Wednesday, 5. December 2007, 17:58:46
comments, apps, uiq3
As UIQ 3 smartphones today are equipped with high-speed internet connection (GPRS, 3G, WiFi and whatever comes next), internet usage varies to the need of the users. Beyond internet browsing, emailing and instant messaging, what else do you do on your UIQ 3 smartphones that use the internet connection? Video call? Puhleeeaaassssseeeeeee ....
I am a bit-torrent user and I felt envious to those S60 3rd Edition smartphones users because they have this application called
SymTorrent, a complete full fledged bit-torrent client which is a must for torrent freaks. I have tried it on an E61 on a WiFi connection and managed to get around 45 to 50 kbits download speed. Not bad...
Another app that UIQ 3 developers must start developing is a proper download manager to manage multiple downloads at the same time. With a download manager, there's no need to fire the web-browser to download stuff. Just copy the URL and paste it in the download manager and bamm!!! download starts. And make it better by tightly integrating it with the browser. Wont that be nice to have? Furthermore, sometimes, we DO receive download links in our emails right? And sometimes, in our SMS too!
On my iBook G4, I use an application called iGetter which does the job pretty well. It can download any URL pasted in it and it integrates well with Opera, Safari and Firefox.
Wednesday, 5. December 2007, 17:29:47
uiq3, apps, comments, links
According to this
press release, a multi-year agreement between Sony Ericsson and QuickOffice has been signed to provide all future Sony Ericsson smartphones with QuickOffice, which they said is the leading provider of mobile office software and solutions. Pfffttt ...
Well, I beg to differ... Being a heavy MS Word and Excel user, I found that the bundled QuickOffice in SE UIQ 3 smartphones are not up to industry standard. Opening huge files is a problem, documents round-tripping is bad. Formatting and images are not displayed. And many more bugs and "features" that should not come from a company that has been around for ages, since the Palm OS days. If QuickOffice is serious in bringing it's solution forward, these problems should have been addressed via firmware upgrades but I have not seen it. It stays the same. QuickOffice on my P990 is one of those applications that I NEVER opened, NEVER used, and NEVER touched because of my BAD experience with it.
For me, the best solution for my DOC and XLS on my SE UIQ 3 smartphones is still, Dataviz's Docs To Go. No fuss, no worries. Documents stay the same no matter how many times been edited. It's not perfect, it has many niggles but not as bad as QuickOffice. At least, if my DOC files have embedded photos or diagrams in it, Word To Go can show them to me.
Yeah, many stuff have been added like the QuickManager and Office 2007 compatibility but do we UIQ 3 users really need them? Tell me, do you prefer QuickOffice over Docs To Go or the other way round?
Monday, 3. December 2007, 12:35:15
links, event, comments, uiq3
Dusan Belic of Intomobile was lucky enough to attend UIQ Fast Track event in Budapest, Hungary and had some stuff to report to us as well. Here are the summary of his reports :
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/11/29/uiq-fast-track-keynotes-recap.htmlhttp://www.intomobile.com/2007/11/30/uiq-fast-track-is-over-here-are-my-impressions.htmlhttp://www.intomobile.com/2007/11/29/interview-with-uiqs-elisabet-melin-and-naresh-chouhan.htmlYou have to visit all the links above to understand what really happens. As for me, I'm kinda felt left out because most Symbian/UIQ related events are held either in Europe or States and not South East Asia....
To UIQ PR Department... I've been blogging about UIQ stuff earlier than anybody else on the planet
... Hahahaha
Thursday, 29. November 2007, 10:53:57
comments, apps, uiq3
The award winning MMplayer is a multimedia player with support for various media formats such as OGG, AVI, MP4, MPEG, etc. Previously available for Palm OS 5 only, it has now been ported to Symbian UIQ 3 and S60 3rd Edition. Head over to its official web site for more information and download.
- MMPlayer is a media player currently available for Palm OS5 and Symbian devices. It's capable of playing many standard audio and video files.
- Makes it possible to compress an entire 2 hours movie with a quite acceptable quality into a 128 Mb memory card and watch it on the road.
- Supports fullscreen on both landscape and portrait devices. (the screenshots on this page are in window mode, not fullscreen)
- Rotates and zooms the video to make full use of available screen area.
- Supports MJPEG, making it possible to shoot a video clip with many low end digital cameras with memory card, insert the card into your device and watch it.
http://www.mmplayer.com***Thanks to Ares for supplying the screenshots!
Wednesday, 28. November 2007, 16:38:36
symbian, links, apps, uiq3
Those of you who longed for a universal search utility for UIQ 3 smartphone, should rejoice because you can enjoy Easy Search and frankly, I like it very much and it's one of those apps where you will use it when you really need it. Head over to
AllAboutSymbian to read my thoughts about it. Definitely recommended
Tuesday, 27. November 2007, 03:46:58
uiq3, apps, comments, links
I followed the development of this app closely and I must say that what the developer (CellphoneSoft) did was really impressive.
