The N70 has lots to recommend it, from the very latest Symbian OS and Series 60 versions, to a fast processor and lots and lots of RAM, from ultra-high-resolution main camera to stereo music output.
1. Open up your device
By default, the N70 and other modern Series 60 smartphones come ‘locked down’ in terms of the applications they’ll accept, installing only those that have large companies behind them, able to afford the expensive ’signing’ process. But there are hundreds of other great applications, many of them free, that are ‘unsigned’. Don’t worry about this just go to ‘Tools | Manager | Options | Settings’ and turn ‘Software installation’ “On”. You can now install any compatible program without being blocked by spurious security warnings!

2. Treat Yourself
If you’re in any way serious about using a Nokia N70 (or any other Symbian smartphone) as a business and productivity tool, treat yourself to a Bluetooth keyboard. The ThinkOutside one works a treat with the built-in Bluetooth keyboard driver and will see you typing at up to 60 words per minute on your smartphone. Go on, you know you want to…

3. Grabbing a card too
When selecting an expansion card (MMC Mobile, a.k.a. DV RS-MMC), go for one that’s optimum best in price/performance as some makes aren’t fast enough to handle the N70’s video recording. In particular, stay away from Kingston’s 1GB card.

4. Replacing your camcorder
Under good light conditions and for some subjects, the N70 can replace your camcorder.

5. The latest and best (1)

Make sure you keep up to date with PC Suite. Yes, there’s a version on the CD that came with your smartphone, but Nokia are fixing bugs and adding bits and pieces all the time. Most useful is the way you can explore your smartphone’s folders (including your text Inbox) from within Windows Explorer. Very cool. Keep an eye on the PC Suite home page and stay current!

6. The latest and best (2)
Perhaps even more important, make sure you keep your device’s firmware up to date (i.e. the operating system in flash memory). Previously this would have to mean a trip to your local Nokia Service centre and a wait, but you can now do this at home, yourself, as long as you’re on broadband. See Nokia’s Phone Software Update page.

7. The ones you love the most (1)

With the Nokia N70, there’s an ‘active’ standby screen. Don’t just take the shortcuts given, We’re confident that you have ideas of your own as to your most used applications. You can change any of the five shortcuts in the rather-hidden-away ‘Tools | Settings | Phone | Standby mode | Active standby apps’ (you really have to get to know the settings hierarchy on these devices!)

8. Pump up the brightness

Make sure you increase the screen from the default brightness to its maximum. Yes, there’s a tiny hit on the time between battery recharges, but in the meantime you’ll see some glorious colours. Go to ‘Tools | Settings | Phone | Display | Brightness’ and adjust away. Of course, for night-time use, your smartphone can double as an emergency torch or, if you’re actually reading from the screen, you can use the same setting to turn the brightness right down to save being dazzled.

9. Pump up the brightness (2)

Another good way to increase the visibility of many screen elements in S60 is to tinker with the ‘theme’ being used.

10. Ignore those ‘Exit’ buttons!

Because the N70 has oodles of execution memory (i.e. RAM), you can still have most of your Series 60 apps running at the same time, which means no delays while applications are launched. The trick is to ignore those ‘Exit’ buttons. When you need to switch to a different application, press the Menu (’Applications’) button and select it from there, leaving the current app running. Or use the tip below to switch between running programs directly.
[Caveat: watch out for intensive apps like navigation programs, games or music players, which can eventually drain your battery if left running all the time. For these, you definitely should press Exit!]

11. Hangup = Exit

Don’t keep switching back to the Standby screen using the Hangup (red dial) button. This was OK on previous versions of Series 60, but it closes the current application on the N70 – in other words, it acts as ‘Exit’. If you want to keep the current program running in the background, press Menu/Apps instead, twice if you want to get to the active standby screen.

12. Must-have managers

The two utilities every computer user needs are a system task manager (i.e. what’s running) and a file manager. The first is easy: just press and hold the ‘Menu/Applications’ button (for more control, grab DevMan). For a file manager, run, don’t walk, and download FExplorer. Yes, there’s a basic file manager built into the N70, but FExplorer lets you get into all the nooks and crannies that Nokia would rather you didn’t investigate, as well as adding some extra useful functions!

