Running Windows 3.1 on N95?!

Polish developer Marcin-PRV devoted a good day’s worth of hacking to get the so-ancient-it’s-extinct Windows 3.1 OS up and running on his Nokia N95. Just for kicks, no less.

In fact, he managed to run the Win3.1 OS alongside the Symbian S60 OS that normally powers the Nokia N95 (when it’s not cavorting around with Windows), because, you know, he just could. With help from DOSbox to emulate the x86 processor that Windows needs for a complaint-free install, Marcin-PRV proves, once again, that cellphones these days pack more power than desktop computers from just a decade ago.

[Via: ubergizmo]

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is coming

Nokia’s revolutionary digital music offer, Comes With Music, will be commercially available in Australia on 20 March 2009 together with the highly anticipated Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia’s first mass market touch screen device.

“While the hot-selling Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has already sold a million devices worldwide, Australians we will be among the first in the world to get their hands on a Comes With Music-enabled Nokia 5800 XpressMusic when it hits the stores next month,” said Emile Baak, General Manager, Nokia Australia and New Zealand.

N95 Makes Beach Safe

The UK-based Applied Nanodetectors, a leading developer and supplier of nanosensor based solutions for environmental, healthcare and medical worldwide markets, has successfully rolled out a prototype mobile phone capable to detect various diseases from user’s breath and exhibited it at the International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference.

Phone is actually is special edition of the oldie Nokia N95 which comes with an integrated Applied Nanodetectors’ chip that uses built-in sensors to detect various gases such as CO2, NOx and ammonia (NH3).

The chip matches the results after determining of the user’s breath and tabulates the density of each gas.

Make N95 Swims

Swim is a free application that simply automates the syncing process of your synchronization profiles in S60 (means N95 too). The application will automatically pull in all of your syncing profiles, and allows you to individually choose how frequently things get updated. You can choose anywhere from every 15 minutes to only once a week, which is handy.

Swim is only up to v0.4, so it’s still lacking a few features, such as being able to set the specific day, if you’re on a weekly timer, or the time of day if you’re using a daily timer. Either way, it’s a simple application that simply works.

Unfortunately, right now, Swim is only available unsigned. This means you’ll need to use a method such as Symbian Signed’s OpenSigned process to have the application signed. After following this link, you simply need to enter the IMEI of your S60-powered smartphone such as N95 (you can find this by pressing *#06# from the standby screen), your email, and then upload the unsigned application. You’ll receive 2 emails with links that you must click on to download the application.

N85 vs N95

THETRUTH has published a video on Mobile World Innovation in which he tests the UI speed of the latest Nseries release from Nokia, the N85.

He starts by testing the load speed of Nokia Maps, and even after a missed button press the N85 launches quicker. With transitions turned on in the menu, the N85 also found Contacts before the N95 8GB. He tried a couple more menu navigation (Tools and Settings) and the two devices seemed to match up in speeds.

Good Experience of Using N95

Like so many others, AWright from brighthand.com is always on the move and as such, was rather apprehensive when switching his Palm OS device for a smartphone running Symbian S60 at the beginning of the year.

But it all sounds like it has gone rather swimmingly, and this blog post illustrates in great detail how his Nokia N95 has dealt with taking “the place of [his] Internet Tablet and desktop computer as his main computing platform.”

So for more information on his experiences, specifically with Active Notes, Quickoffice 5, Mail for Exchange and more – dive over to his blog and read away.

Stream Video to Ovi

Flixwagon, a service that allows users to stream video right from their phone, has announced integration with Nokia’s video sharing service, Share on Ovi. Flixwagon has recently been making some changes and adding features to increase its brand presence online, including a partnership with CurrentTV for the upcoming election, also announced today.

To utilize the Share on Ovi service, Flixwagon users must first sign up for the Share on Ovi site, then go back to their Flixwagon account and associate it with the service. Flixwagon already offers users the ability to stream, store and share videos on their own site. This integration just gives users one more place for their videos to be found online.

By downloading the Flixwagon application and utilizing it with Nokia’s Share on Ovi, users can store their videos directly to Share on Ovi for free, right from their phone. By adding the Share on Ovi option to the arsenal of services offered, including streaming to both the Internet and TV, Flixwagon is creating a stronger more versatile service to stay fresh in competition with similar providers, like Qik.

Fring Gets even Better

I wrote about Fring before. I love it. Today, Fring announced the launch of a new version of its popular free to download, free to use mobile phone application, packed with additional features and significantly improved UI which enable anyone with a compatible S60 3rd Ed phone to talk, chat, and interact with other fring users from their mobile phones.

Thanks to the new improved GUI fring is now better looking and more user friendly with an upgraded menu structure, and all of your favorite online communities and cool new fring Add-ons available in one easy place, making it simpler than ever to find what you need.

The new Flash widget is cool too, the new flash fringME!. With the widget the user can stay connected with your internet communities while on the go! With the fringME! widget placed on your website or blog (i.e. myspace page), your web visitors can fring you at anytime, enabling you to stay connected even when you’re away from your PC.