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Archive for May, 2009

Ovi Store… now open all over!

Posted by runebune on May 31, 2009


Ovi Store.

Ovi Store is now open in all countries. This store can be accessed by web browser on the phone or desktop computer or the S60 Ovi Store application. I have tried all and I’m quite happy about them. I have also tries to buy applications and the experience was nice and streamlined. There are tabs like Recommended, Featured, Latest, Video & Audio, Games, Application and so on adn of cause you can filter by payed and free also. There are also categories like Entertainment, Business, Social Network, Utility ect.

I would like more applications in the store. Most of the stuff is wallpapers and videos, but many of the applications I’m use to are also there.

All in all the experiance was quite good after the first crash 😉 but Nokia quickly fixed this with adding more servers and soon the service was running smooth again.

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Ten Most Misused Words in MMOs

Posted by runebune on May 27, 2009


Editorial – Ten Most Misused Words in MMOs – MMORPG.com.

This article points the 10 most misused words in the MMORPG game genre. Most of these words goes on the ‘outside’ of a MMORPG, like the development and status of a game and not much in-game and more technical misused words like lag, hack and nerf/overpower <=> balanced.

Eg. balance:

Most MMORPGs are builed upon algebra formulas in one way or another, even if not intended. These formulas are the goals to acheive for hardcore gamer in many cases. Because of this, there are alot of buzz when MMORPG developers/companies balance the systems to a more even way. This is mostly done because of 2 reasons: new features or balancing issues. There must be balance in a MMORPG to accommodate all players and to have more real fun. It must be more satisfying to beat someone when knowing the balance is even compaired to win when overpowered. There must be some pride in that, or does other hardcore MMORPG gamers out there not possess pride at all?

hint: MMO != MMORPG 😉

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Nokia 5800 firmware update v21 and video converting

Posted by runebune on May 25, 2009


Nokia 5800 firmware v21 and video converting guide

Here is a guide to update the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

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The new Nokia N97’s Facebook Application

Posted by runebune on May 18, 2009


Summary view of the Nokia N97’s Facebook Application

The above link summarize the Facebook Application on the upcoming N97.
The souce of this is here.

Walkthrough Of The Nokia N97's Facebook Application

There are many nice features in the new Facebook app which intergrade facaebook sevices with the local phone like pictures, calenders and contacts.
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More depth in the upcoming Nokia N97

Posted by runebune on May 18, 2009


Social Networks In The Nokia N97 And More

Nokia N97 About

The upcoming Nokia Flagship QWERTY phone has many nice features like all the N-series phones are known for. Some of the new features in this social-network model has some of the features already known from the Palm Pre, never the less has this feature in the N97 been known for months now so it does not seem as a copy/paste from Palm Pre. The contact-merge feature adds social-network-sevice-status direct to contacts like facebook, twitter, ovi, skype and google talk. This is good work Nokia, but please please upgrade the amount of ram to running apps. This would really smoothen the experience of the system. Also with many background running services to monitor all the cloud-services to update like e-mail, facebook-, twitter-, google-talk-, skype-, google latitude, friend view notifications + all the others. But we will see if it’s a big issue or not.

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Snaptu: Facebook, Twitter, Picasa and many more on your mobile

Posted by runebune on May 15, 2009


Snaptu: Facebook, Twitter, Picasa and many more on your mobile

Do you want more out of facebook, twitter picasa on a Nokia smartphone, try the Snaptu application. This application does fit on other phones as well. Facebook part of the application is fare better than the build-in web version and supports long home-feeds like the desktop version (not as long but long).

http://snaptu.com

Watch Application Video

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Buddycloud for Symbian

Posted by runebune on May 15, 2009


Buddycloud for Symbian
This app does many things right when it comes to geo-messeging and awareness. It’s more like twitter than Nokia’s friend view app, and it does not run in the background as I know of. This kind of app could be nice, we just need more commen structure interfaces to link all these geo-networks together.

Buddycloud Logo

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Behind the scenes of the N97

Posted by runebune on May 11, 2009


The Background Of The Nokia N97 In 7 Minutes

See how the team behind the N97 have worked on there ‘baby’.

I’m really waiting for this phone to be released 23. june I hope.

Nokia N97

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Are you tired of Nokia Ovi Share – try Pixelpipe and get more

Posted by runebune on May 11, 2009


Pixelpipe Breathes Life Into Share Online

Pixelpipe Breathes Life Into Share Online

Pixelpip is a nice free service where many sharing services are supported like Facebook, Twitter, Ovi, You Tube, PhotoBucket and many more. Read more at the link.

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The Guru’s Ultimate Guide To Twitter On S60

Posted by runebune on May 11, 2009


The Guru’s Ultimate Guide To Twitter On S60

The Guru's Ultimate Guide To Twitter On S60

Do you like twitter? Do you have a S60 phone? Now you can get a nice overview of which app to choose. Follow the link and this nice description.

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