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Innovations on Nokia N97

First I would like to thanks to Forum Nokia Champion program, it is a great honor to be a champion and thanks for the N97 as a gift ;-)

After several days using N97, I found many functionalities for me and would like to share with everyone:

1, the hardware design — beautiful and elegant
N97 back
I like the rear part, feels very good!
N97 Rear

2, Widget Homescreen 
The whole homescreen seems to be widget, the time/date/profile seems can’t be removed, other contents, you can remove it from the screen by slide your finger on the screen. See my favourite widgets on the homescreen.
widget homescreen n97

3, Incoming Call — Slide to answer or unLock
When your phone is in locked status, and there is an incoming call, you can choose to slide to answer or slide to unlock, really surprised when first see the interface~~~
N97 Slide Answer

4, remote lock
If you foget your phone somewhere or lost it, you can lock your phone by sending it an SMS with the password you defined. After receiving the password, the phone will be locked!
The password can be defined here: Settings-Phone-Phone mgmt.-Security-Phone and SIM card- Remote phone locking.
remote lock sms n97

5, Compass
The N97 has an internal compass! it is a great benefit for people like me (with no sense of direction). It comes with Nokia Maps, and need to rotate the devices around.
N97 compass

6, Timed Profile
It is a great functionality for me again! I don’t turn off the phone before sleeping, just turn the profile to “silent”, with it, I don’t need to turn the profile to “silent” every night before I sleep~~~
Timed Profile N97

7, FingerPrint
It is not coming with the Nokia N97, instead it is a innovation of mine - Unlock your N97 with your FingerPrint ;-) The app is available here: http://thinkchange.cn
FingerPrint unlock N97

Shortcomings:

Every master piece has its flaws, after several days using, the most problem for me is the KeyLock! Sometimes, the backlight is not turned on after the key lock is disabled and some times the key lock seems not to be functioning… The other problems is the Compass seems too slow to be activated…

 Hope Nokia’s next firmware update will solve these problems. if you find anything interesting, welcome to discuss: wolftongren@gmail.com

tongren
2009.7.2

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Add comment 07月 2nd, 2009

N97 From Forum Nokia as GIFT!

Got the N97 as the Forum Nokia Champion Welcome Gift, really excited~~~

Also a nice made diploma to be recognized ;-)

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 tongren

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Add comment 06月 29th, 2009

New app to show off your phone — FingerPrint!

You can play a trick with your friend to use your fingerprint to unlock your phone.

When the FingerPrint screen pops up, you need to touch your finger to the screen to be “scanned” for your identity, there will be vibration and beep sounds during the scan. You phone will be unlocked only under special conditions!

main screen setting 

Don’t believe? Watch the YouTube Video yourself here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyXyt-Ui5AM

Currently, it works only on Nokia 5800 and N97 with touch UI.
 For more info, please visit: http://thinkchange.cn

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Add comment 06月 25th, 2009

AutoInstaller updates to V1.02

For those who have not used AutoInstaller before:

AutoInstaller makes it easy for you to install multiple apps with just one click, you just need to copy all the installation packages (sis, sisx, jar etc) to E:\ThinkChange\C or E:\ThinkChange\E ~

Several main updates:
1, supports 5800, no error msg during installtion.
2, show all the apps with sucess or fail notes
3, if failed, a detailed reason will be shown to the user.
4, several other bug fixes.

 Download it here: http://thinkchange.cn

Screenshots:

s60-3rd-install.jpg
(S60 3rd phones - installing)

s60-5th-installed.jpg
(S60 5th phones - all installed)

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Add comment 06月 4th, 2009

Unlock your Nokia like iPhone!

It is a simulation of the iphone lock screen, you need to first unlock Nokia 5800 with the unlock key! When the iphone lock screen pops up, you can slide the screen to “unlock” the phone, also you can still use the Green, Menu, Red keys of your 5800. nUnLock also supports all S60 3rd phones (like N95, N96 etc) without touch screen, you can just press the right key to simulate the slide!

 

for more info, please visit:  http://thinkchange.cn

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1 comment 05月 21st, 2009

MobiCamera for Public Test

Thanks for your interest in MobiCamera.

Due to numerous requests, we have made the service available for public testing,
feel free to register your IMEI here and let me know if there is any problem:
http://www.mobicamera.cn/member/reg.php

 Enjoy and have a nice weekend ;-)

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Add comment 03月 27th, 2009

New App: MobiCamera, Invited Beta testing ;-)

Hi, Dear Friends

Thanks for using my apps: FlipSilent, ShakeSMS, VibrateCall, AutoInstaller etc…

Today I would like to invite you for a new app: MobiCamera. It enables you to monitor your camera anytime, everywhere on your mobile phone! (should support all S60 3rd phones)

   

To use this service, you need first register your IMEI with your email address here:
http://www.mobicamera.cn/member/reg.php  (your imei might be already registered)

As it is still in Beta testing phase, there might be problems, please let us know by login to the BBS and make suggestions for improvements ;-)

Thanks and have a nice day!

br,
tongren
www.mobicamera.cn

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Add comment 03月 25th, 2009

ShakeSMS supports nokia 5800, N96 etc!

Are you still shake your phone to read the SMS?
As numerous requests from users, I made ShakeSMS supports for 5800, N96, N85 and E66 (E66 not tested).
The version for N95, N95 8GB and N82 has also been updated ;-)

The new version enables you to control the operation when reading a sms configurable! You can choose to reply SMS, delete SMS, Back & Lock, goto SMS folder in or do nothing based on your gesture ;-)

shakesms

 Wanna a try, please download at flipsilent.com !

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3 comments 02月 13th, 2009

FlipSilent supports N96, N85 etc!

As the sensor API has changed in S60 3rd FP2, the previous version of FlipSilent is not working with N96, N85 …

I have changed the sensor part of FlipSilent to support the new sensor framework introduced in S60 3rd FP2,  So FlipSilent is supposed to support N96, N85, E65, 6210 navigator, please let me know if it supports on more devices.

The new beta unsigned version is available for download on http://flipsilent.com

FlipSilent For N96

 Welcome to any comments or suggestions ;-)

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2 comments 12月 3rd, 2008

Problem fix for SDK/IDE installation

I changed my laptop to IBM T400, and during my installation of the SDK/IDEs, I encountered several small problems, I posted here hope that would help if you encounter the same problem.

I installed S60 3rd FP1, S60 5th SDK, Carbide.c++ v1.3, and the problems are listed here:

1, “Call to RegDBQueryKey failed” when installing the SDK — you can ignore it

2, Add the following path to the Environment path Variable:
C:\Program Files\CSL Arm Toolchain\libexec\gcc\arm-none-symbianelf\3.4.3;C:\Program Files\CSL Arm Toolchain\arm-none-symbianelf\bin;C:\Program Files\CSL Arm Toolchain\bin;

3, The S60 5th SDK project template won’t appear when creating a new symbian project in Carbide.C++ v1.3, download TouchUI-Project Template , and copy the S60-TouchUIApplication directory to the following directory on your hard driver:
” C:\Program Files\Nokia\Carbide.c++ v1.3\plugins\com.nokia.cdt.templates_1.3.0.023\templates\com\nokia\cdt\templates\projecttemplates”
And replace the “plugin.properties” and “plugin.xml” at: “C:\Program Files\Nokia\Carbide.c++ v1.3\plugins\com.nokia.cdt.templates_1.3.0.023″

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