By default Nokia N73 displays six applications on the screen that appears when you are not using the mobile or when you turn on the Nokia N73.

This screen which appears when you are not using the mobile or when you turn on the Nokia N73 is called the Active Standby Screen [Figure No. 1] . And the application menu on it is called Active Standby Menu. These six applications are the shortcuts icons to the application so, its safe to remove them or change them.

The Active Standby Menu acts just like the quick launch menu in computers. To run any of the applications on this Active Standby Menu you could use the Scroll key (joystick) to highlight that application shortcut icon and press joystick.

Here’s a step-by-step guide to change the six application shortcuts:

1. Press the Nokia Menu key on the left,
2. On the Menu screen click on Tools, [Figure No. 2]
3. On the Tools screen click on Settings, [Figure No. 3]
4. On the Settings screen click on Phone, [Figure No. 4]
5. On the Phone settings screen click on Standby mode, [Figure No. 5]
6. On the Standby mode screen click on Active standby apps., [Figure No. 6]
7. Here you can change any of the six application shortcuts. Using Joysticks choose the shortcut you want to change and press it. Now select the application you want to assign to shortcut from the list of given options and press Joystick. [Figure No. 7]
8. All Done! Press the right Selection key (Back) until you see the Active Standby Screen.

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Nokia has released a new free software for Nokia S60 3rd Edition mobile devices called Nokia Business Card Reader. Somewhere hidden in the middle of available applications, the Business Card Reader allows you to scan and save a business card using the mobile phone’s camera. It has functions like adjustment of mobile device screen and reading the phone numbers from card. This software works only on N73.

While the app is a cool concept, it totally takes away from the camera of the N73. Then again it could just be the business cards. The software has option for scanning the business card from up close and auto mode. You can scan any number of cards.From the download link it appears that Nokia is providing this application only for the China market but, it can be downloaded anywHere.

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Nokia N98 has been sighted on the net and will be released really soon according to Nokia France specification sheet. Despite it’s earlier claims that iPhone is no threat to lucrative NSeries smartphone multimedia computer business, Nokia was really frightened by it and started scrambling for an answer literary the next day. Result of that is new Nokia N98 who really looks like Apple iPhone, but when you look at specifications there is huge advantage over iPhone. So we might look at new mobile phone war in which only consumer can benefit by better products and new technologies.

Nokia N98 Specifications:

* 7.2 mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens
* Optical zoom x5 and digital zoom x20
* 3.5 inch VGA 16 million color touch screen
* GPS
* Symbian S70 3rd edition (now that would be something)
* Graphics accelerator
* Bluetooth/WIFI b+g+n/HSDPA

Disclaimer: We can’t guarantee 100% correct/accuracy of above information.