Get your groove on people for Nokia is all set to redefine the genre of racing games with its Ovi Maps Racing. Yeah you read it right, Ovi Maps and Racing bundled together in one package as an addicting game.

With Ovi Maps Racing, Nokia is taking game customisations to an all new level by allowing gamers to create their own tracks, right in their backyards if they wish to for racing on some of the hottest wheels. As innovative as the concept is, let’s see how the game fares on our 5800s. Read more »

Yearning for high speed internet-on-the-go? In case tethering from that unlimited plan of your mobile line is not your cup of tea, then we might have something for you- Mobile Broadband.

Mobile Broadband is one of the easiest ways of accessing the web especially for people who are on-the-move. It connects a variety of internet capable devices including laptops, portable music players and gaming devices to the web. Now that you know you what Mobile Broadband is, let us see how to get one for your use via our friends in UK- Mobile Broadband UK, after the break though. Read more »

Continuing the good work that our friends at Espoo have been doing over the last couple of weeks, they have now updated the Ovi store. Yeah we kept reading from them and elsewhere that Ovi store is all set to get a new revamp and boy, they did deliver on the promise.

So what’s the update all about? Honestly we think, this is the best iteration of Ovi store we have seen from Nokia. Looks like the folks at Nokia took a long look at the list of complaints reviewers and users kept throwing at them and finally took the time to iron them out before churning out their update for their app store. After all they are competing with iTunes App store and lest we sound raucous, we think the Ovi Store is ready for a head-on fight with Apple’s iTunes App store. Read more »

If unsigned apps are your forte, then we have something for you which might make you jump from your couch or whatever you are seated on, reading this post of ours. The v40 firmware of our dear Nokia 5800s is now hackable. Thanks to the PNHT team, for bringing the latest hack to the masses.

Lest you get excited, let us first warn you that hacking will void the warranty and it may damage your 5800s. So it’s on your own risk that you try this hack on your 5800s. But, we guess that’s not gonna stop the hot-blooded pards amongst us, now does it? Hit the read button for more details on the hack. Read more »

Yeah, we are announcing the results of the very first Tube5800 contest of 2010 and we bet you guys are excited about it, and make no mistake so are we. Nothing makes us happier than reading the comments from winners and other participants during our contests.

As you know we promised you guys 10 licenses of the ABBY FotoTranslate of your choice in our contest and boy we were really happy to see the enthusiasm in our participants. We got a total of 116 entries and as much as we would have loved to pass on a license to each of the participants, our hands are tied for we have only 10 licenses to give-away. Are you one of these 10 lucky readers? Let’s find out after the break. Read more »

In line with the upcoming Lunar New Year Celebration, our friends from China are taking the spring cleaning rather seriously! Thinkchange, one of the most popular developers on the symbian fifth edition platform with apps like nUnlock, Fingerprint, ByeByeCaller, Xmas Avatar, Vibrate Call and Compass Pro are giving away all of their apps for a net price of just US$15. Yeah, thats right 15 bucks for 6 hot apps!

If you have been following Thinkchange, you would know that their Compass Pro itself costs $9.95 and the other 5 apps cost $4.99 each. So, translates into a net savings of $19.90! Can you believe that? We are not kidding for sure and you are not day-dreaming either. Pinch yourself, if you have to! The fact remains that Thinkchange is being extremely generous in the build-up to the lunar new year. There’s gotta be catch right? There is, the offer is available only till the end of this month-31st of January 2010. So you guys have 2-3 days to max out this deal. So waste no further time and head straight to the store, but first catch a glimpse of what is in store, after the break though. Read more »

We have been telling you to get one since long now and if you are one of the hard nuts to crack, we have some really exciting news for you. If you are in UK, then friends you are in luck, for Nokia and Orange UK have pulled in none other than the Bad Boy singer- Alexandra Burke for the launch of Comes With Music edition of Nokia 5800, available exclusively from Orange UK.

The gig by Alexandra Burke will be hosted at a secret location somewhere in London on 31st of January and leading news website SUN, has partnered with Nokia to give its readers a chance of getting to see the Broken Heel’s star in flesh and in action and we are not done yet. Hold your, breath, they are also giving away Nokia 5800s for free for the winning pair as well as the runners-up. Read more »

Well guys, 2009 was a great year for us, thanks to your continuous support, and just to prove that we haven’t forgotten our readers, we are back with the first Tube5800 contest of 2010. Before we head on to the contest details, let us throw some light on the year 2009 was for our Tube 5800. The year 2009 saw our dear Nokia 5800 penetrating almost every conceivable market across the globe. Thanks to patrons like you, 5800 even made it to the top spot in Europe’s best selling pay-by-monthy phones. No wonder, Nokia is thrusting more weight behind our 5800s, with the recently announced free voice-guided navigation on ovi maps, we are sure 5800 is heading to places and pockets, that very few handsets have been able to make a mark.

All throughout the year, we have been covering some great apps and games and ofcourse the contests were the best part of our blog. We thank you again for participating in each of our earlier contests. If you are yet to register a win in one of our Tube5800 contests, we are giving you another such opportunity, which will be the first for this year and we have pulled in one of the best utility apps for you guys- ABBYY’s FotoTranslate for this contest and as usual, we are giving away 10 licenses of this latest app from ABBYY. Read more »

Yeah, Skyfire-the only other mobile browser (other than symbian and microB), capable of rendering flash content on mobile devices is now available for symbian fifth edition device, still in 1.5beta though. We have been waiting to get our hands on this browser from our 5800s since long and the dawn of 2010 has finally bought this amazing browser to our dear Tube 5800s.

So, what’s the thing with this Skyfire which made this browser win the “People’s Voice Best Mobile Application” in the 2009 Webby Awards? Well, we have already spilled the beans on this one-flash support and couple that with “blazing fast” browsing speeds and you have one gem of a browser for your mobile phones. Ok, so if it’s that good how does it fare on our 5800s? Hit the read button to find out. Read more »

We were hoping something like this would happen but we would be lying to you if we claim to have smelled this before Nokia left this cat out a couple of days ago.  Yeah, we are talking about the new avatar of Ovi Maps offering  free turn-by-tun voice guided navigation across 74 countries in 46 languages.

The latest move by Nokia is taking the navigation tools competition to a new level, a level very few services can sustain. Google started the trend with its similar free service in the US with its android app but Nokia beat them hands down, by offering a similar service across the globe and going by the present market penetration of Nokia devices, it’s anybody’s guess which is going to shape the navigation industry in the long-run. Read more »