Maniu’s mobile- Nokia N82/S60v3 Best Software

So here is my first hardware tutorial about, in my opinion one of the greatest mobile phones on the market. It comes with WIFI, GPS, 5mpx+xenon and much more. I will try to show you the best software for this phone and the possibilities it gives you!

1. Hardware

The build quality of this phone is very good, it feels solid and not toy-like. Anyway, that’s what I chosen for my device.

8gb Sandisk memory card + damn small reader. 8gb opens up the way for multimedia, its cheap and worth it. So, this should be your first buy for N82. My card reader is attached to my phone so I am carrying around 8gb (actually 9gb, 1gb is inside reader all the time) pendrive with me everywhere  I go. Of course you can take cable with you because microUSB is not yet as popular as miniUSB.

Protection bag. I thought it was the smartest choice to go with this kind of protection, but it is much bigger then device so it really feels like “bag”. Some may like it, some don’t. Personally I am going to take scissors and make it smaller

2. PC Software

Pc suite. There is OVI, Nseries and standard suite. I tested them all. Nseries looks good ovi has some extra futures but, standard Nokia PC suite comes with useful sms/mms applications as well as with contact manager, most important futures that other misses. Beside that, standard suite is the fastest.

Map loader. If you are going to use GPS navigation, this is must to have application, as long as you don’t have unlimited data plan. With this software you can preloads your device with maps you need and save allot of money.

Nokia Photos. I am not sure if you can call this product fully finished as allot of people has problems with syncing photos and videos with it. Beside that, I find this software to be good and suits for mobile images/videos. I don’t keep photos from my digital camera together with mobile ones as they don’t have(yet) the same quality and content. Images/videos taken from my mobile are kind of my lifelog, most of the time my mobile is with me(obviously).

if syncing is not working, use store “images” in PC suite, than “import folders..” in Nokia photos.

Windows Media Player(11). In my opinion this is the best way to sync your music with N82, easy, simple and works good. Nokia’s Music Manager is too slow for my device so i didn’t even run it through full test.

3. Mobile Software

Fring / Nimbuzz. Both applications give you access to most common IM services with voice talk. I am having hard time deciding witch one is better. Nimbuzz might be handling Skype Voice chat bit better.

MobiTubia / emTube / YouTube. emTube seems to be most reliable. MobiTubia looks the best and Youtube gives you most site-like futures but you cant save videos. I say, go with emTube for now.

CorePlayer. Turns your phone into true PMP. Dvix, Xvid… without recompressing, works! Tip: sometimes if the movie is action-heavy(I don’t recommend movies like that for mobile) you need to decrease video quality, to do so: 1.menu>tool>preference, set speed to 95% than, select page>video quality>medium or low.

Opera Mini. Build-in browser is great but when you are out of WIFI, it takes allot of bandwidth. Opera uses their own servers to show you the page you need that is much more compressed. Tip: disable images when you don’t need them for cheaper web-surfing

Gmail. For @Gmail users only, this handy application is fast and for now, I find it to be better than built in email client. I am recommending it as well as gmail @ itself if you don’t have it.

Nokia Messaging. Best email application for s60. Simplest configuration possible, support for popular email accounts, clean view, email notifications, everything you should need.

Remind Me. This software makes up for function that should be built it from beginning. It beeps you when you have missed call or unread sms and so on. Highly customizable.

Shake SMS. This cool application lets you, after receiving sms just shake your phone to unlock it and view message than shake again to lock it back

Nokia Maps. Is one of the best navigations on the market, its fast and good but remember to preload maps you need. If you ever tried to figure out if navigation is free or not, well its not(But, there is hack for that, check out links)

4. PC-to-Mobile Software

Sailing Clicker. This amazing application lets you connect to PC and control it. Wifi, Bluetooth your choice. It lets you do thing like, locking down your PC when you are out of range, freeze music when receiving call and much more!

Useful Links

Dotsis.com- Lets say it gives you access to “test” every free and not so free applications for S60. Use this forum if I didn’t provide direct link.
NokiaBetaLabs- New, innovating software for PC and mobile, its worth to check out from time to time.
AllAboutSymbian- Title says it all, everything about symbian, the power behind Nokia N82

Note: Some applications need you to sign them before using on your mobile. There is hack for this and its called: Drakkarious google it or search on dotsis
Note2: With new firmware (V 30.0.019 ) you will need new hack for nokia n82 – HelloOX