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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:35:57 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Adobe Flash Lite 2.1 (S60 2nd FP3) - Access Flash content on your mobile phone ]]></title>
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					<p>Whatever you think about Flash, there's no doubt that it's a very rich and immersive way of enjoying content on the Web. </p>
<p>Adobe Flash Lite equips your Symbian device with a player for Flash movies and animation in both frame and window mode. Via a familar file explorer, Flash Lite can access SWF data in both the internal memory and in external cards. </p>
<p>All of the common player functions such as Play, Stop, Pause, and Rewind are available from a menu at the side of the screen on your display. </p>
<p>Adobe Flash Lite provides you with ability to watch Flash movies without any additional software on your phone. My only criticism would be that the poor user interface could have been given a little more attention in order to make it a little more user-friendly.</p>
<p><b>If you want to enjoy the best of the Web on your phone, this really is a must-have download.</b></p>
				<p>Download <a title="Adobe Flash Lite 2.1 (S60 2nd FP3)" href="http://adobe-flash-lite.en.softonic.com/symbian"><strong>Adobe Flash Lite 2.1 (S60 2nd FP3)</strong></a> in <a title="Free software downloads and reviews - Softonic" href="http://en.softonic.com/">Softonic</a></p>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Mobiola Studio for Windows Mobile 2.1.29 - Convert DVDs and YouTube videos for use on your device ]]></title>
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					<p>There's just so much tasty video content around these days it seems a shame not to be able to enjoy it anywhere you go. Whether it's a DVD, a YouTube video, or just a WMA file, Mobiola Videos Studio Pro is designed to help take a movie from its original format and prepare it for use on your Smartphone. </p>
<p>The application has support for all of the major video file formats, and provides a pretty simple drag-and-drop interface for converting a movie to the right format and at an optimal resolution so you can display it, without any problem, on the screen of your handset. </p>
<p>While it's pretty beginner-friendly there are also plenty of options to jiggle around with if you're one of those people who likes to jiggle around with options on their Smartphone.</p>
<p>Besides defining the output format, you can set the finished quality and resolution of your video. In the case of movies taken from DVD, you can even play around with the language, enable or disable subtitles, transfer files, and more. </p>
<p><b>In short, Mobiola Videos Studio Pro provides an effective way of converting and optimising video for use on your mobile.</b></p>
				<p>Download <a title="Mobiola Studio for Windows Mobile 2.1.29" href="http://mobiola-studio-smartphone.en.softonic.com/windowsmobile"><strong>Mobiola Studio for Windows Mobile 2.1.29</strong></a> in <a title="Free software downloads and reviews - Softonic" href="http://en.softonic.com/">Softonic</a></p>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Mobiola Studio for Nokia 2.1.29 - Convert DVDs and YouTube videos for use on your device ]]></title>
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					<p>There's just so much tasty video content around these days it seems a shame not to be able to enjoy it anywhere you go. Whether it's a DVD, a YouTube video, or just a WMA file, Mobiola Videos Studio Pro is designed to help take a movie from its original format and prepare it for use on your mobile phone. </p>
<p>The application has support for all of the major video file formats, and provides a pretty simple drag-and-drop interface for converting a movie to the right format and at an optimal resolution so you can display it, without any problem, on the screen of your handset. </p>
<p>While it's pretty beginner-friendly there are also plenty of options to jiggle around with if you're one of those people who likes to jiggle around with options on their phone.</p>
<p>Besides defining the output format, you can set the finished quality and resolution of your video. In the case of movies taken from DVD, you can even play around with the language, enable or disable subtitles, transfer files, and more. </p>
<p><b>In short, Mobiola Videos Studio Pro provides an effective way of converting and optimising video for use on your mobile.</b></p>
				<p>Download <a title="Mobiola Studio for Nokia 2.1.29" href="http://mobiola-studio-nokia.en.softonic.com/symbian"><strong>Mobiola Studio for Nokia 2.1.29</strong></a> in <a title="Free software downloads and reviews - Softonic" href="http://en.softonic.com/">Softonic</a></p>
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		<title><![CDATA[ VITO AudioNotes 1.32 - Turn your smartphone into a dictaphone with this cool app ]]></title>
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					<p>VITO AudioNotes is the easiest way to record notes, lectures or phone calls to your Smartphone. Create your personal voice notes just on the go – VITO AudioNotes has everything you need for this. With this application you will never lose yourself in heaps of recording formats wondering which is better. VITO AudioNote is quick and intuitive. Store your important information as voice notes instead of tapping your smartphone buttons endlessly to write it down.</p>
<p>VITO AudioNotes is the easiest way to save important information just on the go.</p>
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<li>Record notes and phone calls in MP3 and WAV formats</li>
<li>Choose between optimal recording presets</li>
<li>Store them to storage card or main memory</li>
<li>Manage created files easily</li>
<li>Avoid silence gaps with VAS (Voice Activation System)</li>
<li>Increase recording sensitivity with microphone automatic gain control</li>
<li>User-friendly interface with control panels</li>
<li>Infobar with file info</li>