13. Share your photos

Never mind the Kodak Online (or similar) services usually bundled with your smartphone, why not share your photos with others for free? Apart from GPRS transmission charges, you can moblog very easily from a Symbian OS smartphone.

14. Speed launching applications

On any Menu (applications) screen, you can press any of the numeric keys to instantly launch the application or shortcut in the corresponding position on the first 3 by 3 icon grid displayed. For example, pressing ‘7′ actions whatever’s in the bottom left grid slot.

15. The mobile Web (1)

The web browser built into Series 60 is very competent at handling simple HTML sites and you can keep your GPRS bill way down by restricting yourself to mobile-friendly pages.

16. The mobile Web (2)

For maximum access to even full, bloated sites, give Opera Mini a whirl. It’s a free proxy-based browser that strips out all the stuff you really don’t need.

17. The mobile Web (3)

Nokia N70 owners are entitled to a free copy of the excellent Opera Mobile web browser. If you want to tackle mid-bandwidth sites with maximum readability, make sure you grab your own copy.

18. Music all day long

With a suitably large memory card, why not double your music and make the switch from MP3 to Ogg Vorbis format music? 16 hours of stereo music on one 512MB DV RS-MMC (MMC Mobile) card? More details on getting the music on…

19. Faster numbers

Whether it’s entering a PIN number into a security app or entering a phone number, it’s a right pain to have to multi-tap each number key to get past the assigned letters and onto the numbers. Much easier is to hold down a number key for half a second or so – you’ll find the right number is entered directly.

20. The ones you love the most (2)

If you get fed up scrolling down the Menu screen lookng for your favourite applications again, why not shuffle things round so that the apps you use the most are clustered right at the top? Highlight an icon and use ‘Move’, and you’ll find you can re-insert it anywhere in the list. If you have lots of favourites, make the most of the folder system (e.g. ‘Games’) and then put these folders near the top of the list, for speedy access.

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TIP: Be certain to remember your PASSWORD if you enable the phone lock feature. Without your password, your phone will need to be reset at the place of purchase, which will result in the loss of your personalized settings and all content stored in phone memory.

2. Bookmark mobile-friendly websites

Many websites support ‘Mobile friendly editions’ (e.g. www.CNN.com/togo/) or ‘lo-fi’ versions. Choosing to bookmark these sites will provide a more efficient mobile web experience.

3. Save pictures and videos to storage card by default

TIP: To set storage card as the default location to save pictures and videos, in Thumbnail view go to Menu > Options > Camera. If you will have the option “Save files to: Storage Card”.

4. Customize the time limit for your videos

To change time limit for videos, in Thumbnail view, go to Menu > Options > Video. If you will have the option set video length to 15 seconds, 30 seconds, or no limit.

5. Synchronize Notes on your Motorola Q

Notes created in Outlook are not directly supported in Microsoft® Windows Mobile 5.0, Smartphone edition, and cannot be synchronized directly to the Motorola Q. Notes may be used with third party applications or alternative sync solutions such as GoodLink™.

NOTE: Alternatively, users may find it useful to utilize Tasks to synchronize personal notes and/or to-do’s.

6. Navigate Contacts by Category

Make it easier to navigate large Contact lists by using the Category field to differentiate ‘Business’ and ‘Personal’ contacts, for example. When searching Contacts, choose Menu > Filter by.

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1. Call Forwarding

Dial *72 + the number you wish to forward to. Press “SEND”. To deactivate call forwarding, dial*720 “SEND”. Listen for confirmation, then press “END”.

2. Conference Call

Place your first call as usual, then dial the second number and press “SEND” again. When your second call connects press send again to connect both calls.

Power Saving Tips and Tricks:

1. Set your synchronization schedule

You can set your Motorola Q to automatically synchronize with your PC at time intervals that you specify, so that auto-synch doesn’t interfere with your peak usage time.

