Best of E90

Converting video made easy on E90

2008-12-16T07:38:00.000-08:00

After reading a lot of articles and doing several video encoding trials, I found the best solution.
Its a free encoding software called MediaCoder and you can run a preset configuration file for the nokia E90 (I don´t know who created the file, but thanks).

You just have to :

Download and install Media coder (I have 0.6.2) - Link

Download this preset with all settings for Nokia E90 - Link

Run MediaCoder ,go to FILE menu and select LOAD PRESET (run the file you just downloaded)

Thats it! Now you just select the file you want to convert and press START. If you want its possible to encode with subtitles...

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Quake 3 Arena

2008-11-27T11:41:00.000-08:00

When Quake 3 Arena was lauched, I remember overclocking my old PC to get acceptable performance, now I´m glad to know its possible to play exactly the same game on the big screen of my phone.
You have to congratulate Hinkka, he is the man behind all the quake ports to Symbian phones.
Quake 3 Arena is only available to N95 8gb, N82 and E90. If you are lucky to have one of this phones, you have to try this...

See for yourself on the video below:

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Sygic McGuider 7.60 GPS

2008-11-27T09:55:00.000-08:00

Great news for E90 owners!!!!
Sygic McGuider is compatible with the inner screen of Nokia E90, and honestly, one of the best GPS applications I have tested so far. Its not full of gadgets like Garmin, Navigon or even TomTom, but Sygic is very good in the simple task of getting you where you want to go.
Intelligent address input, clean design, good menu navigation and high framerate even in the inner screen.
Screenshots and video as usual:

Clean design

High resolution

Great navigation

Check the video

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GameBoy Advance Emulator

2008-11-23T14:07:00.000-08:00

Vbag is a GameBoy Advance Emulator for Symbian phones and works perfectly in both screens of Nokia E90. Most GBA games are playable at full speed, you just need to customize your keys and screen, and you are "Ready for Takeoff!". Download games for free (just google for "gba roms") and store them on your memory card.
Its even better than having a real GameBoy Advance...
Supermario and Mortal Kombat screenshots and videos:

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Age of Empires 3 Mobile

2008-11-20T07:08:00.000-08:00

Another precious finding on my research is one of the most important pieces on the evolution of Real Time Strategy games.
Age of Empires 3 mobile is running with 800x352 resolution and it is a pleasure to play seeing all scenario around you in great definition. You can almost sense you are cheating because you can see further than any other mobile. Great game for long periods of time like traveling, if you are not driving, of course... :)
Screenshots and video as usual:

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Garmin Mobile XT 5.0

2008-11-18T16:01:00.000-08:00

How could I live without GPS ??? Since I bought the bluetooth antena for my oldie PDA Ipaq h1930 and ran TomTom on it, I got dependant on GPS. I use it everyday on my job and it saves me time and money.
Searching the web for compatible navigation software, I found out that Garmin works perfectly on the Nokia E90 inner screen and with the built-in A-GPS. There are other options, but I will write about them later.
Screenshots and video as usual:

The main screen

The navigation Map switches for night mode depending on the time.

Great options like google local search or panoramic photos

You can use it as OnBoard Computer

Driving with a camera on the left hand is not easy...

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Diamond Islands

2008-11-15T12:55:00.000-08:00

I´m not a big fan of puzzle games, but I have to admit this one is pretty addictive.
The goal is to move big stones from A to B and to catch all the diamonds in the way. The first 20 levels are very easy and you start getting all cocky and thinking you are a genious... but shortly after that, "cockyness" will be transformed into frustration.
Works in full inner screen.
Shots and video as always...

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Fullscreen video on nokia E90

2008-11-14T15:18:00.000-08:00

It is possible to enjoy the multimedia features of Nokia E90 with full inner screen.
I encoded a Top Gear Video on a great software called Portable EffectMatrix Total Video , tried a lot of formats but this one seems to work fine and the quality is outstanding:

Video: MPEG4 Video 800x352 (16:9) 30.00fps [Video]
Audio: AAC 44100Hz stereo 1411Kbps [Audio]
22 Mb for 3 min and 27 seconds

Other formats worked as well , but i selected this heavy format video to show the real multimedia capabilities of the E90, picture is crystal clear and it doesn´t skip any frames.
Unfortunely my screencapture aplication doesn´t work on video, so I have this for you:

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Quake 2 Fullscreen and Fullspeed

2008-11-11T16:47:00.000-08:00

E90 capabilities surprise me everyday, I know this is not new but I had to talk about the best game available to nokia e90.
The quake 2 engine runs OpenGL at full speed taking advantage of the little "internal graphic processor", every detail is there exactly as it was played on the PC, and you can also redefine the keyboard and use all the keys available on the e90 keypad.
Its free to install but you need at least one version of Quake 2 for PC, you will be asked for the .Pak files of the shareware version with a couple of levels or the .pak of the full game. More details at the official site.
This is how it works:

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Widsets on E90

2008-11-11T06:40:00.000-08:00

If you never heard about widsets or widgets, the concept is simple : widsets is a free application where you can run several widgets in the same background,connecting to the internet and feeding your phone with precious information to carry around all day.
There is a community launching dozens of widgets everyday so you will never be bored with this wonderfull aplication.
Games, News, Mail, Messaging, weather, blogs, you name it ... all inside Widsets.
If you need more information, go to Widsets website
Best of all, it runs beautifully on both screens of Nokia E90.

All widgets are presented with side scrolling, its very easy and smooth to navigate.

This is Accuweather report, you don´t need to install a weather aplication and it´s free!

Bombus, the single button game. This anoying and addictive game will rank your result online, so you can compare your performance with other players. (Never got better than 40000th Place....)

This is an example of ThinkGeek widget.

Recommended for all compatible phones, but specially to Nokia E90 owners.

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Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D Runs Hardware Accelerated

2008-11-10T16:47:00.000-08:00

For my good surprise this good old school game runs full inner screen with 3d acceleration on Nokia E90. Graphics are dithered and frames per second are very acceptable. Fully playable game.

This snapshots are from my E90

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