Photos: Unloading A Container Ship At Port of Los Angeles

I'm on break right now at the port of los angeles posting this from my nokia n82. Check out the longshoremen working on there massive container ships discharging goods from china. I wonder if any of there containers are full of black n82s?

S60 Freeware: Step Counter (beta). Discovery: I Don't Walk Enough

Today Nokia Beta Labs has released Step Counter which does just that. Every step you take while this application is running is recorded. I decided to give this new S60 application today while at work and made a sad discovery. I sit on my ass all day.

According to Step Counter I walked for 10 minutes and took a measly 1,242 steps which added up to 0.6 miles. This was in a 8 hour span! Needless to say I sit in front of a computer all day. At first I thought maybe the application wasn't recording my steps properly, so I gave it a test. Took 20 steps and sure enough the application recorded 20 steps. As you can see in the screenshot steps are not the only thing recorded. Energy (calories burned), distance, and step time are tracked. The step time only starts when you walk and the time stops when you stop.

Step Counter keeps track of your daily stats in a diary which can be viewed as a calendar. Just like the N82's calendar you can move around to a certain day and the stats are displayed. You can also track your progress with trend charts that are automatically created. This application is extremely light so you can keep it open all day and not have to worry about it.

So if your interested in exercise or just want to see how much you walk, give Step Counter a try. Click here to download.

Nokia Maps 2.0 beta Updated, Almost Final

For those who use Nokia Maps alot the 2.0 beta version has been updated to fix bugs and apparently a few new features have been added. I personally never use Nokia Maps so I don't know much about this release. I'm a huge fan of Google Maps instead. More details should come soon. Keep in mind its still in testing mode but is stable. According to the developers it's almost ready for the final version.

If your interested click here to download the latest version and be sure to report any bugs you may find so they can work them out before the final release.

Overview
Nokia Maps is taking maps and navigation experiences to the next level and introducing Walk - pedestrian navigation, in addition to Drive - world class car navigation, multimedia city guides, satellite maps and other innovative features. With free maps of more than 150 countries, over 15 million points-of-interest, the world is in your pocket. Don't get lost or choose to get lost in the right places to explore, and let Nokia Maps show you the way.

Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta comes with compatible Nokia Map Loader, also available for download from this site. With Nokia Map Loader you can get the newest map data, which is required by some Nokia Maps 2.0 features such as Walk navigation.

Finally Get Control Of Your WLAN & Data Connections

Why this functionality isn't built into the Nokia N82 and all Wifi and WLAN enabled phones? I don't know. Have you ever wished that you can have your phone connect to your known WLAN hotspots before you carriers 3g or GPRS connection? You would save lots of money in data costs and get a faster connection.

With Psiloc's Connect application your N82 will now attempt to connect to WLAN before anything else when using any application that needs internet data. The process is done in the background so you don't even really notice it's going on.Thanks to Ricky from Symbian Guru bringing this to my attention, where he links to an great article by Zach from Symbian In Motion where you can find screenshots and a review of this new application.

For only $15.77 Psiloc Connect is worth the price. There is a free trial so you can try it out and see if you think it's worth it. Keep in mind it will look for access points that you have already connected to, it doesn't search for new access points. This may be a feature that will be implemented in the future. Remember this is the first version and there will be updates available hopefully often.

I personally haven't got much use out of this application yet since I am not in areas with many access points, so if you have any technical questions you can head over and ask Zach at Symbian In Motion.

Would you find this application useful? Do you find yourself sometimes use your data connection because your just too lazy too search for a WLAN or maybe just forget?

Got My Hands On The N82 Black - Initial Thoughts

Well I finally got to see a Nokia N82 black in real life. Having it in my hand looks just as good if not better than all the pictures posted. All the buttons feel a lot more solid, but maybe it's just because the phone is brand new. Thanks to WOM World for hooking me up with the phone for a few weeks so I can share it here with you guys. I have now decided that I eventually need to get one of these. I like it way better than the titanium color, even though the black is more prone to fingerprints. Right when I pulled the phone out of the box I realized that it was covered in my fingerprints almost instantly. You really need to keep one of those soft clothes nearby. The black color just looks a lot better especially for a guy. Plus I've always enjoyed having black phones better than any other color.

Anyways, here are a handful of pictures I've taken of the N82 black version. I know you've already seen plenty so I didn't got overboard. Just basic closeups and different angles.

note: the slideshow is in flash and may not be viewable from some rss readers. full the full website if you can't see anything.

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

One thing I would've asked for is a more matted surface instead of glossy and shiny. Like I said before the black is more prone to fingerprints, and I think this could've been helped by having less shine.

If you have any questions please leave them in the comments below. I'll have a more in depth review over at Symbian-Addict where I do all of my phone reviews.

Wednesday Themesday Comes Early: Wheels & Music S60 Themes

I know I've been super late on posting themes every Wednesday for the past few weeks. This week I decided to post some up a day early for you guys and gals. I've tried out both of this and they look great on the Nokia N82.

Here's the one I currently have on my black N82. It's called Wheels by Gnokkia. Custom icons look great and the theme is clean and easy to read.



I found the theme here although you can go directly to the download here.

Next up is Music by Pizero. This dark red theme with music notes gives a classy look to your phone. Using it on the N82 black looks really good.



Click here to download this free S60 theme.

Hope you enjoyed these themes and stay tuned for next week for more.

P.S. I got the N82 black in the mail today so I'll be posting pictures later.

Get Full HTML Emails On Your Nokia N82

The other day I posted at Symbian Addict about viewing full html emails on S60 powered phones. It's actually quite simple and was right under my nose. This may be obvious to some and helpful to others. Viwing full html emails is done with the built in email application on the N82 and works flawlessly.

You'll see it right below the subject line in your email. Look for "Attachment.html" with a little paperclip next to it. It's where all your normal email attachements are at. Click on it and you'll get the html version of the email opened up in web browser. Simple as that. View the article at Symbian Addict if you want to see screenshots.

I use the email application to connect to my Gmail account. If you haven't already learned how you can click here for the instructions.

Do you find this helpful or have any other methods for viewing email on your N82?

Still Can't Decide Which N82 Color? Here's Photos Of All Three Side By Side

I conducted a poll a few weeks ago about which color variant of the Nokia N82 you prefer. Out of 512 voters - 52% said black, 41% said Titanium and 6% undecided. If your one of the people on the fence about which color you prefer, check out the gallery of N82 black and N82 titanium variants creme, and white. Good find by the guys over at Into Mobile.




Click here to see the rest of the gallery if you'd like.

Thanks to the folks at Wom World I'm going to be getting to use the Nokia N82 black for a few weeks so I can showcase it to all of you and finally make my decision to to purchase or to keep the titanium. If anyone wants any certain angles of the phone I can take a picture and show you here at the blog. More on that next week.

For those that have the N82 black already, are you liking it? How is the build quality?