New 5800 XpressMusic V 30.0.011 Firmware Released Officially

Disappointing news for those eagerly awaiting a major update of the 5800 (kinetic scrolling, enhanced homescreen) which I reported earlier, this new firmware is just a minor update.

Users report a new email plug-in on the homescreen (usually comes out after a hard reset), bug fixes and speed improvements.

It's available thru OTA (over the air) in most regions.

If you've noticed any other changes, please comment below!

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Free Theme: Blue and Red Haze by PiZero

Here's screenshots of one of my favorite symbian themes from PiZero. (Looks very nice on the 5800)

*Compatible with Symbian Os 3rd edition, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, and Symbian 5th edition, 9.4.

Click here to download from PiZero's site

Sample Pictures by the Unreleased Nokia E52

Here's another set of leaked pictures from flickr taken with an unreleased Nokia phone - the 3.2MP E52.

I must say the quality is just ok, but a bit of a disappointment compared to the photos taken by the also unreleased E72.

Better hurry if you want to see the flickr page, before the gallery is marked private (like what happened to the gallery of the E72).

Here's a sample of the E52's EXIF data:

Camera: Nokia E52-1
Exposure: 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture: f/2.4
Focal Length: 3.3 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Flash: Auto, Did not fire

File Size: 1035 kB
File Type: JPEG
MIME Type: image/jpeg
Image Width: 2048
Image Height: 1536
Encoding Process: Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample: 8
Color Components: 3
Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
X-Resolution: 300 dpi
Y-Resolution: 300 dpi
YCbCr Positioning: Centered
Date and Time (Original): 2009:07:09 13:30:31
Date and Time (Digitized): 2009:07:09 13:30:31
Light Source: Unknown
Sub Sec Time: 138
Sub Sec Time Original: 138
Sub Sec Time Digitized: 138
Color Space: sRGB
Custom Rendered: Normal
Exposure Mode: Auto
White Balance: Auto
Digital Zoom Ratio: 0
Scene Capture Type: Standard
Gain Control: Low gain up
Compression: JPEG (old-style)

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Confirmed: Kinetic Scrolling, Enhanced Homescreen, Camera Improvements for the 5800 in Next Firmware Update

A dailymobile forum member has just been to a meet and greet session with the guys over at Nokia Malaysia to preview the upcoming 5530 XpressMusic and to mainly get feedback from 5800 users.

When asked about a new firmware update, the Nokia product manager confirms that there is one in testing stage, which will include kinetic scrolling(like the N97 and the upcoming 5530), enhanced homescreen (like the n97) , and better camera results.

Update: According to the same forum member, the homescreen will just be the same as the 5530, not the N97.

Here's a quote from his post:

"The purpose of the meet and greet session was actually to get feedback from Nokia 5800 users. Kind of like a focus group. There were about 10+ of us there during the event and we expressed all our unhappiness about the phone. So here is what I got.

Apparently Nokia is aware of the new firmware update we are looking for. So v31 (or whatever it is going to be called) is confirmed coming. Right now they are in the process of testing the enhanced homescreen and kinetic scrolling on the Nokia 5800 amongst other things like camera improvements, response time, frequent crash.. etc.

But like I said, its still in the testing process. Bear in mind, the Nokia 5530 does have a faster processor than the Nokia 5800 and also certain hardware inside is different. When asked what is the rough date of the firmware release, Nokia is not able to give a date because they are still a long way in the testing.

From the looks of it, its not coming anytime this quarter of the year. Reason? They'd have to release the Nokia 5530 first before anything else. Also, of course it makes sense because the N97 was recently released and they have to let that simmer in a while. But hey guys, chill out! At least Nokia is aware of what we need...."

Here's the link to the forum with a couple of live pictures and comments about the 5530 XpressMusic.

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Sample Pictures Taken by the Unreleased Nokia E72

Interested in the E72? Here's some pictures taken by a pre production unit from a fellow in Finland...



I must say these are very nice high quality pics from 5 mp E72...

Here's an EXIF Data sample:

Camera: Nokia E72-1
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.4 mm
ISO Speed: 631
Flash: Off, Did not fire

File Size: 718 kB
File Type: JPEG
MIME Type: image/jpeg
Image Width: 2048
Image Height: 1536
Encoding Process: Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample: 8
Color Components: 3
Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
X-Resolution: 300 dpi
Y-Resolution: 300 dpi
YCbCr Positioning: Centered
Date and Time (Original): 2009:07:13 22:19:31
Date and Time (Digitized): 2009:07:13 22:19:31
Light Source: Unknown
Sub Sec Time: 650
Sub Sec Time Original: 650
Sub Sec Time Digitized: 650
Color Space: sRGB
Custom Rendered: Normal
Exposure Mode: Auto
White Balance: Auto
Digital Zoom Ratio: 0
Scene Capture Type: Standard
Gain Control: High gain up
Compression: JPEG (old-style)


Check out his flickr page here for more pics

Key Lock Clock for the N97 and 5800 XpressMusic by Dr. Jukka

Here's another great application from Dr. Jukka, (developer of the Y-Browser) for S60 V5 devices - N97 and 5800 XpressMusic phones:

Key Lock Clock is a free Clock application that is shown while the device's key lock is on. The idea was inspired by the feature found from E71 & E66.

Very simple to use, just click the application icon, set the "Clock screen" on, exit the application and lock the key lock normally. Additionally this application can be used as a Table clock when the charger is connected, to enable this feature just set the "Lights on while charging" on. also if you think that the screen lights are too bright, you can adjust it with the "Lights intensity" option.

This version was designed 5th edition touch devices such as 5800 & N97 in mind, but should work just as well with all Symbian S60 3rd edition non-touch devices.

Download the file, and go to Symbian signed. And remember that you'll need to mark following capabilities:
- SWEvent,
- ReadUserData ,
- WriteUserData ,
- UserEnvironment ,
- ReadDeviceData , and
- WriteDeviceData.

Download Key Lock Clock here

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