Faster and Smarter Text Entry! With QuickWrite you can reduce the typing time several times and increase the writing accuracy on your S60 phone. The program predicts the word you are typing, using a predefined spelling dictionary. QuickWrite will provide writing assistance in almost any application on your phone whenever you start typing - just a few compatible programs are messaging, web browsing, calendar, phone book, notes and many other.
QuickWrite Features
* Word suggestions are sorted by frequently of use to speed up your text entry - QuickWrite suggests the words that you use most first;
* Fast performance and low usage of phone resources;
* Multilanguage support;
* Ability to customize the spelling dictionaries- add and delete words;
* Highest level of word suggestion list customization
Spelling Dictionaries in 6 Languages
QuickWrite for S60 comes with spelling dictionaries in most used European languages:
* QuickWrite (English)
* QuickWrite (French)
* QuickWrite (Italian)
* QuickWrite (Spanish)
* QuickWrite (German)
* QuickWrite (Dutch)
QuickWrite 2.50 Out Now
* Querty keyboard support
* Optimized for the full Nokia Eseries and Nseries phones range, including Nokia E90 and Nokia E61
Fritz99, my-symbian forum member has a great review about Quickreview. It is worth to read since he use Nokia E90 as device.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
QuickWrite Review
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
The Nokia E90 Art Gallery
Going for a business device doesn't mean missing great photo opportunities. Steve from AAS took a few moments out this month to snap some of the colourful Autumn and to see what the Nokia E90's 3 megapixel camera could really do. It's not an N95, but it's close.
Like Steve said, "The Nokia E90 is unique at the moment in that it's the only business-focussed communicator/smartphone in the world that also has a camera capable of decent results. This is important, I feel, because despite the elegance of (for example) Nokia's separate Nseries and Eseries ranges, aimed at consumer/multimedia and enterprise respectively, there are a great many people who want the best of both worlds and, despite its well documented faults, the Nokia E90 is the best of the two devices that straddle the great divide (the HTC Kaiser tries hard but its camera isn't quite as good).
But what sort of images can the Nokia E90 take? What are its limits? What sort of quality might you hope for? In the gallery below, I hope to answer these questions. Importantly, the JPG image files linked to are the E90-shot originals, un-retouched, with all original EXIF headers intact, to prove that I haven't doctored anything."
Go to the image gallery
Nokia E90 vs HTC TyTN II
I just found another interesting video comparing Nokia E90 with HTC TyTN II. This video is posted by Steve Litchfield from All About Symbian.
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Monday, September 24, 2007
Stephen Fry likes the E90!!
If anyone doesn't know him, he's Jeeves in Jeeves and Wooster and has appeared in numerous films and TV series, written books and is an all round clever chap. Anyhow, he's just started a blog writing about tech devices and his first post is a comparison of 'iphone killers'. Even if you don't agree with him, it is a highly entertaining read...
Here Fry comment about Nokia E90:
I have owned at least one of every Communicator since the brand arrived in the shape of the 9000 in … well it must be over ten years ago because I had one when I was making the film Wilde in 1996. I remember being upbraided for having it poke out of the top of my velvet jacket in one of the courtroom scenes …
What a breakthrough it was (the phone, not the film). Black and white originally, but with some very advanced features for the time. I was recording silly high quality ring tones at a time when everyone else was monotimbral, monophonic and tinkly. It was big, but it was powerful and a wonder to use. The 9 series line (running an operating system called GEOS) was slowly upgraded with the 9110 and I think another (the 9200?) until the more modern, Symbian 9500, and 9300/9300i, the latter two without camera, but smaller and neater.
And today (almost literally today) comes the E90 Communicator, a brick dressed in Symbian S60 cothes. The “E” designation is revealing. Nokia have had a dismal few years in which hardware design has faltered appallingly (my dear, have you seen the E61 and E61i? possibly the ugliest objects ever designed by man. Simply disgusting to look upon, handle or use) but another arm seems to have branched out with better design. The N95 is beautiful, really lovely and very powerful. Shame that it uses a standard telephone keypad, the N series are really multimedia toys for adolescents, aimed I would guess at the Sony Ericsson K and W series. And then there is the wholly gorgeous 8600 Luna, an indulgent chocolate-box of a mobile phone. As they say in Australia, “ideal for gift-giving interstate or overseas.”
