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A few days back Nokia has released Nokia Situations that will enable the Nokia handset users to customize their handsets in a situation-specific manner.That is, users will be able to set the way in which they want their handset profile to act in specific situations.
Nokia Situations automatically senses the situation you are in based on time, day, location and available network cells or acts according to the predefined situation.
It then switches to the set profile that meets that criterion. The application silently runs in the background, senses the situation you are in and then changes the profile accordingly.
The application is one of the best Apps we have used so far which uses all the sensors in a phone’s Hardware including GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Network cells and what not packed with every permission to access phone’s hardware.
You can also name your very own situation.
You can make any of the combination trigger in any situation: Log
- Change Ringtones, make the phone go silent or louder, turn vibration on/off.
- Answer missed calls with SMS. Especially when you set your phone to silent, you can also make it reply to missed calls, from contacts in your phonebook, with a pre-defined SMS.
- Save Power. Not using phone for a while, like when sleeping? Turn Bluetooth on/off or let your phone change to power-saving mode totally.
- Change UI theme / Wallpaper. Want to make the phone look different in different situations? Change the Theme during free time vs. when you are at work.
- Open a Web bookmark or application. Want to see weather forecast for the day when you wake up? Look at the calendar as first thing? Or open your favorite TV show discussion page at show time? Or perhaps change the Device Mode when at work?
For the application to act accordingly you can predefine conditions like:
- Scheduled. Set period of time, Set active days, Set during active calendar events.
- Location. Nearby (GSM location), Current location (GPS fix), From Map (use Ovi maps)
- Connectivity. Wi-Fi (when in range), Bluetooth.
This app silently manages to change the situations/Profiles that one cannot even notice without touching the phone. It automatically switches the profile back to preset situation though a manual change of profile action took place by mistake. We have tried a specific situation that automatically changes our profile when we get into car, connect to Hands free and then automatically launches the Nokia Maps application to start Navigation. Sounds interesting, isn’t it?
It also senses our location based on GPS and Network cells, so that it automatically switches to meeting when we are at office and then switches back to selected profile when we are back to home. You can even set bookmarks to launch automatically along with applications, so you can set your favorite website to launch at specific times, or when in range of particular Wi-Fi networks.
The ultimate goal of this application is to make one’s device more user friendly, conserve power and time of the user.
This app is still in beta stage only.so, we cannot promise exact functioning though it worked flawlessly. Although it has some Bugs related to screen unlocking, we think it’s a good start and that future apps have scope to perform most of our work easily and automatically.
This App is free of cost and can be downloaded from here provided that you have a Nokia Beta Lab account.We do love to hear if there are any more interesting situations you created by using this app and let other readers know. We love the application and do you?
Application Availability: S60 3rd Edition (Feature Pack 2), Symbian 5th Edition, Symbian^3.
Sumit December 27, 2010 at 9:08 pm
@rohan
As HTC has released the Android 2.2 Froyo update for the Wildfire, I’ll sure consider it. Sony ericsson phones are really more durable and of good quality but little dated models. Till the present they have announced 2.1 updates for only Xperia10. Xperia x8 is still struggling with android 1.6
Is there any better phone beside HTC wildfire & SE X10(can’t afford this) within my range of Rs12000- 15000.
Sorry, date has been postponed till Wednesday. After purchasing a better one by considering all of your suggestions, I’ll be happy to share it here.
Thanks.
rohan December 26, 2010 at 10:21 pm
@Sumit
If i had to buy i would think between HTC WILDFIRE and SE X10 MINI. You can also consider SE x10 mini pro which cums wid sliding querty keypad. All xperia series are upgradable to 2.1. I have SE XPERIA X10 and its a perfect android device and my frnd has x10 mini and he is not having any pblm. Think and buy. And after buying do inform us.. Have a nice day
sumit December 26, 2010 at 7:11 pm
@kanna
TT members, please help me. Yaaaa…kanna ji u r right. None of the mobile phones are perfect in its series & class. every model lack something. I think I can compromise with any particular feature but overall it should be better. If any member have anything to share, please write. It will help me as I have decided to purchase a new one tomorrow.
I would finally like to ask that somewhere we can compromise with some features like video calling, camera with flash, etc but which we should seriously avoid and which one should be preferred. Specially in terms of OS and overall satisfaction regarding brand, after sales service,etc.
Plz respond asap.
Thank You.
kanna December 26, 2010 at 3:51 pm
@Sumit
hmmm thats good!
Oh my God!
Only TT members can help now!
But the present market and the mobile companies are producing models only with high price tags….
my friend purchased wildfire by compromising on price tag and he said its good …he is a teck freak too…
my sister is njoying with her samsung galaxy 3…..
If u need updates,excellent screen display,1Ghz processor…
Go for SAMSUNG GALAXY S at high price tag… but even that lacks a flash for camera.
Sumit December 26, 2010 at 3:40 pm
@kanna
@rohan
Thank you for ur suggestion. I have checked out these phones and my reviews are as follows-
HTC wildfire- display quality not upto mark.
SE X10 mini- display too small in size for a touchscreen phone.
SE X8- no flash with camera, android OS 1.6 and updates are still unavailable.
Galaxy 3- no flash with camera and front camera lacks.
Nokia 5800, X6 and C6- My family members and some friends are using and reporting slow processing speed with hanging problem.
Please help me in purchasing a good phone between the range of Rs12000-15000.
waiting for ur responses.
Thank You.
rohan December 26, 2010 at 1:17 pm
@Sumit
Consider HTC wildfire, SE X10 MINI, SE X8, DELL XCD 28, Dell xcd 35. Go for any android phone.
kanna December 26, 2010 at 6:21 am
@Sumit
okia:5800 Xpress Music,Nokia X6,Nokia C6(Video calling)
Samsung-Monte,Galaxy 3,5 (No video calling)
HTC:Wildfire(No video call)
Sony ericsson:X10 mini (Video calling)
Check these up!
Hope this helps!
Sumit December 26, 2010 at 12:34 am
I would like to ask a question from experts. I want to purchase a mobile phone between the range of Rs12000-15000. My requirements are a 3G touch screen handset with great camera, sound, display and battery back up.
Please suggest better handsets currently available in markets. Waiting for your response.
Thank You.
rohan December 25, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Sony Ericsson some phone already comes wid sense me feature which plays music according to user’s mood. Like w910i, w950i,..etc. Nokia cant do anything new they are just trying to copy ideas frm other company’s and trying to compete wid android market and apple app store wid these flop apps. Android has better app than this and android works fine than rattle symbian series.
rohan December 25, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Sony Ericsson some phone already comes sense me feature which plays music according to user’s mood. Like w910i, w950i,..etc. Nokia cant do anything new they are just trying to copy ideas frm other company’s and trying to compete wid android market and apple app store wid these flop apps. Android has better app than this and android works fine than rattle symbian series.
kanna December 25, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Really a must app for Nokia phones ! Thanks TT
Rohit Gupta December 25, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Really good app and helpful too