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I got a company phone, a Nokia 3109 Classic, which is nothing less nothing more than a standard company phone. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles I’d like to have, but it works.

What didn’t work, was iSync on this phone. Real bummer, since I was hoping to sync everything between iCal/Address Book and this phone…

Google to the rescue, and i stumbled over this blog posting by James Lloyd, detailing how to get it to work.

Summary:

1. Download the script here
2. Right click iSync from the Applications folder in Finder and choose “Show Package Contents”
3. Navigate to: Contents\Plugins\ApplePhoneConduit.syncdevice\Contents\Plugins\Nokia-6131.phoneplugin and choose “Show Package Contents” again.
4. Navigate to \Contents\Resources
5. Replace the content of the MetaClasses.plist file with the content of the script downloaded in step 1
6. (Re-)Setup your phone with your Mac

Done!

(Yeah, I sold my Palm TX - Didn’t use it anymore since I got the E65…)

From Symbianworld:

Changes made from v2.0633.65.01 to v3.0633.69.00

SB-036/17.04.08

Messaging

• Reading of SMS time stamp information unified between regions
• SMS sending from SIM Toolkit - Profile 07 improved
• Unicode Handling with Turkish characters corrected
• Correction to fetching email from freemail server
• Intellisync: Searching a contact for the first time improved

SIM

• After the startup, the phone recognizes the language to use from the SIM card
• SMSC is re-read from SIM after switch on

VOIP

• Improvement of co-operation of Gizmo VoIP client and Internet voice mailbox
• SIP Proxy Authentication corrected in outgoing call if two SIP profiles with same realm and user name

WAP

• Correction of Chinese word corruption with WAP browser
• Searching in hebrew from portal corrected
• Wap GET/POST forms corrected when using Greek characters
• Reset during WAP browsing and MT calls corrected

Other changes

• Start-up settings updated
• Settings Wizard updated
• Start-up date changed to 1.1.2008
• Correction of NITZObserver with negative time zone values
• Localization improvements

Needed equipment for software update:

• Phoenix Service Software version 2007.44.4.31162 or later
• Product Data Package v6.0
• PKD-1/PK-1 Dongle & Flash Prommer FPS-10 or CA-53 USB Cable
• Product specific service tools

Mostly because I keep forgetting…

Type in the following codes to find out:

• WLAN MAC address: *#62209526#
• Bluetooth MAC address: *#2820#
• Software version and release number of the device: *#0000#
• EMEI: *#06#

To do a hard reset (full erase + reset to factory settings); type *#7370# (look in your manual for the default access code)

I’ve recently discovered a new python based blogging client for Symbian S60 3rd edition based phones.

It’s still very beta, but it works nicely!

Check it out at http://scribe.na.nu/

There’s a Nokia E65 software update available, updating the mobile to version 2.0633.65.01.

I just finished doing the update and reinstalling my programs. All is well in Nokia land sofar.

I’ve just updated my list of applications I use on my Nokia E65. Go take a peek!

;)

Really. What’s up with iPhone owners these days? They buy an overpriced piece of equipment, knowing:

• it’s SIM-locked
• it’s a closed platform, no 3rd party apps
• it’s SIM-locked
• you can’t change the battery yourself
• did I say it’s SIM-locked?
• Apple tells them they might void their warranty when modifying the iPhone
• it’s still SIM-locked. To AT&T.

So, looks like they’ve been warned. But they don’t care, go ahead, and after a while the necessary unlock programs were created (kudos to the devteams who did this, it’s a nice feat of engineering), and iPhones where unlocked, new 3rd party applications were created, the works. Nice.

Next up, Apple comes with a firmware update. Tells people that this might brick their hacked iPhones. Do people heed the warning given by Apple? Nope, they flash anyway, and then loudly complain that their iPhone has become a very expensive paperweight (this can luckely and easily be remedied, it seems).

And then they want to go ahead and sue Apple over it. Really. Get a grip! You bought the piece of hardware which was locked, in more than one way, and you yourself decided to crack it wide open. Though luck than if it breaks - you get to keep all the pieces!

If you wanted to tinker with it, buy a phone with a platform that is open.

EDIT: I’ve stumbled over this blog entry which makes the point nicely.

After owning my Nokia E65 for about a month, here’s the list of apps I installed on it:

• Conversation
• Device Status
• Fring
• Gmail
• Google Maps
• Handy Alarm
• Handy Keylock
• Handy Profiles
• Handy Taskman
• Mail for Exchange
• Opera Mobile
• Opera Mini
• PhoNetInfo
• Putty
• Reflect Theme
• Screenshot
• TextQuick
• TomTom
• Truphone
• Y-Browser (+ plugins)
• RemindMe

You can get the Handy Alarm, Handy Keylock and Handy Taskman as the Handy Essentials pack.

And ofcourse, some games:

• Frozen Bubble
• MiniBlaster
• Rollingball
• Snakes 3D
• S-Tris 2

In my quest for a prettier theme than the default themes of the Nokia E65, I’ve found the Reflect theme by Psiloc on the Symbian in Motion blog. See the blog for a full review of the theme.

The old theme, Dots.

The new theme, Reflect!