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Remember Apple pulling down the shutters on its 5000 odd adult themed apps over-night sometime last month? Well, we all know how frivolous Apple can be when it comes to their app screening policies but we are now seeing similar behavior in Nokia’s Ovi store as well. Well not exactly as unpredictable as Apple but taking a leaf out of Apple’s approach of keeping its app repository “clean”, Nokia have banned “Bikini Clock” from their Ovi store.

Nokia never really took a stand against pornography and Bikini clock doesn’t have anything that one wouldn’t see on a public beach. So, the rejection must have been a jolt from the blue for the developers but unlike Apple’s strict control, symbian developers are legally allowed to release their apps via third party stores. So here’s Bikini Clock for you.

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By now you must have got a fair idea of what the app is all about. It just doesn’t bust bikini clad hotties on your 5800s with a tiny little digital clock on the top but what it does is it gives the users the option of dressing and undressing (not complete nudity ofcourse!).

It’s a flash based and were it not for the hot girls in the background, it has little to no practical usage for the clock is far too small to be of any practical usage. But then it has hot girls and the very fact that it was banned from Ovi store, make this worth a try.

Bikini Clock can be downloaded for free from PicoBrothers

Related posts:

1. Review: World Clock Touch for Nokia 5800
2. Ovi Store Updated to v1.05(611)
3. Nokia 5800 Applications Store Integrated on Tube5800

Chances are you haven’t heard of this little app till now, as was the case with us till today. Emoze is an alternative to Nokia Messaging, offering push email and messaging services to Nokia devices. It used to be a paid service till yesterday but they just made it free and honestly it’s a steal.

Emoze supports popular e-mail services of Gmail, Hotmail, ISP email accounts, and support for outlook and OWA corporate email. Further it even supports Nokia messaging. That covers like the complete spectrum of email services atleast for the corporate clients. Now, hit on the read button to learn more about this service and how it fares on our 5800s:

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In case you wanna know the full feature set available on the symbian version of this app, we are listing this official feature list:

Apart from Rich HTML support, and PUSH email, the full version of Emoze also has:

• Configure multiple accounts on a single handset
  • Outlook
  • Gmail
  • Hotmail
  • Facebook messaging
  • Your own home or ISP email account
  • OWA Corporate email
• Manage all your email accounts on the GO
  • Send and receive email
  • Reply, forward and save to drafts
  • Receive, View, Send and Download attachments up to 2MB
• Each email account is identified by its own icon.
• Each email account has its own inbox
• Create folders and save mail from any account to a folder

And here is the changelog of the latest version 2.03.7 with new symbian features included:

1 Push Content –
1.1 All users get Push Content by default with next update
1.2 Push content includes Weather, Breaking News and Sport Updates
1.3 This is in addition to the Football updater.

2 Total HTML support (was not supported for some of the higher end Nokia phones – E97/5800/X6)
2.1 Retain format when using Reply/Forward
2.2 Supports embedded images/tables/rich media text
2.3 Much better user experience, more friendly

3 New Shortcuts – easy to see on menu/easy to use
3.1 In general, the shortcut menus are easier to use as they are right there on the menu
3.2 Just press the number shown:
3.2.1 [1] Reply to sender
3.2.2 [2] Reply all
3.2.3 [3] Forward
3.2.4 [4] View in HTML
3.2.5 [5] Delete
3.2.6 [6]View Attachments]
3.2.7 [9] Change to Read/Unread
3.2.8 [7] Download Images
3.2.9 [*] View message details

4 View menu
4.1 Supports message preview of either in 1 line or 2 lines
4.2 Enables user to hide header fields (To/CC) to increase viewing area on screen of mobile device – both in read and compose message

5 Support for BCC – this one is very important!
5.1 Now can send blind copy
5.1 BCC alert to make user aware that they are BCC (if you are BCC’d and reply to message alerts that you were not in the obvious recipients)

6 Support downloading larger Attachments
6.1 All MS Office documents up to 6MB
6.1 Jpeg and PDF – 4MB – all other – 3MB
6.2 Emoze supports download attachments to phone/memory card

7 Ability to add a contact from email header to native address book directly
7.1 Choose add new contact or update existing
7.1 New contact adds all data, update just changes email address
7.1 Do not synch contacts and calendar
7.2 Ability to respond to calendar invites with accept/decline/tentative and edit

