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Nokia N-Gage Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The Number One FAQ
|Will existing first generation N-Gage games be compatible with the new N-Gage ready devices?
Due to evolution in the underlying technology, the original first generation N-Gage games will NOT be compatible with next generation N-Gage compatible devices. Similarly, the next generation N-Gage experience will not be compatible with the original N-Gage game deck or N-Gage QD devices. However Nokia is bringing a wide range of content to the next generation mobile gaming platform, including select N-Gage franchises.
All of the answers below come direct from http://www.n-gage.com/support/faq.html
|What is the next generation of N-Gage?
N-Gage brings you exceptional, made-for-mobile gaming, now on a range of powerful Nokia devices. Download best-in-class titles from top publishers to your device or compatible PC. Try any game for free so you only buy the ones you want. Track and share your scores, and play with friends from across the street or around the world. Join the new wave of mobile play.
|When will the next generation N-Gage experience be available?
The full N-Gage experience will go live in November 2007. At that time, the free N-Gage application will be available for download from N-Gage.com either via your compatible mobile device or PC. Nokia's lineup of great N-Gage games to try and buy, as well as expanded features on the website, will also go live at that time. Compatible devices that come to market after N-Gage goes live will include the N-Gage application pre-installed on the device. Sign up to be notified when the N-Gage experience goes live and the N-Gage application is available for download.
|Which Nokia devices will be N-Gage compatible at launch? The current launch roster of N-Gage compatible devices includes the Nokia N73, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8GB, Nokia N93, Nokia N93i, Nokia N95, and the Nokia N95 8GB. See the Get N-Gage section of this website for more information on these devices, including pictures and features that support gaming. Please note that Nokia will continue to announce N-Gage compatibility with a wide range of S60 Nokia devices on an ongoing basis. N-Gage compatibility is not limited to Nokia Nseries devices. Sign up for the N-Gage newsletter to keep up with the latest N-Gage device announcements.
|Are these the only Nokia devices that are N-Gage compatible? These are only the first devices that are announced as N-Gage compatible. Additional devices will be added to Nokia's roster of N-Gage compatible on an ongoing basis as new Nokia products are announced and released.
|Will N-Gage compatible devices require 3D graphics capability in order to support the next generation of N-Gage games? While in the future some games may be specifically designed for a dedicated 3D graphics chip, all of Nokia's announced next generation N-Gage games should be fully playable on the full range of N-Gage ready devices. N-Gage compatible devices are chosen for their ability to support a high quality mobile gaming experience and therefore include many powerful features that support gaming. See the Get N-Gage section for more information on devices and features.
|Will existing first generation N-Gage games be compatible with the new N-Gage ready devices? Due to evolution in the underlying technology, the original first generation N-Gage games will NOT be compatible with next generation N-Gage compatible devices. Similarly, the next generation N-Gage experience will not be compatible with the original N-Gage game deck or N-Gage QD devices. However Nokia is bringing a wide range of content to the next generation mobile gaming platform, including select N-Gage franchises.
|What independent publishers and developers will support the next generation of N-Gage games? Nokia has announced nine publishers to date, including: Capcom
Digital Chocolate
Glu Mobile
THQ Wireless
Vivendi Games MobileNokia expects more publishers to support the next generation of N-Gage gaming and will be announcing new partnerships on an ongoing basis.
|Which next generation N-Gage games will be available at launch? There are approximately a dozen games that have been announced and many more are in production for the next generation of the N-Gage experience. Drop by the Showroom to view dedicated game pages, including screen shots and descriptions of each of Nokia's games. You can also sign up for the N-Gage newsletter to keep up with the latest news on N-Gage games.
|Are additional games planned? Absolutely! The new N-Gage experience will see exciting new games and franchises joining Nokia's line-up through the remainder of the year, throughout 2008, and beyond. Stay tuned, Nokia's only getting started. Sign up for the N-Gage newsletter to keep up with the latest news on N-Gage games.
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What are the major highlights of the N-Gage Classic?
|After I formatted my MMC using the PC connected to the N-Gage, it starts complaining that the MMC is corrupt?
Reformat the MMC using the FAT or FAT16 option. Not NTFS or FAT32. Or use the built-in Format utility found in Menu > Tools > Memory > Options > Format Mem. Card.
|Can I play Nintendo games on my N-Gage?
Yes! However, you have to pay as the platform is emulated. Vampent vNes is the current popular choice.
|Can I play Super Nintendo games on my N-Gage?
Yes and No. Vampent vSun is the only existing emulator for Super Nintendo and the current version manages barely any game with sound. You also have to pay as the platform is emulated. My advice: Wait.
|Can I play Sega Master System & Game Gear games on my N-Gage?
Yes! However, you have to pay as the platform is emulated. WildPalm's SonicBoy is the current available emulator.
|Can I play Gameboy games on my N-Gage?
Yes! You can try WildPalm's GoBoy for free. Vampent vBoy and WildPalm's Super GoBoy are the available paid version emulators.
|How do I put Mp3 files in the N-Gage?
Connect the N-Gage to your computer a compatible USB cable. A new drive should show up with the Ding Ding sound (If it doesn't, try restarting your device and computer). Place the Mp3 files in a folder (I name it Mp3), and safely disconnect by left clicking on the USB icon in the bottom right. This should clear the cache. Disconnect the cable, wait 10 seconds for the N-Gage to refresh its menu, access Music Player and you should be able to play the files.
|How exactly is the N-Gage Stereo?
Unfortunately, the N-Gage is stereo only in the Mp3 Player and FM Radio only. It uses a dedicated hardware to output the sound in stereo. Normal applications do not have access to this hardware via the standard programming interface. So if you use UltraMp3 to play your Mp3, it will be in mono. Likewise for games, applications, Recorder and other audio applications.
|How comfortable is the N-Gage for playing NES games?
This is in my opinion. It's not really like playing the actual system. In Super Mario 3 where Mario has to run continuously in order to fly, the timing is easy to slip because of the arrangement of the buttons. Twin Cobra presents problems where control is very precise and I find my fingers slipping off the directional pad in the heat of the moment.
|What are the differences between the Classic and the QD version?
N-Gage Classic: More network support, Bigger, Slightly Lighter, Shorter Battery Life, FM Radio, Stereo Mp3, Mp3 Ringtone, Side talking, Non-Hot-Swap MMC, USB Mass Storage Device, Does not require Card Reader/Bluetooth Adaptor for files transfer
N-Gage QD: Less network support, Smaller, Slightly heavier, Longer Battery Life, No FM Radio, No Stereo Mp3, No Mp3 Ringtone, No Side talking, New Keypad Design. Hot Swap MMC, Rubber Grip, Brighter Screen, No USB Mass Storage Device, Requires Card Reader/Bluetooth Adaptor for files transfer
|Does the N-Gage have Infrared?
|Can the built-in Music Player record from the built-in Mic?
No. The Music Player demands that the audio cable be connected, for good reason too, it is a Line In Recorder. If you wish to record from the Mic, you must use the Recorder program to record in AMR format (limited to 1 min per clip; use Extended Recorder (records in AMR/WAV) for unlimited). However, you should be able to connect a mic using the converter and record from it using the Music Player.
|Does the N-Gage support Diagonal direction movements?
Yes - Only in applications that utilize them. Symbian Menu System does not while most games do.
|Can I play games from the MMC(MultiMedia Card) while using Music Player?
No. The Music Player locks out the MMC and dedicates it to purely playing the music from the MMC. But you can try this: Load the game you want to play, press the Music Player, play the songs and go back to the game using Task Manager. Some games load themselves fully in memory and may still be playable, so it is worth a try.
|Is there any way to play games while listening to Mp3s?
Yes - you can use software like UltraMp3 and Mp3Go. The minus point is that the sound will be in mono and much lower quality (read:terrible). Another way is to load the game you want to play, press the Music Player, play the songs and go back to the game using Task Manager. Some games load themselves fully in memory and may still be playable, so it is worth a try.
|How do I send a file/image/ringtone/song/video from my N-Gage to another user via Bluetooth/Infrared?
Use FExplorer(free) and send the file. With this app, you can explore your phone like using Windows Explorer. It also has functions like restarting the phone and viewing running processes.
|Why is there a long delay for the sound to play when someone calls/SMS me?
