Black is Back

Posted by anas on Aug 30, 2008 in Mobile Phones | 0 comments How dearly I missed this black gem of mine which succumbed to the desert heat of Abu Dhabi some two months ago. The feeling of envy whenever I saw the same piece in someone else’s hand (and the feeling to grab it by force!) is now placated for sure. The good guys at Nokia have replaced my faulty N95 8GB with a brand new one In this interim period, I used an N95 (borrowed from my dad)...
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First Post Using N95

Posted by anas on Jun 18, 2008 in Geek Speak | 0 comments This turned out to be much easier than i thought. I tried the Nokia Lifeblog client earlier, which I managed to configure after some effort, but it’s limitations instantly turned me off. I’ll post a review on the available methods for mobile blogging in a couple of days. For now, I hope this post goes through to appear on my blog
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N95 Goes in ICU !!

Posted by anas on Jun 4, 2008 in Mobile Phones | 6 comments Just when I was blabbering about the lack of temperature sensor in cell phones, my N95 8gb succumbed to extreme heat, high humidity and started malfunctioning. The handheld device began to restart abruptly and most of the keys were performing all other functions than those which they were supposed to perform. Basically, it got screwed up. Ironically, while riding outside earlier in the day I,...
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Automatic Screen Rotation on N95 8gb

Posted by anas on Apr 20, 2008 in Mobile Phones | 0 comments With the release of the latest firmware (v20.0.016), the good guys at Nokia have officially added the Automatic Screen Rotation (ASR) feature to N95 8gb phone. It is located in Tools->Settings->Personalisation->Display->Rotate Screen. This feature uses the built-in accelerometer on the phone, which Samir used earlier in his software RotateMe for the same functionality. The update is...
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N95 Accelerometer Applications

Posted by anas on Jan 2, 2008 in Mobile Phones | 8 comments An accelerometer is a device used to measure the vibration or acceleration of a structure. It is a micro elctro-mechanical system device available in a wide variety of ranges. For more information about it, refer to Wikipedia’s article on accelerometer. Recently, it has been used in sports watches, Nintendo Wii and more famously (and pertinent here) in Apple’s iPhone. People have been...
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