So… What I’ve been doing lately? Expanding my territory a bit more again
Do you remember the popular Graphic Theme that was provided by me and eSeth.net? Well, then you gonna love these! I designed a couple of products that suits perfectly with the Graphic theme (and there is also some iPhone cases, so you can enjoy the design even without a Symbian phone).

You can even customize the items with easy-to-use tools and order the products from the site to over 100 countries. Go to check them out and take a look at the other product as well!

I guess everyone knows the news by now about Nokia slowly abandoning Symbian. I admit, at first I was pretty angry about this and almost ready to quit the business. But even than I’m still disappointed, the truth is that Symbian is not going to vanish anywhere for couple of years at least and you guys deserve to get content to your Symbian phones, maybe now more than ever!

But all this was a good reminder that you should never “put all your eggs in one basket”…  Beside graphic design, I have always loved photography so I decided to try something new for a change and step in to the world of microstock photography (if you are unfamiliar with the concept, microstock is a service which is providing high quality, royalty free pictures for a very reasonable price).

This doesn’t mean that I stop making themes, in fact this could mean more mobile content in the future. Because microstock content also sometimes means great wallpapers for mobiles! And because of the news Nokia gave, I think it’s time to expand the content beyond Symbian. Unfortunately all mobile platforms doesn’t provide so great theming capabilities than Symbian, but almost all of them let you change the wallpaper. So for now on in addition for themes, I will be also releasing wallpapers in many sizes so they fit on mobiles with different resolutions. And let see, maybe there will be some desktop wallpapers as well in the future…

At the moment all this is in very early stage but I still wanted to let you know what’s happening. I have gathered the services where you can find my microstock photos on the pictures -section, so go on and take a look! I’m still figuring out the best technical way to provide the wallpapers so you have to wait a moment… In the meanwhile, if there’s some specific screen resolution you like to be included (in addition for the usual 240×320 and 360×640), leave a comment!

Are you tired of using the same themes that everyone else is using or never really found a theme that you like? Do you have a favorite picture but not a theme that would fit with it?

Well, I’m happy to announce a whole new service here in Sauromatum Design that is made just for you!

With the Custom Theme Designing Service you can have your own custom theme made for you only for 10 euros. You don’t need any software or graphic designing skills, only a picture that you like to use and I will take care of the rest. With a couple of simple steps you get over a thousand different color combinations to choose from.

Also, if you like to have more advanced customizations or you represent a company, organisation, website or similar, the service can be customized based on your needs.

So, search that picture you love, choose your favorite colors and order a theme that no one else have!

You can now follow Sauromatum Design by subscribing to the Newsletter!

By subscribing you will receive the latest news and occasionally some special offers and bonuses directly to you email. The newsletter will be sent usually 1-4 times per month, but never more than once a week (so no worries that it would fill up your inbox).

…And, as a welcome gift you now receive an exclusive Gift Wallpaper after subscription! The wallpapers are just too much fun to design, so all subscribers get an exclusive wallpaper with every newsletter! You get the first one right after your subscription.

People are asking me regularly how to install a theme, so in this tutorial I’ll explain the process as detailed as I can. It’s not really as complicated as it might look here, I just try to cover every step so you learn how to do it

The installation process may differ a bit depending on what device you are using, but the basic procedure is still the same. In this example I’m using S60 5th edition device, but If you are using S60 3rd edition and need some further guidance, just ask

I will install the theme to phone’s mass memory, but you can also use the memory card. It’s always better to install any apps or themes to the memory card/ mass memory so you don’t fill up the phone memory. And if you are using memory card and something goes wrong, you can always just remove the memory card (which is useful sometimes if you are using e.g. some beta state apps that might crash you phone).

I’ve always thought that Nokia PC Suite/ Ovi Suite is too heavy to use and it’s easier to install themes manually, so lets take a look how it’s done:

Download the theme file from Internet to your computer and save it to some location that is easy to remember, e.g. to the Desktop (I’m using Windows, so the next steps may be different with Mac).

