Ok, VoIP is cool, and you can spend less money with it, but I think it is not as cool, as if you could click in a phone number in your desktop browser, and call the number using your cell phone or send an SMS message …
And all this without any wires …
All you need it to read my previous post about an apache server running in your phone with support for python.
and after it you install the another library in your apache and a plugin in your Firefox, you can download it form this link.
Then when you are browsing the web, for example for booking a table at Restaurant Zetor in Helsinki.

and when you click in the phone number this dialog appears allowing you to call it with your cell phone.

You can add a contact from your browser …

Send SMS messages …

This is wat I call Cool Factor, I`ll have to show it to all my friends
and with a little more work it can become a perfect integration between your cell phone and your desktop

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I think you do not know, but I`m a Java developer, and I like to develop applications for m cell phone …

I`m starting to write an application to just tell me “what time is it”.
But I`m not finding a solution for the TTS API (Text To Speech), and the only solution I have found is to record the strings (one o`clock, two …) and minutes in intervals of 5.

The talking clock would tel you some thing like: It is a little after two hours and five minutes.

The main idea behind this app is that I carry my N80 in my backpack, or hip-pocket depending on the day. and when I want to know what time is it, I need to open my backpack for example, and search for the phone, even if I`m already using it to listen to some MP3 …

And I want to just press the earphone button and say: what time is it?
and the phone should tell me the time.

What do you think about a simple app like this one?

well, I`m starting to write it. it will be a Java ME application.

If you want to know a litle more about Java ME, you can check ou this books:

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I know that it is a blog about Symbian, but how would it be the perfect cell phone for you?

For me, it does not need to have Symbian at all.
The perfect cell phone for me, would be the exact same size and form that my Bluetooth ear phone has.
With an optional little display.
and a perfect voice to call system.
A little better than today symbian phones have, but with the ability to dictate numbers for dialing to any one that is not on your contacts already.
it should have bluetooth for conecting with a PDA and a mini-usb plug, to sync the contacts with your computer, and to enter more data and configurations.

What do you think about my dream cell phone?

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Do the ads in the blog make it difficult to read the blog content?
Do you think they should be smaller or some thing like that?

Thanks for any comments!

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The N80ie owners does not understand this, but all the VOIP services until now works only in the N80ie phones, I could not find one that works in the plain N80 phones …
But now it is solved, you can install TiVi in your N80 and start talking for free (at least with other TiVi users). Or you can buy some credits to call landlines too.

The service seems to be great, the only problem is that the prices list is very confuse.
And the second problem is that the client is memory heavy, I had to uninstall almost all the services (even the Alarm Manager) in my N80 to run it without the Out of memory message.

Take a try .

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Yes, that is right, Amazon will pay you $24,99 to own a E62 phone, at least if you accept to sign a contract with Cingular …
Jut check it here …

But if you prefer an Nokia N72 (Unlocked) they have it too

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I had just found in web, that now you can use Ruby to program to your Symbian Smart Phone
You can find documentation about the language here, and some library docs here.

Now you can use this powerful scripting language to turbine your N80 too
You can find an example and the files for download here …

I loved the idea, because I do not want to learn Python, but it would be great to learn Ruby, after I learn it, I can program to my cell phone and can use Ruby On Rails for web programming

If you want to learn Ruby too, you can start with this books:

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Do you know you can access your S60 phone using a web browser?
Yes, it is true …
This is possible using a modified version of the Apache Web Server …
The port was created by the Nokia team, and you can get it in the Nokia Open Source portal
And there is a free service too, that you can use to enable the access to your phone from anywhere in the Internet, to enable it you just need to ask for a password by e-mail …
After you have your Racoon running (this is the name of the apache for S60), you can install Python for S60 and use mod_python to create dynamic content and make your phone content available to all internet users …
Think about a blog in your cell phone, with all your latest photos available …
or your contacts and schedule available to you from any web browser directly from your phone …
This means no more need for synchronization for your desktop apps, you can edit it using your browser …

Ok, I know that it is too geeky and that data plans are too expensive for this kind of thing …
but you can enable it only when you have an Wi-Fi connection available too …
Or use only your local Wi-Fi network for it if you do not want it available to all the world …

Think about the possibilities

I have already asked my user and password, and have already tried it in my local Wi-Fi

There are no contacts or schedule “gateways” written yet, but I loved the idea
for now I still using Mobical for it, and the SyncML from my phone since I do not have an Outlook license … (I Sync my contacts from Thunderbird to Mobical too )

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The Nokia Symbian consortium announced that they will port some of the POSIX libraries to the Symbian OS …
Why this is good news?
Because all Unixes today are POSIX compliant, and all the Unix/Linux developers today, know how to program to the POSIX libraries, and all that people will know how to program to Symbian after it become POSIX compliant too …
And I think it will make possible the port/migration of many well known windows, and linux applications to our cell phones running symbian …
What does it means to us? well, lots of news apps to full the phones memory (probably lots of freewares too) …
And a big new market for software developers …

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In the nokia Open Source portal, there is a port of the Python scripting language for S60 devices (this means that you can run it on your N80 too )
you can get it here: http://wiki.opensource.nokia.com/projects/Python_for_S60
but the best thing, is that you do not need to know how to program in python to use it, there are lots of freeware applications already written for you enjoy …
the full list is here: http://wiki.opensource.nokia.com/projects/PyS60_applications
Here is a small list:

• nA Cell Tax Tracker This small application get your current cell phone costs from supported telecommunication providers over a short message. It allows you to analyse your costs and get statistics. Written in python for S60.
• PyS60Remote This set of programs enables you to use a Series 60 mobile phone to control your win32 PC. The two devices connect via Bluetooth. Mainly suitable as a wireless presenter or remote for your video player.
• EasyEdit 1.44 for 3rd Ed
• Fupper is a Flickr upload tool for PyS60. It also includes a full FlickrAPI implementation that is based on Beej’s Python FlickrAPI.
• OpenOffice (odt) reader .. a basic ODT reader using pyexpat port of pys60. Supports basic formating: bold, underline, etc. and text colors
• Tetris Lost code for Tetris has been reposted in the Forum at last
• EasyEdit : a full-featured, simple, intuitive text editor by chetbox.
• PyS60 Python editor 1.03 new editor for editing your scripts on your phone. application and source code v1.03
• pyED : Python Editor for Series 60 is an sourceforge project for creating an open source Python source code editor, written in Python by CyKe64, for Series 60. Once you have Python for Series 60 installed on your phone, pyed enables you to edit your scripts directly from your phone. Very cool!
• client ShoutCAST for pys60 Source code is under Creative commons licence. Now you can listen radio on internet (MP3) and also Real Audio if you have real audio playerHelix !
• RemoteCamera A script to take photos and FTP them to a server of your choice.

There are many more apps out there, and if you are a programmer like myself you can create your own apps …
So, enjoy the freewares, and write some more if you can

If you want to write some python apps for your phone, you can start with this books:

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