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 – My Ringtone

Name: My Ringtone(1.21),

Description: Mobile Mp3/Ringtone editor,

Summary: There is a few mp3 editor applications and even thought you only need one the problem I found was that many of them didn’t work on my Nokia N96. My Ringtone isn’t the first one that worked but it was the first one that worked the way I wanted it to. My Ringtone does exactly what you want an mp3 editor to do, find a song, listen to it, edit it and then save. What is good about My Ringtone is that all the buttons need to edit the mp3 and the split timers really help find the exact place to trim. Visually My Ringtone is quite good it has 5 different themes and a nice visualiser, which I know is pointless for an application that your only going to use one or twice a month but the default theme is really ugly.

Overview: Its my dream that one day nokia will incorporate this in there own operating system as like a slider that adjusts the start point because its something so basic but no one really want their ring tone to start from start. My Ringtone does all that you could want but there is a problem and that is that it’s not free. Its not that expensive only $5 but if that’s too much there is an older version(1.08) that’s free. There is a trial for the latest version which I suggest you try it. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – Gravity

Name: Gravity

Description: Native Twitter Client

Summary: Twitter has over a million users so a native client for the Nokia N96 is a good idea, Gravity is just one client but its said to be one of the better ones. Gravity has a very simple interface but it has one thing that I found that you’ll really Miss in other applications is it’s ability to go into a full screen mode leaving your display very clear. You will also find that the client updates very frequently and has nearly every available option that’s on any desktop client. It can also support multiple accounts so its quite versatile. Gravity is highly recommended by most users so you should see how easy to use it is.

Overview: I don’t use twitter at all so I’m probably the worst person to review gravity but I gave it a go. Using gravity seemed very quick and responsive and had a great feed direct from the supplier offering the latest beta versions and any bit of news available. Gravity as far as I can tell is a must have for any hardcore twitter user, the problem I note is that it costs $9.95 so check out the trail before you buy. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – Salling Clicker

Name: Salling Clicker

Description: Remote Control software

Summary: There has been many diferent software that aim to connect and control your computer with your nokia n96. Not all the software I tested worked well or even at all but this worked like a charm with simple installation and configuration. The greatest thing about this software over others is that this can use both wifi and blue-tooth and both work with minimal delay. Salling Clicker is award wining software from salling and its quite easy to see why it won, the controls are very simple and can control anything from volume to the media player and even the mouse. So whether you are just wanting something to control your music or if you are displaying a presentation over a projector and you want go to the next frame without going to your pc then this application is the best one, in my opinion.

Overview: Best remote control for your phone and with most applications of this type tend to have have lots more trouble connecting  to the pc but this worked nice a and quickly. All this greatness comes at a cost of $23.95 but dose come with a free trail that limits the amount of button presses down to 30 and when that’s up the application restarts. To install this application on your phone you have to first install an application on your PC and from there it will give you a step by step guide to how set up and where you can get the .SIS file. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – TextQuick

Name: Text Quick

Description: Sms tool,

Summary: We all want to think that our n96 is the best phone out there, but its hard to ignore if other phones have some applications or features that our n96 doesn’t have. One of these features is that your n96 has no prejudiced over what number you text which is really annoying because it is so obvious that if you text a number frequently then you what it on the top of the list, but nokia just don’t get that. Thankfully the people at mind-Flip have come up with application to do just this, it will count your messages from each person you have received and will then put the contacts in order of popularity. You can also chose to call the people so its more of just a sorting tool rather than dedicated to sms, when you done with Text Quick you can set the options so that it closes after use.

Overview: I was bitterly disappointed with this application mainly because its an application I really wanted just an extension to the nokia sms service but other than that it also counts your messages so if some one texts you more than you text them their number will still come up first. Still Text Quick is a handy application for heavy texter but only the heavy texter it will just annoy anyone else. Here’s another reason to avoid this application and that’s because it cost $9.99. In all fairness anyone who uses the same number a few times a day will love this application its just not for everyone but if it sounds interesting there is a 30 day trial. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – Slide Screensaver

Name: Slide Screensaver

Description: Custom screen saver

Summary: With the Nokia N96 and in fact most N series have so many multimedia abilities and one of the biggest is pictures and images. After taking a few photos of friends, parties, pets and scenery they are just stored in your phone waiting to be viewed. Slide Screensaver lets you use any picture on your phone as a screen saver but instead of ust one picture you can have as many as you like. The application also has various effects and transitions with an adjustable intermissions from 2-60 seconds. You can also randomize all your pictures and set the display between landscape and portrait.

Overview: I can see why  Slide Screensaver is popular, I like look at photos every now and again and how many times have you looked at your phone and just seen a blank screen this application will every so often show you a picture that brings back a memory so it could be quite enjoyable. The only hesitation I have with this is that I think that this will kill your battery but it mite not be that bad, give it ago because its free and what just what we like.

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Nokia N96 N-Gage review – Bounce

Name: Bounce – Bounce Boing Voyage

Genre: Adventure/Action

Summary: For anyone who have been using nokia phones for a while will have played a version or two of Bounce. I always liked it and in the days after “snake” this was my number one game, it was hard and competitive and that why it was so additive. With this latest version for the n-gage I was hoping that this version will be better or at least as addictive as the previous Bounce. Happily the game doesn’t disappoint with very easy controls and an interesting story line and it works well on the Nokia N96, the thing is that they have put a lot of depth in the game and while its all impressive I can see it getting to complicated. The story is about you as a ball who in the later levels can change into different forms and there is a big floating cube who is messing up your world so its your job to stop him.

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