Dictionaries for Nokia N9

To use a variety of good dictionaries for Nokia N9 you will need to download a program that supports StarDict format databases. I found two such programs for Nokia N9 on Nokia Store. The first, DictionaryStar is free, and the other, QStarDict costs peanuts. They both offer basically the same functionality, but I liked the paid one more. While it costs a dollar, QStarDict Dictionary has a slightly nicer user interface.

Top 10 Must Have Apps for your Nokia N9

Nokia N9, the esteemed "abandoned child" of Nokia, is a great device, and for an experienced user like me there's nothing I miss more than availability of popular games and applications. There are, however, precious jems that are worth every user's attention.

Please have a look at the list of my favourite must have applications for Nokia N9.

Drumkit YouTube video features Nokia N9

Watchful eye of an N9 fanboy spotted an interesting video. Nokia Developer Projects presents official YouTube video featuring Nokia N9 running a Multi-Platform Drumkit Example App.

Isn't that amazing to see your favourite phone in action once again? To see what other applications developers' community is up to go to official Nokia Developer Projects website.

How to fix Evernote sharing app on Nokia N9

Evernote is a great solution, but it somehow lacks a properly running application on Nokia N9. The one you can find in the Store is just an icon link to Evernote webpage with a sharing plugin. As long as the sharing plugin is quite useful, the link is rather useless to me. Here I'm going to show you how to fix Evernote on your N9 so that you get its full functionality back.

How to display music album covers on Nokia N9

Have you ever encoutered problems displaying album covers on your N9? Well, here is a solution.

720p HD video playback on Nokia N9 (with subtitles)

Official specs Nokia N9 say that the phone is able to play the following video formats, including HD files at 720p: WMV 9, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, XVID, Matroska MKV, 3GPP formats (H.263), AVI, VC-1,  Video Flash, ASF.

The list looks impressive, but the reality is not as colorful. Unfortunately, it is hard enough to find an HD 720p file encoded in a way that Nokia N9 could deal with it without sweat. More on this topic can be read in the "epic" thread in the forum Talk Maemo.org. The thread is rather lengthy, so I'll try to summarize what is most important.

Did you know: Pinch to resize video

Did you know that pinching the screen when in video playback mode lets you change the movie aspect ratio? You can toggle between full screen stretch and actual size.

Did you know this feature?

Can't read media error in Nokia Link

My Nokia Link software tends to crash with "Can't Read Media" error message. This bug commonly occurs together with desktop platform crash and keeps you from syncing anything to your N9.

The easiest way to deal with it is to scan your computer thoroughly with SpyBot Search and Destroy, and uninstall and reinstall Nokia Link.

It helped me.

Did you know: Dynamic calendar icon

Did you know that Nokia N9 PR1.2 update brings dynamic calendar icon? It always displays the correct day of the month. Amazing it took me a while to notice. Great improvement, innit?