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AutoSisInstaller Beta is a freeware application that allows you to easily reinstall all your software, programs, applications and games automatically after you format/hard reset your Nokia S60 mobile phone or upgrade the firmware on it.

You just need to create a folder on your storage card called ThinkChange and put all the SISX/JAR installer files in it. Then click StartInstall from the Menu option which will start installing all the files in that folder. Finally a summary pane is displayed indicating sucess and failure.


Another cool use of AutoSisInstaller is that you can share your favorite software with your friends. After installing AutoSisInstaller to the memory card, just plug it into your friend’s mobile device. All applications in the folder will be automatically installed to your friend’s device.

Click here to download and install AutoSisInstaller Beta for Nokia S60 3rd Edition mobile devices.

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PowerTimer is a freeware Python based application for Nokia S60 3rd Edition mobile devices that allows you to schedule a shutdown or restart of your mobile device at a specified date and time. 



To use PowerTimer, launch the application. From the Menu, choose the shutdown or restart option, then enter the date and time when you want the phone to shutdown or reboot. You can even choose to set a timer so that the mobile phone turns off or restarts after “X” number of minutes. The program can be set to run in the background. So if you want to cancel the countdown timer, simply bring the application to the foreground and exit from it.


Click here to download PowerTimer for Nokia S60 3rd Edition mobile devices

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WeFi is a free Wi-Fi WLAN scanner and manager for Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile devices. It allows you to scan for wireless networks in your area from your mobile device and automatically connect to the best one.




Key features of WeFi for Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile devices include:



+ Verified internet access
+ Automatic connection to the best spot
+ A comprehensive backend system that uses Wi-Fi data gathered by the entire
community
+ Constant checks of your surroundings to provide you the best Wi-Fi on demand
+ Better display and management for the spots around you
+ Disconnect GPRS upon successful internet Wi-Fi connection
+ Launch favorite application upon successful internet Wi-Fi connection
+ A comprehensive backend system that uses Wi-Fi data gathered by the entire
community

Click here to download WeFi for your mobile platform i.e. Nokia S60 or Windows Mobile.

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Psiloc XSync is a Nokia S60 application that can automatically synchronize and archive all your SMS and MMS messages to your GMail, Yahoo, Windows Live Hotmail or any POP3 enabled email account. The SMS and MMS messages appear as e-mails in your Inbox, are marked as read and labelled as SMS or MMS so that you can find them easily later. 







XSync allows you to synchronize up to 200 messages per 24 hours. Configuring the application is pretty straightforward. After launching XSync, you need to go to Options, Settings. There you can either choose from a pre-configured email provider such as GMail, Yahoo or enter your own POP3 server. Then you need to choose the schedule options, access point to be used and whether you want to sync only SMS, MMS or both.


Visit the application homepage to download a free trial of XSync.

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SmartSOS is an application for Nokia S60 3rd Edition mobile devices that lets you send your current GPS location to multiple recipients during an emergency.

With a single click, Smart SOS will connect to satellites in your area, get your accurate location coordinates and send them in SMS or E-mail message. For non-GPS devices, Smart SOS will still send help requests via Email or SMS. Moreover, Smart SOS will silently capture images from your mobile camera and send them as an MMS to your contacts to help them identify your place.

Key features of SmartSOS for Nokia S60 include:

- Send up to 10 SMS to different contacts with the ability to add GPS coordinates.
- Send up to 10 E-mails to multiple recipients with or without GPS coordinates.
- Send snapshots through MMS to up to 10 recipients.
- Choose which camera to take snapshots (for dual-camera devices)
- Control the order/priority of your actions i.e. SMS, MMS or EMail
- Control the sending time intervals between actions
- Initiate help requests even when the keypad is locked

To configure SmartSOS, you need to enter your name, control the application execution period , and setting the times you want Smart SOS to operate. Requests will then be set to your recipients through SMS, E-mail and MMS. In case of an emergency, a long press of the (OK) key will execute SmartSOS while pressing and holding the (C) key will stop SmartSOS.

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SymSMB (originally covered here) is a networking application that provides Windows CIFS/SMB and Linux Samba like protocol capabilities on Symbian OS based Nokia S60 and Sony Ericsson UIQ3 mobile devices. You can join your Symbian mobile phone to a network consisting of Windows, Linux and Mac computers and start browsing, accessing, copying, and sharing files wirelessly via WiFi-WLAN, GPRS, 3G, WiMAX or Bluetooth.