2. Use your screen dimmer

Set your screen to automatically dim after your Motorola Q is idle for a certain period.

3. Disable Bluetooth® connectivity when not in use

When you’re not using your Bluetooth® headset and accessories, you can easily turn this function off.

1. Press Start.
2. Scroll to and select Bluetooth.
3. Select Bluetooth Manager.
4. Scroll to and select Settings.
5. Scroll left to deactivate Bluetooth on your device.
6. Press Done.

4. Control the number of applications running

You can minimize the number of applications that run at one time.

1. Press Start.
2. Scroll to and select System Tools.
3. Scroll to Task Manager.
4. Scroll to the application you’d like to end.
5. Press Menu.
6. Select Kill for that single application or Kill All to end all running applications.

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You can respond to an email quickly by placing a phone call to an existing Contact. Simply highlight and select the name or address and the contact will appear on the screen, including phone number(s).

2. Toggle between email accounts

If you have two email accounts (personal and business) and frequently get text messages, you can easily toggle between the various accounts without going to Home screen each time. When you are viewing any account, you may arrow Left or Right on the Nav Key to navigate your accounts

3. Auto-sync one email account

If you have two email accounts assigned to your device, only select one to automatically sync. Set your Exchange server Active Sync (business email ) peak times so they don’t conflict with your peak personal email usage times. This will also improve your overall battery life performance. See Power Saving Tips and Tricks for instructions on how to Set your synchronization schedule.

4. Sync items in your Sent Folder

In order to sync Sent items (personal or business email ) select Folders, then Menu > Manage Folders > choose the Sent folder and select Sync (Right softkey).

5. Send an email from a calendar notice

You can send an email from a calendar notice when any email or contact information is provided in the meeting notice.

1. Open up your Outlook Calendar.
2. Scroll down and open the appropriate appointment.
3. Scroll down to the email address underlined in the body of the appointment using the navigation key or the thumb wheel.
4. Press the action button in the middle of the navigation key.
5. Select the email account from which you wish to send the email
6. Press the action button in the middle of the navigation key.
7. Type out your email and press Send.

6. Send a URL from Explorer

While in Explorer, you can send a URL directly to somebody via email by selecting Menu > Tools > Send link via email

Technorati Tags: motorola Q, tips, tricks

1. Rename your mp3 from .mp3 to .3gp (the video format the T809 supports)
2. Copy it to your t-flash card
3. Find the file and set as RINGER.

There is also another wayis as mentioned below:

1. Put the mp3 song on your phone
2. Go to incoming call settings
3. Select ringtone to see all available
4. Find song you want as ringtone (do nothing yet)
5. Highlight the selected song
6. Click middle select button to mark song (nothing will happen)
7. Press back button
8. Press save.
9. Go back and check your incoming call and it should be whichever song you highlighted.

Have FUN!!!

Technorati Tags: samsung, T809, tips, tricks, mp3, ringtone

1. Firstly and most importantly of all, just as with my article on video recording, light is everything. It’s photons of light that trigger charge in the camera’s sensor, and the more of them the more accurate the reading from each sensor pixel. In good light, there’s more than enough information being gathered and your Nseries camera will produce results comparable to those from standalone cameras. In poor light, either in the evening or under flash conditions or in a dimly lit room, there simply aren’t enough photons hitting each pixel for the sensor to be absolutely sure what value to report, which is why you get ‘noise’, flecks of random colours in your photo. In a standalone camera, the sensor pixels are bigger and each gathers in more photons, so you don’t notice the same degree of noise.
   It’s also worth noting that you may also have problems in very bright light with any digital camera, as photons ‘overflow’ from one pixel to the next, with the result that you sometimes see ’smearing’ around bright sections of the image.
   Be aware of the light conditions at all times and try to anticipate the effect the level will have on your Nseries camera. It also goes without saying that the obvious rules of photography apply, such as not shooting towards the light source unless you’re trying for a special effect.
   On the N93, understand that using the optical zoom will decrease the amount of light getting to the main sensor, so only zoom in if you’re confident there’s enough light to cope.
   