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				<p>Download <a title="VITO AudioNotes 1.32" href="http://vito-audionotes.en.softonic.com/windowsmobile"><strong>VITO AudioNotes 1.32</strong></a> in <a title="Free software downloads and reviews - Softonic" href="http://en.softonic.com/">Softonic</a></p>
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		<title><![CDATA[ vTap BlackBerry 0.16 - Search for and play online video ]]></title>
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					<p>I never thought I'd see the day when I'd be able to watch clips of Postman Pat on my mobile phone, but, praise-be to YouTube, now I can. vTap is designed to make it even easier to watch your favourite clips, allowing you to search, list and play video from a wide range of sources across the Internet.</p>
<p>Specifically, vTap can search for videos on YouTube, Dailymotion, Metacafe or Myspace, providing you with a preview all results in miniature, and enabling direct access to the categories of these websites, before displaying all the videos within the user environment.</p>
<p>The program, which delivers very quick search results (depending on your connection, of course), can also be used to search Wikipedia entries, making it an indispensable tool for film and TV buffs. </p>
<p><b>While the range of video sites it references isn't complete as yet, vTap offers an effective way of searching and viewing moving pictures on your phone.</b></p>
				<p>Download <a title="vTap BlackBerry 0.16" href="http://vtap.en.softonic.com/blackberry"><strong>vTap BlackBerry 0.16</strong></a> in <a title="Free software downloads and reviews - Softonic" href="http://en.softonic.com/">Softonic</a></p>
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		<title><![CDATA[ cCam 1.0.3 - The bird watcher's dream ]]></title>
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					<p>I used to be a young ornothologist which I hope I've spelt correctly. I got a badge and a bird book and used to attend meetings every Friday afternoon at my school. I was quite young but I can still point out a buzzard from a kite. In those days people didn't have mobile phones - I'm serious, so we never had any nasty scares of ringtones and flashing cameras frightening our feathered friends away. However, there's a new piece of software that means you can own a mobile phone and bird watch at the same time.</p>
<p>cCam is a 'camera capture program' that works by switching off the flash and shutter sound effects of your mobile's camera so you can nature watch and take photographs without destroying the peaceful atmosphere. It's a nice idea that needs further testing as it doesn't run smoothly on all supported devices at the moment. But don't let that stop you from trying it. Happy snapping.</p>
<p><b>Silent camera for peaceful photography</b></p>
				<p>Download <a title="cCam 1.0.3" href="http://ccam.en.softonic.com/symbian"><strong>cCam 1.0.3</strong></a> in <a title="Free software downloads and reviews - Softonic" href="http://en.softonic.com/">Softonic</a></p>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Media Map 1.1 (SP) - An alternative way of viewing saved multimedia ]]></title>
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					<p>I'm not sure about you, but I have loads of audio and video files lurking on my phone but they're in a bit of a jumbled mess. As a result, it can sometimes be difficult to find something I want to watch or listen to. Media Map is designed to change all that, providing you with an innovative way of accessing multimedia files, by displaying a graphical list of all the contents stored in your memory.</p>
<p>The software is based around a system of searches with predefined fields and keywords, meaning that to locate a file you only need select a field or a keyword. For instance, if you want to find all the podcasts stored on your handset you only need to select 'General', then 'Podcast' as a keyword. Media Map will then automatically display all of these files on screen.</p>
<p>The program, which supports all memory cards, lets you assign new keywords in each default section and allows you to create playlists based on search results. There's even a function for hooking up to a media server via Wi-Fi, if you have the right capabilities. </p>
<p><b>With a tag cloud-style interface, Media Map represents a quick way of accessing media files in an innovative user environment.</b></p>
				<p>Download <a title="Media Map 1.1 (SP)" href="http://media-map.en.softonic.com/windowsmobile"><strong>Media Map 1.1 (SP)</strong></a> in <a title="Free software downloads and reviews - Softonic" href="http://en.softonic.com/">Softonic</a></p>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Lifeblog 2.5 - Start blogging from your Nokia smartphone! ]]></title>
		<link>http://lifeblog.en.softonic.com/symbian</link>
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					<p>Lifeblog is Nokia's patented software that's designed to help you store, organize, browse, search, and edit your multimedia files on your phone or PC. The ultimate aim is to make publishing images to the web as fast as possible although in reality, the process may not prove to be quite as fast as you'd like.</p>
<p>Lifeblog automatically builds an organic timeline as you take photos and videos and send and receive messages. You can install it on both your phone and PC and once opened, you can scroll through your images and videos according to when they were taken. You can save your best shots in the 'Favourites' timeline for quick access.</p>
<p>To start blogging you have to register for a TypePad weblog account using the Lifeblog application on your phone or sign up on the Net from your PC. For power bloggers, you can Lifeblog to more than one blog also! Lifeblog automatically updates a list of all your accounts in your phone so you can pick and choose. Finally, you select a message or image from your timeline to post, add a title and text if you select your account and click send.</p>
<p>If you take frequent photos on your phone and want to blog them, you'll get a lot out of this software.</p>
