MobiMb 3.1

MobiMB is designed to be a very simple and easy to use piece of software.

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
* Manage your photos, music and other media files
* 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, startup logos from your PC
* Preview images and audio files on your PC (requires media player)
* Save your existing files to your PC

Installation was straightforward and easy. Upon running the program for the first time, you are asked to configure the connection – as both Cable and Infra Red is supported. I told the application that I was connecting by Infra red, and my 7210 was found straight away.

MobiMB’s interface is simple and clear. It uses a split window interface, whereby the left pane lists the connected phone, and the right pane the content of the current ‘folder’ or location. A simple click of the plus key on the connected handset expands the ‘folders’ in exactly the same way as Windows Explorer works – thus it is easy to get to grips with.

MobiMB is designed to simplify the transfer of images, ringtones, and applications and games between the phone and a PC – I say transfer, because as far as possible, MobiMB is designed to be a two way program – ringtones can be downloaded from the phone onto a PC just as easily as images can be added to the phone from a PC…

In order to actually get the images, ringtones etc onto the phone, it is as easy as a simple drag and drop. Simply locating any relevant file on your PC, and then dragging it to the appropriate folder or location within MobiMB will upload it to the phone.

To achieve this, I find it easier to resize the MobiMB application window to the top half of my screen, and then using the rest of the screen to find the files – this can be done from a resized Windows Explorer application, direct from the desktop itself, or even from within a file listing dialogue such as that encountered when saving a document within Word – all work fine.

This does however, lead me onto my first minor ‘gripe’… I would have preferred it if MobiMB came with its own split screen interface, whereby the top half of the program related to the phone, and the bottom half related to the PC – thus eliminating the need to use Windows Explorer at all – but that’s just my personal view, and there is no pleasing some people I guess…
With MobiMB, installing a game or application to the phone is a simple case of just ensuring both the .jad and the .jar file are in the same folder on the PC, then dragging the .jad file to the appropriate folder within MobiMB. This then, is where MobiMB comes into its own… Drag a .jad file for a game into the actual Game folder on the phone, and the game will appear in the Games Menu on the phone and not the usual (and inappropriate) Application folder, as is usually the case with Nokia’s own software, or a WAP based install. This is a great little feature.
(review by Mike Bradley's)

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