Your MMC is probably the cause. Shift the sound files to your Phone Memory "nokia/sounds/digital" folder and set your Profile to load the sounds from there. Note that this cannot be done for MP3 files, they must reside on the MMC. You can also try defragging the MMC (see #48).
|Is there any way to speed up the first page of the menu?
Move all applications that link to the MMC to one folder so that the phone will not look for them in the slow MMC.
|Is there any way to speed up the phone?
First method - Go to Extras > Log > Options > Settings > Log duration and set it to 1 day. Large log files take up more memory and slow the phone down.
Second method - There is a widespread tweak that claims to speed up the phone slightly. Some swear that their phones run faster while others notice no difference. Here's the tweak: First go to your To-do List, Make a note and input as follows, "Subject: Speed, Due Date: 01-29-2005 (mm-dd-yyyy), Priority: High" then press Done. Make a second Note and input as follows "Subject: Qoukie, Due Date: 01-29-2005(mm-dd-yyyy), Priority: Low" then press Done. Do not exit yet, Press the Option of your Subject note which is Speed and Mark as done. Then press the Option of your Subject note which is Qoukie and Mark as done. Now, reboot your mobile.
|Why does my N-Gage Classic keep asking for the Date and Time everytime I change the Battery/MMC/SIM Card?
This is normal. You only have a few seconds to insert back the battery before the N-Gage looses track of time and you will have to input the date/time. Yes, this means that most of the time you change your battery/MMC/SIM card, you have to reenter the time.
|What are the two round connectors on the N-Gage used for?
The left one is used for stereo sound output as well as stereo sound input for AAC recording. The right one is used for headset attachment. Lost your stereo sound output adaptor cable? You can find it here.
|Is there any software that can cut MIDI files?
Anvil Studio has the ability to do that and it is free. Use the Truncate options in the File menu after installing to cut a file.
|Is there any software that can cut Mp3 files?
Yes. And it's freeware. Check out Mp3Cutter 4.0.
|How do I convert my videos/movies to play in the N-Gage?
There's 3 ways: The most user friendly, quality and space efficient way - SmartMovie - or the RealMedia way - Real Producer 10 Plus - or the most quality/space efficient way - MobiClip. All involve payments to the respective companies for the encoder/player.
|I just got the N-Gage and want to migrate my contacts from my old Series 60 phone. How do I do it?
Contacts Transfer (free) to the rescue! Uses Infra-red, Bluetooth or Memory Card to transfer your contacts. Typical Procedure: Install the program, backup to MMC, send Contacts.data.z file to a PC/Bluetooth phone using FExplorer, format phone, install back the program, send back the file using your PC/Bluetooth, activate the program and choose import from C:. I had trouble when I tried to restore from MMC or C Drive and this is the one method that worked.
|I just got the N-Gage and want to migrate my contacts from my old Non-Series 60 phone. How do I do it?
The best way would be to move the contacts to the SIM card using the old phone, transfer the phone, [Optional: Hard Reset your phone - #30], go to Tools > Sim Directory and copy all contacts to your phone.
|I just got the N-Gage and want to migrate my SMS from my old phone. How do I do it?
If both are using Symbian OS, then you can try copying the system/mail folder from the old phone to the new phone's C Drive. If that doesn't work, use Oxygen Phone Manager for Symbian Phones, Message Saver or Multitasker to save the messages in your PC instead.
|What is the number one program that everyone should have?
FExplorer. File Explorer. Allows you to send any file via MMS, Bluetooth, view processes and much more.
|How do I soft reset my phone to the factory defaults without all SMS/contacts being erased?
Make really sure you have backed up whatever ringtones/photos/SMS/contacts/videos/etc on your phone to your computer as this procedure may cause the files to be lost. Your SIM card will not be touched though. With the phone in at least 3/4 charge, enter *#7780# and follow instructions. If security code is prompted, enter 12345 unless you changed it.
|How do I hard reset my phone to the factory defaults with all SMS/contacts erased?
Make really sure you have backed up whatever ringtones/photos/SMS/contacts/videos/etc on your phone to your computer as this procedure will make your phone reset to factory state. Your SIM card will not be touched though (contacts IN sim card will remain but contacts IN phone will be erased). With the phone in at least 3/4 charge (without plugging in charger), enter *#7370# and follow instructions. If security code is prompted, enter 12345 unless you changed it.
|After formatting my MMC in Windows Explorer, I am unable to access my MMC anymore?
The MMC must be formatted in FAT (or FAT16) format. Re-Format the MMC in FAT (or FAT16) as the File System Type option.
|How do I transfer SIS/Mp3/JPG/etc files in the N-Gage?
3 ways: 1) Via USB, place the file in the root of the MMC folder, 2) Send the file via bluetooth (or bluetooth adaptor for PC) to the phone, and simply open the message to install (delete message after installation) 3) Use a Card Reader to read your MMC, place the file in the root (not inside any folder), and reinsert back to the N-Gage. For placed SIS files in the root, install the programs via the Manager.
|Can I setup my N-Gage and Bluetooth Adaptor such that I can use the N-Gage to surf the Internet using my home connection and not GPRS?
Yes - it is possible. Simply connect the N-Gage to the PC via mRouter. Make sure PC Suite can successfully connect to it (i.e. it appears under Known Devices list). Finally, just use any web software (like Agile Mobile, Opera, Netfront) setting Access Point to None, to connect to this gateway, except the built-in browser and Java Programs (which allows only real GPRS ones). The mRouter acts as a gateway for the Internet. WARNING: The G icon must NOT appear when trying this method. If it does, it means that you are currently using GPRS Internet NOT bluetooth internet. Proceed with caution. I will not be responsible for excess GPRS charges.
|Is there any shortcut keys to access menu items?
The numbers 1 - 9 act as shortcuts in the main menu. Beyond the 9 items, you will have to go manually.
|Why does a Contacts on the left selection key take some time to open as compared to pressing the directional pad?
The phone delays some time as it waits for a "*" key press in case you want to perform a Keypad Lock. Use the directional pad button for quick contacts access.
|How do I check the time on the phone with the lights when my Keypad is locked?
Press the Power button, the display will light up and the keys will remain locked.
|How do I check the version of the firmware that is running?
In the standby screen enter *#0000#
|How do I obtain the IMEI of my N-Gage?
In the standby screen enter *#06#
|Can I start my device without loading the automatic programs - i.e. Safe Mode?
When switching on the phone, press and hold the pencil key until the display is in standby mode or at the PIN request screen.
|How do I copy and paste text?
Press and hold the pencil key, use the scroll keys to select and press the left selection key to Copy. Move the cursor to the desired position, press and hold the pencil key and press the right button for Paste.
|Any shortcut to mark multiple items on a list?
Press and hold the pencil key, and scroll as desired to mark.
|How do I see background running tasks (Task Manager)?
Press and hold the menu key. To terminate a particular program, select it and press the Cancel key. For more detailed tasks, use FExplorer's Processes.
|What is the maximum MMC size that the N-Gage can support?
Reports are that it can support up to 2GB. However, please note that the performance as well as battery life degrades with the space as searching through the whole MMC takes time. Personally 512mb is the preferred size. You can find 512mb and 1gb cards at Amazon.
|How do I backup my MMC properly?
Place the MMC in a card reader. Make sure "Show Hidden Files" is ticked in Tools > Folder Options > View. Copy the MMC contents and note the label of the card in a text file.
|Can I use Mp3 as ringtone?
For N-Gage Classic, yes, and it must reside on the MMC. For QD, no, but you can still use WAV files if you desire sounds.
|How do I change the wallpaper/background image of the standby screen?
Menu > Tools > Settings > Device > Standby Mode > Background Image > Yes
|Why do all my program icons disappear after I have disconnected the USB cable?
The cause was that the phone was used immediately after disconnection. After disconnection, give the phone about 10-20 seconds. The icons should come back. Restart the phone if it still does not work to restore the icons.
|How do I make my MMC access faster?
Connect the N-Gage via a USB Cable or put the MMC in a card reader. Go to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter and defrag your MMC drive. Make sure you have 15% free space.
|Can I listen to multiple audio sources like Radio/Mp3 and Game Effects at once?
|Can I obtain extra color palettes for my N-Gage?
