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S60 Annoyance: Where is the date?

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By: , IntoMobile
Friday, December 29th, 2006 at 8:10 PM

Welcome to the 1st installment of a new series I’ve coined "Symbian Annoyances"

Call me weird, but out of all the different date formats on this planet, I love how the Japanese do it:

Year/Month/Day   I modify it a little by using the period as a separator instead of a slash

To my surprise, whenever I use a ring tone profile other than "General" my date goes away!

"General" Profile:

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"Silent" Profile:

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You have no idea how annoying this is since I always look at my phone to check the date. The majority of the time I’m out and about I’m in silent mode since I’m a student. I am forced to go to the calendar when all I really wanted to see is what the date is. Anger! Hulk Smash!

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Jeb

    I hate the fact that there is no spell check for my email and other text.

  • Henrikki

    Use the analog clock. The date is visible there…and you don’t have to chage profiles..if you have active standby screen you can click the calender and there you are. Analog clock does it without any clicks.

    I use the T9 to spell check..it works in all the applications (most of them anyway). I think T9 is not usable in qwerty phones. I hope Nokia fixes this, it’s a good point to make.

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    Spell check I can live without

    Henrikki: I loathe the analog clock, digital for me.