The E series models use an especially clunky and unsightly family of icons (rather like Vodafone’s dreadful offering. If you want to uglify a Blackberry 8100 or 8800, a hard thing to do, use the proprietary V’fone theme set. Yuk. They impose it on all their badged phones and it smells). In the E61s which are so fuck-off ugly that you stretch your eyes and wonder at who on earth is running Nokia, the addition of an ugly GUI is enough to tip the whole thing over the edge. Not just an repellent concrete house, but one filled with disgusting furniture. In the case of the E90 Communicator, you have a rather pleasing house (I know, I know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, de gustibus etc. but take it from Mother, the E90 is pleasing in exactly the way the E61 isn’t) which somehow exonerates the UI. The E90 is thick-as-a-brick, expensive (ex-contract as an offline purchase it’s well over £600. Or maybe they just saw me coming) and yet …
I LIKE IT!
I really, really do. I can’t explain why. It’s the same UI, pointlessly (at first glance) doubled on both screens. No SMS threading (for God’s sake!) Yet something about the layout and something about the feel (the actual object is really strong and has a satisfyingly robust heft) pleases me and draws me to it. Functionally it works a lot more easily than the UIQ devices, on which I have so reluctantly been forced to spit. It’s hopeless with a Mac, but with a little smart to-ing and fro-ing you can transfer address books from a Mac-synced SmartPhone to the Communicator via Bluetooth, or you can bite the bullet and run the Nokia PC Suite on a PC, virtual or otherwise. (If you’re going virtual, then do upgrade to the latest version of Parallels - they are eventually starting to get USB connections right).
God knows this is NO iPhone killer. But unlike the iPhone it does have something approaching a manageable filing system, Bluetooth that works, GPS, quick text entry via a keyboard (Steve Jobs here you are wrong, much as it grieves me to say it - more below), the ability to save and move around attachments, to download applications and to create documents. The battery life is hours better than on a UIQ Sony Ericsson, the response is quicker than a UIQ Sony Ericsson too (but then the response you get from a dead walrus is better than that of a UIQ Sony Ericsson) and quicker than that of an iPhone in some arenas. All in all a Good Product. I’ve been using it solidly for two days now (in harness with an iPhone and a BB 8800) and it has that indefinable quality that marks out a device one knows one could live with. The ancient Nokia virtues from way back are there – the power button that when swiftly depressed offers profile changes as well as switch-off, the network controls, auto redialing, straightforward navigation and good old infrared (bless). To this have been added the 3.2MP camera, a videocalling second camera, amusing 3D ringtones (the only concession to teenage silliness) good WiFi (though still only 802.11b and g), USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 2.0. Yes, I like it, but – as I say – iPhone killer it isn’t. Which brings us on to the big beast.
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Friday, September 7, 2007
Krusell Dynamic Multidapt Case for Nokia E90
Of all Nokia designs, their flagship Communicator series has perhaps been the one which has consistently needed a really good means of protection and transportation. After all, you've just bought a device that costs more than a cheap laptop, it makes sense to spend a few quid extra making sure it stays safe and never gets left behind.
The Krusell Dynamic Multidapt Case is designed to perfectly fit these phones. With added functionality, these phones require an advanced case design that exceeds regular model specifications. These dynamic cases are Krusell's most sophisticated, state-of-the art models. Each case is precisely designed to match the particular functionality delivered by each phone. And with high-quality Nappa leather, the fashion-conscious user will appreciate the case's sleek, professional look.
Krusell Dynamic Multidapt Case Highlight:
* Made from high quality Nappa Leather
* Cutouts to access all of your phones functions while still in its protective case
* No need to take device out of case with precision molded case to perfectly fit your device
* Keep your Nokia E90 communicator fully protected
* Includes slide swivel clip
Buy Krussell Dynamic Multidapt Case for Nokia E90 HERE
If you don’t like Krussel design, Steve Litchfield from Allaboutsymbian.com have a very good review about Nokia E90 cases on the market. As with his other case roundups, there's a pretty mottley selection here, from an eBay case costing £2 to a handmade case costing 20 times as much. But how do they fare in real world use? The Nokia E90 has a pretty challenging form factor for an 'always in' case, but that hasn't stopped a number of designers from trying, while others have opted for a simpler pouch or holster....
