S60Tips.com

(Via IntoMobile)

Previously, I featured Google Search App for S60, which is a standalone client application for Google Search. Unfortunately, the shortcut in the idle menu works using Pencil key (a.k.a. Edit key) only. What’s the problem? Many S60 devices don’t have Pencil key any more. What to do then?

Don’t worry. You don’t even need Google Search App. What you need is your current Web browser. Don’t you know that you can launch the default Web browser by long pressing “0″ key? If you set Google Search as the default home page, you’ll get similar result as using Google Search App. Follow the step-by-step instructions below.

• Launch Web browser.
• Select Options | Settings | General menu.
• On the Access point section, select the access point you want to use.
• On the Home page section, enter http://m.google.com/m.

• Exit Web browser and you should be ready.
• On the idle screen, long press “0″ key and you’ll be directed to Google Search home page.

Bonus Links

• Featured Freeware - Google Search App
• Launching Web Browser Using 0 Key
• Top 5 Shortcuts on S60 Devices

Google Search Application is the third S60 application from Google. The previous two applications were Google Maps and GMail. What does Google Search App do? It adds a shortcut, i.e. Pencil key (a.k.a. Edit key) on your idle screen. When you press the shortcut, it launches a window where you can do search using Google.

Point your Web browser to http://mobile.google.com to download Google Search App

(or use Bar Code application and scan the code below)

The only problem with this application is that it supports Pencil key only as shortcut. Many S60 devices nowadays don’t have this key any more. I’ll discuss more on how to use Google Search without Pencil key in the next posting.

Bonus Links

• Google and Your S60 Device Part I - How to Use Google Search?
• Using Google Search App - No Pencil Key… What to Do?

It’s just last week, I posted about the lack of mobile application for Share on Ovi. Now, you can use Nokia Share Online to upload your media files to Share on Ovi.

Click here to see the tutorial of using Nokia Share Online and Share on Ovi

Click here to download Nokia Share Online 3.0

After downloading Nokia Share Online 3.0, you have to activate Ovi service. It just means entering your user name and password. It’s that easy…

After that, each time you take picture, you can just select “Post to ovi” icon (see screenshot below). You can select the icon from Camera or Gallery application.

Update (11-Feb-2008): Note that not all countries are supported by Shares on Ovi yet. Please see the list of supporting countries at this page.

Update (12-Feb-2008): Not sure if everybody else has the problem with geotagging. I noticed that the current Share on Ovi does not import geotagging information (tagged using Nokia Location Tagger) properly yet.