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09 February 2010 

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MobiMB Mobile Media Browser is one the newest products to enter the LogoManager family, created by Mike Bradley and the team at UK based LogoManager. This tool has been specifically designed to interface with the latest colour phones, from my personal favourite mobile phone manufacturer Nokia.


Features:

- Browse your phone's folders using a simple explorer-style user interface
- Drag & drop ringtones and graphics into the phone to use as a ringtone/logo
- Drag & drop Java MIDlets into the Games and Applications folders on your phone
- Uploads files without affecting their original quality
- Select colour wallpaper, operator logo or startup logos from your PC
- Save your existing items to your PC (some files may be restricted by Nokia, e.g. copyrighted ringtones)


Product Requirements:

- Operating system: Windows 98, Me, 2000 or XP
- Software environment: Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher
- Memory: 32MB
- Hardware: Standard IrDA compatible infrared port or FBUS cable or DLR-3 cable or DKU-5 cable, dependent on model
- Devices: Nokia 7210, 3510i, 6100 or 6610 (Java upload also available on some other models)


Owners of Nokia's 7210, 3510i, 6100 and 6610 models can make use of the software to browse the 'gallery' folder on their phones - to drag and drop images, MIDI files (polyphonic ringtones) and Java MIDlets (mobile games & applications).

The user can transfer files from their hard drive to totally customise their mobile phone to their liking.

Installation:

MobiMB was as simple to install as any other Windows program, entering your purchased license information during the setup and was the whole setup was completed in a very short space of time. Once installed you need to configure your mobile phone connection properties - how your mobile phone is connected to your PC. I have an Infrared port on my PC, so I setup the program to use this to 'talk' to my mobile phone:

How to do this is detailed in the 'Help' file, should you get stuck.

The Program:

Once setup and you run the program for the first time, you are greeted with the similar Windows interface, and so the program is very simple to use and get to grips with instantly.

After a couple of seconds, MobiMB will try to detect a mobile phone attached to your PC - when it does the blank spaces in the program are populated (your mobile should be connected to your PC by cable or through Infrared by activating Infrared option on your mobile phone, before loading the program):

Here you can see the program has successfully found and is communicating with my mobile phone :

MobiMB has two main areas, the part on the left fills with the mobile phones data folders and follows a simple 'tree' layout similar to Windows Explorer and the part on the right, which fills with the content of the current selected folder.

Browsing folders is a simple as clicking on the folder you wish to view, below we can see the content of the 'Games' folder on the mobile phone:

Should you not like the 'detailed' view on the right side, you can change the view by using the 'View' menu - again this is the same as Windows Explorer and so is intuitive to users:

Dragging and dropping transfers the file to the mobile phone, a progress bar is displayed as the file is being transferred to the mobile phone showing the progress of the data transfer:

For games and applications the process is exactly the same...

Java MIDlets are distributed in two parts, a .jad file and a .jar file. The .jar file is the package containing the application itself. Simply drag the .jad file into either the games or applications folder and it is transferred and installed onto the mobile phone.

The program also allows you to take files 'off' the mobile phone, to backup to your PC and also to delete files on the mobile phone, say to free up memory or just to get rid of them. These functions are accessed by right-clicking on the file, which brings up an option menu:

Also on this menu, are three functions that can be used when an image is selected:

- Operator Logo
- Wallpaper
- Startup Logo

These set the image selected as one of the three options e.g. as a Wallpaper. Should you make a mistake or wish to 'restore' the default images, the 'File' menu provides you with this option to reset it to the factory default:

Common graphic formats, such as JPEG and GIF are supported by the Nokia model's and so almost any image can be used or created. They also support MIDI files for polyphonic and mono ringtones.

The 7210 and 6610 have screen sizes of 128x128 pixels and support colour operator logos of 100x50 - use of the program and some of its functions is dependent on your mobile phone model:

Model	Java MIDlets	Colour Logos	Poly. Tones
Nokia 7210
Nokia 6610
Nokia 6100
Nokia 3510i
Nokia 3530
Nokia 3510
Nokia 3590
Nokia 6310i

Conclusion:

Overall I was impressed with MobiMB it allowed me to totally customise and backup my mobile phone to my liking.

It is very easy to use and get to grips with as it uses the familiar Windows Explorer style interface. The 'Help' menu provides good instructions on how to setup and use the program and is clear enough for any user to understand should you get stuck.

This program is a must for any owner of compatible Nokia mobile phones who wish to customise their phone, although the one off registration fee might discourage some users from making a purchase.

At £14.95 some users may think it is too expensive - but with the massive, growing free resource of wallpapers, games and ringtones etc... available on the Internet, in the long run it is well worth the cost.

modtown rating: 4 out of 5

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