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8Motions just run perfectly well on my latest N95 8Gb. The screen orientation is supported, as well as taking picture and uploading them to the flickr directly.

Other very interesting info, is the fact that the landscape mode is well supported by 8Motions, like this:

TIP: put the software in the internal memory, not the 7GB one. This one is extremely slow, and will slow done applications like 8Motions which use local storage for caching.

TIP2: if you want to upload directly to flickr, remember to put ask a flickr token on the mobile. It will be asked the first time that you try to do it, so you need to be close to your computer and type the required URL. I know that this could be better, and we will improve this later on.

Also thanks to nokia 95 user blog for linking the app…

One of the most interesting feature of 8Motions, is the ability to view a KML file on mobile. Here is a step by step to help you to do so.

Here is how.

So, lest use this KML sample, created using MyMaps from Google:

(you can see this page using this direct link ).
The KML link is link under the “show in google earh” button

You have two options:

First option:

You just want to see one single track, and are ready to type this URL on your mobile. Then start 8Motions (you can download it at http://www.8motions.com or directly from your mobile at http://www.8motions.com/m ) and go to “track” -> options -> import -> from internet and then put the URL of the KML file you want to import.

Here is the result on 8Motions:

 Note that if you use GoogleMyMaps, the URL can be sometime very long, like this: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=fr&msa=0&output=nl&msid=100794107530973749779.000434a046c54077b3580 and hard to type. You can use a service like tinyurl ( http://tinyurl.com ) to transform it into a shorter link, this one in that case: http://tinyurl.com/34k738

Other option, if you want ot manage several track: put then as “Mapz” in your account:

First, go to 8motions and create your account (http://www.8motions.com).
Go to “Mapz”, then, “create a new mapz”,

Then, put the name of your maps, like “My first KML file ” and in the field “url if it’s a KML file” just put the URL of the KML file and press apply once it’s ok. You can eventually add extra info, like a specific icon to be displayed on mobile or to setup a public/private flag. A public mapz will be visible by everybody (but can not be changed by them) while a private will be only visible by you.

Then, if you go to the “Mapz” menu of your 8Motion mobile client, you will see the newly created mapz.

You can create as many mapz as you want…

Note: do not forget to set up your username/password on mobile if you want to be synched with your web account.

A few bug have been recently corrected on the web site. Let me know if you encounter any issue….