PhoNetInfo retrieves detailed phone and network information such as firmware version; IMSI; IMEI; SIM card and battery status; WLAN IP, MAC, MTU and speed, bluetooth MAC and device class; network mode, name, signal strength, (cell) ID and country code; CPU speed, type and architecture; RAM and ROM; running tasks; MMC & SD Card; supported camera formats, etc.

PhoNetInfo is officially signed by Symbian Ltd. External link resp. Symbian Signed External link and is compatible with all Symbian S60 3rd and 5th edition and S^3 mobile phones (e.g. Nokia N8, E7,5500, 5700, 5800, 6110, 6120, 6121, 6290, 6500, Nokia ESeries & NSeries).

Download the app for free from our Forums Symbian^3 application and game section.

With Nokia World just around the corner, some of you may want to keep an eye on the twitter feeds throughout the Event.  Micky provides us with a guide on how to predefine hash-tag searches via Gravity for ease of use to monitor the Conference.

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WhatsApp finally arrived to Symbian S60. WhatsApp is an app, famous in the iPhone & Blackberry-scene which enables users of this app to instantly chat with each other. Both only have to have WhatsApp installed on their handset & chatting can begin. Whatsapp is different to other chatting-programs, because it is much easier to use & you dont have to have a special client for it. Just type in your phone number & if you like your name and get started.

Since this is a beta, the mms and audio feature is not implemented.

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Today, the folks at DivX Labs released DivX Mobile Player 1.0. It targets Symbian S60 3rd and 5th edition phones (including Nokia 5800, N97 etc). The 1.0 release has numerous updates and simplifications to the UI. It also has touch-screen support for you Symbian 5th edition users. Playback performance may or may not be as good as it was in version 0.94.

Even if your phone isn’t officially DivX Certified, you may still be able to watch DivX videos by downloading and installing the DivX Mobile Player. Find out below if your phone supports the DivX Mobile Player and follow the link to download according to your phone’s operating system.

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For Ovi Publishers creating Symbian apps there are initial investment costs such as obtaining a Publisher ID and paying a third party to have their apps Symbian Signed. Currently, this can take around four weeks, and impose expenses for the developer up to $215 (USD). Starting on August 16, Nokia are offering to Ovi Publishers to sign their Symbian apps for free, thus reducing the time for Ovi Publishers to two weeks and bring the cost involved to $0 (USD). Apps written with Qt, Symbian C++, and Flash Lite are supported.

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Just wanted to inform you guys that our forum has gone mobile friendly with the Tapatalk app! Tapatalk is a forum app on the iPhone, iPad,  BlackBerry, Android, and Nokia. The app provides you super fast forum access and uses less data transfer than the full HTML version. Check out the screenshots and instructions on how to download the app after the break.

Features:

• Over 4000 forums supported and one thousand more added each month
• Multiple forum systems support means your single purchase will likely usable in more than one forum you frequent
• Multiple Account Support – easily switch identity in the same forum!
• Full screen image viewing support
• Ability to upload images (only if the forum you visited support attachment upload)
• Private Messaging support
• And a lot more!

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The folks at Capree.com was kind enough to give us 5 free licenses for their iON BatteryTimer app for symbian devices (S60v3 and S60v5). To enter the contest, all you have to do is to comment this post with a funny joke (everything from Chuck Norris to blonde jokes) and we will randomly pick 5 winners.

Rules:

• We have 5 free license (worth 7-8$ / each)
• To enter the contest, all you have to do is to leave funny joke to this post. The lucky five random winners will get one free license). Leave only your comment and do NOT ask questions or make the contest thread into a chat room!. Its ONLY 1 post / member or you will be disqualified
• Only 1 IP / member / account are allowed and cheaters will be banned from all other contest in the future.
• This contest ends on Sunday (23.59)

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Hive.Now is a Whereisnow plugin for your Symbian equipped mobile phones. Learn how to keep your contacts always up to date with Hive.Now in just a couple of clicks. Hive.Now works on Symbian 3rd Edition. Support for other platforms, such as Symbian 5th Edition, Maemo, Blackberry and iPhone, will be added soon.

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