Mobile Games are winners

I had an idea that mobile games are big and lots of users actually play games. However, I never came across concrete data which could prove my assumption.

Today I came across an article on eMarketer. Some of the highlights of the article are

• 57% of wireless device owners who use AT&T play games on their devices. (according to Information Solutions Group)
• Nielsen according to a survey reports that in US there are 8.7 million mobile Internet users who also play games.
• The most popular type of games among AT&T mobile gamers were puzzles, followed by card and casino games and board games.
• Majority (62%)of the games have a length of 15 minutes or lower while 29% games have a length of 15-30 minutes.
• 50% of those surveyed for the Popcap survey said that they played games during work.

The article makes interesting reading and you can view the full article here.

However, my experience with E71 has not been great when it comes to gaming. E71 was never designed to be a gaming phone but having used other S60 phones in the past I rarely come across good games for my E71. Has anyone of you found a good game for E71? If so please share it here.

Via: Mobile Games Big Winners – eMarketer

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Should owners of E71 upgrade to E75

Nokia came out with a great phone with E71. It was a great improvement from its predecessors like E61. However, as is the case with good products the expectations of users were very high with the newer versions of the E series phones.

Nokia launched E75 recently and everyone thought it would be a great improvement but from the reviews it seems it is taking a hit. Techtree which is gadget review website in India has trashed the new E75. Read all about it here.

However, I’m a little surprised because what improvements could have been made to E71 apart from a few aesthetics. Maybe the camera could have been improved and a little bit of multimedia improvement but that would have cut into the functionality of the other applications because of the limitations of available memory (I mean RAM on the phone). A lot of times I have a tough time to get the phone moving specially when I’m using 3-6 applications at the same time.

I agree that Nokia could have delivered a better phone with E75 but I do not feel that they have completely failed. Also it seems from the reviews that there is no need to upgrade from a E71 to E75 but those who are thinking about buying a new E71 might want to take a look at E75 as an alternate phone – of course they would have to shell out some extra money!

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I got diamonds on my E71

Continental mobiles who specialize in making mobile phone all glitzy and jazzy have come up with a jazzed up E71 which comes with embedded diamonds! Do not believe it check the image below or go here.

Continental mobiles specializes in custom designed phones and there are other Nokia phones available as well.

The deterring factor is the price which is 5,999 pounds.

via: Engadgetmobile

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Websites that I have bookmarked on my Mobile or Cell Phone

I wanted to share the websites I have bookmarked on my E71. They are

• CNN News (http://cnnmobile.com)
• ESPN mobile (http://m.espn.com/)
• Yahoo (http://m.yahoo.com/)
• Facebook (http://m.facebook.com)
  
• BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile)
• Twitter (http://m.twitter.com)
• Flickr (http://m.flickr.com)
• Best of Symbian (http://www.bestofsymbian.com/)
  
• Nokia Addict (http://nokiaaddict.com/)
• My-Symbian (http://mobile.my-symbian.com/mobile/)
  
• Mobilicio.us (http://mobilicio.us/)

I will be posting an update which will have the reasons why I have bookmarked these sites on my mobile and also a small explanation on each of the website.

Updating firmware on my E71

After ensuring that the new firmware is working properly with other users who were adventurous enough to install the update I have finally set out to update my firmware.

• One has to ensure that all the data is backed up using the backup facility of PC suite
• Ensure that you have the latest version of the Nokia updater. If not then you can download the latest version here.
  
• Make sure that your phone has enough charge (battery) so that it will last the whole update and
• your phone has the General Profile activated.

I started the update and at the start I got a phone call on my phone. I was confused. I took the call and the call went off well. However, when I finished the Nokia Updater returned an error saying that the update failed :-(

I have started the update again though in half an hour I have to pick my daughter from school. I will post an update on the firmware update once it is done.

Update
Finally managed to installed the firmware to my E71 after 3 failed firm updates! My phone appears to be working fine though I will fully test it later and post the update on that by tomorrow.

Reusable Screen Protector for Nokia E71 (keep LCD screen clean) with cleaning cloth

For $5.00 only now you can get a reusable screen protector for your Nokia E71. It has a self adhesive which allows you to easily install the screen. With it you also get a lint for cleaning the screen. It weighs only 3 pounds. For $5 it is worth the money for sure.


To buy one from Amazon go here.

Problem accessing Phone Book (contacts) on my E71

Recently for some reason for the past 2 days I could not access my contacts on my phone book on my E71. Whenever I tried accessing the phone book from the shortcuts on the screen of E71 or through the Menu --> Communication --> contacts the screen flickers for sometime and then nothing happened.

First I did not care but as the day progressed the trick I was using, accessing the recent calls section on my phone to call associates and friends, did not work for me for all calls I wanted to make. Some of the solutions I tried and which failed were

• Connecting my E71 with my laptop and access and edit contacts through PC suite.
• Uninstall the recent applications I had installed or which primarily used the contacts on my E71.
• Synchronizing my E71 with my laptop through PC Suite.

Solution
Luckily I went to the Nokia forums to see if there was anyone who had a similar problem. First I came across the problem which is highlighted by the user here. Unfortunately no one was able to give a solution to him. Then I came across a problem which highlighted the same problem. The thread had a solution as well which was given by a member named homenetuk.

The solution was to uninstall "Nokia Internet Services Support". To uninstall this you need to go to the Installations --> App. mgr. You would get a list of software installed on your E71. Amongst them you would find "Nokia Internet Services Support". Select it and press the left button for Options. Select "Remove" from the menu and uninstall "Nokia Internet Services Support".

You should be done now and your address book (contacts) should work now.

Some of the users suggested removing Live Messenger. If the above trick does not work for you try uninstalling Live Messenger as well.

Let me know if you have similar problems and whether the solution fixed the problem or not.