updating the Settings :</span><br />Add a bookmark with the title as "Update Settings @ Orkut" and set the address as<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(UPDATED: 6th September 2007)</span><br /><textarea style="overflow: auto;" id="textAreaWithLink5" onclick="document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink5').focus(); document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink5').select();">javascript:saveClicked('form');</textarea><br /><br />Use this bookmark instead of pressing the "update" button.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For Creating new Forum topics/ Replying to existing forum topics:</span><br />Add a bookmark with the title as "Forum topic reply@ Orkut" and set the address as<br /><br /><textarea style="overflow: auto;" id="textAreaWithLink6" onclick="document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink6').focus(); document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink6').select();">javascript:{var form = document.forms[1];var node = document.createElement('input');node.setAttribute("type","submit");node.setAttribute("name", "Action.submit" );form.appendChild(node); node.click();}</textarea><br /><br />Use this bookmarklet instead of pressing the "submit" button. This bookmarklet is very similar to the previous one, except that Action.submit is used instead of Action.update.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Accepting/Rejecting new community member requests </span>(if you are a community owner) :<br />Add the following two bookmarklets<br />To accept new member requests:<br /><textarea style="overflow: auto;" id="textAreaWithLink7" onclick="document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink7').focus(); document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink7').select();">javascript:document.forms['accept_0'].submit();</textarea><br /><br />To decline new member requests: <br /><textarea style="overflow: auto;" id="textAreaWithLink8" onclick="document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink8').focus(); document.getElementById('textAreaWithLink8').select();">javascript:document.forms['decline_0'].submit();</textarea><br /><br />These bookmarklets work on the first user in the accept/reject list. So if you have multiple pending requests, you have have to process them in the same sequence.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Hopefully things should change pretty soon . Lets hope that we have a better version of Opera Mini soon :)<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(UPDATED: 8th September 2007)<br />Google seems to be very fond of changing its javascript functions quite often (every 15 days?), kindly drop a comment incase any of the above mentioned bookmarklets do not work anymore! </span>unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com61tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-1162149223129497012006-10-29T10:40:00.000-08:002007-01-14T11:07:04.940-08:00Guardian :Anti-theft system for mobiles<a href="http://www.symbian-toys.com/Guardian.aspx">Guardian</a> is an anti-theft application which enables you to get notified whenever someone changes the sim card on your cell phone. Every time the phone is switched on, Guardian checks the sim and if the authentication fails it sends an sms to a previously set number. If the sim is unauthorized it hides itself and so the new user will not be aware that an sms has actually been sent. The sms sent contains essential details which help track down the phone easily.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.symbian-toys.com/images/status.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 199px;" src="http://www.symbian-toys.com/images/status.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The application is also protected from unauthorized uninstallation. A special procedure needs to be followed in order to uninstall the application. The application can also be password protected. It is recommended to install the application to the phone as it has hard reset protection (which actually means that its very difficult to delete the application even by resetting the phone back to default settings)<br /><br />It also has a remote control feature whereby one can delete the messages/video/photos simply by sending an sms. However this feature is activated only on donation.<br /><br />Download Guardian for <a href="http://www.symbian-toys.com/Guardian.aspx">free.</a>unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-1161023301834203612006-10-16T11:26:00.000-07:002007-07-08T06:25:16.511-07:00Opera Mini- the Best of all Mobile Browsers:<span style=""> </span><a href="http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/operamini/phones/">Opera Mini 2.0</a> released by Opera Software is an excellent mobile browser supporting lots of different mobiles (check your phone <a href="http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/operamini/phones/">here</a>). <span style=""> </span>In spite of the small screen limitation, Opera renders most sites beautifully using its “Small Screen Rendering” technology. <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>It supports downloading mp3, images etc directly to the phone. Lots of shortcuts are provided to navigate quickly. The web pages are pre-processed on a remote server in order to optimize content for your phone. With support for bookmarks, skins and browsing history it is a must have freeware for you phone. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Alternatives to Opera Mini do exist but as of now most have fairly limited support or a really dull look. <span style=""> </span><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minimo/">Minimo</a> from the guys who came up with firefox currently supports only the Windows Mobile phones. Hopefully they will come up with better support soon.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p>UPDATE: Opera has released a newer version <a href="http://www.operamini.com/">Opera Mini 3.0</a> which supports RSS Feeds, Photo blogging, Content folding , secure browsing and more.<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-1160246011442487662006-10-07T11:22:00.000-07:002007-01-14T11:09:25.988-08:00floAt’s Mobile Agent<o:p></o:p><a href="http://fma.sourceforge.net/">floAt’s Mobile Agent</a> is one of those software which might make you switch to a Sony Ericsson phone almost instantly. All you need is a Bluetooth (preferred) or cable connection, a PC and a SE phone. <p class="MsoNormal">Once a connection is established it gives you detailed information about your phone’s battery power, firmware version, signal strength, missed calls details etc. All your phone’s content (inclusive of messages, games, themes, and images) are available easily in a familiar explorer like interface.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6754/3106/1600/ss1-200.