Unwired view has just brought to light this new Nokia triple slide patent called called “A layered mobile device”, which has a dedicated QWERTY keyboard, T9 keys and dedicated multimedia control keys. With the Nseries already not really known for build quality I have serious doubts about this device considering the sheer ammount to moving parts. But if Nokia can get the build quality on this thing right, boy we’d have one hell of a ‘multimedia computer’.
There’s nothing to say that this is going to be a Nseries device, but …

 
S60 wizard Samir has officially released the rotateME beta 5 for the general public! It is one of the most widely awaited applications ever and is compatible with the N95, N95 8GB and the N82 while a special version for N80, N73, E65, N81 is in the works.
Beta 5 brings a world of improvements, the biggest for me is the ability to hide the application from the default task manager! This is something I really wanted as it makes the experience complete, it is as if the rotate functionality comes …

Anuj from the Nokia N95 Community on Orkut reports that the Nokia Map Loader has been updated to version 1.3 and the maps have also got an update. While the Indian map data has only increased from 19.7 MB to 21.1 MB, China it seems has gotten a big upgrade and is now upto 190 MB. In case you spot a change, do drop a comment.
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Jukka Silvennoinen has updated the best file manager for S60 phones to v 0.85 and the update has brought stability under S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1! Also included are SVG images and two extra languages.
The usual add ons such as Mail Folder Plugin, Text Viewer Plugin etc are available from his website.
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Harri Salminen has written a neat little application called iPhonesque that makes websites believe that the phone you are using to browse is the iPhone and thus they present the iPhone optimised layout which is much more visually appealing.  Pages designed for iPhone are easier to read and they are visually more pleasing. Take a look at a few more screenshots on his blog for comparison.
He however also notes that inspite of the inherent similarity of both phones’ browsers, iPhonesque Google-pages in S60 don’t every time draw completely and some items …

I have exams going on so have very little time to put something up of my own! However these are a few posts from all around the blogging world which are a must read!
1. The Best Advice We’ll Ever Get – Steve reminds us the need to back up our data, here’s an excerpt “Do you know how they get 50,000,000,000 1s and 0s on your microSD? No, I don’t either, and I don’t trust it.”
2. Mark’s What Do You Want On Your Next Phone?
3. Rita’s What You Were Shown …

 
This is probably the most frequently asked question, ever! Everybody has certain photos, videos, songs and all sorts of other files which we want to hide from another person. Fortunately there are several 3rd party applications what allow us to do that, but unfortunately they are paid for!
However there are two ways in which you can not only hide files from the Gallery but also password protect them and the best part is that these methods cost nothing. In this post I will go over both of them.
 

 
Yes, you read it correctly! You can now have access to any and I mean any video on youtube or any other flash video based website. There is no longer a need for converters or portals like m.vtap.com or the youtube mobile site. Forget them all!
Update: Forget all of this, just look up this post. It is a fully featured YouTube client with no effort involved.
Update: RotateMe wizard Samir has meanwhile released a Youtube player that lets you search for youtube videos and playthen directly on the phone. There’s just one glitch …

Nokia is a great company who listens to its customers, granted! But it appears as if the people who are listening are only part of the R&D team. Making and selling the phone is just one part of the deal, after sales service is a big factor in consumer satisfaction and sadly here is where there seem to be a few holes which need to be plugged immediately.  
I recently got a mail from SV from over at S6ty.com, about a series that he’s running called Nokia Care Nightmares trying to get feedback from people all around the globe who …

Nokia had way back in June announced that it was planning a huge reorganisation beginning January 1st 2008, a date that’s now less than a month away. With Nokia World now over, Steve from over at AAS has been pondering how the company is going to integrate the Mobile Phones, Multimedia (i.e. Nseries) and Enterprise (i.e. Eseries) divisions in a workable fashion and what would he do if he was at the helm. I’ve added a few things I’d like to see happening.