Read the complete review HERE
Monday, August 13, 2007
Best Taskman vs Handy Taskman
"im92109210", my-symbian forum member, have a very nacie review about Best Taskman and Handy Taskman. Both application have the same price tag of 9.95$ and they both provide the basic function of dealing with open applications very similarly and professional.
Both application, as the name suggests is a task manager. It allows the user to handle open applications and allows them to switch to another application, get their information, close them, etc acting as a (Ctrl+Alt+Del combination) option for Series 60 3rd Edition. It does have a few rivals, but being the latest version released it was worth testing out.
For a complete review you can read here:
Best Taskman Review
Handy Taskman Review
Comparison notes with Best Taskman
Since these two applications are competitors and do the same function it is fair to have a comparison:
1) Function-wise, Best Taskman has more features such as:
Quickstart (Handy has Recent applications)
Alt+Tab type of application switching
Autostart (Handy is actually opened when ever Menu is pressed and held)
Ability to see hidden Processes
Ability to see Installed Applications.
2) When selecting “Close all exceptions” on Best Taskman allows more than one application to be selected at a time.
3) Once Best Taskman was opened, pressing Menu would NOT open the menu unless the application was closed or hidden, which rendered the Menu button useless. Handy allows the button to open the menu whether the application was open or not.
4) Best Taskman uses more icons than Handy Taskman, and has bigger font and icons for better usage and visibility.
5) Handy Taskman has lesser features but seems more built together, Best Taskman has a lot of features but is not very nicely organized and setting it up and using it could be a bit harder than Handy Taskman for some people.
I was expecting towards the end I could say that one is better than the other. Unfortunately, although both applications do a similar job, they seem different. Handy Taskman is a very basic task manager and does JUST that. That makes it less complicated, and has less key presses and shortcuts. Best Taskman has more features but lacks the “Recent” list of applications, but compensates with “Quickstart”. It seems that they fit for two different kinds of users; one that wants a full task manager with extended functions such as “Quickstart”, quick switching, processes, etc. and the other is for the user that wants a very simple, basic task manager. Both are very good programs for the same price, but if I had to choose one of the two, I would personally use Handy Taskman.
Even though I rated Best Taskman a high 9/10, I would rate Handy Taskman a 9/10 also. It has a little less functions but does the rest very simple and very well.
The program tested was a trial and not a full version although it was fully functional.
The trial and full version can be found at the My-symbian.com Online Shop
Saturday, June 30, 2007
E90 Shooting iPhone Fans...
Gsibble, member of my-symbian forum just take some photos from E90. The pictures show some people in the Apple Store's IPhone line in Nashville, US. Well the picture go to show that the E90 is no slouch in the camera department either !! Gsibble should show off his communicator to those people and explain many features that iPhone simply can't compete ... including looks!. 
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Nokia E90 review Based on Production Unit
Nokia E90 Communicator will be launch tomorrow, June 13, 2007 in Indonesia. We will give full coverage for this 2 days events. Keep watching guys! But, before buy the “Commie”, you better read the “final review” from my-symbian. The review is based final production unit, so it will be exactly same (hopefully) with the product you get from store.
Undobtedly, the E90 is the most powerful Nokia Communicator ever created. Two fully functional screens and one of them offering the fantastic 800x352 resolution, not only UMTS but also 3.6 Mbps HSDPA connectivity, quadband GSM, built-in GPS receiver, fast and powerful OMAP2420 processor running at 330 MHz, 128 MB of RAM memory with almost 80 MB available for the user and providing true and unlimited multitasking, very good 3.2 MPix camera with autofocus producing both great still pictures and TV-quality VGA resolution (640x480 pixels, 30 frames per second) videos, superb keyboard with perfectly shaped keys and very good tactile feedback, high quality materials and superb build quality, USB 2.0 and Bluetooth connectivity, stereo audio with A2DP support for stereo streaming over Bluetooth, good standby and talk times, very good size and tolerable weight, elegant and stylish design.... quite a lot of powerful features for a single device. Of course, one might complain about lack of 8 GB Microdrive like in the HTC Athena (weighing 360 g), no triband WCDMA providing worlwide UMTS support, 2.5" jack instead of the 3.5" one, no WLAN A support, etc., etc., etc. What I feel, however, is that the E90 is a truly poweful mobile device, definitely one of the most powerful PDA-phones ever created.
