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Nokia N97 vs Nokia N86: Photo Comperison

Posted by nokiamania On March - 10 - 2010

Choosing phones, many of us focus on the technical specs and put the appearance and design in the second place. In this material, we do not say a single word about the performance specs or features, and offer photos and a video, where Nokia N97 and Nokia N86 8MP are compared. Which smartphone is better?

Skype in Nokia Ovi Store

Posted by nokiamania On March - 5 - 2010

Nokia added a client of its popular programs for the Symbian operating system on its online store.

Skype, a free application that allows you to make calls to other devices with installed on client program via WiFi or 3G, has long been popular among computer and mobile users.

Today Nokia has announced that henceforth mobile client Skype for Symbian-devices can be downloaded from the online store Ovi Store, which opens up access to the program for more than 200 million users worldwide.

Currently Skype for Symbian supports the following models of Nokia phones: Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia X6, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia 5530, Nokia E72, Nokia E71, Nokia E90, Nokia E63, Nokia E66, Nokia E51, Nokia N96, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8Gb, Nokia N85, Nokia N82, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8 Gb, Nokia N79, Nokia N78, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 5320.

Nokia Will Fix Nokia N97

Posted by nokiamania On February - 24 - 2010

The executive vice president and general manager of Nokia Markets, Anssi Vanjoki, did the thing that is unusual for a company like Nokia, the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones. In an interview with All About Symbian and Mobile Industry Review, he confessed to a mistake with the Nokia N97.
Vanjoki confirmed that the problems with the Nokia N97 software were really significant, and that the complaints of users in this regard are well founded. He also added that with the release of the 21 firmware version, the problem has been solved.

Vanjoki also said that the company “learned from its mistakes” and would take into account the software bugs in the Symbian ^ 3 operating system, and devices that it will be based on.
Despite the negative customer experience, N97 has become one of the most popular smartphones of Nokia. The sales of the device are fully justified. Despite the fact that the company was the last to enter the mass market of smartphones with touch screen, its sales in this segment of the outcome in 2009 grew by 42 times.

Nokia Diagnostics – A New Symbian Application for Troubleshooting

Posted by nokiamania On February - 8 - 2010

The new application was created in order to help the users of Nokia phones in the diagnosis and troubleshooting of the system, as well as to customize the device. The application can perform network testing, Internet connection, charger connection, speakers, etc. At the moment the application of Nokia Diagnostics works only on the following phones: Nokia X6, Nokia N97, Nokia N97 Mini, Nokia 5800, Nokia 5230 and Nokia 5530. The support for Symbian S60 3rd Edition will be added in the future.

Nokia N97 Smartphone Firmware is Updated

Posted by nokiamania On February - 2 - 2010

One of the world’s largest manufacturers of mobile phones and smartphones, Nokia, is famous for its excellent support for its products worldwide. Branded online services like Nokia Ovi significantly extend the possibilities of our mobile assistants. We would like to remind our readers that with Ovi services you can not only view e-mail and share photos with friends, but also create a backup storage of contacts, plan your calendar, store files with a non-stop access to them via your mobile device. In addition, after the release of a new device its support does not stop, the software is being updated, which greatly simplifies the work with your smartphone, or makes the necessary corrections.

As we know, the Finnish company has updated the firmware of the smartphone flagship with touch screen, which had been codenamed as Nokia N97. The new version received a 21.0.045 number, it includes improvements of voice calls, in addition, the music player has undergone some improvement, the quality of displayed images and video was improved.
The new firmware for Nokia N97 smartphone can be downloaded directly by the device manager with built-in software update (menu SW Updates), or through a personal computer and proprietary program of Nokia Software Updater. .

First of all, there is a new version of Nokia Ovi Suite 2.1 Beta, which solves many of the problems found in the previous versions. For example, numerous bugs related to the emergency closure of the program are fixed, the synchronization, video support, applications installing, and so on are improved.

The improved version of Nokia Ovi Suite 2.1 Beta is already available for downloading.
Nokia Image Exchange has also been updated and now includes some user interface improvements, and some fixed bugs.
You can download Nokia Image Exchange Device for: Nokia 5800, Nokia 5530, Nokia N97 and Nokia X6 here. This same application for other phones can be downloaded via Ovi Store.

Nokia Released Custom Dictionary

Posted by nokiamania On February - 2 - 2010

Judging by the name, the application allows users to edit and add the list of words in their phones for later use in the T9 typing mode. You can also scan text files for words importing from XML-file and transferring them between phones.

Nokia Custom Dictionary is fully operational on the following phone models: Nokia E63, Nokia E71, Nokia 5800 and Nokia X6. Application may have a slight problem on Nokia E72, Nokia E75, Nokia E52, Nokia E55, Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 Mini. On old phones (eg, Nokia N96, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N79, Nokia N78 and Nokia N82) the application has limited functionality.

Nokia N97 Smartphone Gained Access to the Ovi Maps Service

Posted by nokiamania On January - 29 - 2010

Finnish Nokia has made its Ovi Maps service available for N97smartphone. Until now only owners of Nokia N97 mini, 5800 XpressMusic, 5800 Navigation Edition, E52, E55, E72, 5230, 6710 Navigator, 6730 classic and X6 devices could take advantage of the updated service.

We would like to remind you that the Ovi Maps offers turn-based navigation function for drivers and pedestrians completely free of charge and is available in the form of localized versions for the residents of 74 countries.
In order to work with Ovi Maps N97 users should upgrade the “firmware” of the device to the 2.0.h version. Nokia noted that the updated software platform may be temporarily unavailable in some regions.

iPhone 3.0 and Nokia N97 Can Use Fring

Posted by nokiamania On January - 27 - 2010

Many mobile users enjoy the popular fring application. Its developers have reported that they provided support for new devices.
We recall that fring is a client for instant messaging, and supports the 14 most popular social services, including Skype, AIM, MSN, Google Talk, Gmail, ICQ, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo! and Last.fm. Now it can be used by the owners of the Nokia N97 smartphone flagship, as well as by those people who use smart phones with iPhone OS 3.0 firmware.

Nokia N97 Smartphone with New Firmware

Posted by nokiamania On January - 26 - 2010

The Finnish company Nokia has updated the software for its flagship touchscreen smartphone Nokia N97. New firmware is denoted by the 11.0.021 subscript.
In the 11.0.021 firmware the developers fixed several bugs related to the work of widgets, e-mail, as well as improved user interface work, and increased the speed of the device as a whole. They also fixed a bug, due to which the PC did not define smartphone when it was connect.
In order to update the firmware on the Nokia N97 it is necessary to use the application for the PC Nokia Software Updater. The same firmware can be upgraded directly from the smartphone.