Don't be fooled by the 'Overview' subtitle, we proudly present All About Symbian's detailed review of the Nokia N86 8MP being launched today. We cover all aspects of the device and explain where it fits into the world of top-end phones. Future review parts will cover specific areas, such as multimedia functions, in greater detail, plus we'll have specific photo comparison articles. Can the N86 8MP succeed amidst the barrage of summer touch-screen 'heroes'?
The Nokia N97 and Nokia N86 will launch tomorrow, Friday 19th June, in the UK. Nokia's Regents Street flagship store will open it doors at 10am. They are advising customers to come in, if possible, and pre-order a device, ahead of tomorrow, to avoid disappointment. You can also order the N86 and N97 via Nokia's online store. Other UK online stores will also start selling both devices and they will become available through select operators in the next few weeks.
Rafe excels at these annotated photo galleries, and his Nokia N86 Gallery is his biggest ever. Pore over the N86 8MP with him and see why both he and I think it almost perfectly formed and a spiritual successor to the N95 Classic. Yes, the screen's only QVGA, but it's perhaps the ultimate in the keypadded dual-slider form factor. And the camera's not bad, too. 8-) Note that a full N86 review is coming very soon, don't go away.
EA's mobile phone version of the classic board game Cluedo (aka Clue in some parts of the world) rejigs the traditional gameplay into a limited-turn logic puzzle game with an extremely slick graphical interface. Ovi Gaming has reviewed Cluedo for Ovi Store, and we also provide our usual gameplay video and selection of screenshots.
Promised some time ago, N-Gage games have finally been made available through Ovi Store, in the form of free trials which can be unlocked into full versions through an in-game purchase or rental option. Although Ovi Store and N-Gage remain separate brands right now, it might make sense for Nokia to merge them, as discussed below.
A few minutes ago, YouTube's S60-native application got upgraded to v2.2.1, bringing official support for 11 countries (up from 5 in previous versions) - it'll now work in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, UK and the USA and, crucially, will work in French, UK English, Italian, Spanish, German and Dutch. The SISx file is designed for all S60 3rd Edition phones. To get YouTube/S60 v2.2.1, go to m.google.com in Web.
Following up the release last week of Dance Fabulous, Nokia and the N-Gage team are offering a 30 day licence on top of the usual free downloadable demo. This will give you the full game, with no playing restrictions. At the end of the 30 days, you can purchase the game in full if you're still getting your kicks from dancing along to your own music collection! Grab your pass at the Dance Fabulous N-Gage site.
A three way cross between a painting package, Minesweeper and Sudoku, Picross combines number logic with spatial skills to create a unique (though reasonably well known) puzzle. Picross Mobile is a conversion for phones and currently sits pretty in the Ovi Store, here's Ewan's review.
AMF Bowling: Pinbusters, a third party games, is out now on the N-Gage platform. It's a ten pin bowling game with various playing modes and 12 characters, each with signature moves. The game also has the ability to post scores to an online leaderboard. To get the game, open your phone's N-Gage application, go to the Showroom tab, select "Options" and then "Update Now".
In All About Symbian Insight 75 (AAS Podcast 135) Steve, Ewan and Rafe discuss the release of the Nokia E72 and 5530 XpressMusic. There's also discussion of the latest Ovi Maps for mobile release, updates fro Rest Generation and early reaction to the N97. The podcast concludes with Rafe sharing his first impressions of the Nokia N86. You can listen to AAS Insight 75 here or, if you wish to subscribe, here's the RSS feed.
Nokia's Point and Find portal, where you can point your smartphone's camera at contents (such as movie posters or adverts, bar-codes, or any custom artwork) in the real world and be taken to a relevant URL in your browser, is now allowing you to upload your own media and tag it, so you can “Create your Own Experience,” in the words of the blog post.
