Apps & Services: Q&A with David Wood, EVP Research, Symbian
by Jose Marinez
David Wood talks about Ruby 1.9, the GREDIA project and more in this exclusive interview.
A few years ago, I was searching for an alternative to Python on S60 devices. To be more precise, I was looking for a port of Ruby on S60. It didn’t take me long before I found a Google Summer of [...] On the Go: Silverlight news from MIX ’08
by Jose Marinez
Get the latest news from Microsoft and Nokia about bringing Silverlight to Nokia platforms.
During last week’s MIX ’08 event - an intimate gathering where cutting-edge technical, creative and business strategists engage with Microsoft in a conversation about the future of the web - Nokia announced the porting of Silverlight to all of Nokia’s platforms.
Silverlight is [...] How to send SMS from OS X with AT commands and Ruby
by Jose Marinez
In my previous article, we learned how to use AT commands to make phone calls and send text messages. This time, let’s look at a Ruby script that allows you to send SMS messages via AT commands.
All you need to provide the script with is the number you would like to text and the message, [...] How to send SMS and make calls with AT commands and an OS X terminal
by Jose Marinez
Learn how to communicate with an N95 via AT commands, which enable new ways to interface your N95 with your computer.
What are AT commands?
Back in the late 70s, the computer industry needed a way to tell modems what number to dial via software. Hayes Communication introduced a solution in 1977 via its product, the Smartmodem, [...] How to geotag your photos with Location Tagger
by Jose Marinez
Automatic geotagging is coming with the N78 and N96, and you preview the experience on your N95, N82 or N73 with the beta app Location Tagger.
Location Tagger, from Nokia Beta Labs, tags your images with geolocation info. It appears to contain some of the precursor experimental work that will be fully integrated into the N78 [...] How to transfer your iTunes library to your N95
by Jose Marinez
Want to put all of your music on your phone, but don’t want to leave your iTunes music library behind? Here’s a way to convert it to play on your N95.
When you buy music from the iTunes Music Store, the songs come wrapped with additional technology - DRM encryption - that prevent them [...] On the Go: New Nseries devices debut at MWC 2008
by Jose Marinez
At this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, two new Nseries mobile devices were announced: the N96 and the N78.
The N96 gains live streaming TV and 30-second replay by way of DVB-H, the recently ratified European standard for live streaming video. All of this comes wrapped in the new, even more user-friendly S60 3rd Edition [...] How to sync your Nseries device with Mac OS X
by Jose Marinez
Learn how you can sync your NSeries device with OS X using iSync and the Nokia plugins.
If you’re like me, you have a good share of contacts in your phone’s address book and some calendar events - meetings, birthdays, holidays, etc. - in your calendar. I used to have two versions of my calendar and [...] Apps and Services: Qik
by Jose Marinez
Turn your phone into a real-time streaming webcam with Qik. Here’s an overview to getting started.
A few weeks ago, my friend asked me for advice on a streaming video solution. She’s going to Rome next week to cover a Climate Change conference and wanted to stream the event live. My friend doesn’t have a video [...] How to flash an N800 image from Mac OS X
by Jose Marinez
Just like Windows and OS X get new releases from time to time, your N800 gets its OS refreshed, too. If you don’t have a PC around and happen to be an OS X user, here’s how you can update your internet tablet right from your Mac.
Introduction to flashing
Before going any further, keep in mind [...] How to run Ruby on your N800/N810
by Jose Marinez
Learn more about Ruby, from its technical nature to its history and underlying philosophy, and find out how to use it on your N800/N810.
If computers are meant to serve us, then every device around us offers the potential for great personal empowerment. But in order to obtain these “superpowers” that exist around us, we must [...] How to set up multiple email accounts on your Nseries device
by Jose Marinez
Configure your Nseries device to work smoothly with Gmail, Yahoo mail and other POP/IMAP accounts.
To start using your phone for email, you need to know what type of protocol standard is supported by your provider. POP and IMAP are the most common and provided by companies like Google or Yahoo, so I’ll cover those two [...] How to use your N95 as an external GPS device
by Jose Marinez
Want to use the GPS on your N95 with a laptop or other external device? Here’s how I did it with my N800.
Download ExtGPS to your N95 from Symarctic here, or visit this page and scan the QR code to begin the installation. ExtGPS allows you use your phone’s built-in GPS module externally with a [...] How to glog and more with WayMarkr
by Jose Marinez
Follow along as I get my WayMarkr glogging setup together, step by step, and begin to chronicle my series of Ruby articles for the N800 internet tablet.
Glogging, which gets its name from combining a cyborglog that records your behavior and a weblog that displays the results, used to require the bulky wearable computers of Steve [...] | 