In some firmware revisions, Nokia introduced some more palettes in N-Gage but remain hidden for unknown reasons. Palette Extender is your key to unlocking them. The original website is gone - so search for pextender60.sis should the link go dead.
|How do I activate Voice Dialing?
Press and hold the right soft key.
|Can the Nokia N-Gage covers be changed?
Yes. But you may be voiding your warranty. You can find them in mobile phone shops.
|Why isn't the N-Gage getting connected with the PC Suite when I use the USB connection?
It's meant to be connected using Bluetooth. USB is solely used to access the memory card.
|What are the alternative ways to talk as I want to avoid Side-Talking?
You can use the wired headset, wireless Bluetooth headset or the loudspeaker. Or modify your phone (voiding the warranty) - see here. I have personally made a hole using a hot nail (held by pliers) and though the hole is irregular, it worked out for me.
|Sometimes the MMC drive does not come after I connected the cable even though the icon is showing in the N-Gage?
Disconnect the cable, restart the N-Gage (use FExplorer for faster restarts) and connect the cable back. If it still does not work, use a external card reader as it could mean that the MMC is corrupted.
|Can the N-Gage play WMV/AVI/MPG/DAT/MPEG4/VCD/DVD video files?
No - you need third party software to play most video types. SmartMovie is one example for XviD AVI files and it offers full screen landscape viewing too. For the rest, I have not heard of any players as the bitrate for the other videos can be quite high. The only ones that you can play without additional software are 3GP and RealMedia(RM) files, both of which separate encoders are required.
|Can the N-Gage support Kingston's MMC Plus cards?
There are positive and negative reviews out there. I recommend sticking with normal MMC cards as no one as reported speed increases with the new cards.
|Is there any easy way to access the C Drive files from my PC?
Yes, there are third party applications out there that can accomplish this. vDisk and Handy File are some examples of them.
|I sent a file via IR/Bluetooth to my phone and it came as a SMS. Where is the file saved in the phone?
In C:\SYSTEM\MAIL, perform a search for the file using FExplorer. Newer versions allow you to access the file directly through a Inbox shortcut in the root of FExplorer.
|How do I enter numbers when keying in a SMS message?
3 ways: 1) Repeatedly hit the desired key until the number appears 2) Press and hold the key of the desired number 3) Press and hold the pencil key, change to number mode, and enter desired numbers, press and hold pencil key to restore
|Is there any shortcut to access my WAP homepage?
Press and hold "0" in standby mode.
|How do I keep the backlight on?
You can FExplorer Tools > Light On or use PowerTorch.
|Can I record calls that I receive or make?
Yes, you can use the Recorder function in the Media folder to record. It is limited to 60 seconds though or you can use third party software like Call Recorder or Extended Recorder for unlimited. Note that there will be a periodic beep around once every 5 second when recording is on.
|Will using the Offline mode free up more RAM?
Yes. To access offline mode, press the power button and select the offline mode. The phone will restart and you will not be able to use it to make calls until you switch to other online profiles.
|How do I make the image of a caller appear on the phone when he/she calls me?
Go to Contacts, Select a contact, Options, Edit, Options, Add Thumbnail. If you want the pictures to be larger, check out Full Screen Caller.
|How do I give a personal ring tone to a contact?
Go to Contacts, Select a contact, Open, Options, Ringing Tone.
|Is it possible to block my Caller ID from being sent?
With some service provider's it's possible. Go to Tools > Settings > Call > Send my Caller ID > No. Try making a call - if it works, then you are all set. However if you receive messages like "check my caller id sending", then your service provider requires you to send the info.
|Is it possible for me to change the shortcuts at the standby screen?
Go to Tools > Settings > Device > Standby Mode and change Left/Right selection key as desired.
|How do I increase the volume of a MIDI file?
Use PSMPlayer. Download the English version.
|How do I convert Midi/Kar/Wav to other formats?
PSMPlayer can convert to/from midi/rmi/kar/dxm/als/dat/cmd/mel/sml/mld/pmd/mmf/smd/smz/wav/mml/m3u.
|Is it possible to increase MMC free space by reducing block size?
Yes - Connect your N-Gage to the computer. Go to Disk Management (Right click My Computer, Manage, Disk Management). Right click on your MMC drive, Format (yes, you will lose all data, so move all data to your PC temporarily) and set the smallest allocation size possible.
|How long can the N-Gage battery life last for the various usage of functions?
For Talk Time, 2-4 hours; Games, 3-6 hours; Mp3, 7-8 hours; Radio, 18-20 hours; Standby, 150-200 hours
|Can I use the N-Gage without a SIM Card?
No - if you want to, find a unused SIM card or buy a prepaid one and let it expire. The N-gage can still be used even though the SIM card has expired.
|The FM Radio is suddenly giving "App. closed FMRadio" - How do I fix it?
This happens if you select to save a radio station, but quit midway without entering a description. Start the radio again and immediately hit the "5" button or any other button that has a saved station. You should be able to get to the radio menu. Use this opportunity to change the radio station saved previously with a new one. However, if you have not set any radio stations, you will need to hard reset the phone using *#7370# which ERASES all your phone data and resets it back to factory defaults, so backup before performing this. (Known Bug)
|I downloaded some ringtones - How do I use them as Ringtones?
Mp3 - Simply put them in your MMC, any folder.
MIDI/WAV - Sounds/Digital folder in MMC
OGG/WMA/etc - You need to convert them to Mp3/Wav format. Use CDEx for the conversion. For OGG, you can use OggPlay to play them.
|What are the limitations of the Music Player?
The Music Player plays Mp3 files of up to 320kbps. You cannot fast forward or rewind songs. Neither can you mix MIDI songs with it.
|Can the N-Gage Classic's BL5C battery life be extended by replacing it with the QD's BL6C battery?
Yes, it is possible. I am using it that way and the cover seems slightly out of place. The trade off is that you get longer battery life.
|My Music Player keeps crashing. Why?
Try starting the music player with the headpiece adaptor plugged in. Next, try deleting the playlist.dat file in your MMC drive using FExplorer. If it still doesn't work, restart the phone. Symptoms include icons suddenly moving back to root folder, unable to start Music Player and songs refusing to play (hitting the play button but nothing happens).
|How do I change the Operator Logo to my own image?
Make a image (width: 95, height: 25) using Microsoft Paint (Start > Programs > Accessories > Paint) and save it as BMP 8 Bit. Transfer the file to your phone via the USB connection. Use FExplorer to select the file, go to Options, and select Set as Op Logo. Your phone will restart with the logo
|Can I stop the phone from asking me "Receive Message from..." from my friend's phone?
Partner with your friend using the Bluetooth's Partner function. After partnering, set his connection as Authorized by selecting his phone name in the Bluetooth connections list and going to Options.
|Is is possible to change the location of the saved SMS to my MMC? I can't receive files bigger than 4MB in my QD!
Personally, I discourage this as it could cause problems when using the Music Player (it locks the MMC when playing songs). Having said that, MsvDriveE (msvdrivee.sis) is your answer. Applying this SIS file will set it such that new messages will go to E Drive, your MMC. Yes, this means all your old messages will be still in C:, you can try copying the files manually to your E Drive using FExplorer to access the old messages. WARNING: This program is known to cause problems. Test first before using it. For how to uninstall/remove it, see #96.
|How do I set the phone such that the keypad autolocks after a specified amount of time?
Use Petteri Muilu's Autolock. Free, runs in the background. The time of wait can be customized.
|Why does the Music Player take so long to load?
Everytime the Music Player is started up, it starts scanning the MMC for mp3 files. Bigger MMC, more time. If there is a way to bypass this and instead load from a playlist, please let me know!
|How do I set my calendar reminder such that it reminds me a few days before the event?
You can't - unless you use third party software. Check out Epocware's Handy Dates.
|Can I charge my N-Gage through the USB port?
No. However, there may be some third party accessories that can convert the USB connection to the charger plug.
|Where can I get free N-Gage Games/Blz/Appz/Gamez/Etc?