Linkboy is essentially an application launcher or shortcuts if you prefer... to launch not only applications but some other things as well like Control Panel stuff without going to dig into the Main Menu (Application Launcher) and opening Control Panel to find the stuff that we want.
This one is taken straight from it's official website describing the new version :
LinkBoy provides up to 45 shortcuts to frequently used tasks, that can be displayed as executable icons on the standby screen. Shortcuts are available for the full range of applications, phone settings, multimedia files, web pages, contact actions, and common tasks. All key functions of the built-in standby screen are left intact by LinkBoy.
NEW in version 1.30:
-Three independent sets of shortcuts.
-Full functionality in flip closed mode of the P990.
-Active shortcut types that display calendar events, memory status, or sticky note.
-Function shortcut types to switch between shortcut sets, or hide the icon panel.
-Enhanced customization of icon panel appearance.
-Numerous additional features, improvements and bugfixes.
Check it out!!!
Monday, 26. November 2007, 03:35:01
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One of the 'missing link' in UIQ 3 applications is the display of calendar stuff on the main screen. Especially in the P990. In Sony Ericsson's UIQ 3 smartphones, the main screen is called 'Activity Menu'. Dont ask me why... However, on M600, W950, P1 & W960, the Activity Menu is improved, you can configure them to display some calendar stuff together with other infos.
Out of nowhere, Ares in his post in
My-Symbian.Com forum submitted
a link to a small application called Desktop Agenda which IMHO, adds real value to P990's standby screen. It's actually a small app (the SIS file is only 29kb!). It reads the built-in database and displays them on the standby screen. here's how it looks like :
The setting is truly a no brainer. Even a schoolkid can configure it. For P990 users, it even works in FC mode. However, since this app is in very early stage of it’s development, it sometimes gets killed by the system and there are a few quirks like the non-adjustable transparency level and so on.
It’s a nice addition to the UIQ 3 applications catalogue and I really looking forward to it being developed further.
Sunday, 11. November 2007, 11:07:58
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It's hard to find developers who are willing to loose some sleeps in order to give us UIQ 3 users something different to make our devices more useful. How many freeware UIQ 3 developers who released free software for us and keep on improving their apps? I can only recall GDesk, Free Swiss Manager, Malcolm Bryant, AnotherGuest, ... who else?
Now, this one developer you guys should keep track. His Google hosted porject page -
The Bergamot Project - Open source for Symbian/UIQ currently hosts 2 applications.
Swim and
PodcastPlayer.
I respect this guy for developing new and interesting stuff. Please guys... Show your support. Give him feedbacks after testing his apps...
And while you are looking at his website, dont forget to check his future project, porting S60 Browser to UIQ 3! Simply, he said "
......because UIQ needs a decent web browser... Bring it on!!!!
Tuesday, 6. November 2007, 11:23:42
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...
This one is taken straight from AAS.
"Johan Sandberg has been a busy man in the last few weeks, with announcements from UIQ and a number of new devices from partners for the Chistmas season making an impact. I managed to catch up with him at the recent CTIA Wireless and Entertainment Show in San Francisco to find out what's going on in the world of UIQ.
We touch on a number of issues in this interview from CTIA in San Francisco, starting with the impact of the ownership by Sony Ericsson and then Motorola coming along and taking a 50% stake. What sort of practices do UIQ have in place to treat their owners and other licencees fairly? And have they learned anything from observing Nokia’s push to make S60 a platform over a number of handset manufacturers?
And of course UIQ isn’t developed in a vacuum, there’s a huge history to the product that has influenced UIQ3, and competing devices are constantly introduced to the market, including the Apple iPhone. Can hype ever rival technology?"
I have listened to the podcast and I enjoyed it. Johan explains the decision behind what happened in UIQ in the last couple of weeks and also some insight of the UIQ future... Check this out!
Tuesday, 6. November 2007, 01:57:32
coming soon, symbian, smartphones, uiq3
Towards the end of the year, normally, cellphone manufacturers will announce their portfolios for the coming year. This time, there's a strong wind blowing about Sony Ericsson's next generation UIQ 3 smartphones. There are still no concrete information about what will be announced but I have collected some bits and pieces about the following specifications :
- P990 successor
- Slider form factor
- Slimmer and lighter than the P990
- 2.8" VGA screen
- Built-in GPS
- Wifi 802.11b/g
- Symbian OS v9.x ***(Ares said it's Symbian OS 9.5 - hopefully with Demand Paging!)
- New UIQ (UIQ 3.2 or 4???)
- 360MHz Processor *** (Information from Ares)
- 160MB internal memory
- 128MB RAM
- WAP 2.0
- 5 megapixel camera (with AutoFocus and flash)
- HSDPA/HSUPA
- To be announced in November
- To be available in Jun 2008 (Q3 2008)
Now, whether this will be true or not, that will have to be decided on the announcement. And many people are reporting that the announcement will be made on
November 15th 2008 (that's next week, yay!). And probably, more than one UIQ 3 smartphones will be anounceed...
Meanwhile, to get the latest discussion and happenings about this so called rumour, please visit Esato board.
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