Symbian in Motion

Thanks to Gerry Moth, a man I’m loving more with each passing minute, I am in the process of trying what looks to be the first functional Last.fm player for S60. It’s called Blastfm and it was built in Python. Sure, it’s not the optimal solution but beggers can’t be choosers! The app is in beta so be kind, but it allows you to stream various Last.fm stations and that is exactly what we’ve been looking for.

The problem - so far I’m not having any luck with it at all on my N95 8GB NAM. The app crashes with a System error (-2) as soon as I hit OK after entering my Last.fm credentials. I’m going to keep trying though because I’ve been waiting for this functionality forever…

Try it out, the download link is in the Nokia Addict post. Also, be sure to pay homage to M3 Solutions for putting this puppy together - if you can get it working! Make sure you read the Nokia Addict post before you try to install it!

UPDATE: Still not working for me guys. I’m giving up for now - let me know how it works out for you!

How I forgot to tell everyone about this earlier I have no idea, but one of my favorite themers has recently launched his own website!

That’s right people… Taieb! I’ve featured his themes quite often here on SiMo and I’ve asked him about putting up a site for quite a while. Well it looks like he finally got some help and his site is looking great. You’ll find a big archive of nearly all the S60 3rd work he’s done to date. There are also RSS feeds that you can subscribe to so that you’re notified as soon as a new Taieb theme hits the net (though images don’t seem to be working yet).

So a belated congratulations to the very talented Taieb. Now head on over to his site and have fun exploring…

Taieb Themes

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We mentioned Aspyplayer, the first S60 application to enable scrobbling to last.fm, although it was a very good application and is the instigator for MobblerBeta, it was created using Python, which isn’t ideal as it’s not the easiest application to install (or code for that matter) and personally it needed to be simpler.

Mobbler is a more accomplished application, it includes an easier to use UI and a very simple operational advantage of just sitting in the background doing it’s own stuff. A definite positive for me. I’ve been using it for a few hours now and can say it simply does what it says on the tin, nice! There are a few simple operational instructions which shouldn’t be too hard figure out anyway. For those looking to know more in depth of how it works and the functions of it all can visit the OtherInfo section to see how it scrobbles etc.

The application is Freeware and is compatible with all S60 3rd Edition handsets and can be downloaded from the Mobbler Page on Google Code. It is self signed so you can just install it if you disable the certificate checking on your handset. Obviously as this is a bet, your feedback is appreciated on any bugs you may encounter. Kindly post them in the Issues section. Enjoy scrobbling your music.

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Ok, ok… I get it! People want more Taieb! I’ve gotten a bunch of emails since the last SiMo themes post and they all ask for the same thing: More Taieb. Consider it done. All themes are 100% SVG, 100% free and 100% awesome. Every download includes a version with Taieb’s icons and a version that uses the default icons. Enjoy.

Night Shade by Taieb

White Noise by Taieb

Mountains by Taieb

Dark Blue by Taieb

Equalizer Series by Taieb (green, black, red, blue and pink - each with and without icons - 7.3MB file)

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Y-Browser, our favourite 3rd party file manager that does so much more has been updated by Dr Jukka to version 0.88. The update includes amongst other things bug fixes, layout changes and improved support and stability for Feature Pack 2 devices.

The main list of changes included in this version are:

- Lots of layout change fixes
- Some bug fixes to improve stability (Especially with FP2 devices)
- File modified time changed from UTC to local time
- Added Command short cut accelerators to the menu items
- Edit-Mark, menu has now two additional options: Mark with wild card & inverse selection
- File association settings added
- Plug-in manager added
- Email folders shown now as well (with Mail folders plug-in)

If you need more info on what Y-Browser does and the benefits of it, check out the review on Symbian in Motion by Zach.

The good news is that the application is signed and ready for installation, which is great in the current climate of Symbian Signed being such a mess. Head on over to the Dr Jukka website to get the additional plugins as desired.

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