This website does not assist nor condones illegal activities. So please stop sending emails regarding the above.
|I got a new phone! And it is not a Series 60! So how do I move all contacts to the SIM card?
To move a contact: Press the directional pad in the standby screen, select a contact, press the directional pad to Open, Options, Copy to SIM direct. Yes, you have to repeat this for every contact you want to transfer. Newer Symbian phones have a Mark All, Transfer to SIMs option, but neither N-Gage nor QD has it, they're using the older Symbian OS.
|Can I select Mp3 as a SMS Message Alert tone for my phone?
This is one aspect Nokia left out. Probably due to the slow loading time of the mp3 perhaps. The answer is NO. You can only use MIDI/Wav/Amr tones as SMS Message Alert tones.
|When using a Bluetooth headset, can the N-Gage play mp3 through the wireless headset?
No. You can use a software mp3 player like Mp3Go or UltraMp3 though.
|When using a Bluetooth headset, can the N-Gage direct radio through the wireless headset?
No. You can use GPRS radio though.
|When using a Bluetooth headset, why does the N-Gage only vibrate when set to a mp3 ringtone?
It cannot direct mp3 to the bluetooth headset which is why it vibrates instead. Set your ringtone to a MIDI/WAV/AMR sound file instead.
|I have a Bluetooth stereo headset, can I use it to hear sounds in stereo?
No. Stereo bluetooth headsets came after some time N-Gage was released.
|How can I play/convert WAV/MP3 to AMR files in my computer ?
Nokia's Multimedia Player can play and convert AMR files. It worked with my Classic at AMR Highest Bitrate. Get it here. Registration required to download AND use this product.
|When I send files to my computer's Bluetooth connection, my N-Gage says "Unable to Connect"?
This is because of security reasons, your computer will not accept connections automatically. To receive files, right click on the bluetooth icon in your system tray, and select Receive A File. If you are using Wildcomm's driver, ensure that the blue icon is in your system tray and go to My Bluetooth Places (Desktop), My Device and that "My PIM Item Transfer" is Enabled and "Automatic Startup appears". Right-click it, Properties, and configure to receive all items in a folder. It should work now.
|Is there any shortcut to call a number/URL that was sent through SMS?
Open the message, go to Options, Find, Phone Number (or others that you want to locate). When the desired text is auto highlighted, press the green Call button to quick call the number.
|How do I uninstall MsDriveE?
Switch off your phone, remove the MMC and switch it back on.
|Where can I get N-Gage Classic Launcher?
You can get it at Nokia's N-Gage Arena Launcher site.
|Can I adjust the volume of my SMS ring tone without changing the actual voice call ring tone?
No - the volume control in the profile affects both SMS and Messaging tone volumes. Try using 3rd party programs to manually reduce the volume in the sound files.
|How do I customize the icons in my N-Gage?
Sysiconz to the rescue! Take a look here - Registration required.
|How do I convert videos (AVI/MPG/WAV/MP3) to AMR/3GP format?
Nokia's Multimedia Player can play and convert AMR files. It worked with my Classic at AMR Highest Bitrate. Get it here. Registration required to download AND use this product.
|How do I play 3GP videos?
You can use Quicktime Player. Or Nokia's Multimedia Player. Get it here. Registration required to download AND use this product.
|Where can I download RealOne Player for N-Gage QD?
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I haven't blogged in an age, and I haven't blogged about knitting since well before that; and I really enjoyed blathering away every day during the Ravelympics. So after reading Spinning Fishwife's blog yesterday, and then changing of the clocks which always makes me want to curl up and die for 5 months, I went and signed myself up for NaBloPoMo for November.
You have been warned.
In other news... Fat Charlie is complete.
I think I've mentioned how much I love this yarn before, but apparently I was so complimentary that one of the people from Malabrigo contacted me to ask if they could use my comment on one of their leaflets. My opinion hasn't changed, and it's cool that at least one of the yarn companies is using Ravelry to find out what people think of their yarns!
Final vital statistics
Pattern: Strangling Vines, by Nicole Hindes
Yarn: Malabrigo Sock, by Malabrigo (not on their website yet...); 2 skeins (400m/440 yds per skein), bought at I Knit London
Modifications: worked over 81 sts rather than the 45 in the pattern; worked each end using 0ne skein of yarn and three-needle-bind-off at the back of the neck (the skeins are slightly different; I don't care).
Measurements: 30cm wide by 220cm long (12" wide by 88" long).
Opinion: Love it!!
And because I'm a mean-spirited, snarky person at heart; two things which have amused me an unreasonable amount over the last couple of days. First, a flyer from a local ironing firm (name removed), with an offer which seems a little harsh, if not illegal?
And then a sign at the bottom of King Street yesterday...
As it was very near the local arts-and-graphics shop, and the lovely (albeit blogless) Vespertine was having her birthday party in an arty little shop just round the corner, you could have been forgiven for thinking there was some sort of Installation going on. Unfortunately, no. That would be the car park of Christ's Collage, Cambridge...
Literacy was preserved, however, at least for sad nerdy taxonomists, by the presence of these at the party...
(I remember an ex-colleague dealing with an early 20th-century index which had Illegitimacy: See BASTARDY pencilling in, in beautiful handwriting, Child Support Agency: See BASTARDS... I didn't like to inquire...)
And that's just about me for the weekend; talk to you (repeatedly) in November...

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There was a time when people thought Matt Wieters was going to be, well, precisely what he is so far in 2014: A hits machine from the right side facing left-handed pitchers, and a respectable hitter with power from the left facing righties. He was expected to bat something like, oh, .337/.372/.570 through the first month of the season. But that time was back in 2008, when Wieters hit a combined .355/.454/.600 in 530 PA across Single A Frederick and Double A Bowie, or in 2009 when he started the season with Triple A Norfolk and put up 163 PA of .305/.387/.504.
Then all those expectations vanished like so much dust in so much wind, because since coming to the majors in 2009 through the end of last season, Matt Wieters has done this: .255/.319/.420 (.739 OPS) in 2610 plate appearances, with an .831 OPS against lefties (as a right-handed batter) and a .712 OPS against righties (as a left-handed batter). That's not bad! It's a 99 OPS+, and it's over 30 points of OPS better than catchers as a group over that time period (.707 OPS from 2009-2013). It certainly establishes him as a valuable everyday catcher when considered in the context of his strong defensive skills and leadership ephemera. But it's not what that Sports Illustrated cover from 2009 promised when it called him the next Joe Mauer. (Of course, the meaning of the phrase "the next Joe Mauer" itself has changed substantially since the then-catcher's amazing 2009 season).
The biggest, most obvious weakness in Wieters' game at the plate -- as opposed to his game behind it, which is top-notch -- is that he can't hit for power or average against right-handed pitchers from the left side. Fans have wondered why Wieters doesn't just start batting right-handed against righties; the answer to that is that unless there's something critically, five-alarm-blaze wrong with a switch hitter's results from one side of the plate, hitting coaches aren't about to tell them to stop doing a thing they've been doing since before they started shaving. Being "merely" a league-average bat instead of an MVP-caliber hitter doesn't qualify as such an emergency.
But the fact remains that he's a .249 hitter from the left-hand side, and slugging under .400 for his career from the left, too. His current hot streak to start the season, of course, is predicated on the exact opposite of those four and half seasons of established fact: He's hitting for average against righties (.368) and for power (.559 SLG, 3 HR and 4 2B in 25 hits) while still walking a nifty amount (all 6 of his walks on the year are from the left side). It's his normally stronger right side that looks kind of lost and is only buoyed by a couple deep balls: .222/.211/.611 (.822 OPS), and no, that batting average and on base percentage aren't flipped, thanks to a sacrifice fly. His two HR and one 2B in 19 PA from the right side are why that slugging percentage is up where it is, and in all fairness, a 19 PA sample size is even less meaningful than the 75 PA sample size we're looking at from the other side of the plate.
In short, history -- and established performance -- tell us it's unreasonable to think that Matt Wieters is now suddenly someone other than who he's been so far in his career. And we should probably chide ourselves for being tempted to do so, because who Matt Wieters has been so far in his career is a perfectly acceptable backstop who can hold his own at the plate while excelling at everything he's been asked to do behind it. That's along with very solid durability and endurance, averaging 140 games played in his four full seasons in the majors -- just about the maximum amount of playing time any sane team would want their starting catcher to get.
