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Full youtube app for S60 phones

kumar — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:34:53 +0000

Wow! Software developer Samir has just released a Beta version of full youtube player. Although this is in beta, it really shows us a glimpse of things to come. Download the youtube player YTPlayer.

Please note that you will need to install Adobe flash lite player 3. This version of flash lite is also only a developer edition and is not intended as replacement for the current flash player provided with the phone.

The file is in .swf format and it should be run from with in Adobe flash lite 3 and make sure you copy the file to either c:/data/others or e:/others.

Please consider making donation for Samir, visit for more information about Samir.

New Gold theme from Pizero

kumar — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:42:45 +0000

I am a big fan of pizero’s theme for S60 phones and new one is just out. It’s called “New Gold” theme and looks cool. Its similar to the original Gold theme with some changes.

If you like the theme get the theme from pizero.net.

Nice Theme for Nokia S60 by Taieb

kumar — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:01:46 +0000

There is a nice theme available for Nokia S60 Phones. The theme is called “Bronze Cubic”. It is a dark colored theme and suits the N95 quite well. The screenshot is from N95 V20 firmware. By the way you can see multitasking in all its glory in one of the screenshots :).

Download the theme.

iTablet coming this January?

kumar — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:30:59 +0000

LOOPRumors is reporting that a new iTablet is on the work and might be unveiled on January 2008. According to them, the new device will run a customized version of Mac OS X Leopard. The device is not meant as a replacement for the MacBooks but rather to complement them.

They are also reporting that this device might use Mini dvd drive instead of a regular drive which actually doesn’t sound likely to me. I believe this device should be able to support regular dvd drive if its coming out. No point going backwards.For more information regarding this rumor visit LOOPRumors.

Official: Google’s quest for 700MHz is so on

kumar — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:47:26 +0000

Hear that America? That’s the sound of the hammer dropping on our beloved cartel of carriers.

Google’s bid for the 700MHz “C Block” is on. Eric Schmidt, Google Chairman and CEO, says the following: “We believe it’s important to put our money where our principles are. Consumers deserve more competition and innovation than they have in today’s…”

Nokia N95 firmware v20 now out

kumar — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:34:58 +0000

The latest firmware for Nokia N95 is now available through nokia software updater. This version of firmware includes among other things demand paging, which means 30MB of free ram after booting! This feature is enough to not resist the update. It means no more irritating “out of memory error”.Few of the improvements with the new firmware is:

Search 4.0 integration on standby screen.
Demand paging (for ROM applications) with 30 plus MB free RAM after booting.
N-Gage game previews (FIFA, Asphalt) and portal/shortcut to upcoming N-Gage client, as in N81 and N95 8GB
Nokia Music Store client, although the store server hasn’t been updated to handle the N95 yet - maybe this’ll happen later today
New camera software and tweaks from the 8GB model - FAR faster shot to shot time, with ‘Processing image message’ during any delays

Carbon theme by pizero for nokia s60 3rd edition phones

kumar — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:18:32 +0000

Pizero has just released a new theme for Symbian S60 3rd edition phones. The theme is called Carbon and it is basically a black colored theme. The theme actually looks quite neat. You can download it from Pizero.

A quick look at how the theme looks like.

10 things a freelancer web designer shouldn’t do

kumar — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:31:01 +0000

There is an article about 10 things a freelancer web designer should say no to. Although I don’t agree with everything in the list, most of them do make sense.

Get a hold of the list at wakeuplater.com.

6 Unique Web Communities That You Won’t Forget

kumar — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:02:36 +0000

You may be well familiar with big sites like Youtube, Digg, Wikipedia, and StumbleUpon. They are big, famous and 100% user-powered websites. However, what about the smaller ones, focused on a single aspect and still able to attract a huge user base. So here you go, six really cool and fast growing communy-powered websites that you should definitely see.

Have a look at the list below.

1. Instructables

2. Scribd

3. eHow / wikiHow

4. Sidereel

5. 43things

6. UrbanDictionary

More at Makesuse.com.

Audio in on the iPod touch now working

kumar — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:37:47 +0000

TUAW’s own Erica Sadun reports on the effort to get the audio-in working on iPod touch. Will we be able to create voice memo on iPod touch or make VOIP calls using the iPod touch?

For more information go to the original story at TUAW.