Mobile Phones

Now that you have PuTTY installed on your Nokia N95, it’s time to add additional fonts. The default font works fine for me, but others may want something a little larger or smaller. …

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The built in text viewer on the N95 works fine for viewing text files but recently I have wanted to be able to edit rather than just view them. Copying a file to my laptop, editing it, then copying it back to the phone seemed silly to me so I stated Googling and came across DEdit. I expected something similar to Windows Notepad but I was pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong. DEdit is a far better text editor than Notepad! Juriy Bakunin was definitely thinking when he wrote this one! …

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So far I really like my N95. However, I have found at least one shortcoming. The calculator it comes with is terrible! See for yourself: …

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If you like watching movies, you can take them with you and watch them on your N95. One easy way to do it is to convert your movies to a format that DivX Mobile will play. In this tutorial I use mencoder on Linux to convert a movie to XviD. XviD is an open source MPEG-4 video codec. The DivX player plays XviD files very well. I will also provide links to the Windows and Mac DivX Mobile bundles which include a special version of the DivX Converter for Mobile. …

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This brief tutorial will guide you through the steps required to take screenshots using your Nokia N95. …

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I just came across another neat application on my N95. You can use the built in camera to scan barcodes, also called QR Codes. Nokia provides their code reader free of charge, built right into your N95!. Keep reading for a full overview on how to read the barcodes with your phone, and create your own. …

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I’m going to focus on installing applications on your N95 after first downloading the installation files to your PC and transferring them to your phone via USB. Installing applications by downloading them directly to your phone over the air is so trivially easy, it’s almost automatic. …

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UPS finally delivered my new Nokia N95 8GB yesterday. In anticipation of its arrival, I had spent the past week researching all the cool things one can do with these phones. It seems like the powers that be don’t want you installing software on your N95 unless its been signed. Unfortunately becoming an accredited Symbian Developer involves more hassle and expense than it’s worth for the average Joe who just wants to try coding cool applications for Symbian based phones. Luckily I have found a way to install unsigned applications on my N95. The following tutorial will guide you through doing just that. …

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