Creating a dial up connection for your Nokia 3110c

• Open Network connection by going to control panel.
• From the menu bar, click the file menu and click new connection
• Click 'next' twice and on the screen click" Set up connection manually" and then click 'next'.
• Select"using dial up modem" and click next
• Select the modem you want to use(In this case our phones modem). If you have only one modem installed this step may not appear.
• Type in any isp name . This is for your reference only
• Type the phone number as *99#  . This is the default number for connecting using phone(Well, I am not so sure ). Click next.
• If you need a username and password while connecting type it here.( It is not a place of registering. It is generally left blank for phones 'or otherwise contact your customer care)
• Click next and then finish

Setting up APN - Access Point Name

This post is regarding how to setup APN directly into modem settings.

APN or access point network is an address (may be url, ip address, or just words) given by your network providers for accessing internet. You can ask the customer care to get your apn or search in net. remember, capitalization and punctuation does matters. 

• Go to "control panel" and click "phone and modem options"
• Check if your location and area code(std code) is correctly displayed.
• Click on "modems" tab
• Select your modem and then click properties
• Check your modem(you can neglect this step).
• Now click on the advanced tab and delete any the extra initialization command
• Now in that space type 

+CGDCONT=,,"yourapn"

• Replace yourapn by the apn provided by your network provider
• Click ok on all the dialogue boxes.
• Done

Setting Up Phone's Modem

These are the steps which are to be followed after installing modem drivers for the phone.(Click here to know more)

Step1 Checking Modem

• Go to "control panel" and click "phone and modem options"
• Check if your location and area code(std code) is correctly displayed.
• Click on "modems" tab
• Select your modem and then click properties
• In the appeared window, select the diagnostics tab and click query modem.
• Check the result (appearing in command-response space above the tab), if it says success, then your modem is correctly installed, if not try reinstalling phones drivers
• Now click on the advanced tab and delete any the extra initialization command
• Click ok and try again

Step2 Setting Up APN

Step3 Creating a dial up connection

USB Cable and modem drivers for Nokia 3110c

If you want to connect your Mobile without installing the bulky Ovi Suite,or PC Suite, then here is your answer.
You can install just the drivers enough to establish connectivity with your phone. USB modem will also be installed.
The whole thing is just 7.5MB
"No big deal, right ?"

Click on the official link below to download the connectivity drivers.
Nokia Europe - Cable Drivers - Support

There are some basic things that you must know since "Ovi" will not be there to facilitate you.

• Setting up the device
• Which is very simple. Install the above software without connecting the phone and then connect the phone and select the Nokia mode (the keypad should be unlocked).
• Setting up Modem
• Setting APN - Access Point Name
• Creating a correct dial up connection

Google Maps For Nokia 3110c

Even though Nokia 3110c comes without a GPS, we can use the Google maps effectively. But it will be just a replacement to a paper map. Absence of GPS makes it difficult, since we have to locate our positions manually.
Even without gps, i have find G maps very useful many times to locate or know any unknown places.
How to download

Point your mobile browser to m.google.com/maps and Google will provide with the latest and compatible version for your download.

Updated : Nokia Ovi Suite 3.1.1.78

A newer version of Nokia Ovi suite has been released.
Application Name : Nokia Ovi Suite
Version : 3.1.1.78

What's New

• Installation of free applications and games right from the home screen
• Support for quicker ovi updates in future
• Many important fixes to syncing and stability issues (that was really needed :p)

How to download

Option 1

Go to this official page and select your phone and find the correct link

OR

Try this direct link 

Option 2

Use the updating feature in your previous Ovi suite

 

New UC Browser (UC web) 7.8 for your Nokia 3110c

UC Browser 7.8 Java version released!
Nokia 3110 classic's suitable version:
UC Browser  7.8.0.95
Update:  2011-07-13
What's New

• 30% Speed Improvement for Java (You have my word for that)
• UC Browser for Java support “remember current page” & “clear all browser history” operation, close tab with right bottom.
• Smoother mouse movement(Previous version was having a very slow targetting pointer)
• Intelligent Bookmark predictor

How to download

Method 1

Just point your pc or mobile browserto http://wap.ucweb.com for english version
And http://wap.ucweb.cn for chinese version

OR

Method 2

Directly download from this link

The new Opera Mini 6.1 for your Nokia 3110c

The new opera mini 6.1 is released for all supported phones.
You cannot directly download it from pointing your mobile browser to http://m.opera.com as it says Nokia 3110c does not support this newer version.
I am using Opera Mini 6.1 from my Nokia 3110c and i haven't encountered any problems till now.

