October 26, 2010
Swype is probably the most hyped, loved, and fun and innovative input method to have hit mobile devices since T9 (Text on 9 keys). If you haven’t heard of Swype yet, check out the demo video at the bottom of the post. However, Swype for Android is still in closed beta for some reason, even [...]
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, Guides, Tutorials | Tagged Android, Guide, How to, How to install Swype, Multilanguage Swype, Multilingual, On-screen keyboards, Swype, Swype 1.6, Swype v1.60.36.8214, Tutorial, v2.15.56.14870
October 26, 2010
Setting a new default on-screen keyboard on Android might be too easy to warrant a tutorial, but while the process on HTC Sense devices indeed is uncomplicated – it’s not that obvious. There are many great Android software keyboards to choose from now, such as the groundbreaking Swype, as well as SwiftKey, BlindType that Google [...]
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, Guides, Tutorials | Tagged Android, Android on-screen keyboards, How to, HTC Keyboard, On-screen keyboards, SwiftKey, Swype, Top Software, Tutorial
July 19, 2010
I recently checked out a port of Samsung’s TouchWiz: the launcher that is featured on the Android powerhouse Samsung Galaxy S. The port, courtesy of xda-developer’s member rolle3k, is mainly intended for the Nexus One, although it worked fine on my HTC Desire as well. I loved the look of the icons in the app [...]
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, Guides, Tutorials | Tagged Android, Force Close Loop, Guide, How to, Safe Mode, Tutorial
June 4, 2010
I have been a huge fan of emulation on phones ever since I discovered Vampent’s flawless Nintendo emulators for Symbian back in 2006. They couldn’t have worked any better on my device at the time, the Nokia N73, and I loved the idea of having hundreds and hundreds of games in my pocket from all [...]
Posted in Android, Android Basics, Featured Posts, Games + Emu, Guides | Tagged 8-bit, Android, Apps, Atari, C64, Commodore C64, Emulation, Gaming, Genesis, Guide, How to, MAME, Mega Drive, N64, Nintendo, Old-school gaming, Retro, Sega, Tutorial, Video Game Consoles, yongzh, ZX Spectrum
May 19, 2010
The Android platform has numerous fortes, but state-of-the-art features and always being connected come with a drawback: comparatively large battery consumption, and hence short battery life. This is a concern that has been mentioned in many reviews, perhaps particularly in regard to the HTC Desire. Many users don’t consider Android’s lack of stamina an issue, [...]
Posted in Android, Android Basics, Featured Posts, Guides, Tutorials | Tagged Always-On Mobile Data, Android, Battery Life, Bluetooth, Cupcake, FAQ, GPS, Guide, HTC Desire, Improve, Tips, Tricks, Tutorial, Updates
May 9, 2010
An Android application that as of now only comes pre-installed on the Google HTC Nexus One, is the 3D Gallery that’s developed by Cooliris. Forbes said it’s “as dazzling as it gets on a mobile screen”, and I’ve always thought the Cooliris app looked quite, well… cool. That’s why I was glad to find out [...]
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, Guides, Tutorials | Tagged .apk, 3D Gallery, Android, Cooliris, Download, How to, HTC Desire, Install, Nexus One, Port, Tutorial
April 24, 2010
A detailed guide to running Google’s open-source OS Android on your Windows Mobile device.
Posted in Android, Featured Posts, Guides, Guides & Articles, Tutorials, WinMo | Tagged Android, Dual-boot, Emulation, Google, Guide, Hacks, How to, HTC, Microsoft, Port, ROMs, Tutorial, Windows Mobile, WinMo
April 22, 2010
I have quite a lot of ringtones and notification sounds on my phone, and also sound files from the adventure games that I play with ScummVM – all of which I do not want to show up in Symbian’s native music player on my Nokia N97. These miscellaneous tracks are not a problem when you [...]
Posted in Guides & Articles, Symbian | Tagged 3rd Ed., 5th Edition, Default, How to, Music Player, Native, Nokia N97, Remove, Songs, Sound files, Sounds, Symbian, Tutorial
April 17, 2010
Learn how to play 90s DOS adventure game classics on your phone with ScummVM, like Sam & Max, Simon the Sorcerer and Monkey Island.
Posted in Featured Posts, Games + Emu, Guides & Articles, Symbian | Tagged 5th Edition, Adventure Games, Emulation, FAQ, Full Throttle, Guide, Instructions, LucasArts, N97 Mini, Nokia N97, Ports, Retro, Sam & Max, SCUMM, ScummVM, Sierra, Symbian^1, Tutorial
April 5, 2010
Ah, MS-DOS, you old command-line interface rascal. Those who are old enough will probably remember this OS fondly, that ruled x86 based PCs up until 1995. I knew all its commands by heart, and few people [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Games + Emu, Guides & Articles, Symbian | Tagged 5th Edition, Abandonware, DOSBox, Emulation, Games, Guide, How to, Instructions, MS-DOS, N97, N97 Mini, Nokia, S60v5, Symbian^1, Tutorial
March 8, 2010
This is certainly not the first guide to running Quake and Quake 2 on the Symbian^1 powered Nokia N97, but hopefully it will compensate for its lateness by being one of the most thorough and comprehensive.
Posted in Featured Posts, Games + Emu, Guides & Articles, Symbian | Tagged 5th Edition, Emulation, Guide, Hinkka, How to, Nokia N97, Port, Ports, Quake, Quake II, S60v5, Symbian^1, Tutorial, Video
March 5, 2010
A guide to playing classic Sega Mega Drive/Genesis games on your Symbian^1 powered phone, like the Nokia N97 and N97 Mini, using a nifty little emulator called PicoDrive.
Posted in Featured Posts, Games + Emu, Guides & Articles, Symbian | Tagged 5th Edition, Emulation, Guide, How to, MasterGear, N97 Mini, Nokia N97, PicoDrive, QWERTY, S60v5, Sega, Symbian^1, Tutorial
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