Archive for August, 2009

TiViPhone, another mobile IM software supporting video call for free

Though very few mobile IM software support video call, OctroTalk is not the only choice. After spending more time to search on internet, I found another mobile IM client that can be used for video chat. It is called TiviPhone. TiviPhone is also not so well known and it seems that the developer didn’t put [...]

Comparison of Gmail mobile and the built-in email client on Nokia phones

More and more people use their mobile phones to keep on tracking their emails. When I was still using my Motorola E680i, I had already tried different third party mobile email client based on J2ME, such as Morange, Flurry, Gmail mobile and so on. Among those third party mobile email software, I used Gmail mobile [...]

OctroTalk, a mobile IM client supporting video call over EDGE

Today’s mobile IM software, such as fring, nimbuzz, talkonaut and so on, are already as powerful as IM clients on PC, sometime even have more features. But there is still one feature of mobile IM software is far behind their PC counterparts. That is video chat. There could be 2 reasons that makes video chat [...]

Contacts on Ovi from Nokia as mobile IM client

I used many different IM software on my mobile phones, including Morange, Talkonaut, Fring, Nimbuzz and others that are not so popular. Till now, Fring is the one I used most. Now there is another choice, Contacts on Ovi from Nokia. The different between Contacts on Ovi and third part programs is that it is [...]

How to install Gmail Mobile on Nokia E71x

Though the built-in mail client of Nokia E71x supports Gmail quite well, the official Gmail mobile client still has its advantage: 1. Display the content of attached common documents like PDF, office file and so on; 2. The search mail feature is really powerful. So many people want to install the Gmail mobile client on [...]

Correct setting of ActiveSync for Google Sync

People can use ActiveSync on windows mobile devices to sync emails, contacts and calendar in their Google account. However, it seems that the instruction on the Google website doesn’t work at least on some windows mobile devices. Here is the setting that works on my old ipaq 2210 with windows mobile 2003. 1. Server address [...]

Navigation problem of GarminXT mobile on Nokia N82

It was the first time I went to the stores that I had to go to this morning. So I use the GarminXT mobile on my Nokia N82 as navigator. Since I wanted to go to 2 shops within walking distance, I switched the GPS to walking mode after I parked the car. I forgot [...]

More thinking about Nokia N900

In the post yesterday, I am not going to buy Nokia N900 is not because itself is not attractive but I can use the same amount of money to buy other devices that meet me requirement better. However, if I want a single device that can provide most necessary function, N900 will be a good [...]

Pros and Cons of Nokia N900 mobile computer

I was quite excited when the Nokia mobile computer is officially announced after rumors about it were around for quite a long time. However, after one night I asked myself:” Is this something I really want to buy?” So I list the pros and cons of Nokia N900 for me to make my conclusion.