But that's the thing, isn't it? A nice player is just that -- nice. People don't watch sports for nice. People don't watch sports to see a league-average pitcher throw a baseball. People watch sports to see Jose Fernandez making guys look like fools with his curveball and Cliff Lee owning the corners with his fastball. It's why we almost exclusively comp our favorite team's best prospects to Hall of Famers and why we think people are being pessimists when they tell us no, that 21 year old middle-infielder in AA isn't suddenly a future perennial All-Star just because he's had a hot month and change. Just like Matt Wieters isn't 2009 Joe Mauer now that he's done the same. But that's what his fans want to see when he steps to the plate, not "nice."
The more realistic hope for Wieters is that while this is of course an unsustainable hot streak, underneath the heat something's clicked into place and from now on, the average against righties will tick up 15 to 20 points into the .260ish range, and that he'll bring the slugging up with it. Considering Wieters sees about two and half times more righties than lefties at the plate, if he's able to drag his .712 career OPS against them up to even a sustainable .750 or so, he's suddenly a much more dangerous threat at the plate for a team that needs offensive contributors outside of the inconsistent Adam Jones, the injured Chris Davis and the rental Nelson Cruz.
It's not unprecedented for defensively proficient catchers with solid tools to suddenly experience an offensive renaissance years into their major league careers; take a look at Yadier Molina before 2011 (.688 OPS) and from 2011 to present (.844 OPS hitter). At age 28 this year, Wieters is actually the same age Molina was when he finally figured out how to make it all work in the batter's box as well as behind it.
But don't get too attached to that idea, or too bummed out if Wieters goes back to being the guy he's been since 2009. A nice player is still nice to have, and that doesn't change no matter how much we've told ourselves he should be something more.


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Originally published Friday, July 8, 2011 at 3:03 PM
Chasing baseballs: tradition as old as game itself
Long before he became a big league All-Star, Ron Coomer was a little kid growing up in Chicago who delighted in going to ballgames with a mitt on his hand and his father by his side.
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Long before he became a big league All-Star, Ron Coomer was a little kid growing up in Chicago who delighted in going to ballgames with a mitt on his hand and his father by his side.
They would head to Wrigley Field to see the Cubs or Comiskey Park to check out the White Sox, but the game itself was almost a sideshow for little Coomer. More than a win for the home team, more than seeing a homer from Ron Santo, Coomer always wanted to get his hands on a baseball used in the game.
"Every person who has ever been to a ballpark would love to get a baseball," Coomer said in a telephone interview on Friday. "Other than getting your favorite player's autograph, getting a baseball was what you wanted the most."
Maybe even more than the crack of the bat, a hot dog with relish or the seventh-inning stretch, the prospect of bringing home a piece of the game is one of the most charming and unique parts of America's pastime, a tradition as old as baseball itself.
But the pursuit of that memento proved dangerous Thursday night when a man fell to his death in Texas while reaching for a foul ball tossed his way by Rangers star Josh Hamilton.
"When I was younger and I went to the ballpark, my hope was to get a foul ball," an emotional Rangers President Nolan Ryan said. "You can see how many people come into our ballpark with gloves, just hoping to have that opportunity. That's just part of the experience of being there."
It's been that way for as long as the game has been played.
From Ebbets Field in early 20th century Brooklyn to Target Field in 21st century Minneapolis, fans have always gone to the ballpark in hopes of getting their hands on a baseball used by their favorite player.
The intoxicating possibility of it all often extends beyond the walls of Fenway Park or Camden Yards.
Kids would gather on Sheffield and Waveland on the north side of Chicago, carrying "Hit it here, Sammy!" signs as slugger Sammy Sosa would launch homers out of Wrigley. During Barry Bonds' assault on the home run record, fans would paddle their kayaks in McCovey Cove outside AT&T Park to chase down the balls as they splashed into the water.
"I think it's about connecting to the sport and to our heroes and feeling like we're involved somehow," said 33-year-old Zack Hample, who has collected more than 5,000 baseballs and written three books on the subject. "There's something extra special about earning or catching your souvenir as opposed to buying one in a souvenir store."
"Anyone can go buy a baseball, but to get someone as good as Josh Hamilton to pick you out and throw it to you, to have his DNA on the ball, to have the story to go with it, there's something very exciting about that."
The strongest memories seem to be made when a player flips a ball to a fan in the stands. It's a personal connection, if only for a few seconds, that seems to be equally rewarding for both sides.
"I think that's just part of being a fan, they want that foul ball," Cardinals third baseman David Freese said. "As a kid you grow up quote unquote dreaming of getting that foul ball, and a parent will do whatever it takes to get that foul ball, and hand it off to their kid."
Think about it. How often did Brett Favre toss a football into the stands at Lambeau or Kobe Bryant flip a basketball to a kid at Staples Center?
Happens all the time at the ballpark.
"I can't tell you, through the years, how many people have come up to me and said, `You threw the ball to my son or my daughter,' or `You tossed me a ball at a game,'" said Coomer, who spent nine years in the big leagues with the Twins, Cubs, Dodgers and Yankees. "The impact that made on people, you might forget their names or you might forget their faces, but you never forget how good it made you feel to see the smile it put on somebody's face."
The smile, Hample said, lasts long after the catch is made.
"If you are that person, you have a story for the rest of your life," he said. "It's not all about catching A-Rod's 800th homer or a walk-off grand slam, that's the pinnacle of catching baseballs.
"Sometimes something as simple as a batting-practice toss up from a player is just as thrilling. You're connecting directly with a big league ballplayer."
Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson looks in the stands before he gives away a souvenir.
"Most people I'm throwing to can't catch," he said. "I've seen people get hit in the face. I've seen people get hit in the body. Depending when and where I'm tossing it to I'll try my best to throw it at a very high arc so it comes down."
"If a person looks like they can't catch, I'll put it away from them and then they can go get it," he said. "It's amazing what people will do for a $5 baseball."
There is some inherent risk involved, however, even when there isn't a battle for a historic ball like Bonds' 756th home run.
Tumbling over a field-level railing is relatively common when a foul ball is hit down the lines, normally a harmless accident that induces chuckles and maybe a wisecrack on a late-night highlight show.
In August 2008, 10-year-old Phillies fan Kenny Campbell fell about 15 feet from the right field stands to the warning track at Citizens Bank Ballpark in Philadelphia while reaching for a ball hit during batting practice. Clearly shaken, but not seriously injured, Campbell was comforted by Mets pitcher Mike Pelfrey while stadium officials rushed to examine him.
For some, the eagerness to catch a souvenir has brought anger. Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth berated a man for catching a foul ball over Werth in 2010, and of course Steve Bartman was vilified by many for touching a ball near him in the stands, preventing Cubs outfielder Moises Alou from a chance to catch it in the 2003 NLCS.
All that pales in comparison to what happened to 39-year-old Rangers fan Shannon Stone, who was fatally injured when he fell 20 feet to his death while reaching for a ball tossed into the stands by Hamilton, all in an effort to get it for his 6-year-old son, Cooper.
Stone's death resonated with players throughout the league. It may only be a $10 piece of rawhide, rubber and string to them, but to fans it's a treasured keepsake and a story that can be told forever.
"I always toss it three or four rows deep at least," Indians outfielder Michael Brantley said. "What a sad sight that was to see. I feel so bad for everyone involved."
Milwaukee closer John Axford agreed.
"It's such a friendly part and a happy part of the game, especially with a father and son and for it to end in such a tragedy, it's just full-on brokenhearted," he said.
AP Sports Writers Pat Graham in Denver, R.B. Fallstrom in St. Louis, Colin Fly in Milwaukee, Howie Rumberg in New York and freelance writer Chuck Murr in Cleveland contributed to this report.
Follow Jon Krawczynski on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/APkrawczynski.


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If you've decided to get a swimming pool, you probably have an idea of the type of pool you want and how much money you want to spend on your investment. After all, pools not only add value to your home but they provide years of enjoyment as well. What you may not realize is that swimming pools vary with design and quality and only those shoppers who are savvy will get the best swimming pool prices. In this brief article, we will provide you with informative tips on obtaining the best swimming pool price for your money. Are you ready? Let's get started.