8 Supports Google Contacts and Calendar – supports all fields
8.1 Respond to calendar,(not able to invite or open event description from Google calendar)
8.2 Social Media – (Facebook/Hi5) syncs all friend in a virtual mode (have access to all friends via the mobile device but the names are not stored in the phone’s memory)

9 Text to Speech – emoze supports this feature if it is native on the mobile device

10 Signature – ability to make a customized signature (default is sent by emoze question whether this default is replaced? –YES)

11 Ability to select how the push functionality connects
11.1 Possible to connect either via WiFi (free) or Cellular Network (2g, 3G)
11.1 In supported devices, set up priorities for Access Point letting the mobile device find the best connection given each circumstance, so users can give the Wi-Fi higher priority than 3G connection.

Now that’s quiet an exhaustive feature list and we are definitely impressed.

What we like?

1. It’s FREE
2. Impressive feature list

What we don’t like?

1. Full password is shown as we enter (no attempt to hide the password), exposing the password to onlookers (third screenshot)
2. Bugs with Compose Email window (characters were shown as empty boxes as can be seen in the fourth screenshot)

Verdict

Emoze is a welcome addition to the symbian community with its free push-messaging service. This adds one of the top requested feature of push-email support to symbian devices and since its a free service, a larger community of users can now use this service. Though it has a few bugs (we listed above), we are sure they will be fixed soon and users can enjoy seamless push-messaging service on their 5800s.

Emoze can be downloaded for free from Emoze.com (desktop browser) or m.Emoze.com(mobile browser).

Related posts:

1. Nokia Messaging gets an Update- HTML Support is IN
2. Nokia Messaging With Hotmail Coming on Nokia Tube
3. Download Nokia Messaging (BETA) for Nokia 5800

Overwhelmed would be an understatement to describe what we feel as we announce the results of our latest Tube5800 contest for MyPhone v2.50. We got 421 odd responses for this contest and no kidding this contest beat the previous hotly contested Tube5800 contest, also for MyPhone by more than a handsome margin (over 140 more entries!). Thanks a ton guys. It’s your support which motivates us to bring the best of apps and games here at Tube5800.

As with our previous high response contest, we convinced our friends at MMMOOO to give out 10 more licenses, making it a grand 20 license giveaway for the MyPhone v2.5 contest. In other words, we have doubled your chances of winning a copy of the best selling 5800 app, lest you be worried about the decreased probability of winning from increased number of entries. So hold on your breath and hit the read button to see if you made it to our top 20 list.

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So there you go: A big congratulations for all the winners and a bigger thanks to all the participants.  Winners should have received our email by now and need to reply back to us with their IMEI no.  If you have not received our email, please check your spam folder.

If you didn’t make it to the list, don’t worry we will be bringing more apps and games in our subsequent Tube5800 contests and you can as always get a copy of MyPhone v2.5 from the below links:

Get MyPhone Application Here ($12.99)

Get MyPhone Suite (App+Theme) Here ($14.99)

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2. MyPhone Contest: 20 Winners Announced
3. 10 Lucky Winners for the MyPhone Contest

The Comes With Music Service which opened an all new chapter in the music industry, especially in Europe and Asian markets is all set for a grand change as Nokia hinted at removing the DRM shackles from the tracks downloaded from its online music store.

Rumours of Nokia Music going DRM free first started when Nokia India started mailing out their subscribers late last month, announcing the re-branding of Nokia Music into Ovi Music among other things. This was recently confirmed by  a press statement by Adam Mirabella, director, Global Digital Music Retail, Nokia, who said “We have dialogues going with all of our partners and Digital Rights Management-free (DRM-free) is also on the roadmap for the future integration of ‘Comes With Music’.” More information and the e-mail forwarded by Nokia India after the break.

Nokia India’s e-mail-

As you may know DRM ties down the downloaded tracks to just one PC and one Nokia device, very much to the frustration of users who are deprived of free-will usage of music, despite having purchased the music via legal online channels . With International Data Corporation (IDC), 2008 figures pitching Nokia at the tops spot with a gigantic 50 % market share in the Asia Pacific online music sales; Nokia has made the right decision to go DRM free for their online music store. (For comparison in APAC region, Sony-Ericsson enjoys  5 % market share and Apple’s iTunes has penetrated less than 1% of the market.

So set back and enjoy while the engineers and developers at Nokia toil over to bring DRM free tracks to your 5800s. We are also hoping DRM free versions of all the previously purchased tracks will be available for free from the Ovi Music Store as and when it’s released.