2. Next, understand how the autofocus system in these Nseries devices works. The image within the central graticule is sampled many times a second when you slightly depress the shutter button, with the lens moving backwards or forwards in an attempt to maximise the contrast of edge detail within the graticule. Now, this system normally works well enough, but it can fall down if there’s not enough light (see point 1. above) or if the object in this part of the image doesn’t have any detail that’s suitable for contrast sampling.
   In this case, it’s best to move the centre of your composition slightly, to something that’s the same distance away but which has better detail. Once focussing has been achieved on this, you can keep the shutter partially depressed and move the image centre back to the original subject, before finally pressing the shutter all the way down.
   For typical ‘point and shoot’ landscape shots, where there’s no real close-up foreground, the auto-focus system will probably make a mess of things, so make sure you change the shooting mode to ‘Landscape’, in which the auto-focus is disabled and the camera behaves just as that in an ‘infinite focus’ lesser device, such as that on other camera smartphones.
3. Take a little time (if possible) to think about adjusting the settings from ‘automatic’ values. For example, using ‘Night’ as the ‘Shooting mode’ forces the camera to use a longer exposure time, thus letting more photons in and reducing noise, at the expense of blurry images of anything that’s moving – or the whole scene if your hand isn’t steady enough when pressing the shutter button. ‘White balance’ is also worth fiddling with if you’ve got the time to set a shot up properly – colours seem different under different lighting conditions and this is your chance to allow for this factor. Finally, ‘Exposure value’ is invaluable if you like playing around with light, perhaps shooting into a bright light (decreasing the exposure value) or trying to pick a dark subject out of a bright background (increasing the exposure value). By default, your Nseries camera software will try and average out the light intensity across your image, which is often not what you actually want. In each case, adjusting the exposure by a couple of stops can make a big difference and give you more control.
4. Learn to press the shutter properly. First of all, there’s shutter lag, which is quite well known. Having pressed the shutter button, there’s a lag of up to second while the exposure level is calculated and implemented, so learn to allow for this in terms of composition and in terms of staying ‘in position’ for a second or so after pressing the button. In addition, the shutter will be ‘open’ (whether it’s a mechanical shutter (as in the N93) or an electronic one (as in the N90) for a specific duration (e.g. 50 milliseconds) and if you’re moving the smartphone during this time then your photo will have a degree of blur. So it pays to brace yourself (hold the smartphone in two hands, stand with your legs apart and hold your breath momentarily) and gently ’squeeze’ the shutter rather than stabbing at it.

Over and over again, I see people complaining about picture quality or, sometimes, simply presenting poor photos. None of these Nseries auto-focus cameras are perfect and, to be honest, none are as good as a top standalone camera, because of the degree of miniaturisation needed, but used with care you can achieve some very respectable results.

