Category: Tips

remotePC brings RemoteDesktop to your iPhone

Want to access & share files from remote PC, you have an Web App for that. Yes, now you can use almighty godly iPhone to access & share contents from and on your PC. You must have earlier heard about many Apps which can be used to control your PC/Mac via iPhone remotely like RemotePad, Air Mouse Pro etc..

Now you can also use your iPhone to do more than just remote controlling your system, now you can access & share files, here where RemotePC Lite comes on. RemotePC Lite is a secure and simple way to view and share files, folders and photos via any browser or using a hand held device like iPhone. You can also upload files to the remote computer and download any file enabled for remote access.

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iPhone Homescreens of Tech Geeks

So, you have got yourself a new iPod Touch/iPhone and you are now in dilemma to keep which iPhone Apps in the home screen. Ya, this happened to me also, when my iPhone was full of Apps & I had to make a decision which are the most useful. But, have you ever wondered to know what are the iPhone home screen’s of the very famous talented designers, developers & tech writers ?

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Nokia N97 Widgets on the Home Screen

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Nokia N97 is a cool looking phone for sure. One of the unique features of the N97 is the Widgets on the Home Screen of the device and the ability to hide them with just a swipe when you think someone’s spying on your phone’s display.

For example , see the widgets above . I’m checking amazon for hot products, reading my facebook updates, checking how the world economy is doing with the help of the bloomberg widget and also trying to check the weather around GooglePlex . Now suddenly my boss comes over and before he gets the slightest doubt about my vacation plans, I hide all my widgets and show him an empty screen.

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Create Bookmarklets on Opera Mini/ Nokia Default Browser/ Other Mobile Browsers

Have you ever been on the mobile web, reading an interesting article and wish you could quickly share it with your friends on twitter, delicious or Google reader? Well, now you can.

Just head over to http://o.yeswap.com in your mobile browser (Opera Mini or Nokia’s native web Browser). There you have lots of bookmarklets related to Twitter, Delicious, Google Reader, Stumbleupon, Zamzar etc. Continue reading “Create Bookmarklets on Opera Mini/ Nokia Default Browser/ Other Mobile Browsers”

8 Free Apps Worth Trying in the Ovi Store

Nokia Ovi Store has been live for a while now. But if you are still stuck on what to install on your phone from the ovi store for free, pick one from the list below and you might not be disappointed .

SMS Preview

Using this app, you can instantly preview all your incoming SMS’s to get the gist of the SMS and the sender when the SMS arrives on your homescreen. The duration of preview can also be customized to 30 seconds or until you click on the phone. Continue reading “8 Free Apps Worth Trying in the Ovi Store”

Nokia 5800 Hidden Theme Effects

Today I was just exploring my phone as usual, when I found out a completely unseen area in Themes Section, called as “Theme Effects”. Inquisitively, I just turned it on and checked the changes it made. Man O Man, I thanks my stars for that. The effects were truly amazing, the look and feel has now changed almost drastically, It has all this cascading, slide down, from behind effects which is usually seen on an iPhone.

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Some Nokia 5800 Tips and Tricks

Here are some of the shortcuts  that might come in handy for any Nokia 5800 XpressMusic owners.

*#0000# To know the Current Firmware of your Device and its factory information.
*#06# To know the IMEI Number of your device.
*#2820# To know the address of the Bluetooth device.
*#7380# To Restore Factory settings on the phone with default password 12345.
*#92702689# To Access Nokia’s Life Timer.
*#62209526# To know the Mac address of Wi-Fi you are using presently.
*#7370# For Soft resetting your phone with default password 12345. Continue reading “Some Nokia 5800 Tips and Tricks”

Recharge your Prepaid Mobile Online using RechargeitNow!

rechargeitnow At times, there must be situations wherein you run out of balance in your prepaid mobile and there is no one to help you to get it recharged. I know how annoying it is, as I have faced it many a times (as such moved to postpaid now). But prepaid mobile customers need not panic anymore or need not recharge their mobiles with heavy amount thinking they will run out of balance in case of emergency. Continue reading “Recharge your Prepaid Mobile Online using RechargeitNow!”

Mobile Fan Clubs Launched for MIG33 Users with IPL Teams!

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If you are a person, looking over the internet for free calling solution or various mobile tweaking solution, then you must have definitely come across Mig33 – A service, offering varied services like calling to various countries around the world (including India), free SMSing, free Instant Messenger service and much more. Continue reading “Mobile Fan Clubs Launched for MIG33 Users with IPL Teams!”

Use your Nokia phone as a flashlight with PhoneTorch for SymbianOS 9.4 5th Edition

Ever wondered to what level convergance can actually reach. First our phones doubled as a MP3 player, then they bundled as a mass storage device., then as a Camera . Few of our phones could also double as a Flash torch light. But that feature was long reducing in usage as they did not offer that functionality and the feature could tend to be over used which actually caused the camera flash light to diminish in quality and life time. Ofcourse like all technologies the right amount of usage always matters. 

Well with that caution here is re introducing the flash light functionality into your S60 5th Edition Nokia Phones.[5800, n97]

 Anyway, Harald Meyer has come to the rescue withPhoneTorch for S60 5th Edition, in full Symbian Signed form. Continue reading “Use your Nokia phone as a flashlight with PhoneTorch for SymbianOS 9.4 5th Edition”

How To : Get an Apple iTunes USA Account for free and download items from the US App store

Spotted a cool free app or free download on the iTunes App Store but did u get a irritating message that the item is not available in the India iTunes Store

Well show you How To Get an Apple iTunes USA Account for free and download items from the US App store

Step 1: Get latest version iTunes (8.0.2.20) is the version we tested the hack on.

Set the country to USA using the dropdown at the bottom

Step 2 : Search for mocha vnc lite in the iTunes Store

Step 3 : Click on the free vnc lite app to download it .

You will be asked to sign-in to your itunes account.

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What does the Firmware v11.0.08 have in store for your Nokia XpressMusic 5800

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is indeed a good phone and owing to its brand new OS it does have some glitches. Anyways who does get things right in the first move. So Nokia have decided to get things right and have released the First Firmware update for their mass market touch phone Nokia 5800. We in India dont have to bother to actually download the firmware as all phones bought after Jan 10th have the firmware pre installed. Continue reading “What does the Firmware v11.0.08 have in store for your Nokia XpressMusic 5800”

Nokia N95 8GB gets firmware update 31.0.015

The Nokia N95 8GB is indeed a wonderful device and what else can be more welcome for a device of this stature other than a firmware update. Close on the heels of updates for N79, 5800 Xm, N95 Classic, Nokia has announced the availability of the Firmware update version 31.0.015 from the current available version 30.0.018. This update is available for unbranded phones only and we fellow Desi’s don’t have to worry as we don’t have to bother about locked or unlocked Nokia phones. This update of the N95 does not have UDP [User Data Preservation]. So don’t forget to back up all your important data.

The update itself is of miniscule nature and consists of preliminarily only few minor cosmetic changes and browser stability and puts to rest some constant Error messages that kept popping after the last update happened.

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