Someone requested S40 support for the
CA certificate Import 'Wizard'. This 'tool' is being used over 50 times a day, so I guess that it works :-). Knowing that it is being used, I added S40 support (theoretically that is, since I don't have such a device).
Just select the type of device you have (S60 or S40 based). Depending on the selection the extension, and MIME type will be changed.
The S40 devices expect a different MIME type (application/vnd.wap.hashed-certificate). So I added this MIME type to my webserver and associated it with .cer files. More information on
this page.
Note, that you need to upload a WPKI certificate instead of a normal one. I'm still figuring out what the exact difference is, so I might do a conversion....
UPDATE: import on a S40 doesn't work, so don't bother.
I use my Nokia E61i with my corporate exchange environment to synchronize my agenda. The installation of the Nokia Data Suite is pretty straight forward (no reboot required). After the installation I paired the phone with the OS, and am able to synchronize my agenda...
This is where the horror begins; as soon as I reboot the laptop the Nokia is unable to sync. It connects for about a second, and the logs show a succesfull sync, but nothing happends.
It is possible to browse the phone with the Data Suite application, and I can make a backup. So everything works except synching with Outlook (which is opened AND connected to the Exchange server).
If I try to sync my contacts to my Mac Book Pro (using iSync), everything works and keeps working.
The only way to solve this is to remove the Data Suite application and reinstall it. After that I can sync, until I reboot. Also, reinstalling is creating extra COM ports. 2 COM ports for every reinstall. last week I had 8 bluetooth COM ports on my system. No way of removing them (the OS keeps 'finding' them after a reboot), but to use System Restore point.
I tried 3 different versions of the Data Suite (even the one released earlier this week), but the behavior persists.
By the way, synching using the USB cable doesn't solve anything, so it seems to be a sync issue in the Nokia Datasuite and not just BT related, since all other functions do work.
Just a few more days, and
Transformers (
trailer) premieres here. For someone who grew up watching the DJ Cat Show (SkyChannel) this is a dream coming true. After reading
this review, I can't wait to see
Optimus Prime kicking
MegaTron's ass
IS IT THURSDAY YET???
UPDATE: Just saw the movie, and it was awesome. The special effects were beyond awesome. There are lot's of references to other blockbusters like Independence Day, Armageddon, and Men in Black
Apple released the iPhone last Friday in the US. I didn't report on this, because a) I can't get my hands on it atm, b) there was a lot of media coverage this weekend, c) I had better things to do.
They sold over half a million phones this weekend. That's great, BUT....
There are some elementary things missing on the phone. Things I couldn't live with. Most of them are mentioned
here.
As you might have noticed, I have a Nokia E61i at this moment. This phone was meant to be kinda temporary, since the iPhone won't be available in Europe just yet. But if Apple won't resolve most of those 'issues' there won't be an iPhone for me.
How lame is it that you can't use Bluetooth the way it's meant for transferring files, 'abusing' it for a modem, so you can hook it up to your laptop and surf the Internet. At this moment, every other (Windows Mobile or Symbian based) phone on the market with has more functionality than the current iPhone. The only drawback on the current phones is that they're not made by Apple.
So I'll stick to my Nokia until they fixed those elementary functions.
Last night, I watched the latest Michael Moore documentary about the US Health System called
Sicko. And, he does it again.
For an average European, it's hard to imagine that people are left without proper medical care. It seems that the only thing that counts is making vast amounts of money, with an obvious disregard of human life.
Sure, the United States is the land of opportunity, but at what cost? How can those medical insurance executives live with themselves? I guess that the millions earned are keeping them happy.
There's a saying that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, but in this case it's barren rotten wasteland.
Things are not as bad in Holland as we might think, so if you have any doubt about our medical system, you should watch this movie.
Last week, I watched a new episode of House M.D. It was an episode in which a patient dies (which doesn't happen a lot in House). In the final scene there was an awesome piece of music by
Mazzy Star called '
Into Dust'.
