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Free Nokia Ovi Maps! This is a great news for Nokia users.

I just installed the new version of free Nokia Ovi Maps.  Tell you what, I like it really much.  Even with the assisted GPS enable, the result is superb.

Before installing Ovi Maps, remember to check your phone software version and the list of compatible Nokia devices. The software version should be 31.0.008 or greater.

Features of new version of Ovi Maps : -

- My position

- Find places

- Share location

- Favourites

- Drive

- Walk

- Weather

- Events

- Lonely Planet

- Hungry Go Where

There are various countries maps available.  Check out the 3D landmarks.  This application is not just for motorists and it is for pedestrians too.

You can select and download various navigator voices for your mobile.  Some even provide detailed street names.  I like the voice of the English Surfer Dude. Try it and you will know why.

With j1ck.tweet, you can enjoy your Twitter experience on your mobile phones.  This application is compatible with almost all Java phones.

I find this application very user friendly and with the Twitpic support feature you can share photo easily.

Here are some of the features :-

- Reply

- Direct message

- Retweet

- Follow/unfollow

- Favourite this update

- Trending topics

- Twitpic support

- Info of Followers/following and tweets

- Support for qwerty keyboard phones

To install j1ck.tweet, just visit tw.j1ck.com from your phone.

You can even follow j1ck on Twitter.

I just installed Power Twitter by Narendra Rocherolle and Nick Wilder and find it very useful.

Power Twitter (PT) is the add-on feature for Firefox and available for Safari too.

PT adds features to the Twitter Web interface and here are some of them:-

1. Easy photo posting. With PT, you can share your photo easily and view photo without clicking on the link. You can choose from the setting either to use yfrog, TwitPic, TweetPhoto or Twigoo.

2. Easy to share and view video with Power Twitter. Just post your video and you can view the video from the same page.

3.  With Twitter,you don’t know where the short links from before clicking on it. With PT,you can see the expanded URLs showing you where the links might take you.



4.  Mouse over to an avatar and you can see the recent updates from that person.

5.  Easily shorten the URLs and many more.

What do you think of Power Twitter?

If you are a frequent flier or traveler, why not turn your smartphone into your travel assistant?  I had a chance to try out WorldMate recently and find it extremely useful.  WorldMate, the mobile travel application is huge in mobile world.  You can either download the free application or go for Gold subscription.

These are the basic features provided by WorldMate. For more features you should go for Gold:-

1. World Clocks
Select the country of your choice and view up to 5 different clocks.

2. Currency Converter
Just key in the currency and WorldMate will convert it for you.

3. World Weather
View up to 5-day weather forecasts.

4. Weathercaster
You can get the automatic weather updates read to you by selecting the city and time. Cool feature!

5. Day/Night Map
Display current day and night World map.  View the time, temperature and weather of the location you have selected.

6. Flight Alerts.
Track your flight by selecting the airline,flight number and date.  The accurancy is superb. You can even track the flight detail such as flight status, flight delayed, terminal, gate etc.

Try it and I am sure you will like it.

Are you a TweetDeck user? What do you think of TweetDeck?



These are some of the features offered by TweetDeck and I find them quite useful:-



1. You can manage all your social network accounts  in TweetDeck (Twitter, Facebook and MySpace accounts).



2. With Tweetdeck, you can drag & drop and upload your photo very easy. You can even select either to use TwitPic, TweetPhoto or yfrog. Give it a try and sure you will like it.



3. I like the auto shorten URLs feature too. Just place the original link and TweetDeck will shorten the link for you. Fast & easy.



4. Automatic updates. You don’t have to refresh your page to check the updates. TweetDeck will check the updates automatically.



5. Easily block and report a spam. With just one click.



Have you tried Tweets60?  Tweets60 is a free twitter client for Series 60 devices (3rd and 5th editions). With all the basic features of this application, you can post your Twitter updates directly from your phone.



Tweets60 is easy to install and provides all the basic functions of Twitter. For example, reply, follow, unfollow, retweet and direct message.



The con of Tweets60 is without the search function. However, it is enough for me with all the basic functions whilst on the move.



Let me know if you have other recommended Twitter application for Nokia 5800.





How to share photos on Twitter?  You can use Twitpic which allows users to share photos with friends and Twitter followers.

Twitpic is the most popular image sharing service on Twitter. Yesterday, a Twitter user saw a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River and share the photo via Twitpic.

To use Twitpic, just login to Twitpic with your Twitter username and password. Upload a photo, add a message and post it via Twitpic. Really fast and easy. Your Twitter friends can also leave a comment on your photo.

Besides Twitpic, here are a few image sharing tools available:-

Tweetphoto

Pikchur

Twitgoo

yfrog -let you share images or videos on Twitter.

Have you tried these image sharing tools? You might have tried other services besides the above mentioned tools? Which one you like the most? Let me know.

Twitter provides an easy way and fast way to communicate.


The other day, I was unable to access my site.  In order to find out whether this is due to web hosting problem and whether others with the same web host had the same problem, I tried to search it by using Twitter.


Twitter search is just amazing. From the search result, I noticed that others had sent out tweets and unable to access their sites too.


Immediately I sent out a tweet to the web hosting support team and received fast and friendly respond. I must admit that I am happy with the service provided by the support team.

Here are the tweets I have exchanged with Midphase :-




Adding a link or long URL when using Twitter will be annoying as Twitter only allow you to post your update up to 140 characters.

If you are a TweetDeck user, you will notice that a number of URL shortening services can be selected from the drop down list through the Settings panel. Simply add the original URL to the “Shorten URL” box and click on “Shorten URL” button. The new generated URL will be inserted to the Tweet box. Cool?

Here are some of the simple URL shortening services which reduce the length of the original URL.

bit.ly
TinyURL.com
is.gd

Example of the long URL shortened by using bit.ly:-

Original URL http://www.justbloglah.com/twitter-badges-and-twitter-buttons-for-your-blog/

After http://bit.ly/1upNmR


With these services, you can reduce the length of URL tremendously.

Which services do you like most? Let me know.



Are you looking for Twitter Button or Twitter badge which is different from the official Twitter Site?

Here are the links to free Twitter Badges and Buttons.  Add the button to your blog or website and let others follow you. Enjoy!

Twitter Badge – Various colourful badges. Able to customize your Twitter Badge.

Twignature – Simple and nice with various sizes.

TwitStamp – Nice widget with your latest Twitter updates.

TwitterButtons – A few pages of free Twitter Buttons.

WidgetNest -A simple widget with your latest tweets.

Trying to learn the language of Twitter?  Here are some of the Twitter terms :-

Followers         – People who follow your updates.

RT/Retweet      - Repeat a tweet from another user and give credit to that person.
(example. RT @justbloglah Check out my new post.)

Twaffic            - Twitter traffic.

Tweekend        – Spending your entire Saturday and Sunday reading and posting via Twitter.

Tweeple           – Twitter members, Twitter users.

Tweet              - A message or an update sent on Twitter.

Tweet(ing)       – The act of posting to Twitter.

Twewbie          - Someone new to Twitter.

Twitterverse    - The Twitter Universe.

You can follow me on Twitter. I am @justbloglah

Is IE6 will be phasing out soon?

Sorry to mention that I just switched from IE6 to Google Chrome. I was living in the past.

While browsing through YouTube website, I noticed this message “We will be phasing out support for your brower soon. Please upgrade to one of these modern browsers:- Firefox 3,5, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 8.”

This similar message appeared on Twitter site. ” There’s better way to browse the web!” Twitter recommends that you upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer.

So if you are IE6 user, please take note.