Greetings!!! for the Holidays season. Feel the spirit of Christmas on your Nokia N96 with this in season theme that can be downloaded for free!

Nokia offers a Christmas theme to download from their OVI store (store.ovi.com) or you can also download it directly to your mobile phone thru their OVI mobile client.

This one I feature here is my personal favorite Christmas Theme that is available to download on the OVI store, This theme is uploaded by Gary Cham: A Hong Kong Designer/Illustrator, though this theme is so cute the character Ziing the santa star has a wonderful story behind this cute theme for your device. This star has a Dream to Shine like the moon, because of that dream he manage to give presents on a holiday’s season.

So Go and download now this Seasonal theme for your phone and start giving your phone a christmas experience.

You can also Check for More Free in Season Theme, Games, Applications and other Stuff on OVI, Register and start downloading from OVI to Experience these privileges.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! ENJOY THIS GREAT THEME!

By going to the OVI site: www.ovi.com and go to store.ovi.com and start downloading.

Christmas Ziing: DOWNLOAD HERE.

WCMDA is a 3^rd generation or the 3G service which allows voice and data transfer at the same time at a maximum speed of 14Mbps. HSDPA, GSM, GPRS, and EDGE are all other speed ranges of services which will be used depending on the what kind of service the ISP uses for providing mobile broadband. But Nokia N96 holds the credit of all these services packed together and can support a wide range of ISP’s. The inbuilt email client supports SMTP, IMAP4, POP3, MMS, SMS. It also supports the attachment of images, videos, music and other documents. Downloads pertaining to Nokia services like widgets and application add-ons can be downloaded using the Nokia Download!. N96 also has a dedicated web browser with features like mini map, visual history and supports HTML, Javascript, Flash lite 3.0, Flash video, RSS reader, streaming and progressive video download.

Mobile broadband has raised a huge competition between the phone companies. The ISP have a variety of bundles, and offers for Nokia N96. As mentioned earlier, it can either be a broadband service on N96 can be a monthly subscription or a PAYG service. Broadband settings are pre-installed if its a monthly subscription and PAYG service needs a top up depending upon the size of the download. Access the internet with a click of the Nokia browser and start surfing your favorite sites. You can setup your messenger and other mail servers to alert you when you a receive a mail. Watch almost all the formats of video online. Its much faster and does not take more time for buffering. Although the signal strength of your mobile phone service is more important to be online.

You can now share your photographs with your friends online. WCDMA network services also supports video calling and video sharing. Quick office document viewer and adobe PDF viewer supports quick work, excel, power-point and PDF formats to be viewable online. Downloads of a variety of music, video, pictures, themes, wallpapers and ring tones are possible from the online Nokia store. Online gamers can use the game showrooms for multi player interaction, and also try and buy the favorite games. A smart phone like N96 with a mobile broadband provides higher value for money.

Name: Message in Time

Description: Message Manager

Summary: Everyday you always end up with some time to spare and you also end up with not enough time to finish everything you have to do. Nokia Mobile phones have the Symbian S60 software that allows you to get the best  apps to solve your problems. You can compare mobile phones from nokia with others like HTC, but the simplicity of the software comes with the Nokia phone.There are many things nowadays to help you spread your time out with out causing your any inconvenience. Message in Time is an Application for your nokia N96 that also works on the Nokia N97 that allows you to write a message and chose who it is sent to and when its is sent to them. The great thing about Message in Time is that you can get it to seed the same message many contacts at the same time, which can really save time in the future for events like the new year and for invitations to events.

Overview: I know that this application has lots of features that the nokia n96 already has but the ability to send messages in the future is a really handy tool. Now for the ability to message people and have it deliver later on isn’t actually free although it probably should be but it costs $12 so its not the most expensive thing on the planet. Message in Time does have a 25 text free trial so you can check it out.

For more information go here

To download Message in Time go here

Name: Gomoku

Genre: Classic Board Game

Summary: You would have to of have your head in the ground for your whole life to not hear of Gomoku. For anyone who doesn’t know Gomoku is a ancient Chinese game that was once played more than chess in which you have to simply connect 5 stones in a row. There are many different versions of this game available for your nokia n96 with all the same goals and objectives so the only thing that can really change is your opponents. What this version of Gomoku has that others don’t is the ability to chose what type of playing style the opponent AI which progress harder and harder to keep up the competition.

Overview: If your into these classic simple games then you probably already have a version of this game but my advice would be to delete it and install this version. The different styles of playing not only are entertaining but help you learn to play better too. Gomoku as far as I can tell is a free applications but there are so many cracked games out there it becomes hard to tell.