• If the theme is packed to Zip-file, extract the package first and locate the sis-file in it (if you don’t have a program to do so, you can download one from here)
• If you were browsing the net with you phone and you already downloaded the sis-file directly to your phone, you can skip this and move to step 4

Connect the phone to your computer by using the USB cable. There will be a pop-up window asking which USB mode you like to use:

• select Mass Storage (called Data Transfer on some phones) and the computer will now treat the phone like any other mass storage device

• If the phone selects automatically some other mode, you can change it manually from Menu > Settings > Connectivity > USB >

USB connection mode > Mass storage

Ask on connection > Yes

• If this is the first time you connect the phone to the computer, the computer might automatically install some necessary drivers. This won’t take long.

The computer should now open a pop-up window (AutoRun/AutoPlay) asking what you wanna do next, choose: Open folder to view files.

• If the the automated pop-up window doesn’t appear, you can also navigate to the folder by going to ‘Computer’ (‘My computer’ on Windows XP) > Removable Disk
• Locate the sis-file and copy it to some folder on the Removable Disk that you can easily remember. I usually use the ‘Installs’ folder.

• Close the Removable Disk window and unplug the USB by using the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ option on Taskbar.

Many themes are signed by theme author, so you have to give the phone a permission to install self-signed themes. To do so, go

Menu > Settings > Application mgr. > Installation sett. >

Software installation > All

Online certificate check > Off

Go to Menu > Applications > Office > File mgr. > Memory Card/ Mass memory (depending which method you are using)

• Locate the right folder. If you transferred the file to the ‘Installs’ folder, you can find it under ‘Installed files’

• Click the sis-file you like to install

• The pop-up window will open, choose ‘OK’ to install the theme

• Security warning will pop-up (because the theme is self-signed), click ‘Continue’

• Pop-up window will ask where to install the theme. Choose ‘Memory card/ Mass memory (depending which method you are using)

• Wait until the installation process is completed

Finally, go to Menu > Settings > Personal > Themes > General and choose the theme from the list. And you are done!

…Don’t worry, once you get familiar with the process, it’s very quick and easy to carry out

Here’s more information about the interesting Exhibition for Art on Mobiles that I posted here earlier. You can read the original post and get more details at The 3 Inch Canvas website!

Welcome to the 3 Inch Canvas Exhibition for Art on Mobiles!

The grand opening will be on August 31, 2010 so mark you calendars!The exhibition has two clear aims. The first is to present interesting art to a wide art audience. We hope that the exhibition will raise awareness of this new way of viewing art.

The exhibition will feature a set of highly interesting artworks from a diverse group of artists. The exhibiting artists are (in no particular order):

Artist	Genre
Tapani Kiippa	Aquarelle
Kaisa Savolainen	Theme
Mikko Iäs	Mobile drawing
Tanja Koljonen	Animation
Johnny Ramstedt	Drawings
Aapo Rista	Mobile photo archive
Andy Best	Video art
Timo Bredenberg	Video
Teemu Mäki	Videopoetry
Pekka Kantonen	Homevideo
Håkan Mitts	Interactive photo

Exhibition schedule

The exhibition will be shown at three different locations in Helsinki, Finland.

Hub Helsinki

Location: Hub Helsinki, Aleksanterinkatu 16-18, Helsinki
Date: August 31- September 4, 2010
Details: Part of the Helsinki Design Week program!

Nokia Flagship Store, Helsinki

Location: Nokia Flagship Store, Aleksanterinkatu 46, Helsinki

Date: September 6 – September 11, 2010

Details: Exhibition is open to the public

Aalto University School of Art and Design, Helsinki

Location: Aalto University School or Art and Design, Galleria Atski, Hämeentie 135, Helsinki

Date: September 13 – September 24, 2010

Details: Exhibition is open to the public, located on the 8th floor

Seminar information

The second aim of the exhibition is to act as a source for ideas and inspiration for artist and encourage them to explore the opportunities offered by mobile devices as a medium for art. Towards this aim, we will organize a seminar for artists. The seminar will provide information on how to utilize the digital world and in particular mobile phone in order to both create art as well as distribute art to a wide audience. The seminar will be arranged together with the grand opening of the exhibition.

Date: August 31, 2010

Location: HubHelsinki, Aleksanterinkatu 16-18, Helsinki

Details: Free seminar for artists interested in learning about mobiles in art.

The detailed program for the seminar will be announced later.