100,000km Milestone!

Emmy just reached 100,001km on the odometer when I got home from uni today!! What’s best is that she drives as good as new!! Oh how I love German automobile engineering.

I predict at least another 100-200,000km more on top of that no problem. Let’s see a Jap car get to this number and not fall apart! Won’t be selling her anytime soon (if ever!)

Photos taken with my N95 8GB (I’m seriously still loving the phone more and more every day! Calling the camera BRILLIANT is an understatement):

100,000km (or 100,001km to be more precise) is nothing on a Mercedes-Benz

A closer look. She still drives like she's brand new!

Now, to get the catalytic converter(s) replaced… Still have to ask Coutts the exact part number for Emmy

Photo Update

I just realised I ranted on about my new N95 8GB a few months back but never posted any photos of the phone itself! Apologies!

First week of my mid-semester break just breezed by. Been at uni for 2 of the days for dissertation, and managed to wash Emmy again this past Friday afternoon (weather’s been BEAUTIFUL, but still somewhat chilly). I really hate bird crap.

The 40D’s been hibernating all winter as well, so I thought what better time to wake it up! Was initially thinking of snapping a few photos of Emmy after the wash, but ended up taking 129 photos of her LOL. I’ve included a small handful of them below

Looks like the Yankees are cruising through the remainder of the season. I smell #27! If not them, then I hope the Phillies take it all once again! Now if only Brad Lidge can wake the hell up and start closing out games! 10th blown save today! FAIL.

The King of Kings in all its boxed glory. Simple box, but very nice nonetheless!

Very nice presentation once you pop open the lid. Love it!

The NSeries flagship. 5-megapixel Carl Zeiss autofocus camera.

Dual slider. It slides this way to reveal the keypad...

... And it slides this way! Revealing the dedicated media keys!

Frontal view, on an angle. Very nice and sunny day. Perfect for photos.

Emmy's Avantgarde grille. Up close and personal!

Frontal view from the other side.

My beloved pseudo-AMG W202

Dinner plates! My current laptop wallpaper; I quite like this shot. Love the depth of field.

"Dinner plates" from another angle. AMG Monoblock II replicas. Made in Taiwan.

The “Pencil” Key

Quite possibly the most useful key I’ve ever encountered on a cellphone! And to think I thought it was kind of a waste of valuable keypad space…

When I first got my N95 8GB, I thought the key’s only use was to change the text input language and insert symbols. Meh, pretty useful, but forgetful.

About a week or so ago, I randomly held onto it for longer than usual while typing an SMS, and where the word “Options” usually was suddenly switched to “Copy”. From the on, I realised I could COPY TEXT by holding down the pencil key and highlight text by using the directional keys! I was beginning to like this key!

However today, I learn yet another function for this increasingly useful key. It can be used to select items quickly and effortlessly! I’ve tried it in the Gallery, in my SMS Inbox, and also in the File Manager, and it works perfectly! Makes my life a whole lot easier, instead of having to go into “Options” –> “Mark/Unmark”, all the while wasting time furiously clicking on the directional keys just to get to “Mark/Unmark” for each file, SMS, etc.

So yes, at first I thought it was useless, but now I know better. I realise it is a Godsend.

I pity the folks who’ve bought a newer Nokia smartphone only to realise that Nokia’s decided to remove the all-important PENCIL KEY! *cough* N96! *cough* (just another of the many reasons how overrated and useless the N96 is )

N95 8GB: How To Move System Folders

I’ve been seeing a lot of S60 theme preview pictures where system folders such as the “Office” and “Media” folders are all in the main menu (the root folder), and have been wondering how they managed to do that (there’s no “move to folder” option when you highlight a system-created folder.

After a bit of searching, I managed to find the solution!

1. Make sure you place the system folder you want to move TO THE RIGHT of an easily removable application (I’ve been installing/uninstalling the Lightsaber program, as it’s relatively small and fast to uninstall).

2. Go into Application Manager and uninstall the application that you’ve placed TO THE LEFT of the system folder you want to move.

The next step needs to be done fairly quickly, so if you know you have slow fingers/reflexes, I suggest installing a bigger application, therefore it will take longer for it to uninstall, hence buying you more time.

3. When you select “remove”, your phone will prompt you and ask you to confirm the removal. Click “yes”/”confirm” (I forget which one the phone says, but something along those lines), then QUICKLY USE YOUR MENU BUTTON AND NAVIGATE TO THE APPLICATION YOU HAVE JUST REMOVED, AND SELECT “OPTIONS” (the “move to folder” option should be available, as it is an application), DO NOT leave the “options” menu.

4. Now just sit back and wait for the application to be removed (shouldn’t take too long if you used a relatively small app like me).

5.Once the removal is complete, the app icon will disappear, and the system folder you want to move will magically move into slot where the app was, BUT IF YOU FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS, YOU WOULD HAVE KEPT THE “OPTIONS” MENU OPEN, hence you are now able to move the system folder to another place of your choosing (I only did this because I wanted the “Office” and “Media” folders in my root menu.

Tried, tested and confirmed on my N95 8GB (v31.0.015). Hope that was relatively easy to follow. Feel free to comment if you have any problems!

Enjoy!

N95 8GB Themes

I randomly stumble upon tehkseven’s S60 theme site earlier tonight, and BOY am I glad I did! This guy makes spectacular themes!! From the colour schemes to the custom icons, his themes are all WINNERS!!

So if you have an S60 Nokia cellphone, run along to tehkseven’s site, http://tehk7.wordpress.com, and YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!!

Keep up the good work, buddy!! I will be checking in regularly from now on!! XD

PS: Nearly 3 weeks with my N95 8GB now, and I’m STILL loving it!!