1. Contact several companies. Although you are probably somewhat aware of the prices of swimming pools, it makes sense to get quotes from numerous pool companies. This way, you can make sure that you are actually being charged a reasonable rate for the swimming pool. After all, some companies will actually inflate swimming pool prices in order to receive more profits. They don't care about their customers and are hoping and praying that naive customers won't do their market research to know that the swimming pool prices have been inflated. They are hoping that these customers will take their word for it that they are getting a good deal.
2. Get estimates in writing. In addition, you should make sure that you get all estimates in writing. By having these written estimates, you will be able to negotiate with companies to get the best swimming pool rate. For instance, let's say that company A gives you a swimming pool price of $10,000 for a new pool and installation however; Company B gives you a swimming pool price of $7800 for the same swimming pool including installation. Well, you can take the quote from Company B (assuming that the specs are similar) and negotiate with Company A for a lower price. By doing this, you can save yourself a tremendous amount of money.
3. Shop off season. The prime buying season for pools is in the spring or summer as this is when companies charge prime costs. However, if you shop for a swimming pool in the fall or winter, you will be purchasing pools off season and will likely receive discounts and the swimming pool price will be much better. In fact, you will typically save 25% or more by shopping during off season times.
In conclusion, swimming pool prices vary significantly but savvy shoppers who contact several companies, get estimates in writing, negotiate for the best prices and shop off season are the ones that can obtain significant discount and the best swimming pool price. Therefore, make sure that you follow these tips when purchasing your new swimming pool and you'll be swimming free and happy that you received a great price for your investment. Good luck and have a blast with your new swimming pool.


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Calm wind bring fish, sharks into shallows
It appears that Southeast Texas has been plagued by many days of southeast or southwest winds. Whenever that happens, the entire surf from Cameron, La., all the way to the Bolivar north jetty becomes rough and sandy. On the other hand, a mild less than 10 mph south wind or anything from the north less than 15 mph will clear and color the surf. Whenever that happens, the speckled trout and other game fish will invade the shallows. Migrating shrimp, mullet and pogie shad will provide the fish with a buffet to choose from when they are hungry. There are certain areas, it seems, that tend to continually hold more hungry fish than others along the beach area. Learning where these places are can give you a starting place whenever you are going surfing for speckled trout.
One technique when searching for a place to begin fishing is to locate seemingly nervous bait fish or jumping shrimp. Sometimes it will take some driving on the beach until the bait is located. In the case of jumping shrimp, there will usually be some hungry seagulls feeding on the same shrimp that the specks are after. The specks chase them to the surface where the gulls enjoy their feast. Beware of whether the birds are actually circling and diving into the water or simply looking. The feeding seagulls will be noisy with their screeching and squawking.
There may also be some terns along the beach seeming to be over fish. Sometimes they are, but most of the time they are not over game fish. Some folks refer to them as lying birds. I still recommend giving the feeding terns a try. That's especially the case when there are several of them, and if there are black ones there. I've caught some solid speckled trout and redfish that were under where those terns were feeding.
Locating seagulls or terns that are feeding may not prove to a 100 percent guarantee. I've been casting directly where the birds were picking shrimp and have not gotten a strike. There had to be some kind of fish running that bait to the surface, but they would not take whatever lure that I offered to them. In other cases there would be fish that I was not trying to catch. Gaftopsails, Spanish mackerel, hard head catfish, Jack Cravell and oversize redfish are some of the examples. Sometimes there are sharks present.
One calm, still morning, I was after speckled trout just a few miles east of High island. There were signs of big schools of Jack Cravell a good distance from shore, but the seagulls were resting in big numbers all along the beach. The jacks were surfacing and knocking some big pogies into the air. That was a truly awesome sight, but that was not what the fish of the day was for my son, Doug, and me. The tide was beginning to come in fairly quickly, and we hoped that would bring not only bait, but also some hungry speckled trout.
Soon luck was with us. In the surf directly out from the cedar trees there was suddenly heavy seagull action, as well as visible specks chasing shrimp to the surface. After parking the pick-up on solid sand, we headed out into the surf after the fish. Doug headed westward down the surf and I went to the east. Having waded through the chest-deep trough and on to the thigh-deep sandbar, the casting began. The speckled trout seemed to take the leadhead jig that I was casting as soon as it reached them. At that time, I still used a stringer to retain the fish that I was taking home.In short order, I had a limit of solid specks , I'd caught and released a few more, and I was ready to head back to the pick-up to ice them down. By now the tide had risen from thigh deep to armpit deep. While I was still in trough-deep water, I noticed the shadow of a big fish between where I was and the beach front. It was then that I saw the dorsal and tail fins of a big bull shark. As I froze in my tracks, the shark turned, disappeared and then appeared, rapidly heading in my direction. More quickly than I could imagine, it had swam past me, headed for deeper water. Along with it was my entire stringer of big speckled trout. It had taken the fish, stringer and all, and made not more than a red spot on my leg. Did I head back out? Not that day. I know now that there are fish-hungry shark in the surf.


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it has been a long time !!
it has been a long time !!
Hi guys ..
hope every one is okay
Oh!! .. it has been really a long time for me since i logged in last time, time really passes too quickly,
so it is nice for me to come back here again.
As beginning ..
I'm Mohamed .. student .. my motherland language is Arabic , my 1st favorite language is English try to improve it continuously, my 2nd favorite language is French just junior, and recently i decided to learn Germany.
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Actually, i used to take a tour periodically when i have time to check out the site, and i wanna say it is really great, but lets face a fact , what is the true changes/developments in the site over this years ?!!
Well ..
Of course we can not deny or ignore the efforts of moderators and teachers here, the spirit of the site, but it is not about academic efforts and developments all the time and ever, technology developments are required too .. right ?!!
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I think Technology Developments is important section we are supposed to care about to keep catching with new interests of visitor. we can not still count on books or traditional ways of connections like writing in a forum to learn or teach !!.
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To make this post positive , i may suggest to create a new section in variable departments of site which allow live voice communication between learners and teachers. it will be good step i think since the learning languages need practicing more than reading or listening.
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i do not knew if my suggestion really exist here , but anyway sure there are many creative and effective ways of technology developments we should care about to rise the site up top again.
sorry if post being in the wrong place or too long but it is my great desire to help.
My Regards ..
to Mr Ayman , all moderators and teachers.
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Thank you so much for your feedback and ideas I personally do not remember you but welcome back anyways
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Welcome back Mohamed,
Can you write down all your suggestions to see which one we can proceed with?
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The black flocked velvet hides "mistakes" and makes coloring our designs fun and inspiring fun for kids, teens, and even seniors. We use a high quality reinforced board and super-fine black velvet flock which makes a fantastic coloring background for each design If you are starting a new hobby or are experienced at coloring crafts, you will really have fun coloring our creative designs.
This beautiful angel can hang anywhere, making every day and every place a reminder of the beauty of Christianity.


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If p is the perimeter of a right angle triangle with integral length sides, {a,b,c}, there are exactly three solutions for p = 120.
{20,48,52}, {24,45,51}, {30,40,50}
For which value of p <= 1000, is the number of solutions maximised?
// define function to find the number of solutions for p let countSolutions p = [4*p/10..6*p/10] |> List.filter (fun c -> [1..p] |> Seq.takeWhile (fun b -> b + c < p) |> Seq.exists (fun b -> (pown (p-b-c) 2 + pown b 2) = pown c 2)) |> List.length let answer = [1..1000] |> List.maxBy countSolutions
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BWW CABARET AWARDS SHOW UPDATE: Monheit to Join Vereen, Maye, Stritch, Sullivan and Caruso at Metropolitan Room, 2/21
Acclaimed jazz recording star Jane Monheit is the latest 2012 BroadwayWorld.com Cabaret Award winner to join a star-studded performing lineup featuring fellow winners Ben Vereen and Marilyn Maye, composer Jason Robert Brown, as well as cabaret stars Billy Stritch, KT Sullivan, Karen Kohler, Jim Caruso, and Colleen McHugh. All of these great entertainers and many other Award-winners will appear at the first-ever BroadwayWorld.com New York Cabaret Awards show at the Metropolitan Room on Thursday, February 21 (6:30-9 pm). These entertainers and many others became award-winners after almost two months of voting and the casting of an astounding 10,000 votes over 20 categories on the Cabaret section of the BroadwayWorld.com website.
