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How-To: Get MP3 Album Art on Your Nokia N95 (or S60 phone)

I've been wrangling with the N95 Music Player application for the better part of a night, trying to get album art, or those little JPEG files that you can embed into an MP3 file's ID3 tags, working with a foolproof method. Whether you're copying MP3 files to your device for the first time, or just making some sense out of the Music Player's screwy-ness when updating, this mini-tutorial should clear up any problems.

The definitive guide to bringing the album art to your N95 or S60 or Nseries device.

MAIE: Most Annoying Icon Ever

Permalink | Comments (2) | November 12, 2007

Nokia Phone Tips and Tricks

How-To: Speed Up Your Nokia N95 or S60 Phone

Let's face it: Symbian ain't exactly the fastest OS in existence. In fact, it can get pretty damn slow. So, direct from the Nokia Phone Blog, are some handy tips to fine-tune your Nokia N95 (or any other S60 phone) for speed without going completely insane.

Learn some fascinating new methods to speed up your Nokia S60 phone.

Permalink | Comments (2) | October 15, 2007

Nokia Phone Tips and Tricks

How-To: YouTubing on the N95 with Nokia Video Center

Watching YouTube videos on the N95 is a snap with the Nokia Video Center application. Inside: a quick 6-step tutorial and introduction to getting video services set up on your phone.

Getting YouTube installed on your N95 via the Nokia Video Center.

Permalink | Comments (0) | October 7, 2007

Nokia Phone Accessories

How-To: Replace Those Nokia N95 Covers

So, you bought a shiny new Nokia N95 and neglected to notice that, after opening up the box, the actual handset is the Sand version and quite possibly one of the ugliest colors to ever grace such a stunning phone. Now what?

Replace your N95 covers - for a price.

Permalink | Comments (0) | July 7, 2007

Nokia Phone Tips and Tricks

How-To: Beware of the Fake "Nokla N95" Phone

As if buying cell phones on ebay wasn't annoying enough already, with a bajillion things that you should know, it's about to get a lot worse - at least if you're thinking of purchasing a Nokia N95 phone.

Learn how to spot the fake Nokia N95 in this How-To.

Permalink | Comments (126) | May 30, 2007

Nokia Phone Deals

How-To: Buy a phone off eBay for the lowest price

It's a well-known fact that shopping on eBay will (almost always) give you the cheapest/market price for mobile phones.

So here's my list of handy tips that'll help you score any mobile phone - whether it's a Nokia or anything else - for cheaper than what everyone else is paying, not to mention some helpful hints when dealing on the 'bay.

How to buy a phone off ebay, the Nokia Phone Blog way!

Permalink | Comments (0) | May 27, 2007

Nokia Phone Tips and Tricks

How-To: Firmware Upgrade Your Nokia N80 to N80ie

(updated 5/10/07)

It took me a good long time getting the firmware update on my stock Nokia N80 phone. Hopefully this will help those poor, pitiful people who are having trouble getting up to speed to the N80 Internet Edition.

This tutorial should also apply to other Nseries phones such as the N93 but I have not tested the method on these devices so try them at your own risk!

Here's the short version of the steps:

1) Install NSS
2) Change Product Code on Phone
3) Backup
4) Install NSU
5) Update Firmware

More in the long entry. And I mean REALLY long.

Permalink | Comments (52) | April 15, 2007

Nokia Phone Tips and Tricks

Nokia N80 Firmware Update to N80ie

See the official Nokia Phone Blog N80 to N80ie firmware update article here!

My Nokia N80 has been doing some wacky things lately (random reboots, slow image/video loading, out of memory errors, etc) so I decided to do some research on some firmware upgrades.

Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0) | January 3, 2007

Nokia Phone Tips and Tricks

How-To: Using Your Nokia Phone as a Modem

Originally this was supposed to be a new phone preview, but alas - there are no new phones (other than that rumored e62i which I do have to write about soon, more about that at a later time). So instead I'm going to write up a quick how-to on getting your Nokia phone set up to connect to your laptop.

Tether your phone to your laptop. Not a ball!

Learn to tether your phone to your laptop.

Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0) | November 21, 2006

Nokia Phone Tips and Tricks

How-To: Videos and Movies on Your Nokia Cell Phone

Nokia Cell Phone Videos and Movies: A Short Guide Using SmartMovie

Today's how-to: how to get divx/avi/movie file onto your Nokia cell phone! Symbian OS required.

The first (and only) program you'll need is called SmartMovie. Designed by Lonely Cat Games, SmartMovie doesn't have much of an equal for the smartphone video market...

Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) | May 2, 2006

Nokia Phone Tips and Tricks

How-To: Unlocking the Nokia 6030 Phone via DCT4 Calculator

Here's a handy dandy set of instructions on how to unlock that Nokia 6030 phone you have lying around.

We'll be using the NokiaFREE Unlock Codes Calculator program for the unlock.

Permalink | Comments (64) | TrackBacks (0) | April 19, 2006

Nokia Phone Tips and Tricks

How-To: Super Nintendo/Nintendo/Genesis Games On Your Nokia Phone

If you've been craving the obsolete games of yesteryear, you'll be happy to learn that there are several programs that let you play old console games on your Nokia cell phone (called emulators). Actually, you can run these programs on most Symbian phones, but compatibility is always an issue with non-Nokias.

So here's a little breakdown of the emulator scene...

Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) | April 13, 2006