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fring™ is one of my favourite and most used free mobile software.

The latest version of Fring™ a free mobile Messenger (v3.30.06) has fixed bugs which were in the previous version. This latest version also has File Sharing ability and improved messaging as its previous version.

Download the latest version from http://www.fring.com/

fring™ is a mobile internet service & community that enables you to make free calls and live chat with all your
Fring,
Skype®,
MSN® Messenger,
Google Talk™,
ICQ,
SIP,
Twitter,
Yahoo!™ and
AIM®* friends using your handset’s internet connection rather than costly cellular airtime minutes.

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UPDATE!! 3rd March 2008 - Telenor Smartmail GPRS/EDGE CANNOT BE USED ON A PC anymore.
Read the update here on my 3rd March 2008 Post
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Got Telenor’s Unlimited GPRS/(EDGE where available) postpaid package. (Unlimited GPRS/EDGE is only on available on the phone. It cannot be used on a computer)

The package cost a total of Rs.4000 (this includes one time security & activation charges)
I have the Rs.250 Line Rent and a Rs.1000/month GPRS connection.

So far the results have been good. Using the E61i with Unlimited EDGE is awesome. (Note: It doesn’t work on the PC)

The softwares for Symbian S60 3rd Edition that I am using with the Nokia E61i are:

Free Messengers:
Palringo Messenger http://www.palringo.com
Fring Messenger http://www.fring.com
Slick Messenger http://www.lonelycatgames.com/

Free YouTube:
Emtube http://www.emtube.yoyo.pl/ (Official Website seems to be down)

Download emtube

Read more about emtube:
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/6437_emTube-YouTube_client_for_S60_.php

Telenor’s Smart Mail “Nokia Intellisync” Email Client is working great, though it is a bit heavy. All my gmail mails are getting pushed to my E61i without any problems.

Now I don’t have to manually check if I have emails in my Inbox or not. Each time an email comes, there is a beep, just like when I recieve an SMS, and I know an Email has arrived. Composing Emails & attaching files are as easy as 1-2-3 in SmartMail.

COMPOSE window of Nokia Intellisync:

Adding an ATTACHMENT to an Email:

When using heavy websites like Yahoo! Mail Web (http://mail.yahoo.com) version, I close the SmartMail software. Note: There is no need to close SmartMail software if using Yahoo! Mobile (m.yahoo.com)

Using Mobile websites is really fast. My Bookmarks are:

YAHOO! MOBILE: http://m.yahoo.com
MSN MOBILE: http://mobile.live.com
GOOGLE MOBILE: http://mobile.google.com
ORKUT: http://www.orkut.com

Telenor is also providing free ”Itemized Email Billing”, as well as the ability to check the Itemized Billing yourself by using its Web Self service.
http://wss.telenor.com.pk/WSC/app

It’s been some time since I wrote my last post. After much thinking, finally decided to get the E61i and I think I made the best decision ever!

Got my E61i from United Mobile in Islamabad, Blue Area for Rs.26,000 in December 2007.
Before buying I had looked up Nokia’s official website to check which company was providing Authorised Services in Pakistan, United Mobile and Teletec were the only ones listed.

Getting it directly from United Mobile’s shop was expensive, but most of the shops in Jinnah Market & Blue Area had the E61i with “Advance Telecom” warrenty. I did not want to risk getting bad after sales services from Advance, so got United Mobile’s Warrenty.

The package of the E61i included:
Free Nokia MicroSD 256MB card.
Nokia Pop-Port USB connecter.
Mono Headphones.
Charger.

The E61i has exceeded my expectations. The browsing is pure pleasure with Telenor’s EDGE. Downloading speed is 1MB/30 to 45 seconds, which is awesome.

I have installed two free messengers to use MSN messenger & GoogleTalk in the E61i. These softwares also work with all other Symbian S60 3rd Edition phones.

Fring Mobile VOIP messenger with Chat:
http://www.fring.com
Fring has;
SKYPE,
MSN Messenger,
Yahoo Messenger,
GoogleTalk,
ICQ,
SIP,
TWITTER.

Slick Messenger:
http://www.lonelycatgames.com/?app=slick
Slick has;
MSN Messenger,
ICQ,
Yahoo,
AIM,
Google Talk,
Jabber

I have installed free MobiReader to read Ebooks, which you can find here:
http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/application.asp?device=SymbianOs

And free Beta Nokia Audiobook player to manage & listen to Audiobooks, which you can find here:
http://www.nokia.com/betalabs/audiobooks

Please note that Nokia AudioBook is still in testing Beta phase, so there might be some bugs. To date I have not encountered any bugs.

Will write more later.