The 2012 BroadwayWorld.com New York Cabaret Awards Show will be hosted by BroadwayWorld.com's lead Cabaret Reviewer/Columnist Stephen Hanks, while the show's Musical Director will be MAC Award-winning MD and composer Bill Zeffiro, who this year was a BroadwayWorld.com Award nominee for his original song "My Kind of Guy" (written for "Best Female Vocalist" nominee Marissa Mulder's show Illusions).
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Vereen (right) was awarded "Best Male Celebrity Vocalist" for his 54 Below show Steppin' Out. Maye won for "Best Performance by a Duo/Group" for her show with Michael Feinstein, Swingin' The Night Away at Feinstein's, but Maye (photo next page) will be performing at the Awards show with Billy Stritch, who won as "Best Musical Director" for his show with Maye at the Metropolitan Room, By Request. Musical Theater composer Brown won the Award as "Best Singer/Songwriter Show--Original Material" for his run at 54 Below. Jane Monheit was the runaway winner for the Award as "Best Jazz Vocalist: Male or Female," while KT Sullivan and Karen Kohler took "Best Cabaret Show Revue" honors for their show at The Triad, Vienna to Weimar. Caruso and McHugh each won two Awards; Caruso as "Best Host of Variety Show/Recurring Series or Open Mic" for Cast Party at Birdland, while Cast Party, for which Caruso is the Producer, also won an Award for "Best Variety Show/Recurring Series/Open Mic." McHugh took the Awards as "Best Female Vocalist" mainly for her Calendar Girl shows at The Duplex, and for "Best CD Release (Solo, Duo or Group)" for her disc Pret-A-Porter, based on the Cole Porter tribute show she performed at Birdland last year.
BroadwayWorld.com New York Cabaret Award winners who will also perform at the show at the Metropolitan Room include: William Blake, "Best Male Vocalist" for his show Echoes of Etta: Tribute to Etta James at Birdland; Scott Evan Davis, who won "Best Original Song for a Cabaret Show" for the song "If We Say Goodbye" from his Don't Tell Mama show Cautiously Optimistic; Alison Nusbaum, the "Best Musical Comedy Performance" winner for her show Ladies! A Raucous Homage to Mel Brooks Broads at Don't Tell Mama; Stacie Perlman, who was voted as producing the "Best Female Debut Show" for The Story Underneath at the Metropolitan Room, the clarinet and saxophone playing Will Anderson, who won "Best Instrumentalist (Non Piano)" honors, mainly for his work in Carole J. Bufford's show speak easy. at the Metropolitan Room; and Jackie Kristel, who will be representing "Best Director" Award-winner Collette Black, who guided Kristel's debut show "A Girl You Should Know," at Don't Tell Mama.
Besides Michael Feinstein, other major BroadwayWorld.com Award winners who cannot appear at the show due to other performing commitments that night include: Ann Hampton Callaway, who copped two major Awards-"Cabaret Show of the Year (Male or Female)" and "Best Tribute Show (Male or Female)" for The Streisand Songbook at 54 Below; Betty Buckley, who took "Best Female Celebrity Vocalist" for her show The Other Woman at Feinstein's; and Steve Doyle, the popular bass player who won the Award for "Best Male Debut Show" for Home to You at 54 Below.
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FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the runaway hit play by Mark St. Germain, will end its triumphant limited engagement this Sunday, February 10th at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica. Starring Judd Hirsch as Sigmund Freud and Tom Cavanagh as C. S. Lewis, FREUD'S LAST SESSION is directed by Tyler Marchant, who helmed the original New York production. The show's west coast premiere is presented by The Broad Stage & Carolyn Rossi Copeland, Robert Stillman and Jack Thomas.
The Off-Broadway engagement of FREUD'S LAST SESSION opened on July 22, 2010 to rave reviews and became a sellout sensation throughout its phenomenal two-year run. The show is also currently playing to sold-out houses in Buenos Aires, Stockholm, Cincinnati, Anchorage, and Tucson. Additional productions are set to open in 2013 in London, Mexico City, Sydney, Madrid, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Vancouver, Copenhagen, and Phoenix.
FREUD'S LAST SESSION centers on legendary psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud, who invites the young, rising academic star C. S. Lewis to his home in London. Lewis, expecting to be called on the carpet for satirizing Freud in a recent book, soon realizes Freud has a much more significant agenda. On the day England enters World War II, Freud and Lewis clash on the existence of God, love, sex, and the meaning of life - only two weeks before Freud chooses to take his own. Not just a powerful debate, this is a profound and deeply touching play about two men who boldly addressed the greatest questions of all time. Mark St. Germain's celebrated new play was suggested by the bestselling book The Question of God by Harvard's Dr. Armand M. Nicholi, Jr.
Judd Hirsch is a two-time Tony Award winner for I'm Not Rappaport and Conversations With My Father and his other Broadway credits include Barefoot in the Park, Chapter Two, Art, Talley's Folly, and Knock Knock. Off-Broadway, he starred in The Hot l Baltimore and The Seagull. Mr. Hirsch won two Emmys for the long-running hit TV series "Taxi," and his other film and TV credits include A Beautiful Mind, Ordinary People (Oscar nomination), "Damages," Serpico, Running on Empty, "Numb3rs," "The Law," and Independence Day.
Tom Cavanagh is best known as the star of the hit NBC series "Ed." On Broadway, he starred in Urinetown and Shenandoah. His other film and TV credits include "Scrubs," "Royal Pains," "I Love the '80s," "Stories from the Vaults," Bang Bang You're Dead, "The Outer Limits," "Jack & Bobby," "Eli Stone," "Love Monkey," "Trust Me," "Anya's Bell," Breakfast with Scot, Two Weeks, The Cake Eaters, "Trading Christmas," Something More, and "Snow."
Playwright Mark St. Germain has written the plays Camping with Henry and Tom (Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards); Dr. Ruth, All the Way; The Best of Enemies; Out of Gas on Lover's Leap; and Forgiving Typhoid Mary. With Randy Courts, he has written the musicals The Gifts of the Magi, Johnny Pye and the Foolkiller and Jack's Holiday. TV credits include Writer and Creative Consultant for "The Cosby Show." Mark co-wrote the screenplay for the acclaimed film Duma, and he directed and co-produced the documentary My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story featuring Richard Gere, Glenn Close and Edward Albee, among many others.
FREUD'S LAST SESSION has hosted an unusually large number of celebrity attendees, including such luminaries as Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, Barbara Walters, Kenneth Branagh, Richard Gere, Chuck Lorre, William H. Macy, Perez Hilton, John Cleese, Frank Oz, Marcia Gay Harden, Peter Bogdanovich, T.R. Knight, Eric McCormack, David Krumholtz, Neil Simon, Patricia Heaton, Jerry Stiller, Christiane Amanpour, Andy Rooney, Olympia Dukakis, Marilu Henner, Scott Adsit, Dick Cavett, Victoria Jackson, Dan Lauria, Roger Goodell, Cornel West, Peter Shaffer, Celeste Holm, John Kander, Frances Sternhagen, Tina Louise, Barry Schindel, Theodore Bikel, Dr. Ruth (10 times!), and Louis Zorich.
Scenic design for FREUD'S LAST SESSION is by Brian Prather, with costume design by Mark Mariani, lighting design by Clifton Taylor, and sound design by Beth Lake.
The remaining performances for FREUD'S LAST SESSION are tonight through Friday at 7:30 PM, Saturday at 4 & 8 PM, and Sunday at 1 & 5 PM. Running time is 75 minutes with no intermission and tickets are available through www.TheBroadStage.com or by calling 310-434-3200. The Broad Stage is located at 1310 11th Street inside the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center.
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A logo for a 50's rock and roll/rockabilly community website that can also be used on T-shirts to be supplied in vector format.
This is for a long established community website for people interested in 50's rock and roll, rockabilly, country rock and swing music and dancing.