How to download Opera Mini 6.1 for your Nokia 3110c


Method 1

• Go to this link 
• JAR File
• JAD File (for those who need) 

OR

Method 2

• Just point your default phone browser to http://m.opera.com
• Click the other download options  on that page
• Scroll down and find Opera Mini 6.1
• Download it and enjoy

Features

• Google Search Prediction

Just like on PC browser, the new opera comes with search prediction. just type something into search box and wait for suggestion to appear.

• Auto-suggest saves you typing. 

Suggestions from Google search and your browser history appear as soon as you begin typing. Select what you want, and you're done.

• Address entry is finished for you 

Domains such as .com, .org, or .net are added automatically when typing a URL. Now, they also learn more from the sites you visit—such as .gov, .edu, .co.uk or that of your country.

• Easy and powerful text selection 

When you want to select text, hold your finger on what you want. Handles appear around a word that allow you to select precisely. You can then copy the text or search with it.

• Complex pages made simple 

An option to have webpages laid out in a single-column view makes it easy to read large webpages with many parts on a small screen, without needing to scroll back and forth.

vRadio for Nokia 3110c : Internet Radio

Virtual Radio

vRadia a.k.a Virtual Radio is the radio application for mobile phones supporting multiple platform  like Symbian, android and java.

Some main features of this software are :

•  Very cool and elegant look.
• Continuous play of radio.
• Predefined radio station (We cannot add stations manually)
• More voice clarity
• Channels are categorized smartly for easy picking(Channel list)

How to download

Download from getjar

• http://m.getjar.com/mobile/16507/virtualradio/

iRadio for Nokia 3110c : Internet Radio

Want to hear music from Internet radio stations!
 Get this application called iRadio for your Nokia 3110c and hear from thousands of digital radio station.

Some features i noted are :

iRadio Screenshot

• Very large number of stations
• 90% of the stations will be working
• Search facility to sort out your favorite
• Permanently bookmark any station as your favorite
• Let you add any custom station if you have their link

How to download

I was unable to find any official url. So get it from getjar. 

• http://m.getjar.com/mobile/30493/iradio/ 

Note:
This software is an ad-ware. So ads will be displayed while you use it

Snaptu for Nokia 3110c

A world of free apps, On any phone

If you are my blog visitor, and you don't know the "Snaptu"     Application, then I am very sorry for not introducing it.

Snaptu, is a single application, which have many application within it.

Applications available inside snaptu

Twitter : tweeting has never been so simple.

Facebook : those who are so crazy about Facebook  will surely love it. Most flexible. You will stop using mobile browser for facebooking, because snaptu is so appealing.

Picasa : Google's own photo managing and storing site. You can use snaptu to view your pictures and also search for other's picture. 

News and blog reader : Get updated with latest news and also get updates from the blogs instantaneously of your choice. Try adding my blog.

ESPN cricket info : Stay updated from ball to ball, with clear written commentaries. Updates are so fast and virtually real time.

Snapp Store : Get apps for your phone from App store just for your phone. See the compatible software  download and enjoy.

Many more apps like Linkedin, football, movies, weather.......you won't get bored.

Any Phone...!!!!!!!!!!!

  How to Download Snaptu for your phone

• Visit this website on your phone.
• m.snaptu.com
• Click “Download Snaptu”
• That’s it. Enjoy!

The New Nokia Ovi Suite 3.1.0.91

The previous version of Nokia Ovi Suite 3.0 has been updated to Ovi Suite 3.1.
Just go to this page and choose the version compatible to your phone.


Note :
If have limited bandwidth or low internet speed, don't waste your time replacing your older version. I have hardly noticed any changes from the previous version.
But the software has become more stable and many bugs in previous version has been corrected.