Yet another band with a great sound for my iTunes library.
Too bad that their latest album is a over a decade old....
Not every device is perfect. Even the Nokia E61i has its faults.
I have a Jabra BT250V Bluetooth headset with my E61i, but the reception is terrible. As long as there's a line of sight between the phone and the headset everything is fine. As soon as I move a bodypart between the two, the reception goes berserk. Even when the Nokia is in my pocket, the reception is terrible. Also, sometimes the Bluetooth connection disappears. Even when the devices lie next to each other. This didn't happen with my older phone (the Nokia 6230i).
Perhaps it's the combination.. Perhaps not, but it's definitely annoying.
There are/were some other annoyances; like not being able to properly configure the Nokia VPN client with a Cisco PIX firewall. I'm able to succesfully connect, but after that no bit (or byte) is transmitted through the VPN tunnel. So far I blame our corporate firewall. Also, the E61i does respond very well to bouncing on concrete pavement :-( .
Or not being able to watch YouTube videos (-> Flash 9) on the phone (which uses Flash 7) .
The Nokia E61(i) phone is capable of making Voice over IP (VoIP) phone calls. The nice part is that you don't need your cellular carrier to make phone calls. All you need is a VoIP account somewhere.
The world greatest ISP (in Holland), XS4ALL, gives 2 free VoIP numbers to its customers. So, it was time to get it working on my Nokia E61i.
First of all, I wasn't familiar with the VoIP terminology, so I needed a manual for dummies on this. Luckely, the
dutch tweakers forum gave me some answers on the topic.
After configuring the phone I got error messages about not being able to connect to the service. I did read some reports on this, and they all mentioned that some phones didn't seem to work properly...
Fortunately, a colleague of mine has the same phone, and he got it working. So, it could be something else... My DSL modem for example.
A quick test showed, that when I used my neighbors open WiFi, I was able to connect to the service, so I needed to look at my modem. A quick search revealed that there was a
new firmware (released by my ISP). After updating the firmware everything worked fine.
One drawback though. The default outgoing call type is set to cellular, so every call you make will be using the normal GSM network. There is no easy way of switching this to VoIP. This can only be done in the the Phone menu (
Menu -> Tools -> Settings -> Call).
The Nokia 61(i) has some default applications and tools on the screen. These applications can be opened by clicking them instead of browsing through the menu. They are probably the applications you use the most. The default applications and tools are nice, but most likely, every user wants his/hers own apps there.
It took me a while before I figured out that the screen you see is called the 'standby' screen. Lame name for this screen if you ask me.
Anyway, you can edit this by going to;
Menu -> Tools -> Settings -> Phone -> Standby
A couple of day's ago, I tried to play an episode of
Painkiller Jane on my Nokia E61i. The original format was in the DivX format, so I used
VisualHub to convert it on my Mac to the MP4 format (320 pixels wide).
This part was relatively easy. The next step was a bit harder; trying to get the 100MB file from my Mac on the Nokia. Somehow, there's no way of transferring the file from a Mac to the Nokia via USB. The USB connection works file with
iSync, but this has no option of synching files. When connecting, the phone gives you the option of using the 'PC Suite' or 'Data Transfer'. The first is using iSync, and the latter gives you an error that the devices can't be recognized.
Nokia does have an application for the Mac to transfer files to, and from the phone (
Nokia Media Transfer). BUT, the Nokia E61 is NOT supported
This means you're left with Bluetooth, or using a web server and download the file. If you don't own your own webserver you're stuck with Bluetooth (which is terribly slow b.t.w.). Both are a pain in the butt in getting large fils on the phone. I had to resume the download via the web server about 10 times before I had downloaded it, and Bluetooth... well don't get me started on that.
My advice; don't use a Mac to transfer large files to the phone, but use
Nokia PC Suite with the USB cable on a PC to do that.
B.t.w. the Nokia E61i played the episode just fine.
