Have you dropped by the Ovi store since last night? We have been trying in vain till now, for the store was being updated, preventing us and everyone else from accessing the store during the upgrade. Just when we were about to give up today, we were able to access the revamped store and boy, we are delighted by the latest version of the store.

As you all know there have been a slew of complaints against the Ovi store and while the present version doesn’t take everything off the complaint list, it does rectify a few. Find what complaints are addressed and what are left out, after the break though. Read more »

Today, the 27th of March 2010 happens to be the Earth Hour and if you still happen to have not heard about it, let us throw some light on it: it’s a worldwide campaign to cut down the Green House Gas Emissions by switching off all the lights for one hour, which is designated for your region by the local Earth Hour chapter. Head to Earth Hour Glogal portal now to pledge your support and join hands with the rest of the world in this eco-initiative.

We at Tube5800, thought we should take this initiative a little further and just when we were wondering what we could do about it, we stumbled upon this great theme from none other than the Theme master- Pizero, going by the name of Earth, which has been available for free at Ovi Store for a while now. Find out more about this theme and how this theme will help you in cutting down on GHG emissions after the break. Read more »

As promised we are back with another Tube5800 contest, and while we don’t have a USD 100 gadget like in our earlier contest, we have a very handy application to give-away, which many of you would love to have on your 5800. ABBYY is no stranger in the realm of OCR based applications but with Lingvo x3, ABBYY are venturing into the genre of translation dictionaries and boy, they are good at it!

In our latest Tube5800 contest, we will be giving away here 10 licenses of ABBYY Lingvo x3 Mobile Dictionaries, giving the winners the choice of chosing one from out twenty one versions of the translation dictionaries, ABBYY is presently offering under its Lingvo x3 series. Catch more info about the app and the contest, after the break. Read more »

Wow, that was another one of intense contests that are increasingly being common here at Tube 5800. For our latest contest, we saw a huge response with hundreds of participants and with only one winner due, this is definitely one of the hottest contest of Tube 5800. The stakes as you know are higher, this time around for we are giving away a portable mp3/mp4 player/gaming console worth more than USD 100.

Now, if that has already left you salivating over this wonder gadget, we will not waste anymore time and jump straight to the Contest Results. Before that, we would like to thank the contest sponsors: Portabledeals.com, for giving our readers a go at some of the coolest gadgets of town. Let’s find out if you are the chosen one to get this portable console for free. Read more »

Losing sleep over keeping that gorgeous 5800 screen and body free from scratches and blemishes? Well, we have the perfect solution for you- ZAGG Invisible SHIELD. ZAGG is industry’s leading protective film manufacturer offering screen protectors and whole body shields for almost every conceivable electronic gadget in the market.

Created from military grade technology, ZAGG’s protective shield offer total abrasion resistance to your 5800s without compromising on the responsiveness of the 5800 touchscreen. It doesn’t end there with the ZAGG’s Nano-Memory™ technology, the invisibleSHIELD has unique self healing qualities that offers unrivaled protection to 5800s. Check out what sets this protective gear apart from the competition and how it fares in scratch tests, after the break. Read more »

Norway and Finland may share just over 700 km of land border, but they go a long way when it comes to bringing the best mobile experience for netizens on the move. While the Finnish giant Nokia keeps churning out gems like our very own Nokia 5800s every now and then, Norwegian Opera has taken the mobile web browsing experience to an all new level. After months of beta testing of Opera Mobile 10 and Opera Mini 5, Opera have finally released the final version of the two browsers to public usage.

We know our readers get all excited everytime there is an update from Opera for either of their browsers, so we won’t waste much time and dive into the browsers straight away, catch it after the break though. Read more »

Yeah, you read it right! A Portable mp3/mp4 player/ gaming console, worth more than USD 100 is up for grabs from your favorite Nokia 5800 blog. While we have been giving away apps and games by the handful in our earlier Tube5800 contests, we decided to take a detour and give our readers something more substantial, something that will add on to the mobile gaming/music/movies activities of our readers.

This contest has been made possible with the help of our friends from Portabledeals.com, Internet’s leading direct-from-factory gadget outlet, promising the cheapest deals without compromising on the quality. We can get into more details, but let’s save it for after the contest and jump to contest details now, well after the break. Read more »

The official YouTube client for the symbian platform which has quiet an interesting history in itself reaching our 5800s, has now got an update to v2.4. Ofcourse we are referring to the long wait Tubers (5800ers) were subjected to get this client on their 5800s. Read more »

Remember Apple pulling down the shutters on its 5000 odd adult themed apps over-night sometime last month? Well, we all know how frivolous Apple can be when it comes to their app screening policies but we are now seeing similar behavior in Nokia’s Ovi store as well. Well not exactly as unpredictable as Apple but taking a leaf out of Apple’s approach of keeping its app repository “clean”, Nokia have banned “Bikini Clock” from their Ovi store.

Nokia never really took a stand against pornography and Bikini clock doesn’t have anything that one wouldn’t see on a public beach. So, the rejection must have been a jolt from the blue for the developers but unlike Apple’s strict control, symbian developers are legally allowed to release their apps via third party stores. So here’s Bikini Clock for you. Read more »

Chances are you haven’t heard of this little app till now, as was the case with us till today. Emoze is an alternative to Nokia Messaging, offering push email and messaging services to Nokia devices. It used to be a paid service till yesterday but they just made it free and honestly it’s a steal.

Emoze supports popular e-mail services of Gmail, Hotmail, ISP email accounts, and support for outlook and OWA corporate email. Further it even supports Nokia messaging. That covers like the complete spectrum of email services atleast for the corporate clients. Now, hit on the read button to learn more about this service and how it fares on our 5800s: Read more »