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2 » One of the unique selling points of the Nokia E6–00 is its high pixel density screen. However, its 2.46" VGA display offers a unique challenge to developers who are used to creating applications for the nHD resolution Symbian phones. This difference greatly affects gaming, where re-factoring the user interface can be far less trivial than it might be in other applications. We take a look at the various approaches of bringing games to the E6.
It used to be just receiving a call, or picking up an email via a push SMS (good old email-to-text gateways back in the nineties). Now, to impress people with your phone in the pub, you need something a little bit better - and it tends to be a game. So what should your Symbian-powered touchscreen smartphone be ready to show off when called into action? Ewan and I run through the Top Ten contenders...
It's been in every S60 phone since the first 7650 came out of Espoo... and it's still delivering for Nokia. Has Java really saved Nokia, asks Ewan Spence?
Rafe takes looks back at the happenings in the Symbian world in 2007 on a month by month basis.
With the end of 2007 fast approaching, AAS takes a look at some Symbian S60 3rd Edition themes which celebrate the start of 2008.
There are lots of themes for S60 3rd Edition phones, and there are lots of them which feature Christmas, but only a few are actually practical to use. All About Symbian serves up a selection of stylish and legible themes for your handset.
Steve Litchfield looks at more J2ME games available through Nokia's Download! system and ClickGamer.com
Want to get into the festive spirit with your Symbian-powered device? Then read this article to find out about Christmas-related games you can install on your S60, UIQ, Series 80 or even Series 90 phone.
Tibia Micro Edition is the world's first and most popular mobile phone MMORPG. However, its game engine has begun to look a bit dated recently, so the developer CipSoft has just released TibiaME's first major update, along with the brand new island of Ashmor to show off the new features. How good are the improvements, and what still needs work?
So, you've got a 332 MHz top-of-the-range smartphone from 2007 with 3D graphics acceleration hardware and a 16 million colour screen. What do you do with that? Obviously, you'd use it to emulate 8-bit home computers and consoles from 1982!
The Nokia N95 (like the N93 and N93i) has a TV Out feature, which lets you connect it to any television. Krisse examines how S60 games look on the big screen, and how the big screen may affect gameplay.
Steve Litchfield has been getting twitchy feet over his reliance on Outlook as the PIM partner to his smartphones and he's overjoyed to find a Web-based PIM that's totally cross platform, that supports just about every smartphone ever made and which is completely free!
What now? GO NORTH. You enter an article about how to use text adventures and interactive fiction on S60 3rd Edition devices.
The Nokia Next Gen gaming platform, successor to the N-Gage gaming smartphone, will launch in the first half of 2007 across a range of Nokia's Symbian S60 devices. What will it be like?
Rafe, Ewan and Steve pick the S60 games that will be keeping them amused while their families hog the TV/XBox... If you've only got time to try a few smartphone games, these are the ones to go for!
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Software at 12:26 UTC, Dec 16th
Last year was the year of Snakes, this year All About N-Gage is putting the petty cash on Mile High Pinball to be the game everyone talks about. Dennis Roy is helping guide Mile High Pinball into the hands of as many N-Gage'rs as possible, so we decided to find out just how high this mile is...
Ewan previews High Seize for the Nokia N-Gage platform
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Software at 13:58 UTC, Aug 26th
With the N-Gage and N-Gage QD avaialble at some fantastic prices (as low as $99 in the US) is this a good time to get the system? Ewan thinks so, and Nokia's offering of free demo versions and full games (Snakes) just make it even better. Here's your guide to the freebies.
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Software at 16:18 UTC, Jun 3rd
Classic RPG action on the N-Gage? It's been tried before, but Roots might be the first time it's going to be done in a way to satisfy new and old fans. Ewan takes a look at the pre-release version.
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Software at 10:46 UTC, May 12th
Nokia announced their own 'Glitz and Glamour' racing game at E3 2004. As E3 2005 approaches, Ewan catches up with Bugbear, the brains behind Glimmerati, to see what this ancipated title can offer the N-Gage.
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Software at 15:40 UTC, Apr 20th
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