The battle of Resistive vs Capactive technologies for touchscreens is here to last with each having their own share of advantages and disadvantages. While the capacitive boasts of multi-touch capability, the resistive screen boasts of response from any kind of surface, adding easy stylus support among other things. This responsiveness to any surface proves to be bothersome at times, especially when you happen to be forgetful as us. It just slips our mind to lock the screen before slipping into our pockets and our coins and keys start doing all sort of crazy things like calling up random contacts and changing soundtracks. So we thought, there should be a way out of this misery and that’s when we came across PocketLock.

What PocketLock aims to do is to lock your phone everytime you slip it into your pocket, thus keeping you away from random calls among other things. That’s what it’s supposed to do, but how well does it actually fare on our 5800s? Let’s find out. Read more »

It’s been a while since we kicked some a** on our 5800s and we were looking for some action games over at the Ovi store. That’s when we stumbled upon one of the new entries in the store- The Train Defender.

The game as the name might have suggested by now is all about defending the train from an onslaught of machine gun waving rogues. Hmm, sounds like a good story line for an action game. But how does it fare out as a game on our 5800s? Find out after the break. Read more »

Well, it’s been a while since our last Tube5800 Contest and no we haven’t forgotten about the tradition that keeps you hooked on to the top 5800 blog on the web. Over the last couple of years, we have been hosting contests at our blog, giving away licenses of apps/games and even gadgets to our readers, but these contests always involved an element of luck. So we thought, we should chose our winners not based on some random number generator but by pitching them in an open contest where their skills will be tested among the best in business.

Wondering what kinda sport we are throwing you in? Perhaps the image on the top left gave it away! We are inviting our readers over for a round of competitive archery? Venue? Pretty much where ever you are. All you will need is a 5800 and a data connection to participate in our contest, the rules of which you will find after the break. Read more »

If you haven’t got the time or the budget to fly down to South Africa to catch the FIFA Worldcup in action, don’t worry, we have something in store for you to catch the action remotely. Nah, we are not bringing you live coverage of world cup matches on your 5800s, but we have got close to that. Infact it’s not us but the very reliable Associated Press who have released an app for football/soccer lovers across the globe.

AP 2010 Worldcup Coverage brings up-to-date information from the heart of FIFA worldcup in South-Africa right to your 5800s in your hands and all that for free! Before you jump to Ovi store, to get the app, take a look at our brief review. Read more »

Heading to south Africa to catch the live action of the FIFA Worldcup 2010? With just under a week to go for the extravaganza of the “beautiful game”, we are sure you are done with all your planning and shopping but then there is always this last minute shopping which you just can’t do away with, isn’t it? We are about to cover one such app- HandSigns, which we are sure you are gonna love.

HandSigns as the name might suggest is an app that will help you interact in sign language with differently abled acquaintances. With over 1.5 million of the South African population suffering from several hearing disorders, this app may just be the little thing you overlooked but we are here to help our readers as usual.  Check out how helpful this app can be, after the break. Read more »

Missing that humour in your seemingly mundane life? What’s better than a daily dose of Scott Adam’s Dilbert on your 5800s? Nothing comes close to that for sure (atleast for us). The witty engineer, Dilbert and his evil dog-Dogbert are the winners of the Best Comic strip on more than one occasions after bringing laughter to more office cubicles than we can imagine.

The official Dilbert app which hit the Ovi store recently brings the latest and the entire two decades of Dilbert archives right at your fingertips (if they are carassing the 5800s, ofcourse ). Catch our brief review as we play with the Dilbert app on our 5800s, after the break. Read more »

You need not wait for the Valentine’s day to dress up your 5800s with roses, for Morkino has released one of the best pink schemed themes for 5800s, which has been titled Rose Passion. Apart from bringing the warmth and passion of Roses to your 5800s, what’s really refreshing is the Pink colour scheme which even guys can pull off on their 5800s!

We know it’s not exactly the season for roses for this is no Valentine’s day,  but for those who are with their special ones, everyday is a reason to celebrate and with the wedding season going in full swing in India and elsewhere, you have more than one reasons to sport roses on your 5800s. But how good actually is this Rose passion from Morkino? Let’s find out after the break. Read more »

This one is for the fans of Nokia Messaging, which we all know is one of the best e-mail solutions for Nokia devices. Adding on to that impressive feature list is the new IM integration which is now in beta testing for Symbian Fifth edition devices.

Though the Nokia Beta Labs says that the app is not yet ready for 5800 or rather “not completed the full testing cycle”, we went ahead with our review, which you can catch after the break.

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LBS what? If that’s what on your mind after reading the title of this post, let us throw some light on it. LBS stands for Location Based Services and it’s all the rage in almost every mobile platform today. There is Google’s Latitude, then Foursquare and now the latest fad is Brightkite.

Brightkite has slowly creeped into the seemingly crowded LBS apps on the web and it now boasts of an enviable user base. Further with official applications in Android, iPhone, Blackberry and Symbian, the Brightkite team has ensured that you stay connected to their servers, irrespective of the mobile platform you are loyal to. So what makes this service click? Let’s find out after the break. Read more »

It’s back! Yeah, the best selling 5800 application is back and it’s fully loaded this time, for MMMOOO haven’t only packed the iPhone UI emulator but also their Win7, WinXP, Android and Gaming console emulators in their latest version of MyPhone v2.52.

So what you get for the price of one is not just MyPhone v2.52, but also Win7 v1.0, M1 v1.1, iXP v1.0, iConsole v1.0, and all that just for a mere USD 12.99! If that’s not a dealbreaker, we don’t know what is! If you have been following MyPhone, you would be knowing that MMMOOO have gone beyond just emulating the UI of the iPhone, by including several goodies like the iPhone style SMS with iStyle SMS, customizable icons and options for adding third party apps to the homescreen, games like Memory Deduction and Archery, utilities like Sketchpad, Calendar list and Translation. In short, it takes your 5800 to an all new level by transforming the way you interact with your device. Now, before you head to MMMOOO store, to download this killer app, spare a couple of min for our brief review after the break. Read more »