Related posts:

1. Diwali Dhamaka: Get 100 Tracks for Free from Nokia India
2. Whats So Good About Nokia 5800’s ‘Comes with Music’ Service?
3. Orange Brings ‘Comes With Music’ on Nokia 5800 in UK

Heard about the Symbian^3 and wondering if you would ever get it on your 5800? Well, you don’t have to wait for long for Theme Master AJ23 over at AJ23 blog has skimmed some of the visual elements of Symbian^3 as a theme for our 5800s and other symbian 5th and even 3rd edition devices.

While it’s no doubt that the Symbian^3 announcement has taken the mobile industry by a storm with inclusion of some of the most sought-after features, the recent announcement of Symbian^4 has taken the Symbian platform to an all new level. So while the Nokia engineers and hackers break their sweat over coding and porting atleast one of these platforms to our 5800s, let’s enjoy the theme on our 5800s.

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Now that looks appealing, doesn’t it? Well yeah, it doesn’t have the high gloss and design of some of the top themes from Babi or TehkSeven but it does a great job of mimicking the UI or rather the colour scheme of Symbian^3 on the symbian 5th and 3rd edition devices.  Some of the customized icons are well-designed and the designer does deserve a little credit for the icons and the dual-colour QWERTY keyboard.

What we like?

1. Good colour scheme (matches well with the released Symbian^4 UI)
2. Well-designed icons

What we don’t like?

1. Absence of customized icons to some of the popular third-party applications
2. Background not as appealing as the ones in top themes

Verdict

We would rather say that the Symbian^3 theme will be a fad, with some enthusiasts downloading and using the theme for a week or two after the announcement and may be later when the full Symbian^3 platform is released to the market.

Free download link for Symbian^3 Theme

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1. Evo Bold- Another Stunning Theme from TehkSeven
2. Just Black- Superlight Theme for Nokia 5800
3. Nokia 5800 Theme Review: Azenis XM by Dsma

Opera, best known for its light weight browsers on desktop and mobile platforms have recently added another feather in their cap with the release of Opera Mobile 10 beta 3. Yeah, we know it’s still in it’s beta 3, but the inclusion of Flash in this version, makes it all the more exciting in the war of the browsers in the symbian domain.

The last time we covered browsers from Opera, we included both the java based Opera Mini and the stand-alone browser or as AAS puts it “natively coded” Opera Mobile in our review, last year, when the beta 2s were out. More than two months down the line, Opera Mobile has been update to beta 3, while the mini is still in beta 2. Look’s like the Oracle buy out of Sun (developers of Java) is starting to have an impact on java based products! Nevertheless, let’s find out how the beta 3 of Opera Mobile fares on our 5800s, after the break though.

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Our first impression of the latest version of the browser was rather encouraging with noticeably faster loading times and transitions between different tabs. However, we were let down with the flash rendering. We were actually looking forward to smooth flash performance here but all we got was a disappointing “Connecting” hang-screen in the Real Media player when we tried to access YouTube videos.

Our repeated attempts at accessing flash content was a failure and hence we couldn’t really test flash streaming on this version of the browser. If any of you are able to please let us know. We did find out that the WinMo version of the browser does handle flash but rather disappointingly as observed by FavBrowser.com.

In absence of flash, web browsing is rather incomplete and though Opera Mobile 10 has some amazing features like the Opera Link and Download Manager, we would still stick with Skyfire for it’s flash support. But being still in its beta 3, we expect Opera Mobile 10 to grow by leaps and bounds as and when the final version is released.

Till then, do get the feel of the latest mobile browser from Opera by pointing your mobile browser to http://m.opera.com/mobile

UPDATE:
A quick look at the Opera Blog reveals that Flash lite support is experimental and is only released on the WinMo platform as of now. No wonder we kept running all over the place trying to get the YouTube stream on our 5800s.

Related posts:

1. Opera Updates Mini 5 and Mobile 10 to Beta 2
2. Opera Mobile 10 Beta Released for S60, Looks Impressive
3. Opera Releases Opera Mini 5 Beta- Adds Tabbed Browsing

It’s been like a month since our last contest and no we haven’t forgotten about our Tube 5800 tradition. Infact we were waiting for the very best app for 5800 to come out of its hiding, so that we can pass it on to our dear readers via our Tube5800 contest.