Key features of the latest version of SymSMB 4.00 for Nokia S60 include:



+ Built-in audio player to play audio files directly from a network drive
+ Open and view network files directly on mobile device with an associated application; modifying the files will save the changes to the actual file on the Network location.
+ Share-level security mode for better NAS drives support
+ Improvements in GUI (Search, Mark/Unmark, Filter)
+ SymVPN ready- SymSVPN is PPTP VPN client that is going to be released soon, allowing you to access remote files locally on your mobile phone
+ Share files on mobile phone such that they can be accessed from any computer on the network
+ Access files stored on your mobile device from different operating systems: Windows (Vista, XP, Server 2003, 2000), Mac OS, Linux, UNIX
+ Get access to the network computers based on assigned rights and permissions
+ Map network drives for easy access

SymSMB 4.00 enables native, platform-level wireless read/write access between your phone and any trusted PC network while still using your cellphone to make and receive voice calls at the same time.

SymSMB 4.00 Userguide | Download

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Nokia Audio Themes are sound themes for supported Nokia S60 devices that allows you to personalize the user interface sounds of your phone. Audio themes are offered in packages which contain several sound files of a common theme.


The packages contain usually the normal profile sounds (e.g. ringing tones, message alerts, clock alert, calendar alarm) but also sounds for phone handling (e.g. fold open, fold close) and menu events (enter menu, leave menu).



Currently, the only Nokia S60 models that support Audio Themes include Nokia N78, N85, and 5700 XpressMusic. Installing the themes is just a matter of double-clicking the SIS files and installing the theme package. The size of each sound theme varies from 400 Kb to 1 MB.


More than twenty audio themes such as Electricity, Football, Golf, Car, Video Game, Water, Space, Wood can be downloaded from here.

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Yahoo! has announced that oneSearch with voice search is now integrated into a shortcut on select Nokia Series 60 3rd Edition mobile devices.

The service lets consumers speak or type a search for anything:


- a website “the website name”
- movies near you “movie name location”
- stock quotes “stock name”
- local business “the business name and location”
- local weather “the city name ”

Other features include:

- Adapts to your voice
- Multi-modal input: Allows you to switch between speaking and typing

- Search Assist allows you to get suggestions for terms and phrases as you type



To use Yahoo! oneSearch using voice recognition, follow these steps:


1) Press and hold the phone’s talk button.
2) Wait for the audio beep.
3) Speak clearly in a normal, conversational voice.
4) Release the talk button.
5) The results from your search terms are displayed in a few seconds.

Yahoo! Voice Search is available only in US, UK, India, Singapore, Philippines and Canada.

Visit m.yahoo.com/shortcut or mobile.yahoo.com from your phone browser to download Yahoo! oneSearch shortcut with Voice.

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Anti-Touch is a Python based freeware application for Nokia S60 3rd Edition that activates and triggers a loud audible alarm when someone moves the mobile phone, identified by the movement of Accelerometer in the smartphone. The alarm will only stop if the person enters the correct password that was entered during the initial setup of the program.

Usage instructions:

Open the application, then go to “Options” and “Settings” and enter a whole number in the option “Sensitivity”, between “0? and “9?. Within Settings, enter the password to be used to stop the Alarm. Finally click “Start” and place your smartphone in a resting position that you want with the application running in background. Now, if the phone is moved, a loud alarm is triggered and keeps ringing until the pre-determined password is entered. The alarm does not stop even if the Call End button is pressed.

Click here to download Anti-Touch for Nokia S60 3rd Edition with Python

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Fennec (Mobile Firefox) has reached milestone 9 and this release is being called User Experience alpha. As with the previous releases, M9 is targeted at the Nokia N800/N810 (Maemo) Internet tablet. Good progess has been made for Mobile Firefox for Windows Mobile but there is no milestone yet. Also, Fennec is being released for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX based computers also so that you can preview mobile features on your desktop.

Key New Features of Fennec M9 Alpha include:

Bookmarks, including tags
Smart URL bar (”awesome bar”)
Tabbed browsing with thumbnail images
Integrated Web search - built into the URL bar
Easy access to multiple search engines
Maximize content by auto-hiding controls and URL bar
Zoom in and out
Instant Web site ID (”Larry”)
Password manager
Popup blocker
Clear private data
Click on a phone number to initiate a call
JavaScript API to get device location
Popup blocker
Clear private data
Searchable download manager

Preferences pane

Download Mobile Firefox (Fennec M9) for Nokia Internet Tablet | Windows | Linux | Mac. You can read step by step instructions for installation here.



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