One of the most helpful tools especially in blogging for the Nokia e61 must be Screenshot. Screenshot is after mlock probably one of the first applications I have installed on my e61.

One of the problems I had in starting to use this freeware application was that I had no idea what the short-cut was to actually capture the screen. It just said ‘edit + [ok]’. Had no idea what edit or ok was on the e61. Only after a lot of trials and errors I finally found out.

This new version v2.45 has solved this issue by simply providing an instruction on ‘how to’ embedded in the background picture of the application itself. Simple but very helpful. This latest version is specifically for Symbian s60 3rd edition devices.

You can download here.

Recently I have come across the following problem : when I download a *.sis or *.sisx file directly on my e61 it will not install anymore. Basically the file is recognized as a NotePad file and opened as such on the device. I do not recall I have made any changes to the settings of the phone, thus to me the only conclusion can be that this is a result of the firmware upgrade. For sure it worked properly in the past.

Would appreciate if anyone can comment whether they have the same problem, and if so, what the solution is for it.

mye61.com is undergoing an upgrade. This will result in possible strange viewings although the posts should still be accessible as normal.

Hope for your understanding and sorry if any unconvenience caused. Should be fixed in days.

Nokia e61i the successor of the e61 … who can tell? According to the latest post on Symbian Watch we can indeed expect a slimmer version of the e61 this time featured with a camera.

Personally I cannot wait for the e61’s successor, must be a cracker. What I personally like to see is reflected in the below “wish list” :

1. Same size LCD in terms of inches, but this time a VGA (640×480) LCD instead of QVGA : but do not loose the 16M colors
2. Slimmer is good (but not at the cost of the battery life)
3. Smart roaming should be standard (eg automatic switching of networks in the background to maintain a connection to the internet)
4. Much faster CPU to accomodate more CPU heavy applications like the office ones
5. An additional jogdial on the right side of the phone (not to replace but in addition)
6. Loose the record button - not positioned well - too many times the phone start recording without even realizing
7. Email button : hate the fact you cannot change the email application the button opens (I guess nobody uses the standard email application from Nokia)
8. Please loose the “double browser” - I mean the s40 version
9. A contextual while-you-type menu of contact names in the “To” field for new messages (or making a call)
10. Although personally I use mostly BT for laptop vv mobile communication, it seems that the pop port is really the worst part of the current e61

If you have anything to add to this “wish list” please do so in the comments - like to see it more “complete”.

In follow-up of the earlier post on Morange - FREE push mail I like to come back on some issues raised by some users.

First of all when you are logged in on the Morange portal you can customize the download of the client application. Eg like me I am not using the web cam application or the PIM synchronization application. If you exclude them on the download page then the Morange client download will also exclude these. The advantage is that it will save you navigation in the application on the phone itself.

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As mentioned before one of the first things I started doing after becoming a new proud owner of a Nokia e61, was looking for an application which would allow me to use Skype on my mobile (not only chatting but also making phone calls). Clearly Skype did not develop a solution for the Symbian platform yet. The only applications I found available were kind of hybrid solutions, eg using a combination of client and desktop software with the desktop software “hacking into Skype”, moreover, with most of these solutions still a decent phone call could not be made.

Only in a later stage I realized that Nokia decided already to make the e61 VoIP (“Voice over Internet Protocol”) enabled. Wow, great news, but no clue on how to set it up. That brings me to this post as (based upon several emails I received) for a lot of Nokia e61 enthusiasts it is still unclear on how it works, and especially on how to set the “thing” up.

And … “I can understand why”. I do believe that Nokia’s target for the design team must have been : “make VoIP as difficult as possible to set-up, then at least we can explain to Vodafone they do not have to worry”. BTW. Vodafone or any other of the big operators should be worried.

Ok here it goes …

  Continue reading [VoIP with the Nokia e61 and Nokia e62 - making cheap calls]

Continuing to search flickr.com and having some positive feedback on the earlier golf theme, I simply assumed there should be interest in a nice BMW theme. Over the last century, BMW made many great cars. For this theme I decided to use the Z4 roadster. Thus let me introduce a new theme which I like to call BMW Z4 maniac.

This theme has been optimized for the Nokia e61.

Any ideas for other great cars BMW produced in the past - just let me know.

You can download the theme here. (*.sis file)