Domi Hugo has updated teh every popular FEXplorer File Manager utility to version 1.12. Probably the most useful addition is being able to navigate directly the files in the Messaging Inbox.
BiTween have just released FileXchange for the Nokia 9300 and 9500 Communicator. FileXchange is a utility that allows you to remotely control your PC and exchange data between the PC and your Communicator via GPRS, WLAN, Bluetooth, and Infrared. And vice versa, it also allows you to access the Communicator's internal file system from your PC.
The folks at SymbianWare have just released PowerDesk for the Nokia 9300 and 9500 Communicator. PowerDesk replaces and adds a variety of new functionality and customisability to the default Desk application in Series 80. It also comes with an improved task manager, adds a Today View application, and much more...
Actually no, it's just a very good photoshop, but given Nokia's product cycles, it's a a fair chance that there'll be a new N-Gage model at some point in 2005. So have a look at the pictures here and ask yourself if adding a 1.3 mega pixel camera, and a landscape sized screen (which means using the latest version of Serries 60) is something Nokia would do with the N-gage?
The latest Canalys figures reveal that Nokia shipped almost 5 million smartphones in Q4 2004. Symbian OS now accounts for 53% of the mobile device market (up from 50% last quarter) thanks to sales from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Fujitsu, Motorola, Siemens, Sendo, Panasonic and Benq. The full year numbers can be see in this WSJ article.
With a big thanks to Switchblade and a number of others on our Forums, we're happy to present an in-depth guide into getting new skins and colour themes onto your Nokia 9500 or Nokia 9300. Let Switchblade take you through adding The Matrix on your phone...
Vampnet have announced the availability of vSun, a SNES emulator for Series 60. The emualtor features sound, load/save functions, key mapping and support for zip files. It runs best on a 6630 thanks to its faster processor, but runs at roughly 10 fps on the N-Gage (depending on the game). You can find some public domain ROM's here.
The popular Psion application, RMRUtils, has been ported to UIQ.It provides a fully featured calculator, but also quick and easy conversion between all common and (many, many less common) unit values, such as area, length, energy, speed and volume units, temperature scales, number formats. The program can also calculate dates, journey times, VAT and can suggest lottery numbers. Finally it offers information tables such as ASCII codes, International Paper sizes, International Clothing Sizes and Roman Numerals. The free OPL Runtime is required.
Part of Nokia's Financial Results for 2004 included numbers on the sale of the N-Gage and N-Gage QD - 1.3 million units to the end of Dec 2004. Given Nokia launched the device in October 2003, that works out to an average of around 92,000 units a month. Nokia have been reluctant to give out any more figures on intermediate sales, so it's hard to place an exact number per month, or if the QD really did shake up the market, but let's have a look and compare those numbers.
In their end of year report Nokia has said they've regained the market share lost during 2004. They are now back above the 30% mark, which is twice the share of their nearest competitor Motorola. Profits were slightly down (perhaps because of recent price cuts) but sales set records over the Christmas period hence the rise in market share. In the report on their multimedia division it says "Nokia had cumulatively sold 1.3 million N-Gage devices", the first official statement since their "1 million" announcement in September. It's slightly less than the 1.5 million mentioned by Vir2L, but still shows the QD outselling the original model very quickly. On a side note, N-gage QDs are now on the market in China.
Nokia have published their Q4 results (and summary for the year) and it includes some interesting numbers and a summary of what has happened. Nokia had 32% market share for the year, 34% for the last quarter and increased sales, although operating profit is down by around 200,000 Euros The Nokia 9500, and 7710 well received, and their key N-Gage titles are now available.