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I ;HAVE U EVER COMPLAINT ABT THE NOTES HAVING ONLY 10 X 50 CHARACTERS?..WELL I ONLY USE THIS FEATURE TO STORE IMPORTANT AND CONFIDENTIAL INFOS.I USE THE NOTEPAD TO WRITE LONGER NOTES….CREATE AND RENAME (NOTES)A NEW FOLDER UNDER EXPLORER.SAVE 5 EMPTY NOTEPADS FROM YOUR PC AND RENAME IT NOTEPAD 1 – 5.CUT AND PASTE (USING DES)NOTEPAD 1-5 UNDER MENU NOTES IN YOUR MOBILE….NOW U HAVE 5 EMPTY SMO FILES IN YOUR MOBILE.USE THIS TO WRITE SHOPPING LISTS OR ANYTHING ELSE UP TO 760 CHARACTERS EACH.U CAN VIEW,EDIT,DELETE,SEND THESE NOTES….NOW YOUR PHONE HAS AN EXTRA FEATURE CALLED NOTEPAD.II)YOU CAN CREATE SMS FROM YOUR PC IN NOTEPAD AND TRANSFER TO YOUR PHONE FOR SENDING.
YOU CAN ALSO COPY AND PASTE JOKES AND RIDDLES FROM WEBSITES TO NOTEPAD AND TRANSFER IT TO YOUR PHONE.ALTERNATE PHONE DIRECTORY
III)I USE THE NOTPAD FEATURE IN MY MOBILE TO STORE PHONE NOS. OF DISTANT RELATIVES AND FRIENDS,MECHANICS AND SERVICE NOS…WHOM I KNOW RARELY IF EVER CALLS ME..U CAN SCROLL TO THE NOS. IN THIS FILE AND PRESS CALL BUTTON TO MAKE A CALL…SO NOW I HAVE AN EXTRA PHONE BOOK WHICH I NAMED DIRECTORY.SMS ORGANISER IV)ORGANISE YOUR SMS FILES….CREATE SUB FOLDERS UNDER SMS AND RENAME FRIENDs,FAMILY,PERSONAL.WHEN U SEND YOUR SMS TO ACHIEVE,…THE MESSAGES WILL NOT BE SAVED DIRECTLY INTO THESE SUB FOLDERS…INSTEAD ALONGSIDE THE SUB FOLDERS.U NEED TO TRANSFER THESE MESSAGES TO YOUR PC FIRST AND RENAME THE MESSAGES ONE BY ONE B4 TRANSFERING IT BACK TO YOUR MOBILE UNDER THE SUB FOLDERS.WHAT I DID WAS COMBINE 5 – 6 MESSAGES(FROM THE SAME PERSON) UP TO 760 CHARACTERS(CUT AND PASTE)TO A NOTEPAD FILE AND TRANSFER IT BACK TO MY MOBILE PHONE.V)VOICE RECORDINGS ARE SAVED AS *vmo IN THE VOICE MEMO FILE.THESE FILES CAN BE TRANSFERED,SAVED AND PLAYED AS WAV FILES IN YOUR PC.USING DES JUST CUT AND PASTE THESE FILES FROM YOUR MOBILE FOLDER TO AN EMPTY FOLDER IN YOUR PC AND IT’S AUTOMATICALLY CONVERTED TO *WAV.EXAMPLES OF WHAT U CAN DOGOT A LITTLE SECRET TO HIDE?…WRITE DOWN WHATEVER U WANT AND INSERT “%English” AND SAVE IT INSIDE YOUR PHONE…U CAN’T OPEN THE FILES IN YOUR PHONE..U HAVE TO COPY AND PASTE IT TO YOUR PC ( USING DES ) TO VIEW THE CONTENTS.

SHOPPING LISTS

Notes: shopping listseggs x 2 packs
bread x 2
cheese x 1TRY KEYING IN THE CHARACTERS BELOW AND SEE WHAT U GET.Notes: Sms logos”%Shark” Shark
“%Flowers” Flowers
“%Biker” Biker
“%Theatre” TheatreCHECK LISTS

Notes: Camping triptent
jacket
mess tins
portable gasENJOY!!!

ENJOY!!!

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Download the 0032_0001 Seem
-Open p2kman
-Above the Download seems button in the FROM box type 0032 & in the TO box also type 0032.
-Click download and save the file to a location but do NOT rename it, just leave as xxxx_yyyy
ScreenShot

Hacking the Seem
-Open XVI32

-File>Open> locate the  0032_0001 seem that we saved in the previous step
-When you open the file the main screen will have two different sides, the left side is the HEX side and the right side is the TEXT representation of the seem file.
-All of the work on the 0032_0001 seem will be done on the HEX side of the screen
-We need to find Offset 34 to disable the roaming triangle feature. You will know when you have found offset 34 because in the bottom left hand corner of the screen you will see Adr.hex: 34.
Screenshot
-Once you have located and highlighted the offset go to the tools menu and select bit manipulation
-Make sure that bit 3 is unchecked and press the “set” button
Screenshot
-Now that the roaming triangle has been disabled lets fix the ^@ VM Indicator SMS problem.
-We need to find Offset 2 to fix the ^@ VM Indicator SMS problem. You will know when you have found offset 2 because in the bottom left hand corner of the screen you will see Adr.hex: 2.
-Once you have located and highlighted the offset go to the tools menu and select bit manipulation
-Make sure bit 1 is checked and press the “set” button
-Now all we need to do is save the edited seem
-File>save as> save the file to a different location then the original just incase you made a mistake you still have your backup, save the file as 0032_0001

