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"Mecca" application help to calculate Prayer time around the world by using GPS signal and also help you to find Qibla direction by using Compass sensor.

We developed this application for Muslim especially and it will be FREE for some period. So please don't hesitate to download it!

In technical term, this application was developed using Qt and Qt Mobility. We must admit that we are so impressive with its performance and how it could shorten our development time. 

To download it, please go to http://store.ovi.com/content/68865/ or just search for "Mecca" on Ovi Store on your Series 60 5th device.

Please note that Mecca for Symbian^3 is between QA process, please wait for a week, I believe that it will be there soon!!

Relate: http://apps.hlpth.com/mecca-symbian 

Just simple update it OTA. For you who don't know how to do:

 1) Go to Call screen 

 2) Press *#0000#

 3) Options -> Check for update 

Filesize isn't big but not small as well, it's 4.8MB. So if you have access to WiFi, it's the best choice since download directly using EDGE/3G will cost you some money.

No change log available yet but I suggest you to update it anyway.

Enjoy! 

You could now download directly from Ovi Store, just search for "Swype", it will be there for you.

Don't forget to reboot your device after installation finished.

 Now let's test it. Make sure you have already set input language to "English" and your device is in landscape mode.

Here is the video demonstration to show how cool it is!

I just got an interesting update over Software update in my N8. The name of 3.3 MB software update is "Phone apps update". It comes with very short description "improve stabilization for phone applications". However, 3.3 MB sounds promising for me, so I decided to install it without doubt.

 After update completed, I haven't seen any visible change but I obviously feel that everything run smoother even on the lagging HomeScreen!! :|

 I didn't see any negative effect since now, so I think it's safe to install this update.

Please feel free to share your experience with this update.

One week passed, I am very happy with my lovely Nokia N8. The image and video quality is very promising.

Last week I bought some accessory that I thought it is useful for my N8 over eBay and I got it this morning. Let guess what it is.... Tick Tock Tick Tock.... I believe you must know already from this blog entry topic, ha ha. Yes, it is "Tripod Mount"!

The package consists of two parts: Tripod and Phone Mount.

 You can use the phone mount part with any standard tripod, small or big, tall or short, any as you need.

I could say that this one is the best accessory for N8. With this one, I hope you guys all will enjoy with your best camera phone ever! :D

Many guys here face the "brick" problem after trying to play with FontRouter. So I have to find the way to recover it and at last I found one. (And I have to warn you here that DON'T USE FontRouter ON YOUR N8 OR YOU WILL BRICK YOUR DEVICE)

Here is the method to full format and make bricked N8 come alive again:

1) Turn off your phone

2) Hold "Volume Down + Camera Key + Menu Key" and press power button until your phone shake

3) Wait until screen show properly... and welcome back!! 

Please note that I found these problems after doing full format:

1. I lost Ovi Maps. However, you could reinstall it by download it here

2. I also lost Ovi Store 2.0 and I can't reinstall it since it always show "Unable to install".

So please DON'T do full format if not neccessary or actually I must say that DO IT ONLY AS YOUR LAST CHOICE.

Although N8 native camera application lacks of panorama feature but you could download the application name "Nokia Panorama" to provide panorama function to your N8. And here is the demo:

Interesting? Go to Ovi Store and search for "Nokia Panorama" and download it :)

Such be a very long time I didn't publish blog here. Now I'm back... with the best camera smartphone ever N8! :D

I just got it yesterday and I fall in love with it, especially its camera. I tried to test its performance by taking photo of spinning fan at several speed and here is the result...

No.1

No.2 

No.3

Can't believe, huh? May be this is the real thing that call "Stop Motion"!! Impressive!!!! 

Now there is an incoming event called "Everyone connect" which you can see countdown webpage here

 And I just got rumor from SymbianTweet reveal this image that show you Countdown to What.

So one thing we know now is Nokia is going to announce their new devices!! Could it be Nokia N8-00 that has many leaked photo around internet? If yes, it would be cool!!. Or it is a Nokia C6 which is the successor of Nokia 5230 that come with QWERTY keyboard?

Let see what will happen in next 44 hours. Eager to know! Keep in touch :) 

Good news for develop who works on Windows 7 64-bit which is not still in MADDE supported OS list. I just make it work by hacking the driver. :)

Please follow the Wiki page http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/How_to_make_MADDE_work_on_Windows_7_64-bit for instruction how to do that. Please note that there are still some weird characteristic on Windows 7 64-bit, so don't forget to read the "Known Issue" section.

Cheers,
Sittiphol Phanvilai 

The third firmware update of Nokia N900, 3.2010.02-8 (PR 1.1.1), has been released already.

You have two choices for updating this:

1. Update Over the Air (OTA): just check for update and you will be mentioned about new update. The package size is about 16.2 MB

2. Manual Flash: Downloaded firmware image from http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/nokia_N900.php and flashed it yourself using Maemo Flasher.

No any change log yet but newer version should be better than older version, right? 

Update: One thing I found in new firmware is there are so many Regions were added, or Nokia is going to release it worldwide soon? :o

I just found video preview about Symbian^3 UI Design in Nokia Conversation website and can't wait to share it here. :) 

Symbian^3 will come with multiple homescreen page for a bunch of widgets. Device will be powered by hardware acceleration, so UI should perform much faster and will certainly follow by better gaming experience. The most impressive thing is "Visual Multi-Tasking" which allow you to see every window opened visually.

So, check it out: 

Source: Nokia Conversation

It is 2 weeks already after the big surprise of launching new version of Ovi Maps with free navigation from Nokia.

And as everybody expected, feedback from those Nokia users were very good. Within those two weeks, the number of downloads reach 1.4 million already! (or about 1.15 downloads per second)

It's the success story of free-but-good application. Good job! :)

Now, there are 11 compatible Nokia devices such as Nokia 97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition, Nokia E52, Nokia E55, Nokia E72, Nokia 5230, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 673 classic and Nokia X6

Source: Nokia Press Release

After weeks of using Nokia N900, I feel little bit annoying that all application icon are stored in the same place "Others". When I want to launch some application, it's quite hard to find the application I want.

But the problem has gone with application named "Catorise". After install this application, N900 main menu was changed and categorized.

 Now it's much easier and user friendly ^_^

To install it, just go to App Manager and install small utility named "Catorise"

 Happy Hacking!!

N97 firmware v21.0.045 has been released and now available over Nokia Software Updater.

To update, plug your N97 in to your PC and launch Nokia Software Updater and then start updating.

Firmware size is around 138 MB so please make sure that you have good enough internet connection.

Unfornately that N97 firmware update is still not available on OTA update.