Every day, mobile surfers arrive to Taptu using dozens of different devices through dozens of different operators. Just like each one of us is a beautiful snowflake (or so says my mother, anyway), each of those combinations of device/firmware/operator comes with its quirks.

A common problem Taptu users flagged up is difficulty with streaming video on some Nokia devices, so we thought we’d share our best tip which should allow most users to be able to get streaming working via Real Player on their Symbian S60 v3 phones* like the N95, N76, E71, etc…

So here is a simple step-by-step on setting your phone AND Real Player to use the same Internet connection. We’ve put a step-by-step in screenshots on Flickr to make it easier too.

1. Open the main menu and select ‘Tools’
2. Select ‘Settings’
3. Select ‘Applications’
4. In Applications select ‘RealPlayer’
5. In RealPlayer select ‘Streaming’
6. Select ‘Network’ in Streaming settings
7. Select ‘Default access point’ (See screenshot)
8. Select the same option which you use to Browse the internet. When they are the same you should be able to stream.
9. Then start up your browser as you normally would and select the same option as the RealPlayer ‘Default access point’

For many users, this will fix to streaming problem! If this doesn’t resolve your video streaming problem, you may want to call your operator to find out if you need any different settings to enable streaming.

If you have more questions about Taptu, check out our FAQ for more answers to commonly asked questions.

[* For a more complete list of S60 devices and which version they are, Wikipedia has a nice list here]

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