It needs to contain the words "VicRock.com.au" and symbolise the music of that era.
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Although the website has a primarily blue theme I am flexible with the colours as long as the logo fits the site which can be seen here: http://vicrock.com.au
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It is hard for designers to create a 'concept' when we, the contest holders, haven't provided much direction.
To date the entries have been very good and we are impressed with the standard of the work. Unfortunately none of these have really captured the feel of our website and the people that use it.
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It's a quiet post-Masters week for Watson, with a surprise
Bubba Watson decided to keep his post-Masters victory more low key this year. Instead of going to New York for a media tour, he headed home to Orlando, Fla., and kept plans for a five-day vacation with his wife.
Bubba being Bubba, there had to be a wrinkle.
Before leaving Tuesday morning for The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia, Watson decided to pay an unannounced visit to the Golf Channel studio and wanted to keep it a surprise.
"True Bubba style," manager Jens Beck said. "He has a good relationship with all those guys. But even when we left his house this morning, he started to get into his car. I said, `Bubba, we can't be taking your car if we want this to be a surprise.' So we all got into my little rental car so they wouldn't spot us when we pulled up."
The video shows Watson winding his way down the hallway and into the studio.
Beck said Watson's wife and the wife of Golf Channel president Mike McCarley are friends, and not even the top man at the network was aware of the plans.
Watson also did "CBS This Morning" via satellite from his home.
His "media" tour actually began with a selfie. In a move that was sure to thrill is Southern fan base, Watson finished up his obligations Sunday night at Augusta National and then tweeted a picture of his crew having a late-night dinner at The Waffle House.
Watson planned to spend the rest of the week in West Virginia, and then, Beck said, he would try to carve out time to return to the University of Georgia and to his home in the Florida Panhandle to let fans in both spots join the celebration.
He was not sure where Watson was playing next.
Watson had just become a father before he won the Masters in 2012. After playing in New Orleans, he skipped the Wells Fargo Championship and The Players Championship so he could have a full month at home.
Tiger's future
Notah Begay doesn't expect to see Tiger Woods at the U.S. Open. Woods had back surgery a week before the Masters to alleviate a pinched nerve and has said only he would be out of golf until this summer.
Begay is one of Woods' closest friends, and he told CBS Radio on Monday that he was in contact with Woods during the Masters.
"He missed being at Augusta and certainly was watching the tournament," Begay said. "I think he needs to give it a minimum of 90 days to make sure that scar tissue heals up appropriately and he doesn't run the risk of reinjuring it. So that would push him past the U.S. Open."
And that would mean a new No. 1 in the world golf ranking.
Ian Barker from the Official World Golf Ranking said if neither Woods nor Adam Scott play again over the next month — a year ago, Scott took three weeks off — then enough points would come off Woods' ledger that Scott would pass him after The Players Championship.
And that projection was made before Scott tied for 14th in the Masters.
Henrik Stenson also could overtake Woods before then.
Run for the roses
The PGA Championship returns to Valhalla in August, allowing for its defending champion a special visit.
Jason Dufner will be at the Kentucky Derby the first weekend in May, walking the red carpet on Derby Day with his Wanamaker Trophy and attending the Barnstable-Brown Party on Derby Eve. He also is to hit the first golf shot from one of the elevated skybox terraces at Churchill Downs
"I'm excited to see Louisville at its best for two world-class sporting events," Dufner said.
Dufner is to return to Louisville for his official media day at Valhalla on June 18 — Wednesday after the U.S. Open. The PGA Championship is Aug. 7-10.
Ranking rumblings
Jordan Spieth moved to No. 9 in the world with his runner-up finish in the Masters, making him the youngest American to be in the top 10. Spieth was 20 years, 8 months. Tiger Woods was 21 years, 4 months when he first cracked the top 10 by winning the 1997 Masters.
The youngest player in the top 10 was Sergio Garcia, who got there a week after turning 20 in January 2000.
Woods still holds the record as the youngest player to reach No. 1 (21 years, 5 months). Spieth would have to get to No. 1 by the end of the year to break that record.
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Golf Channel's three-part documentary on Arnold Palmer got off to a big start. The network said "Arnie" was the most-watched original film in its 20-year history after the first of three installments.
The first part was shown Sunday night after the Masters and had 471,000 viewers, Golf Channel said citing Nielsen Fast Nationals. That was nearly double the number of viewers for "War By The Shore," the film about the 1991 Ryder Cup that aired in September 2012.
Rory McIlroy played the par 5s at even par for the week at the Masters and might chalk up the week as a disappointment. The silver lining? He tied for eighth, his first top-10 finish at Augusta National. . . . The last player to win the Masters on his first try was Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979. The last player to capture the British Open on his first try was Ben Curtis in 2003. The last first-time winner at the PGA Championship was Keegan Bradley in 2011. As for the U.S. Open? Go all the way back to 1913, when an amateur named Francis Ouimet won. . . . Maybe this is a good omen for Phil Mickelson missing the cut at the Masters. Raymond Floyd also was 43 when he missed the cut at the 1986 Masters. Floyd went on to win the U.S. Open that year at Shinnecock Hills.


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Carroll has won his last eight starts (photo courtesy Steve Babineau).
HANOVER, N.H.—Ryan Carroll made 27 saves and withstood a late flurry by No. 18 Dartmouth, as the Harvard men's hockey team hung on for a 3-2 win in the first game of the Ivy League rivals' ECAC Hockey Championship quarterfinal series Friday night at Thompson Arena.
The victory, Harvard's sixth straight, moved the 10th-seeded Crimson (12-19-1) within one win of a berth in the league semifinals in Atlantic City, N.J. Harvard and third-seeded Dartmouth (16-11-3) will meet again Saturday at 7 p.m.
Alex Killorn, Alex Fallstrom and Michael Del Mauro scored for Harvard, while Michael Biega had two assists and Pier-Olivier Michaud made a game-saving shot block. The Crimson led by one goal after one period and two after two, but James Mello kept the Big Green within striking distance with 28 saves. Dartmouth nearly took advantage with its goalie pulled for an extra attacker but could only cut one goal off the Harvard lead.
The Crimson held a 31-29 edge in shots, was 1 for 2 on the power play and killed all three of Dartmouth's advantages.
A slashing penalty gave the Crimson the first power play, and Killorn gave Harvard the lead after some smooth passing. Danny Biega sent the puck from the left point to brother Michael low on the right. From the low slot, Killorn banged in Michael's feed for his team-leading 15th goal.
Killorn nearly doubled his and Harvard's goal total, but his shot clanked loudly off the left post. Dartmouth picked up its offensive pressure after that, forcing several saves by Carroll. Dartmouth broke through during four-on-four play at the 16:00 mark, when Adam Estoclet knocked—but did not kick—in the puck with his foot on a rush.
Harvard answered after just 75 seconds. Morrison took a pass from Danny Biega, carried into the left side of the zone, curled around and passed back to Ryan Grimshaw at the right point. Fallstrom deflected Grimshaw's shot, and the puck crept through Mello's legs. Dustin Walsh hit the post on the other end, and Harvard held a 2-1 lead and 13-10 shots edge after one period.
Dartmouth earned its first power play in the second period, and as the final seconds of the advantage ticked away, Doug Jones found himself all alone in front of Carroll after a faceoff win. He went to his backhand, but the Crimson senior swallowed the shot with his glove.
Del Mauro doubled the Harvard lead with 73 seconds left in the period. Brendan Rempel fired up ice to Michael Biega, and the senior stopped on a dime, waited and made a right-to-left pass to Del Mauro on the other side of the zone. Harvard's co-captain slapped a one-timer past Mello. Dartmouth owned an 11-9 shots advantage in the second frame.
Harvard continued to build momentum early in the third period, recording the first four shots of the frame. The Big Green made a late push, however, and cut the margin to 3-2 on Scott Fleming's goal with 1:26 showing on the game clock.
The Big Green got the puck back to the offensive end and generated more chances, but Michaud went down to block a Jones shot on the goal line, and Carroll pounced on the puck before Dartmouth could get a rebound chance. The Crimson outshot the Big Green by a 9-8 margin in the final frame.