So here comes the contest that we have all been waiting for: MyPhone v2.5, the best selling 5800 app, was updated only last week and we wasted no time in pulling this off the shelves of MMMOOO for our dear readers and boy we did get a handful of them. To be specific, ten licenses of MyPhone v2.5 are for grabs and I guess you know the roadway to reach them. Still not sure, where to head, hit on the read button and we will enlighten you.

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In case you missed it, the latest version of MyPhone v2.5 comes with the following features:

1. Fully emulate MyPhone UI in out look, move icons, changes icons
2. Slide to unlock.
3. Calendar list. New!
4. Translation.* New!
5. Archery Game. New!
6. SMS and Call notifier
7. iStyle SMS conversation, you can schedule the SMS with senders list, easily to read or delete SMS. (only for S60 5th os)
8. Set MyPhone start automatically when power on.**
9. Add 3rd part icon by pick through list, no needing self input anymore. (only for S60 5th os) (Java application cannot launched)
10. Memo Deduction embedded.
11. Memo Mosaic embedded.
12. Speed Dial.
13. Sketchpad (only for S60 5th os)
14. Alternative List Mode (only for S60 5th os)
15. Auto-lock (only for S60 5th os)
16. Set lock screen on/off by yourself.
17. Support Landscape mode for iStyle SMS. (N97 & N97 mini only)
18. Worldwide Weather
19. RSS Reader, with seamlessly reading data method
20. Customized wallpapers
21. MMMOOO Premium Service
22. Fully functional, all operations can be done via MyPhone

Now that’s a huge list and in case you are running out of patience to read it out, you may drop by our brief review, which we did earlier this week. Coming to contest now, the rules are simple and go like:

1. Hit on the comment button to register for the contest
2. Contest starts right now and will end on Mar 4th, 05:00 p.m GMT
3. One person- one entry – all IPs and cookies are logged, don’t try to beat the system guys!
4. 10 winners will be chosen by a name shuffler tool
5. Winners will be notified by email and results will be declared here as well

So what are you waiting for? Start commenting now

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Our friends at MMMOOO just can’t help making things better, now can they? Released just prior to the biggest festival in China and elsewhere, the Lunar New Year, the latest version of MyPhone (v2.50) is the best emulator to date for the symbian fifth edition platform.

As you might know by now, MyPhone does more than just mimicking the iPhone interface on your 5800s, with games like Memo Deduction, and now the latest version has added the archery game, which is just perfect to get rid of those boring minutes (or hours) of your daily transit time. As always we are also releasing the Tube5800 edition of MyPhone, which comes with our now familiar iPhone Killer wallpaper, homepage link to our blog and our blog RSS feed in the MyPhone RSS reader. Find out what’s more in store, after the break though.

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Yeah, you spotted right: the Translate tool is the latest addition to the app. With support for 36 languages across Europe, Central Asia and South-East Asia, you would definitely find one handy during your next holiday travel. If you think Transalte tool is cool, think twice for we have saved the best for last: the new calendar list tool, makes it so easy of managing and displaying your schedule, that you wonder why this feature wasn’t included in the earlier versions.

Now, let’s take a sneak at another latest addition- archery game. It’s a decent game with good gameplay options and the chances are you might just get addicted to it, but it’s not in the league of full-fledged games of the likes of Asphalt or The Roach Game, but it’s entertaining nevertheless.

We already told you about the extra features in the Tube5800 edition of MyPhonev2.5, but let’s now walk you through a video demonstration of the same:

In case you are looking for the official changelog, here it is for our readers:

• Add calendar list function, a clear way to read your schedule
• Add translate function.
• Add Archery game, a game for you to kill the time.

Complete Features List:

1. Fully emulate MyPhone UI in out look, move icons, changes icons
2. Slide to unlock.
3. Calendar list. New!
4. Translation.* New!
5. Archery Game. New!
6. SMS and Call notifier
7. iStyle SMS conversation, you can schedule the SMS with senders list, easily to read or delete SMS. (only for S60 5th os)
8. Set MyPhone start automatically when power on.**
9. Add 3rd part icon by pick through list, no needing self input anymore. (only for S60 5th os) (Java application cannot launched)
10. Memo Deduction embedded.
11. Memo Mosaic embedded.
12. Speed Dial.
13. Sketchpad (only for S60 5th os)
14. Alternative List Mode (only for S60 5th os)
15. Auto-lock (only for S60 5th os)
16. Set lock screen on/off by yourself.
17. Support Landscape mode for iStyle SMS. (N97 & N97 mini only)
18. Worldwide Weather
19. RSS Reader, with seamlessly reading data method
20. Customized wallpapers
21. MMMOOO Premium Service
22. Fully functional, all operations can be done via MyPhone
23. You can switch MyPhone UI into S60 UI and the other way round seamlessly.

