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Speereo Voice Translator 4.5 for Nokia N96

Ahmed Chhaya — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:47:25 +0000

Everyone travels at one point or another, so I decided to inform you about the Speereo Voice Translator 4.5.

Not the perfect translator, but a good effort, at-least it works. Speak into your phone receiver and this app will try to translate into one of 16 languages. This app also comes with city guides and a flight timetabler – just the thing for your holiday to foreign parts.

This app was free but is now have to be paid to use.

More on the translator, Speereo Voice Translator is a multilanguage phrase-book featuring 16 languages with enhanced additional useful features: converters, city guides, flights timetable and schedule, city events, maps and more! SVT: – 16 languages; – 64000 phrases total; – native speaker reads each phrase for you. Some features require Internet connection – maps, guides.

Must-Have apps on the N96

Ahmed Chhaya — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:02:39 +0000

The N96 has so many features inside. But to give the word “smartphone” more meaning, then the following applications are really needed

Fring

Fring enables the N96 to make cheap mobile calls and chat with your “buddies” but it uses your data plan or a wi-fi connection. Something better is Skype but unfortunately, the N96 doesn’t have a version made for it.

iSync

iSync is a one of the important must-have application for the Mac users wanting to synchronize their N96 devices with their pc’s

Foonz

Foonz is a cool app and useful for the business people, it makes your life easy with fast group calling and messaging.

JoikuSpot

JoikuSpot is an app that turns your N96 into a wi-fi hotspot, the advantage is that it allows the user to make it a secure connection.

Mini Friday

This app has a virtual world where the user can create a 3D avatar and interact with hundreds of thousands of people around the globe.

Whats your opinion on these apps? Have any of the apps given top class performance on your N96?

Nokia N96 Sports tracker and step counter

Ahmed Chhaya — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:58:30 +0000

Sometimes when you want to loose weight, you forget to keep count on the calories lost. The Sports tracker and step counter can work with almost any Nokia with access to internet.

Here are the two applications that will help you keep track of the number of calories you burnt today, or the number of steps you walked.

The Nokia Step Counter not only counts your steps, it also estimates the distance you have covered and your energy loss. You can even compare your activity levels on different days by looking up the summaries stored in a handy diary, really

Nokia Sports Tracker is a GPS-based activity tracker that runs on Nokia smartphones. Whenever you train, information such as your speed, distance, and time are automatically stored to your training diary. In addition, you are now able to store, share, and compare your workouts with friends at the new Sports Tracker Beta web service at sportstracker.nokia.com.

The Nokia Sports tracker and Step Counter was announced officially closed on the 30th June, 2010 but theirs good news to, it was later announced this year that 3 people from the team behind Nokia Sports Tracker have agreed to establish the development, now to be called Sports Tracker. The new company, Sports Tracking Technologies Ltd have announced plans to develop the software to be used on non Nokia mobiles.

From August 2010 the mobile software has been developed to record your workouts and the website is open to register, upload and share your workouts.

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Nokia N96 App Review – Nimbuzz

Czar — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:58:34 +0000

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

Patrick Campbell — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:53:57 +0000

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.

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Nokia N96 App Review- Easy Reject

Patrick Campbell — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:43:30 +0000

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

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Nokia N96 App Review – Data Quota

Patrick Campbell — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:01:51 +0000

Name: Data Quota

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.

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To download Data Quota go here

Nokia N96 App Review – Smart Money Basics

Patrick Campbell — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:59:13 +0000

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.

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Nokia N96 App Review – UCPlayer

Patrick Campbell — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:45:49 +0000

Name: UCPlayer

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.

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Nokia N96 Game Review – Street Cricket

Patrick Campbell — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:51:25 +0000

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.

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