12 tips for Symbian smartphones

Squeeze more life from your Symbian smartphone with these 12 great tips…

Rename away
The folders on any S60 device aren’t set in stone. You may already know how to move application icons between folders, but you may also want to rename the folders themselves. For example, ‘Music’ might become ‘Media’, or you might want to have ‘Puzzle games’ plus ‘Action games’. Use ‘Options>Rename’ on the main menu.

Home screen shortcuts
Did you know that the home screen on the Nokia 5800 contains more shortcuts than are immediately obvious? Tap on the time to get the Clock application; tap on the date to get access to Calendar, plus a choice of profiles; tap on the battery bar corner to bring up status shortcuts (Bluetooth/connectivity etc).

Touch calibration
If your touch inputs on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic or N97 start to wander, you can of course recalibrate the touchscreen, just as for any PDA. The trick is to go into ‘Settings>Phone>Touch input’ and scroll right to the bottom of the dialog. Choose ‘Touch screen calibration’ and then follow the prompts.

PC, Mac and Restarts
If you experience trouble connecting your S60 phone to a Windows PC or Mac in ‘PC Suite’ mode, the first thing to try is restarting the computer (if PC Suite and Windows) or the phone (if Nokia Multimedia Transfer and a Mac, which tends to be a lot more stable). If this still doesn’t work, try restarting both!

Remember your store-bought music
When considering whether to upgrade your smartphone’s firmware, in addition to the usual backup/sync precautions, don’t forget about your Nokia Music Store tracks. The license to play them may get zapped as part of the upgrade. So sync your music using PC Suite, ready for syncing again after the update. If all else fails, you can usually download the tracks again for free.

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