Loading the Hacked Seems back to Phone
-Open P2kman
-To upload the modded  seem back to the phone we  need to fill out the “seem” and “rec”  boxes within p2kman, these boxes are located above the upload seems button
-To upload  0032_0001 using p2kman put 0032 in the “seem box” and 0001 in the “rec box”
Screenshot
-If all is well p2kman will display N 0032 record N0001 ok
-Click on the restart phone button
-Soon as P2kman says that the phone is disconnected, remove data cable and the roaming triangle and ^@ VM Indicator SMS problem will now be gone.

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Method 1 (Example is meant for X426 Rev 1.5) -Insert Sim card for a carrier other then the one that your phone is locked to. -The phone should display either Incorrect Sim or Wrong Sim, now type *#9998*3323# -The LCD screen will go white and display an exit option. Now press the right soft key -The service menu will appear, highlight and select the malloc fail option, the phone will now reboot -Type *0141# and then press the send key (green phone button). “Personalized” will display on the LCD -Power the phone off, remove the sim and reinset your original sim card. -Turn on the phone and you will be prompted to enter the security code (review users manual unless you have changed the code). -Phone is now unlocked**Depending on your model the code in step 2 (*#9998*3323#) will need to be changed to a different number. Here is a list of other codes by model:Model: Samsung SGH2100 – *2767*3855# & *2767*2878# Model: Samsung V200 – *2767*7822573738# Model: Samsung SGH-E700 and Samsung SGH-X100 – #*7337# Model: Samsung SGH600 – *2767*3855# & *2767*2878# Model: Samsung A300 – *2767*637# Model: Samsung A400 – *2767*637# Model: Samsung A800 – *2767*637# Model: Samsung E500 – *2767*688# Model: Samsung C225 – *2667*688(15 Digit IMEI)# For most models that cannot be unlocked via code the next easiest way is with Data cable and software (this includes the above models with newer S/w Versions). Two of the most popular softwares are Cerebros and WinIMEI

Method 2 (Unlock Phone via Software) Cerebros -Make sure that phone is turned on and if applicable cable is switched to d/l -Open Cerebros Unlocker -Click on models drop down menu and almost all settings should work for most models (It will work as long as you have the option to enter a new IMEI in the Write IMEI box) -Press the unlock phone button -Wait until Cerebros says that it is finished and unplug phone, the phone will now appear to have frozen. -Remove the battery, wait 5 seconds and reinset -Phone is now unlocked

WinIMEI (WinIMEI V1.34 will unlock SGH-D500 this Link is for WinIMEI Legal which will unlock most others) -Make sure that phone is turned on and if applicable cable is switched to d/l -Start WinIMEI -Select appropriate Country, Line “A”, 1 PC and the com port you are using within WinIMEI -All selection boxes should be unchecked -Click the Write IMEI tab -A new window will apear, click RD IMEI Setting -Wait for TestModeOn Pass and the box in the upper right hand corner to display Pass and turn green before continuing -Click the unlock button -Click exit on both windows and disconnect phone -Phone is now unlocked

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First open /Applications -> iSync.app -> (Control-click and choose Show Package Contents) -> Contents -> Plugins -> ApplePhoneConduit.syncdevice -> Contents -> Plugins -> PhoneModelsSync.phoneplugin -> Contents -> Resources -> MetaClasses.plist and find the entry for the RAZR V3. Duplicate this section and modify all instances of V3 to read V3i (except in the icon name).

Now plug your phone into the USB cable, open iSync and select Add Device; you should see the RAZR V3i pop-up. Double-click to add, and you are sorted.

You may receive the message “service cannot be started,” especially if you’ve been playing with Bluetooth prior to testing the USB cable. If you restart the phone, this will go away.