Nokia Smartphone Hacks
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It is not a phone, it is an adventure! Author: Michael Juntao Yuan |
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Do you have a Nokia smatrtphone?
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In this book, a smartphone is defined as a mobile phone that has computer functionalities, such as web browser, email client, personal information manager, media player, and video games, Under this definition, almost all Nokia mobile phones sold since 2003 are smartphones. An easy way to tell is that if your Nokia phone has a color screen, it is most likely a smartphone covered in this book. Please note that our definition of smartphone is much broader than Nokia’s own definition, which only calls its Symbian-based middle to high end phones as smartphones. |
As part of O’Reilly’s famed Hacks book series, the book provides power tips to users who want to make the most out their mobile phones. A sample of “hacks” covered in the book include
- How to unlock your phone so that you can use it with any carrier
- How to prevent and recover from mobile phone virus
- How to watch DVD movies on the phone
- How to use the phone as a remote control
- How to use the phone as a data modem for your laptop
- How to access email and the web from the phone
- How to blog life photos from the phone
- How to make conference calls for free
- How to record phone conversations
- How to choose mobile service plans
- How to pass files between the phone and your computer
- And much more …
This is a book for everyone. Never use the $400 phone as a $10 cheap voice device again! Discover the geek inside you and discover how cool your mobile phone really is!
- Hack 2: Pick the Right Class of Nokia Phone (PDF)
- Hack 18: Run Python Scripts on Your Nokia Smartphone (HTML)
- Hack 29: Use Calling Cards with Your Mobile Phone (PDF)
- Hack 31: Record a Phone Call (PDF)
- Hack 59: Send Email the Easy Way (PDF)
About the Authors
MICHAEL JUNTAO YUAN is a mobile alpha geek and author of three mobile technology-related books. Over the last couple of years, he has managed to accumulate more than a dozen smartphones — most of them are Nokia phones. But he is still waiting for the ultimate smartphone that converges functionalities of mobile phone, iPod, PDA, Play Station Portable, prosumer digital camera, GPS, XM radio, TV, key card, credit card, and Swiss army knife. Of course, that device must also fit into a back pocket and have more than 24 hours of battery life in continuous operation. Okay, maybe he is dreaming. But isn’t mobile technology all about turning dreams into realities? In fact, with some hacking, a lot of the above functionalities can already be archived on today’s smartphones. You just need to read this book. 
Professionally, Michael specializes in end-to-end software solutions for enterprises. He is the lead developer of Nokia’s Series 40 Java Blueprint Application and is actively involved in various standards committees helping define the next generation Java platform on mobile phones. Michael current works for JBoss Inc., the Professional Open Source software company, focusing on the next generation Java enterprise middleware. He writes articles for leading journals and speaks in many conferences on the subjects ranging from mobile application development to software development process management.
Michael has a PhD degree from the University of Texas at Austin. When he is not working, writing, or playing with gadgets, he likes to travel and take pictures.