If you remember, when the Nokia N97 was announced, it was told that Skype, the very popular VoIP Service, should be integrated. There was a huge discussion if Service Providers stopped it or not, whatever, that doesn´t really matter. What does matter is, that a Skype Symbian Client was released a few weeks ago – for 3rd Edition. Now, finally, Skype released a client for 5th Edition, finally, N97 users should be able to use Skype with a native client. But guess what, it doesn´t work on N97. At least not with the 21.x firmware. I thought it was the fault of my N97 but after asking on Twitter people told me that they get the same error. The app downloads and installs fine, then, when you fire it up, there are two screens you have to accept (Network connection and stuff) and after that, when the app should start, it just crashes. Ricky from SymbianGuru told me that there is a known issue with 21.x firmware when showing contacts, i can´t confirm that, because i don´t even get to this point.
I really hope, that Skype fixes that. I like clients that are doing ONE job, but do it good. I don´t need Nimbuzz or Fring, which have several services included, if i only want to use Skype. From what you can read around the web, the client does its job quite well, you can use your Skype credits and stuff, so quite a client i would like to use on the N97 which it was promised for…
Did you already try the Skype app on your 5th or 3rd Edition Device? What do you think about it?
To download (free of course) just point your mobile browser to http://www.skype.com/m.
Shortly after the release of the iPhone OS 3.1.3, we are now already able to jailbreak and unlock, by creating a custom IPSW. Unfortunately, the new models of iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch (also known as MC models) are not supported, but people with an iPhone 3G or an old iPhone 3GS can enjoy full freedom again. It is important that you didn´t upgrade to 3.1.3 yet, because if you did, you also did upgrade the baseband version, which is not unlockable by now.
To create your custom IPSW, download it through iTunes and run Sn0wbreeze. You have two options, simple mode and expert mode. Simple mode will do all the neccessary steps, hacktivation and pushfix included. Expert mode gives a few more options, like the selection of blacksn0w to unlock your iPhone. But you can always install blacksn0w through cydia, if you need the unlock. So i recommend simple mode, especially if you have an older 3GS, because some people reported problems when using expert mode together with an iPhone 3GS.
After having built your custom IPSW, just restore it through iTunes and you are done. Enjoy your jailbroken iPhone! Sn0wbreeze only works on Windows machines, Xp, Vista and Windows 7 are supported (32 and 64 bit).
A new version of sn0wbreeze has been released which should fix some issues the old version had in some cases.
Download sn0wbreeze 1.51
As much as i hated my Nokia N97 until now, Ovi Maps Racing makes it worth to be used a few times a day. I just like the game, which is available for free from Ovi Store. Of course, the graphics aren´t what they should be in 2010 but then again, it is Symbian. The game is a lot of fun and the best feature is the track editor. It is pretty easy to design your very own racing tracks and drive around in your home city on your Nokia device. How easy it is, you will see in the video below. It is just a few clicks until you can drive wherever you want. If you don´t want to use the feature to be located, you still can create your own track by chosing a given city. Excellent game with excellent features. Together with free Ovi Maps Navigation the best thing Nokia gave us since the release of the N95.
