60 things

Yesterday on S60.com, I posted a list of S60 applications I wanted to use. It’s still awaiting moderation. I wish to share the list here…

Screen Recorder
We’ve got programs that capture the mobile screen as an image, but none for video. This program will record everything that happens on the screen until the user presses a key to stop recording, like PC’s CamStudio.

This program will also allow the user to toggle audio recording, so you can explain what’s being shown, and also add subtitles or Flickr like notes. This application will be a boon for those who write phone reviews, guides, or how-tos. It will also be very useful for application, feature, and theme demos, or even to flaunt your phone’s features.

Download Manager
Most things that are downloaded to an S60 mobile phone via the Web browser are directly opened. Nothing is saved in the mobile for sharing or for future use. The “S60 Download Manager” will give the user a rich Web experience and will make full use of newer phones’ storage capacity.

It will show a prompt every time the browser attempts to access a software file (including themes), video, or a sound file, and give the user three options: download it, open it in the browser, or bookmark it (in the browser or the download manager).

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Have you ever tried to access Gmail’s web version using Opera Mini 3.1? Earlier I didn’t need to, because the Gmail mobile client allowed me to change users. Since its latest version doesn’t, I’m using Opera Mini and the native S60 browser to check my Gmail accounts.

I found a ridiculous bug in Opera Mini. The ‘Browse’ button in the Compose page of Gmail shows a camera icon instead. Select it and press the joystick, you get Opera Mini’s ‘Take photo’ page. I found it to be too funny to leave it there, so I pressed the joystick and *click* got a 42 kb image with 640×480 resolution. Then I pressed OK. Result: the new image was attached to the e-mail.

Pretty useful when you want to e-mail freshly captured photo, but as the old joke goes, it’s not a feature, it’s a bug! I haven’t tried this on other web-based e-mail services, but I’m sure they would be getting the same treatment from Opera Mini. Check out the screen snap below.

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