SmartMovie for Symbian OS is a video player application for Symbian OS phones, including S60 phones. It has PC application running on Windows that is able to convert video clips from many different formats for playback on your phone. It is definitely one of the most popular video player and converter applications for S60. One thing that I really like from this software is the video quality produced by the PC converter.
SmartMovie (Symbian)
Note that Lonely Cat Games, the developer of SmartMovie, recently released a new version for S60 3rd Edition phones.
Compatible devices: S60 1st, 2nd, 3rd Edition, Nokia Nseries Nokia Eseries.
Update (10-Dec-2006): Updated the link to trial version of SmartMovie.
Sometimes we may want to insert a new line, instead of space, when we write text in S60 editor, like in Messaging or Notes applications.How can do that? It is very easy, just press 0 key three times. As you know, pressing 0 key once will write “0″ space and pressing it twice will write space “0″.
There are several S60 3rd phones already on the market now, for instance Nokia 3250, N71, N80 and N91. There will be some more phones in the near future. One of the new features of S60 3rd Edition is mandatory signing. It means S60 3rd applications have to be signed otherwise they cannot be installed on S60 3rd phones.
What is signing? If you want to find out more about signing, you can read the following FAQ from Symbian Signed (https://www.symbiansigned.com/app/page/faq). Basically application signing is a way of adding a tamper-proof digital signature to an application so that no one can modify the application. It will prevent the users from installing malicious or hacked applications.
The goal of signing process is good, but this has created some headaches to some people. One of the problems is installing self-signed application. What is self-signed application? It is an application that is signed with developer’s certificate and key. Some applications use this kind of signing, for example SExplorer.
There is an option in S60 3rd phones to enable or disable self-signed applications. If you disable it, you will not be able to install self-signed applications. Some people choose to do it so that they can only install applications from “trusted” sources. With so many Trojan viruses these days, it is sometimes wiser to disable this option.
If you enable it, you will be able to install any applications, including self-signed applications (but still you cannot install unsigned applications). Some people prefer to enable this option because it offers have greater flexibility. When you try to install self-signed application, you will get warning message (see picture below), but you can still continue the installation.
How to enable or disable the installation of self-signed application? To change this option, go to Application Manager (usually it is located under Tools folder). Select Options | Settings menu. When you select Software installation, you can see two options, i.e. Signed only and All. If you choose Signed only, you won’t be able to install self-signed application. If you choose All, you will be able to install any signed applications.
Which one is better, to enable or disable self-signed application? It depends on your need.
Compatible devices: S60 3rd Edition, Nokia Eseries.
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