Updated Google Mobile Maps By Google

Google has updated their Google Mobile Maps application. I'd advise you to uninstall your current version, and download the new version from their website.




According to Google:
Combining directions, maps, and satellite imagery, Google Maps is a free download that lets you find local hangouts and businesses across town or across the country — right from your phone.

Price = $0
Download

Blog Roll

I strive to have the most extensive E6x Blog listings for your convenience. However, I may not have all the blog site. Please take a look at my blog roll and let me know if I'm missing any.

Getting Your Phone

Unlocked Nokia E61
Many folks have asked me where I purchased my phone - the Nokia E61. I bought an unlocked GSM phone, which I use with T-Mobile. I did not feel comfortable buying over ebay. So research various shops online, and found MobileCityOnline most reassuring. Also, I found that Amazon sources through these guys as well. Typical prices for an unlocked E61 is ~$400 USD.

Cingular Nokia E62
For those who use Cingular, you can purchase the Nokia E62 (basically an E61 without 802.11g support) directly from any Cingular store. Note you are more likely to get a locked phone. Typical prices for a locked E62 with service is ~$200 USD.

Data Plans
I did learned that a data/internet plan is needed to fully use the Nokia E6x smartphone. There are several choices amoung the GSM carriers as to amount of bandwidth. If you plan to use GoodLink or Blackberry, you'd find the unlimited data plans the best. For T-Mobile USA, this unlimited data plan is an extra $30 USD/month.

Steps to Get Your Phone Up and Running Quickly

• Optional - Ask your IT department to setup a GoodLink/Blackberry account (if you are upgrading your phone, you still need them to reset your account)
  
• Call your carrier (T-Mobile or Cingular) add a data plan to your account
  
• Buy your phone: E61 from MobileCityOnline orE62 from Cingular
  
• Buy a case. For me, I found the E61 Flexiskin at Boxwave best. Or you might find the E62 Flexskin of interest.
  

When your phone arrives, you'll have a data plan to get your GoodLink and Blackberry up and running. Enjoy Your New Smartphone

Checkers Challenge by Absolutist

According to Absolutist:
Checkers anyone? Either you need some training for your logic and strategic skills, or you are in need of some rest, this game will be a perfect pastime for you. New Checkers Challenge from Absolutist.com will provide you a decent partner for a game of checkers. New and strong artificial intelligence can play on one of the three available levels of difficulty. This makes the game interesting for the player regardless of his skills in checkers.

Price = $0 or $16.95 USD
Free Download
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Trivia Machine by Absolustist

According to Absolutist:
The game brings you all the fun of a game show and the challenge of more than 7,000 trivia questions in nine categories: movies, science, music, literature, geography, and more! But that's not all, because you can download new questions from the Internet -- you may never see the same question twice! Rack up the points as you answer questions to move on to the next round.

Price = $0 or $19.95 USD
Free Download
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Dreamway by Mobile Stream

According to Mobile Stream:
Dreamway, a well-known arcade for Palm, Pocket PC and MS Smartphones, is now available for Symbian devices. It is a top-view racing game with cartoony graphics, console look and feel. Come take an exciting mid-world adventure for true challenge seekers and natural-born drivers. Step on it! Bustle through a gang of cheeky tricky opponents to leave everyone behind.

Price = $0 (Demo)
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Google Mobile Maps by Google

According to Google:
Combining directions, maps, and satellite imagery, Google Maps is a free download that lets you find local hangouts and businesses across town or across the country — right from your phone.

Price = $0
Download

Mobile GMaps by Cristian Streng

Note: This is not the Google Mobile Maps app

According to Cristian Streng:
Mobile GMaps is a FREE application that displays Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Windows Live Local (MSN Virtual Earth) and Ask.com Maps and satellite imagery on Symbian and Java J2ME-enabled mobile phones, PDAs and other devices. MGMaps can connect to a GPS receiver over bluetooth or use internal GPS features on some phones in order to automatically display the map for your current position.

Price = $0
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S60SpotOn by Stoeger It GmbH

Keeps your backlight always on and you can manually turn on/off the camera light.

Best Use Case = Torch (FlashLight) at Night

Price = $0
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mLock by cooga

Enables you to set the keylock with one click

Price = $0
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Caltrain by Grassroot Innovation

Essential to those living in the SF Bay Area and commuting via CalTrain


Lastest Caltrain scheduler, small, easy to use. It allows you to update the schedule if it changes in the future.

Price = $0
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allTunes.mobile by internet.audit

Labeled as the biggest music catalog in your handheld

According to internet.audit:

With allTunes.mobile you can find and choose a song you are interesting of, or an album, new hits from charts, favorite musician or group. All this is available without a PC - it is enough to have a phone. We do not have DRM, and you can copy any file to your MP3 player or PC without restrictions.

Price = $0, $0.05 USD for song downloads
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Metro by P.Bernard & F.Van Caenegem

Labeled as the ultimate public transport guide

Price = $0
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Online Manual

Calcium by mtvoid

Labeled as a fast, easy to use calculator for your Series 60 phone

According to mtvoid:

We got sick of how slow the standard Series 60 calculator feels, so we made our own. Using some of the concepts that make ControlFreak so easy to use, we removed the need to select on-screen buttons and moved all the operations to the joystick. Doing basic calculations on your phone is now only a couple of clicks away.

Price = $0
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Screenshot 2 by Antony Pranata

Labeled as the Easily capture screenshot on your Symbian OS mobile phones

According to Antony Pranata:

Screenshot for Symbian OS is a FREE program to take screenshot on your Symbian OS mobile phones (UIQ or S60). You can capture screenshot and save it to a file in JPEG, BMP or MBM format (the S60 version supports PNG format too). The screenshot can be sent directly to a PC via Bluetooth or infrared and another mobile phone. Furthermore, you can customize the shortcut key, file name and delay of capturing. This It supports continuous mode that allows you to capture screenshot every a few seconds.

Price = $0
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Mobipocket Reader by Packard Technologies

Labeled as the Best eBook Reader

According to Mobipocket:

From eBooks and eNews to reference material and desktop documents, Mobipocket Reader gives you access to thousands of titles including current bestsellers, world renowned dictionaries, as well as major enews websites, RSS feeds and weblogs. Start reading on your PDA or smartphone today!

Price = $0
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ScreenSnapS60 by TerraMobilis

Labeled as the Most flexible screenshot freeware application!

According to TerraMobilis:

ScreenSnapS60 allows you to take screenshots in different capture modes (single shot, multiple or continuous shots) and save them in a variety of file formats (JPEG, BMP, PNG, MBM) and qualities (true color, 8 bits). It is possible to set delay and interval times, customize the notification message (visual message and/or tone), define the number of shots, configure the shortcut keys and specify memory location, directory name and file name of the saved shot.

Price = $0
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This Blog's Mission

This blog's mission is to provide you with the latest and greatest advice and tips for the Nokia E61 and E62 smartphone in an easy to read format. There are many blogs out there on these incredible devices, however who has the time and inclination to scour all of them to get an incremental snipet of information. This blog's aim is to liberate your time from reading endless E61 and E62 blogs and get you using your phone in the most productive and entertaining way.