For more information about Gomoku go here

To download Gomoku go here

Name: Easy Reject

Description: Call and Msg Manager

Summary: I’m sure everyone or at least most people have received phone calls on their nokia n96, normally its easy to ignore but it can still get annoying. Easy Reject is an application that perfects the art of rejecting calls and messages with out you even knowing. Easy Reject can import your numbers you what to avoid from your phonebook and your call log and then it will reject their calls and messages without any sort of notification at all. Easy Reject also lets you check who has called, how many times they called and what the messages say.

Overview: There are many applications that claim to reject your calls but I’ve never seen one that does this good of a job. There’s still the same problem with private numbers so its not exactly perfect but its still very handy application. Easy Reject cost $18.50 but there is a 20 call trial so you can see how good the application is, which is what you can download below

For more information go here

To download the trial go here

Description: Data Manager

Summary: For phones like the nokia n96 you really need to buy it on a tariff to make it affordable and because the internet is so useful on your nokia N96 its nice to have a few free MB of packet data to surf. The problem that can arise is that if your don’t have unlimited packet plan then it can cost quite allot to if you go over your quota. Data Quota is an application that monitors your internet usage and you can put in your bill date and data plan so it can warn you when you have only a few MB. Nowadays everyone has wifi and that’s free so Data Quota doesn’t count the MB you use.

Overview: Data Quota is a very small, really handy and simple application that will let your keep a good eye on your data plan. Data Quota is a free application so it can only save you money, so if you use packet data internet then you really should download this application.

For more information go here

To download Data Quota go here

Update: Let me remember all of you that the Nokia N8 blog is just released.

Name: Solstice

Creator: PiZero

Summary:It’s all about personal preference when it comes to themes, some people like simple plane themes and others like detailed and interesting themes. Personally I like a bit of a detailed theme but it still has to be neat and simple and those kind of themes don’t come around that often but there are many themes that come close, like this one. Solstice uses some of the nicest colours that I have ever seen, I cant really put it any better than that. Solstice has a very nice icon set  but they don’t really make the theme look any better, probably because the background image is so good.

Overview: When I fist saw this theme I new now good it looked but I never thought it would look this calm and simple, so I love it and will probably keep it until a better one comes around. Solstice is made by PiZero so you should know by now that means it has quality and like all the themes its free so it’s for everyone that wants to try it.

For more themes by PiZero go here

To download Solstice go here

Name: Smart Money Basics

Description: Expense manager Utilities

Summary: Over the past few days I’ve been going on about applications with lots of features and lots of applications with only one feature and it seems to me that applications with one feature does its job better. If this truly is the case then you are going to need loads of applications which is going to be a bit of a pain. Smart Money Basics isn’t just one application it is in fact 3 applications that are all there to help sort out your finances. Smart Money Basics includes Handy Expense, Handy Shopper and Handy Converter which can add up your expenses, convert money or sizes and create a list of items you need to buy. Each application works extremely well and there nothing better in the money managements department.

Overview: Since its three applications its hard to do a review on all of them all but overall they all work fine and they work really well with each other. Each application can be bought on its own but you save 40% if you buy it in this pack but this pack is $29.95 which is quite allot. You should note that when you install the applications it creates a new folder in you menu. If you want to try this applications you can download the 14day trial below.

For more information please go here

To download the Smart Money Basics trial go here

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Description: Media Player

Summary: We all should know by now that the Nokia n96 is very much a media phone is its awesome speakers, large screen and stand. Because its a media phone your always going to want good quality media and a good quality media player. UCPlayer is a Chinese media player translated to English that really only deals with videos but that’s fair since there are plenty of great mp3 players. UCPlayer may only deal with videos but it deals with videos very well, first UCPlayer will chose which file type to associate with and then you can easily search your files for your videos. UCPlayer can support flv, avi, wmv, mkv, 3gp, 3gpp, mp4 videos so you can easily play good quality videos.

Overview: With its customisable colour scheme, great sound output and excellent file support make UCPlayer a really good media player. The problem with UCPlayer is that you can adjust the brightness or contrast but all that make it more of a install and play application. I’m pretty sure UCPlayer is a free application so you can download below and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a quality media player.

For more information go here

To download UCPlayer go here

Name: Street Cricket

Genre: Action/Sport

Summary: N-gage is know as the mobile gaming platform but since they havn’t released a new game recently so if your looking of a bit of fun out of your phone you have to look else where. In the world of else where Street Cricket is a new game for your Nokia n96 that doesn’t use n-gage but can still use all the phones hardware. Street Cricket is exactly what it sounds like, its a cricket game that you play on the street and it has great graphics and very smooth gameplay. I know that many people don’t play cricket but if you know anything about it the you will know its a game needs a bit of strategy and can always be lost.

Overview: Street Cricket is a pretty entertaining game but I think its missing a multilayer, but its still entertaining. One thing about cricket is that you have to know the rules and the best strategy to be able to win. Street Cricket is a free game thats nice and small an works very smoothly so it makes for an enjoyable game.

For more information go here

To download Street Cricket go here