Nokia E90 - Browser Limitation

Nokia E90 comes with a built-in browser. The browser itself is nice, it can support images, flash and even you can use mini-map to navigate a big site and zoom to a particular area.

On the other hand, eventhough the browser is nice, apparantly the financial sector did not like Nokia.

I try with
1. http://www.bofa.mobi --> Bank of America Mobile Banking
2. http://www.wf.com --> Wells Fargo Mobile Banking

These 2 websites hates the nokia E90. It will not let E90 to login :(. Browser is not compatible....blahhh...This must have something to do with the user-agent of E90.

I need to hunt a way whether its possible to change this. (Use Internet Explorer user agent :P ).

For now, my Windows Mobile 2003 SE (O2 XDA IIi) is still a winner since it can browse the 2 websites without having any problem.

So if you are thinking to buy Nokia E90, just make sure you do not need to surf those 2 websites :P. At least for now until the bank decides to support it.



cya.

Nokia E90 - How To Turn On the Built-In GPS

I was having problem to turn on the GPS function in the Nokia, I try to find the answer from the Web, but there is no clear direction, pieces by pieces information.

Some people may think its straight forward, since they may have other GPS mobile phone before or they are too smart :), Not for me, i am totally new for this.

So here is the instruction to turn on the GPS Function in Nokia E90
1. Go Outside of the house (make sure you got clear sky). It will not work inside the house, remember a GPS needs to have a connection to the satellite in the sky, so its good to try it out outside of the house.


How to make sure the GPS Integrated is being turn on?
1. make sure the Nokia E-Series clamshell is "closed" for now
2. Press the Menu button
3. Go to GPS Folder, and press OK button
4. Go to GPS Data, and press OK button
4a. There will be a stupid error message "GPS not available" IGNORE THIS message
5. Press the Options Button and choose "Positioning Settings", and press OK
6. Choose only "Integrated GPS", Deselect the rest. and press Back Button
7. Done.


How to see your current location in the GPS or Locked in the satelite? "
1. Make sure the Nokia E-90 series clamshell is "closed" for now
2. Press the Menu button
3. Go to GPS Folder, and press OK button
4. Go to GPS Data, and press OK button
4a. There will be a stupid error message "GPS not available" IGNORE THIS message
5. Choose the "Position" and press OK button
6. Press the "Options" Button and choose Sattelite Status, and press OK
7. WAIT for 3-4 minutes, the sattelite number will appear like 1, 31, 23, etc.
a. The Bar will show, at the beginning the bar will appear empty
b. Wait until the the BAR FULL SOLID Black colour (*It could take 3-4 minutes*)
c. Wait until at least 3 satellite have a SOLID Black colour filled.
8. Press Back, and you should be able to see your current GPS location.
8a. Latitute, Logintute, Accuracy, Altitue, all will have "numbers" now
9. Done


How to see the Maps using GPS?
1. Make sure you have done the "How to see your current location in the GPS or Locked in the satelite? "" above
2. Go to GPS Folder
3. Go to "Maps" application
4. If you have your satelite locked on, the default maps application will directly go to your "Current location" :-)
5. Done


FAQ:
Do you really need to close the clamshell of the E-Series to use the GPS?
Ans: No, but for the sake of simplify of this sample, i prefer to close the Clam Shell. Once you have get used to it, feel free to open the clam shell

Do you really need to go to outside of the house to use the GPS?
Ans: Depends on the situation. For simplication, I prefer to do it outside of the house, when you manage to turn on the GPS, feel free to try it inside your house, it might work. It works in my room :P.


cya.




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