				<p>Download <a title="Lifeblog 2.5" href="http://lifeblog.en.softonic.com/symbian"><strong>Lifeblog 2.5</strong></a> in <a title="Free software downloads and reviews - Softonic" href="http://en.softonic.com/">Softonic</a></p>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Pocket SlideShow 1.51 - Run PowerPoint presentations on your mobile ]]></title>
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					<p>Pocket SlideShow is a powerful PowerPoint presentation viewer for Pocket PC, Smartphone and Handheld PC devices. Thanks to Pocket SlideShow, you can keep your favorite Microsoft PowerPoint presentations right in your pocket, and enjoy full-screen slide shows, with optimized display and animations.</p>
<p>Pocket SlideShow has many powerful features to browse, rearrange or even merge your PowerPoint presentations directly on your PDA. Pocket SlideShow also includes an ActiveSync conversion filter that automatically adapts your presentations to Pocket PowerPoint format, thus significantly reducing file size.</p>
<p>File conversion is quick and easy: simply drag your presentations from your Desktop PC to your Pocket PC or Handheld PC(via ActiveSync), and the conversion filter will automatically pop up and perform the requested conversions.</p>
				<p>Download <a title="Pocket SlideShow 1.51" href="http://pocket-slideshow.en.softonic.com/windowsmobile"><strong>Pocket SlideShow 1.51</strong></a> in <a title="Free software downloads and reviews - Softonic" href="http://en.softonic.com/">Softonic</a></p>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Nokia Multimedia Player 1.1 - Plays sounds and 3GP videos, view images or MMS messages! ]]></title>
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					<p>Over the last couple of years, manufacturers and networks have been putting more and more pressure on consumers to use their phones for more than just calls and SMS. Perhaps a natural result of this drive is that phone manufacturers have also been producing proprietary applications for viewing and manipulating multimedia files received or created on your phone.</p>
<p>Multimedia Player is the snappily titled offering from mobile phone top-dog, Nokia. Billed as a “powerful application” for viewing, playing and managing content sent to your phone or from a phone to your computer, Nokia Multimedia Player sets out to be a one-stop-shop for all your mobile multimedia needs. Unfortunately, it’s a badly designed and poorly executed product which has never really been up to the standard of mainstream audio and video players.</p>
<p>After installing Multimedia Player (and suffering the inexplicable Windows restart which always accompanies a Nokia program installation), we were disappointed with an ugly, glitchy and clunky program interface. Nokia have created custom window decorations for the program, and sadly they’re of a very low standard. Compared with other media players (iTunes, RealPlayer and even Windows Media Player), Nokia’s design is remarkably poor. Its ugly, ‘jaggy’ elements are a real let down from the company responsible for designing some classic mobile phones.</p>
<p>When it comes to functions, there are some basics for media players which a software developer has to get right. Fast-forward scanning while watching a video file is one feature which most users would demand from a video player. Nokia Multimedia Player does include this feature but it doesn’t work on videos created with Nokia phones, surely the key media which the player would be aimed at. Interestingly, Apple’s iTunes supports these videos and allows the user to scan through a video while it’s playing.</p>
<p>The quality of video and audio playback in Nokia Multimedia Player is also disappointing. Comparing the playback of several video files with other media players, we noticed significant degradation in the quality of the video as well as a flat, dull sound quality. Some file formats we tested the program with wouldn’t even open, despite Multimedia Player claiming that they were supported. The only format we found which Nokia Multimedia Player supports better than other programs is the MMS multimedia message format used between to send pictures and short videos between phones or from a phone to a computer. This feature is particularly useful if you’ve received lots of MMS messages and want to archive them on your computer.</p>
<p>To be fair to Nokia, this program is several years old now and at best, it's a very basic application for viewing multimedia messages you’ve received on your phone or computer. For the most part, however, it’s an ugly, ungainly and dysfunctional waste of disk space. Instead of this program, why not use <a href=http://en.softonic.com/ie/30110>Apple iTunes</a> which is capable of handling practically all of the formats which Multimedia player claims to support.</p>
				<p>Download <a title="Nokia Multimedia Player 1.1" href="http://nokia-multimedia-player.en.softonic.com/java"><strong>Nokia Multimedia Player 1.1</strong></a> in <a title="Free software downloads and reviews - Softonic" href="http://en.softonic.com/">Softonic</a></p>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Skreen Saver - Looking for a screensaver for your mobile? ]]></title>
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					<p>Skreen Saver works just like the ordinary screen saver for series 60 devices. Each theme includes a colourful background, an animation, fonts and the following indicators: Date and time, Missed Calls,New Messages, Incoming Alarms</p>
<p>Skreen Saver activates after a specified inactivity timeout, just like the ordinary screen saver. It then deactivates after another inactivity period (which ranges from 30 mins to 2 hours max) restoring the default screen saver in order to save battery power for long inactivity periods.</p>
<p>Skreen saver can also be viewed at any time by keeping the # key pressed for 1 second. It then deactivates with any key press.</p>
				<p>Download <a title="Skreen Saver" href="http://skreen-saver.en.softonic.com/symbian"><strong>Skreen Saver</strong></a> in <a title="Free software downloads and reviews - Softonic" href="http://en.softonic.com/">Softonic</a></p>
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