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6754/3106/320/ss1-200.png" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">Transferring data to and from the phone is very easy too. You can talk to your callers using your computer headphones and microphone. It also allows you to send sms from your PC.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">On your phone you are provided with a menu based interface with which you can control your PC. It allows you to control a wide range of applications such as Winamp, PowerPoint, Explorer, etc. And if all this isn’t enough, you can write your own scripts too! And this quality software comes for free!</p><p class="MsoNormal">Bluetooth provides an additional advantage over a cable connection as you can easily control you power point presentations from your phone , or control your music playlist from wherever you are (you should be within Bluetooth range of course :) )</p> <p class="MsoNormal">All these features gives the SE phones a huge lead … at least in the low end category where Nokia phones come with hardly any good quality PC based software support.<br /></p>unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-1159984459183328882006-10-04T10:51:00.000-07:002007-01-14T11:11:35.783-08:00Backing your mobile content<o:p></o:p>Being someone who installs a lot of mobile applications, it is very important for me to maintain a backup of all my important mobile messages, phone contacts and calendar appointments. <p class="MsoNormal">Most phones these days provide support for Bluetooth or alternately a cable connection. While a cable connection is usually much faster, a Bluetooth connection allows you to use your mobile freely within a range of 30mts or so. To backup your phone details it is important that you have at least one of the options mentioned above. The phone usually has a software CD bundled with it. Alternately if you do not have one, you could check out the site for the latest version of the software. A lot of other alternatives such as <a href="http://www.oxygensoftware.com/">Oxygen Phone Manager</a> and <a href="http://fma.sourceforge.net/">Float’s Mobile Agent</a> are also available. Nokia has its own <a href="http://europe.nokia.com/pcsuite">PC suite</a> with which the entire phone backup can be easily taken.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">This option is usually available though the Nokia Content Copier.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">1)<span style=""></span></span> Select “Make a backup of the phone contents to the PC”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">2)<span style=""></span></span> Select your phone</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">3)<span style=""></span></span> Select the content you want to backup. In case of a full backup see that the “Copy also memory card contents” checkbox is checked.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>This process can also be followed if you want to transfer all your phone settings to a new memory card. The best part is that it also takes a backup of the installed applications. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-1152987139944588882006-07-15T10:51:00.000-07:002007-01-14T11:10:16.080-08:00Essential free Symbian software<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Once you have purchased a Symbian based phone, its time to exploit its features to the max. Here is a list of utilities which are available freely.<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1) <a href="http://www.gosymbian.com/fexplorer_new.php">FExplorer</a>: Handy file explorer to browse the content saved on your phone, has lots of features. Check the link for more details.<br />2) <a href="http://fuse.stc.cx/s60zip/">S60Zip</a>: Freeware utility to compress files into zip format. Useful if you tend to store a lot of doc format e-books on your mobile.<br />3) <a href="http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/%7Eashley/">Forward</a>: A very simple utility to transfer the installation files from the inbox to any folder on your mobile.<br />4) <a href="http://gallery.mobile9.com/f/33411/">SymbtChat</a>: Chat with your friends using this application. Works over Bluetooth, the recipient need not have this software installed.<br />5) <a href="http://symbianoggplay.sourceforge.net/">Ogg play</a>: Great freeware audio player for the series 60 phone. Supports several formats and skins.<br />6) <a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/software/item/Calcium.php">Calcium</a>: A nice freeware calculator which moves most of the operations to the joystick hence making it a lot faster.<br />7) <a href="http://my-symbian.com/s60/download/search.php?name=ReadM">ReadM</a>: e-book reading software with lots of features.<br />8) <a href="http://koti.phnet.fi/jarilaak/software/jjlkeylock.html">JJLKeyLock</a> : For some strange reason most Nokia Series 60 phones do not support auto keypad locking.<br />9) <a href="http://www.gosymbian.com/XXLSS_download.html">XXL Screen Saver</a> : Tired of the default screen saver? Install this and get a bigger clock as the screen saver. Also supports skins.<br />10) <a href="http://koti.phnet.fi/jarilaak/software/msgsaver.html">Message Saver</a>: Allows the user to save all/selected messages as notes which can be later transferred to the PC.<br />11) <a href="http://www.google.com/gmm/index.html">Google Maps</a>: Now you have Google Earth on your mobile too!<br />12) <a href="http://go.connect.yahoo.com/go/mobile">Yahoo Go</a> : A collection of Yahoo related stuff (messenger, mail, photos etc) right on your mobile.<br />13) <a href="http://www.agilemobile.com/agile_messenger.html">Agile Messenger</a>: Supports AOL, Yahoo, MSN and ICQ.<br />14) <a href="http://www.newlc.com/S60Dict.html">S60Dict</a>: Free offline dictionary.<br />15) <a href="http://www.pushl.com/taskspy/">TaskSpy</a>: More like the task manager on windows.<br />16)<a href="http://www.mobipocket.com/">MobiPocket Reader</a>: Read ebooks on your mobile. <span style=""> </span>Lots of ebooks available in MobiPocket format. </p> Lots of other utilities are avaiable for your cellphone, so keep checking this blog :)unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29215834.post-1149936874172680382006-06-10T03:43:00.000-07:002006-07-15T05:31:06.650-07:00The Quest for a perfect mobileThe quest for the perfect mobile...and so it goes...every day someone or the other enters into a crowded shop searching for the ever elusive perfect mobile. With the huge range of mobile handsets available today, almost everyone is easily overwhelmed. Choosing the right mobile is pretty much like asking the question "Will you marry me?" One wrong move and you would probably repent it for the rest of your life (or rather your mobile's life). With mobiles coming up with new features each day, anything that one buys tends to be obsolete in a short span of a few months.<br /><br /> This blog serves more as a guide to being happy with your own mobile and manage with the huge range of software available for your mobile.unpluggedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682151905733657020noreply@blogger.com1