Symbian in Motion

Raise Your Hand if You Want a Free Psiloc Connect License

You didn’t think I’d let Psiloc get away without forking up a few free license codes for SiMo readers, do you? Well actually, Psiloc loves SiMo readers almost as much as I do so they were happy to hand over a few free license codes for you guys. :)

So how will I give them away this time? Like the title says, just raise your hand if you want one…

Email me at zach ~at~ mobile9 ~dot~ com with a picture (or a link to a pic hosted somewhere on the net) of you holding your hand up and showing me that you want a free license code more than anyone else! Don’t worry if you’re shy, you don’t have to include your face - just your hand / arm. By the way if you’re wondering what the best way to get your pics to me might be, why not take the pic with your S60 handset and upload with Nokia’s Share Online or with ShoZu? Don’t forget to use Psiloc Connect as your Access Point to ensure that your upload goes as quickly as possible! Then just shoot me an email with the link to your photo on Flickr, Twango or wherever else. Easy as pie.

Next Wednesday morning, May 14, I’ll pick four entries and the people who email them to me will get free unlimited-use license codes for Psiloc Connect. Sweet!

Remember, by entering this contest, you’re giving me permission to post your photo entries here on SiMo when I announce the contest winners. Good luck to everyone who enters and don’t forget to have fun!

UPDATE 2:20, 5/6: Keep those entries coming guys! I’ve got over 20 so far and some of them are VERY creative. :) Those of you who have entered without an original photo, make sure you follow up with a pic before next Wednesday to be eligible!

subscribe to comments made about this post

Psiloc Connect: The App We’ve All Been Waiting For

If I had a dollar for every time I begged and pleaded for this functionality in S60, well, I could have paid Psiloc to make this app a long time ago…

Psiloc Connect is an app that needs little introduction. Suffice it to say, you need this app. In my opinion, Access Points (AP) are handled very, very poorly by S60. Each app that makes use of a data connection must have its own default AP defined. This is just silly. As done on other OSes, the device should worry about connecting via the fastest available AP and apps should just call to which ever AP is currently active. Period.

Thanks to Psiloc, your S60 3rd handset can now use data as nature intended - intelligently. Psiloc Connect is a utility that you’ll install, configure and then never look at again. Huh? It’s not because you won’t like it, but rather because once configured it will constantly be doing its job with no user intervention whatsoever. In a nutshell, this app will add a new AP to your device called “Psiloc Connect”. Any app using this AP will first attempt to connect to the internet via available WLAN networks. If no WLAN is available, the new AP will automatically drop back to 3G / EDGE / GPRS. Done!

Do you live in a country where data is expensive? No worries, Psiloc Connect is still an app you need. You can configure it to connect via WLAN - and it will look for ALL of your WLAN networks as opposed to just one - and if no WLAN network is available, the app will not connect. No surprise astronomical bills, no worries.

As for battery life, of course using WiFi will affect your time between charges. The app itself is incredibly light-weight though. The Connect daemon only eats up 42KB in fact.

My advice? Head over to the Psiloc Shop and download this app ASAP. Again, this is how S60 should work. That’s the beauty of S60 though, isn’t it? There are so many phenomenal developers like Psiloc who take the bull by the horns, listen to end-users and crank out awesome apps that pick up where S60 left off. Psiloc offers a free trial as with all of its apps but believe me, once you have a taste there’s no way you’ll be able to go a minute without this app.

subscribe to comments made about this post

Qik Adds Video Download Support

Just a quick FYI for you guys. I’m constantly torn between Qik and Flixwagon. Qik offers better resolution while Flixwagon adds a cleaner UI, more options and more overall features. Qik’s latest addition will hardly sway me in one direction or the other but it’s a convenient little addition none the less.

If you take a peak beneath any video as you watch it on the Qik site, you’ll now see a download link. Sweet! Videos come in FLV format and this is a nice little feature if you want to reblog something without the Qik widget or even edit your own videos. It can also be useful in moving Qik videos to your mobile as I’ve never had much luck with the Qik mobile site.

subscribe to comments made about this post

Free AT&T WiFi on your S60?

MacRumors posted this story about all iPhone users now having free access to AT&T hotspots. Click through to check it out or for you ADD types, here’s the gist: Have an iPhone? Go to any Barnes and Noble, Starbucks or one of 71,000+ AT&T WiFi hotspots and connect from your iPhone. You’ll be greeted with a dedicated page where you can enter a valid iPhone number and access WiFi for free.

A reader then added that by faking the iPhone user agent on his laptop, he was able to enter a valid iPhone number and connect directly from his laptop for free. I see your laptop access, and raise you S60! I can’t test it out right now but I’ll bet that by installing the file from Harry Salminen’s post about iPhone-formatted webpages on your S60, you’ll be able to enjoy free WiFi by entering a valid iPhone number in your S60 Browser. Of course Salminen’s file is unsigned (and not open signable) so you’ll have to have a valid cert or hack your phone in order to install the tweak.

Check it out and let me know how if it works.

subscribe to comments made about this post