Phenomenal music remixes of Youtube videos.

How to make a magical media mashup:

1. Take hundreds of youtube videos featuring random but talented artists

2. Envision a grand symphonic piece of music

3. Cut, splice and sync the videos into a virtual band.

4. Sit back and wait for Internet fame

I love Slick IM on my Nokia e71

Dont dismiss mobile IM and what it can do for you. Calling people can sometimes be intrusive, sms costs money and is a high latency communication channel. Since everyone seems to be on Google Talk or Windows Live Messenger lately, the mobile professional feels left out from the live social and business network when he is AFK (away from keyboard).

Enter Slick IM, made by Lonely Cat Games. Slick IM is in development, so the developer has made an Alpha version available free for testing. Slick IM is really slick, it manages to present a lot of functionality in a small screen, but is very configurable for different user preferences. Best of all, it supports all the major IM platforms without a hitch- ICQ, AIM, MSN, Google Talk and Jabber.

Slick IM Screen shot

I stayed away from IM for a long time for the very reason that I kept getting disturbed while I was working at my desk, and eventually took to staying invisible for longer and longer periods of time.. and finally went offline for good. With Slick IM, I find that I can connect to friends and colleagues when I am out of office, during meetings and commutes…times when I want to be ‘in the loop’ and when I dont mind being disturbed.

You can download Slick IM (Alpha) from Lonely Cat Games – here. Once downloaded, open the zip file on your phone (Menu -> Office -> File Manager app), go to the “S60_3rd_edition” folder and  and then select/install the  ‘s60_3rd_edition.sisx’  file.

You will need to disable certificate check in the App. Manager. Go to:

Menu > Installations > App. Mgr. > Options > Software Installation > All.

As always, if you need help, you know how to reach me.

Getting email on your Nokia E-Series phone (India)

Ok, so this is for all of you with swanky new Nokia E71 and E75 phones. Nokia has its own email application and service. I am currently using it with 3 email accounts setup.

Quick Review of “Nokia Messaging”

In short, its the absolute best direct-push email messaging application available for your Nokia. Direct-push means that the phone receives an email the instant that your email account receives it. Nokia has done a great job with this application and while power users (those who extensively use Gmail labels etc) will feel a little discomfort, the app works just fine.

IMPORTANT: You will need EDGE data access service enabled on your phone by the Carrier. Plain GPRS service will NOT WORK with this appplication. I’ve listed the required service and links below for some carriers:

Vodafone: Vodafone Live! is NOT what you need. You need Vodafone Mobile Connect. Click here

Airtel: You need to subscribe to Airtel Mobile Office. Click here

BPLMobile: Here its confusing, as they call it GPRS service. But if they’re charging  Rs. 499/month its probably the EDGE data service. See here

How to set it up:

1. Go to http://email.nokia.com
2. Click the link on the bottom right to check if your phone is supported, or click here
3. Select your phone if you can see it on the page. If you cant, tough luck this application does not support your phone!
4. In the next screen, enter the email address and password of the email account you wish to use with your Nokia phone. Note: this must be an existing email account. Fill out the security text box as instructed and click NEXT.
5. On to the final step, where you enter your Full Name, phone number (in international format eg: +91 9820098200) and security question/answer. Click CREATE ACCOUNT
6. Follow the rest of the instructions
7. You should receive an SMS with a link to the sftware application. On your phone, select and open the link, your web browser will pop up and ask if you wish to download the application. Select YES and wait patiently till the download is complete.
8. Follow onscreen instructions on your phone to install the application
9. Once installed, the application will ask you for an Access Point, which is the EDGE data access point.
10. Once the Nokia EMail application is running on the phone, choose the settings icon to configure how much email you want downloaded, how often and other stuff.

Thats it! If you’re having problems, you know how to reach me.

Redeye

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Our forte is Institutional Marketing, which includes Banks, Finance Companies, Educational Institutions (Business Schools to Universities and everything in between), NGOs and service firms. Unlike your average Advertising Agency, we seek the ‘hard to sell’ and hard to market products and services that pose strategic and creative challenges.

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Cheers! Nitin