Read full review from my-symbian.com
Monday, June 11, 2007
Futuremark Debuts SPMark for Symbian OS v9.x : How much E90 Scores?
E90 Communicator will use the same processor as the N93 and N95 then the performance improvement will be similar to what the N93 offers. And the N93 compared to 9500 is like a rocket and a snail. (N93=9633; N95=6903; E61=1009)
E90 Communicator will use the S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1, it will undoubtedly share most of main components with the N95 and N93, including the processor and RF part. Yes, both Flash memory cards and DRAM chips are considerably faster than 3 years ago when 9500 was launched so the future Communicator will definitely benefit from the increased memory speed.
The E90 uses the Texas Instruments OMAP2420 running at 330 MHz. The OMAP2xxx line is ARM 11 based, the OMAP17xx is ARM 9 based. ARM 11 is more efficient. If you took an ARM 9 processor and an ARM 11, both running the same clock speed, there are many tasks that the ARM11 will be faster than the ARM 9. So what does clock speed have to do with anything? Clock speed is not the measure of performance. Intel proved this with their net burst architecture; which was clock speed at all costs. Other processors running at a slower clock speed, sometime half could outperform it.
Based on Spmark from Futuremark, here the E90 scores :
E90 large screen:
SPMark 3D Score: 3136
3D game: 19.91 fps
3D fillrate: 21.78 Mtexels/s
3D PolyCount: 157.36 Ktriangles/s
E90 small screen:
SPMark 3D Score: 4852
3D game: 52.72 fps
3D fillrate: 19 Mtexels/s
3D PolyCount: 383.97 Ktriangles/s
For comparison, results from the N93i (the same OMAP2420 330 MHz CPU):
SPMark 3D Score: 6853
3D game: 72.32 fps
3D fillrate: 27 Mtexels/s
3D PolyCount: 550.13 Ktriangles/s
Please, remember that the E90 I have is still a proto so the results may be better with final firmware. The N93i used for test was a final, commercial HW and SW.
So it does have 2 different result for the 2 different screens. Looks like the score is related to the amount of pixels rendered:
Here are some comparison, VGA resolution beeing 100%
176x208 = 36.608 px = 11.91%
208x208 = 43.264 px = 14.08%
320x240 = 76.800 px = 25.00%
352x416 =146.432 px = 47.66%
800x352 =281.600 px = 91.66%
640x480 =307.200 px =100.00%
I took VGA rez for 100% because this is the maximum amount of pixels OMAP CPU from N93(i)/N95/E90 supports.
Monday, June 4, 2007
Nokia E90 Review
Nokia E90 is the successor of previuos Communicator series like N9500 and N9300. As the highest level of Nokia portofolio, this series gaining a very good brand image in Indonesia. Most Indonesian people are crazy about this series. every product launch in Jakarta is always sold out! just in hours! That why communiactor series always launch 1st in Indonesia.
Ok, this superior phone will be launch this month. The core idea of Nokia E90 lies in compatibility, both in terms of hardware and software, with current S60-based smartphones. After all, it is an S60 3rd edition Feature Pack 1 solution. The concept of Nokia E90 is unique in a way – the developers have adopted the best from both words and crossed in one devices standard S60 smartphones and the communicator range. All previous communicators with the clam closed had interface of platform 40 or ordinary phone counterparts – integration of the interface with the communicator mode, when the device was open, didn’t run deep (phonebook, organizer – that was about it). Nokia E90 brings about some fundamental improvements – both standard and third-party applications work in closed (phone mode, or better to say, smartphone), and flipped open modes.
Before you buy this "pricey" gadget, Mobile-review has a very good review about E90. You better check this out.
Read full review of Nokia E90
