I’m seeing more and more S60 5th edition apps become available  which is great news for Nokia 5800 users. Over the next few weeks I’ll be reviewing a handful of 5th Edition applications for the Nokia 97 and 5800 since I’ll have hands on experience. I recently got the Nokia 5800XM NAM. And not the red or blue version – but the black version with silver trim. Very slick! For people on the fence about the Nokia 5800 now is a good time to take the plunge. You can buy it from Amazon right now for $301. Not a bad deal for such an advanced device.

A month ago to this day I showed you an exclusive sneak preview of Nokia Messaging for the 5800. If you’re not familiar with Nokia Messaging it’s Nokia’s new email solution, and I must say it has been working very well on my E71 and N82 combo. The version I reviewed last month for the 5800 was an early alpha with a few quarks here and there. Not more problems than I’d expect from an alpha.

Since then the fellas developing Nokia Messaging have been hard at work fine tuning the application. It’s now available for anyone to try and give feedback at Beta Labs. Email is very important to me and most people so getting this application right is a priority for the development team.

Nokia Messaging makes mobile email easy and mobilizes consumer email across a range of Nokia devices. Nokia Messaging enables users to quickly set up, access, and use their email on their Nokia devices through a service that is optimized for mobile email.

The final release for the Xpress Music 5800 will be coming in May via the Nokia Messaging site. Before that, we'd love to hear if you encounter any issues, or if there are ways in which you would like us to improve the S60 5.0 client.

Known Issues with the S60 5th Edition client

• HTML support is coming in a future release.
• You many encounter a few quirks involving jumping between mailboxes, please note anything you find in the support forums

If you have anymore issues or suggestions be sure to leave them your feedback. Remember…beta means it’s there for you to test out. It’s not the final version. Try it on your Nokia 5800 and let  us know what you think.

Click here to learn more and get started at Nokia Beta Labs.

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It's no secret that times are getting tough. Companies are already tightening their belts, looking for ways to market their products in creative ways while being cost effective. Companies like RIM and Apple are spending millions on TV ads, while it seems Nokia spends virtually nothing to advertise S60 products in the North American market. You won't find a radio ad or tv commercial. Once in awhile you'll see a newspaper spot, but not often. Apple does a great job of presenting their product and showing how it works in a real life situation. Most of their commercials are simply demonstrations of how each application works.

The folks over at Nokia Conversations posted an article showing off a gigantic four foot flat panel screen resembling the Nokia 5800. It's placed outside a Nokia Store in Belguim, right on the corner of a busy street. You can walk up and touch the screen, trying out the basic features of the phone like the photo gallery, music player, and maps.

Check out the video below showing people trying this out...



Now I know this is nothing new but why doesn't Nokia put something like this out side the North American Nokia stores? I think it would be a great hit.

“Bypassers can control the mobile phone by touching the glass. Create Multimedia developed a Flash application similar to the phone’s interface. You can listen to music, look at maps, browse video’s, photo’s… The hardware we used was an iWindow Interactive foil combined with their unique daylight technology. This gave an awesome result even in bright sunlight. We also use the iWindow through glass sound system to play music on the street.”

For more information check out this article at Nokia Conversations.

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Yesterday, Nokia released an update to their Nokia Messaging application (email.nokia.com), bringing support for Windows Live Hotmail and HTML email to S60 Nokia devices. Along with the announcement came word that the Nokia 5800 will soon be compatible. I got my hands on the pre-release version of Nokia Messaging for the 5800 if you're interested in seeing the screenshots. It's still a little buggy but it's coming along nicely. Even with these announced updates to Nokia Messaging many people are still having problems getting their email set up properly.

Check out the follow tips from the Nokia Messaging team...

Trouble Logging In

If you're having trouble logging in, remember that your Nokia Messaging username and password are the same as the email address and email address password that you used to sign up for Nokia Messaging with.

Setting Up IMAP Folders

In order to sync your IMAP subfolders, Log into your account on email.nokia.com, and select the Edit settings link next to an email address for which you would like to sync additional folders.

Where To Get Nokia Messaging

Depending on the model and/or firmware version of your Nokia device, you may have Nokia Messaging preloaded on your device. If you are in a country where Nokia Messaging is available, the E-Mail setup application on your phone will setup your email address within Nokia Messaging. As an alternative, you can sign up for Nokia Messaging at email.nokia.com. You can also download it from your mobile browser.

Problems Syncing

Check the "sync while roaming" setting if you are experiencing connection problems.

HTML Support

Nokia Messaging handles rich formatted text and lighter HTML-formatted emails very well. Within some larger messages, you may notice some irregular scrolling and selecting behavior. We will continue to work on improving HTML rendering in the future.

How To Edit Advanced Settings Of Nokia Messaging

You can now edit your email settings: while signing up for a Nokia Messaging account, you are now able to include the outgoing mail server as part of advanced settings. Users with a Nokia Messaging account are now able to edit their email server settings from the My Account page. This will be helpful if you are experiencing difficulty sending or receiving emails, or feel like your email provider settings were not discovered correctly.

Personally I haven't had any problems with Gmail or Mail on Ovi accounts in the past few weeks. But from reading many comments around the internet like these from E71Fanatics.com it seems like it's a hit or miss.

For more discussion and troubleshooting help you can visit the Nokia Support Forums.

Hope this helps everybody out!

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