*Translation function needs network connection. Make sure you have a data plan.
** Auto-start needs special certificate. To enable auto-start, you should email to cs(at)mmmooo.com to apply. They will make it for you in 4 working days.

I guess now you have made up your mind to get a copy of this app or a free trial first.  We won’t waste any of your time, just hit the below links to get a license of MyPhone v2.50.

Get MyPhone Application Here ($12.99)

Get MyPhone Suite (App+Theme) Here ($14.99)

Note for previous buyers: If you have already bought a previous version of MyPhone, you need not buy it again as it comes with lifetime free updates. Just login to your account and download the latest version or you can also install the free trial of latest version and activate it. If you get any trouble, just send a mail to cs(at)mmmooo.com with your IMEI and payment info and they will send you the updated file.

Related posts:

1. Tube5800 Contest: 10 Licenses of MyPhone v2.50
2. MyPhone Tube5800 Edition Updated to v2.20
3. Contest: MyPhone Updated to v2.4, Get 20 Licenses for Free

If you are the ones who scream at the very sight of a cock-roach, then read no further for this game is all about cockroaches. No, the developers are not glorifying this species for the world already knows about their holocaust survival capabilities. Instead what the game let’s you do is squash cockroaches for fun!

Yeah, we are not kidding: the That Roach Game is all about killing cockroaches. If that’s grabbed your attention, let us inform you that this is one of the engaging games we have seen on our Nokia 5800s. Wondering how engaging can smashing cockroaches be? Find out after the break.

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This is a flash based game and a very good one at that, perhaps one of the very best we have seen on our 5800s. The game is based in South Africa but that doesn’t mean the rest of the world is left out of this fun. Infact if you see the top 20 countries in the scores, South Africa doesn’t even figure in the list! That goes on to show how much people around the world are enjoying squashing these roaches.

While just squashing may not sound very engaging, developers have made it all the while more entertaining by adding social networking to the game. Well not exactly social networking like Facebook games but the game statistics which are displayed country-wise as we talked about earlier and the “shout” option add that networking fun to the game.

What we like?

1. Engaging gameplay with increasing difficulty over time
2. Social Networking Twist is fun
3. Provides a wealth of information on roaches and their spread across South African cities

What we don’t like?

1. Perhaps they should add a few other rodents!

Verdict

With the Soccer world cup heading to South-Africa, the municipal authorities may not do much to get rid of the roaches but we can assure you that gamers across the world will definitely give the roaches a tough time, albeit in a virtual world! So do your bit to get rid of the roaches before the World-cup fever catches on with the African nation.

Direct Download Link
OVI Store Download Link

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Skype for the Symbian has finally arrived! Yeah, we know we said that before, but we weren’t sure then as it was available only for networks of 3 in Europe and a  few other destinations in late August last year. But the folks at Skype have set things right with the worldwide release of the symbian version of the popular VoIP client.

We have been recommending Fring and Nimbuzz for Skypeing for quiet a while now. Does the official client from Skype change our opinion? Let’s find out after the break.

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[via AAS]

The first thing that strikes to you when you start using this client, is the enormous loading times each task takes: from signing-in to syncing chat history (which can easily take a minute or two) but what’s satisfying is the diverse feature set which is almost (you will find out later why we say almost here) same as the one we find on the desktop version of the client.

What we like?

1. Diverse feature set
2. Ability to sync with phone contacts for calls via Skype-out credits

What we don’t like?

1. No VIDEO CHAT
2. RAM intensive structure leaves us no options but to kill all the other apps when using Skype

Verdict

The official version of Skype for Symbian is no doubt a promising client but it just falls short of expectations when compared to competing apps like Fring and Nimbuzz. Not only does it lack video calling support but it takes a rather heavy load on RAM, making it virtually impossible to multi-task while Skypeing on your 5800s. So we would still stick with Fring for our VoIP needs as of now, but there is nothing wrong in trying this official Skype client on your 5800s.

Download Symbian version of Skype for free

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