Nokia N96 App Review – Nimbuzz

Imagine having all your Instant messaging contacts into one interface. That’s cool enough? Not yet. How about being able to call and send file to some of them like a pictures, documents, etc.? Not yet satisfied? What if it’s free? Now we’re talking.

Nimbuzz is one of my favorite applications on Nokia N96. I can chat with all my contacts on my Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, Facebook contacts(Yes! The one and only Facebook), Skype (a solution to all those seeking for Skype application for N96), MSN, Myspace, ICQ, AIM and a lot more.

With this application you can send photos, documents, music and other files to your contacts. You can select send a file option which asks you for a file on your phone or a take a photo option. I tried sending a photo to my friend’s Facebook account which he received instantly with my message and a link to view the photo.

Calling your contacts on Nimbuzz, YM, Skype and others that supported call feature is easy to use and have a good quality too. They also offer Nimbuzz to landline/mobile call option but with credits you can avail through Nimbuzz Out.

I strongly advise to use this application through your Wi-Fi connection or if you have unlimited data access to avoid data transfer fees from your service provider. One problem I am having with this application is my music pauses after signing in my Nimbuzz account, but you can continue listening to music after pressing the play button while using the application. You can download Nimbuzz via Ovi or through their website at http://www.nimbuzz.com/en/mobile/download.

Nokia N96 App Review – Message in Time

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. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – Smart Money Basics

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. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – Waze

Name: Waze

Description: GPS Navigation Software

Summary: Theres plenty of Navigation software avaible on the market but they can take up a lot of space or you can go with an online based one like google maps, but that dosen’t take into account traffic,roadworks ect.. so what can you use. Waze is a navigation software for all kinds of devices but only a few symbian devices but luckily the Nokia N96 is one of the symbian phones that it works on. Waze is like no other navigation software because what it will do is find your location and then you input your destination and it will direct you, but if another Waze user is stuck in traffic or there’s road works or a policeman along your route then waze will automatically redirect you.

Overview: Theres one fatal flaw with Waze and that is that it need more users to make it more accurate, but if they are lucky then it will be a really handy application. First Waze is so far only active in the US but theres no reason it can’t be used everywhere else. Waze is a free application be dose want you to register and you have to download the application on your phone. Waze works perfectly and it would be great if everyone dose there part. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – mp3tools

Name: mp3tools

Description: Mp3 Editor

Summary: Remember back in the old days before camera’s on phones and the two best features of a phone where its games and its ringtones (imagine having a nokia N96 then). Back then this application would have probably been the most used application, but now-a-days this application doesn’t look that special however looks can be deceiving. mp3tools is an application that can cut any mp3 in to a ringtone size and it will save the file in the same directory as the mp3, but then it can also join the any mp3 so you can make all kinds of different tones and give you the chance to make the perfect ringtone. mp3tools also has lots of little feature like bookmarks and tag editor as well as a bunch of settings.

Overview: I think this is a Chinese application that was translated to English, so there could be some complications. mp3tools doesn’t actually work that well like the mp3 player doesn’t seem to work and it asks to be allowed to anything which is so annoying. mp3tools is a free application so I think that makes it the first free ringtone editor and the software is pretty good and there is settings for different phones so maybe messing around with them will get the mp3 player working. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – YourTube

Name: YourTube

Description: Youtube Video Download

Summary:If you ever wanted more videos on your nokia N96 the this is the application for you. This is the type of application that I love, it has plenty of uses and anything you download is just added to your video library. Yourtube has a great search engine which provides all the information you mite need to decide which version of the video you want. YourTube also has a great download manager which lets you choose the format and quality of the downloaded video. The application has all the other features you could need like a download queue and background downloading. The application itself is in jar format so again it works with loads of different phones.

Overview: YourTube is a great little application I must say that i had a few connection problems but eventually it was working like a dream. This application has been out for a while in a beta form but now that its the full thing so you shouldn’t have any problems with it. Yourtube is a free application so its should be considered as a must have application. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – Freesigner

Name: Freesigner

Description: Application Signer

Summary: One of the biggest problems that face beginners to the symbian OS is signing an application. The more experienced Nokia N96 owners would just hack their phone so they will never need to sign applications but if your interested in doing that then please just ask for some help at the forum(new topic will be answered quickly). Freesigner is an application that will help any beginner sign their applications, the only thing you could possibly have trouble with is finding the application that you want to install or finding the cert and key files but you can always use the self-sign setting to use the default cert and key. Freesigner is so easy to use and all the settings are very easy to understand, Freesigner really makes it so easy to sign applications.

Overview: If you have any problems with singing applications then this could really help you, to get the best out of signing applications you should try and get your own cert and key because they should work on every application, where as other certs and key will only work on some application. Freesigner is a free application so you have no reason not to download and use it. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – OBDScope

Name: OBDScope

Description: Diagnostic Software

Summary: I don’t expect many people would even believe there’s an application like this, manly because people wouldn’t even think about it. I’m sure many of you at one point have had your car diagnosed by one of these bluetooth diagnostic tools but that only happens at the garage. OBDScope is a application for your nokia n96 and It can be used with an ELM chip based Bluetooth OBD adapter to connect to your car (that is if your car has this piece of kit, normally found in more expensive cars like bmw’s ect…). OBDScope can be used to get real time info about your engines speed, economy, RPM, temperature and power, the real use of this application is to find out if there’s any problems inside your engine so you know when to take it to the garage.

Overview: This is very much a gear head application and of course if your car doesn’t have the adaptor its useless. Never the less this application a very clever idea and as it was created as a hobby its a free application so if you think your car has the adaptor then its really worth a try. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – Lie Detector

Name: Lie Detector

Description: Lie Detector

Summary: I’m sure we all have seen these cheap lie detector toys that are just for a bit of fun, but it always sounds nice if you had a real one. Now there is a Lie Detector for your nokia n96 that will help you decided if someone is lying to you over the phone. Lie Detector in theory works but is far from perfect, Lie detector will analyse your conversation and then match your voice and remove it so it can tell if someones voice pitch changes. Leaving the only thing you have to do is remember when you asked the question. The application really only works on yes and no answer questions so it mite turn out like quite a funny call.

Overview: I tried this application but unless my girlfriend is a raisin it didn’t really work so I guess its just more of a gimmick application. I don’t think its really designed to a gimmick application but come on for a phone lie detector what exactly do you expect, also lie detector is a free application (I can’t confirm its a free application but I can’t find anywhere to buy it so it should be free) so you mite as well give it a go, it could be a good bit of fun. Read more

More Ducati Moto screenshots

Patrick Campbell, our senior reviewer and writer here at Nokian96.net took out some vacations and will be out until the end of August, we will be back with fresh and new articles regarding the Nokia N96 and Nokia N96 applications. Today, I will bring you some screenshots of the Ducati Moto for N-Gage devices, like Nokia N97 or Nokia N96, so that you can have a deeper insider look at this Ducati Moto game, that will be out in a few weeks. For now, let’s appreciate this screenshots and as soon as we have more screenshots we will publish them here at the website.

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