Alessandro Pace's Forum Nokia Blog

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic firmware 40.0.001 on its way?!

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:38:36 +0200

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic firmware 40.0.001 is almost here according to these pictures on Smartphone Area

Both pictures are from Smartphone Area

Alessandro

eSeminar: Flash Mobile development opportunities on different platforms and new tools

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:55:23 +0200

The Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group is holding an eSeminar on Friday 13th November at 12 PM EST.

Mark Doherty from Adobe will share some information about Flash Mobile development.

Here more information and here is the eSeminar link to beused on November 13th:

eSeminar link: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/flashmobile/

Please join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Device User Group to participate to the eSeminar and be part of the User Group. When you apply tell us something about yourself.

Alessandro

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic firmware v31.0.101 update

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:32:37 +0300

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic firmware v31.0.101 update is available via NSU.

Alessandro

Flash Lite AppStore Kero Mobile, City Twitts applications

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:02:49 +0300

Biskero the Flash Lite App Store Kero Mobile (download on your phone from www.biskero.mobi) has a new set of applications in the Kero Mobile CityInfo service:

These applications allows you to read what people are saying on Twitter for specific cities. More cities will be added in the coming weeks.

Read more about Kero Mobile from Biskero's blog.

You can join Kero Mobile social communities to get the latest news:

Alessandro

Nokia N900 running Flash 10.1 for mobile

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:29:09 +0300

During the Adobe MAX 2009 keynote, the Adobe CTO showed the Nokia N900 running Flash 10.1 for mobile in the browser.

Flash 10.1 is the new runtime from Adobe for mobile devices. This new runtime will be used by Nokia on other devices in the first half of 2010. Hopefully there will be a standalone version.

Alessandro

Nokia 5530 XpressMusic firmware v11.0.054 update

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:51:04 +0300

Via NokiaAddict, the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic firmware v11.0.054 is available.

Alessandro

Firmwares available for Nokia N96, Nokia E71, Nokia E66, Nokia E63

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:39:38 +0300

There are new firmwares for the following Nokia phones:

Nokia N96 firmware 30.033
Nokia E71 firmware 300.21.012
Nokia E66 firmware 300.21.012
Nokia E63 firmware 200.21.012

Alessandro

Forum Nokia: Flash Lite Components 2.0

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:54:28 +0300

Forum Nokia posted a set of Flash Lite Compontents 2.0.

“This updated resource file includes ten Flash Lite components; Button component, Calendar component, Checkbox component, Contacts component, List component, Media data component, Messaging component, Pop-up component, Radiobutton component, and Scrollbar component. Calendar, Checkbox, Messaging, and Radiobutton components are new in Flash Lite Components v2.0. The components can be used to develop applications to devices supporting Flash Lite 2.0 (and above). The developing environment requirements are Adobe Flash CS3 or CS4. The resource is closely related to Guide to Flash Lite Components. Please give feedback on the components through the Flash Lite Discussion Board.”

Alessandro

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic firmware v31.2.008 available

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:04:54 +0300

There is a new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic firmware v31.2.008.

It is available via NSU.

Alessandro

Nokia N97 firmware v20.x.x available in October

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:59:03 +0300

Via TheNokiaBlog.com, there is a Nokia N97 firmware v20.x.x on the way and will be available sometime in October.

Alessandro

Nokia N85 firmware v30.019 available

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:48:17 +0300

Nokia N85 firmware v30.019 available for update.

"This software release comes with improvements in USB charging and new features that help you stay in touch with your friends. Contacts include Ovi features that allow you to locate your friends and receive updates on what they are doing. You can also chat with your friends and share your favorite places with them. To get this software through your device, type in *#0000# on the home screen or go to Device Manager. Select Options > Check for updates and follow the on screen prompts."

Alessandro

Nokia N97 firmware v12.2.024 is available

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:03:22 +0300

Via Symbian-Guru, the Nokia N97 firmware v12.2.024 is available via NSU.

Alessandro

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic firmware v 30.0.011 includes Flash Lite 3.1

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:00:19 +0300

There is a new firmware for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, v 30.0.011 which includes Flash Lite 3.1.

Here the information from WURFL. The UA looks like this:

Mozilla/5.0 (SymbianOS/9.4; U; Series60/5.0 Nokia5800d-1/30.0.011; Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 ) AppleWebKit/413 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/413

The is also another UA for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic:

Mozilla/5.0 (SymbianOS/9.4; U; Series60/5.0 Nokia5800d-1b/30.2.011; Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 ) AppleWebKit/413 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/413

If anyone has information on this about Flash Lite please let me know so that we can update the information into WURFL.

Alessandro

Kero Mobile released for Nokia N97 and Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:43:06 +0300

Finally the Kero Mobile version for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia N97 was released. Download it directly to your phone from www.biskero.mobi.

Kero Mobile gives access to Apps, Games, Videos, Music, News, City Information, Blogs, Sport News, RSS feeds, Social Networking and more. You can browse, view, play and download content. You can manage your content, search for content, share with friends, give feedback on content and suggest content to developer.

Once you install Kero Mobile on your phone, you will have access to some content by default. To add more content you will need to create an account. It is very simple, here are the steps:

go to SETTINGS
load the Account application
select CREATE ACCOUNT
enter the required information and submit

Here a set of information to help you use Kero Mobile:

You can download it directly to your phone from www.biskero.mobi.

We already ported most of the content and we will add more content for all supported Nokia phones in the coming weeks.

Alessandro

Flash Lite Applications: Kero Mobile and KiTwitts, major development differences!

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:51:50 +0300

Just wanted to share some Flash Lite projects: Kero Mobile and KiTwitts

Here some consideration. Kero Mobile supports more then 45 Nokia S60 devices with Flash Lite 3.0 and Flash Lite 2.0. The difference to make it work on both versions was just a re-publishing (re-compiling) for the different Flash Lite version, nothing more. KiTwitts supports all Nokia S60 devices with Flash Lite 3.0 and Flash Lite 2.0 and it is developed for 3 different screen resolutions so I have created 3 different versions. I could create only one version and have the application adapting to the screen sizes. I would need to re-publishing (re-compiling) since the application supports both Flash Lite versions. I decided to create 3 versions since the application is very simple and it did not take much time. There were also some consideration for the touch version for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic/N97 to take into account. In any case there are some major differences between the two applications. Kero Mobile is an application/platform and have a lot of planning, designing and developing behind while KiTwitts is a standalone application which took few hours to create and couple hours to do the porting to touch devices.

Another key parts of these application is the use of mobile advertizing withing the application itself based on keywords, device and location. I think is the first time is been used in Flash Lite. It's going to be interesting to see the statistics in some time.

You can download Kero Mobile directly to your phone from www.biskero.mobi

KiTwitts allows your to search for twitts on Twitter using keywords.

KiTwitts is available for download from GetJar for Nokia S60 3rd Edition, E71/E63 and Nokia 5800 XpressMusic/N97.

Alessandro