That's right, we couldn't possibly talk about tomorrow's big Nokia launch day in London, although other mainstreammedia have no such reservations. Suffice it to say that Rafe, Ewan and myself will be there in person and reporting live on any music or gaming devices, platforms or services that may (or may not) be announced and demonstrated. Watch AAS during Wednesday for more...
Frozen Bubble, a very popular and addictive freeware game formerly available for S60 and S60 3rd Edition has just been ported to UIQ 3 by AnotherGuest. The game is simple, shoot the balls and try to hit other balls so to create groups of 3 or more bubbles of the same color. Read on for screens and a link.
Nokia has announced 5 new accessories to complement its Nseries range of phones. The announced accessories include the Nokia Bluetooth GPS Module (LD-4W), the Nokia Bluetooth Stereo headset (BH-903), the Nokia Bluetooth Headset (BH-903), the Nokia Bluetooth Speakers (MD-7W) and the Nokia Power Pack (DC-1). All the accessories will be available globally in due course.
Smartphones Show 41 just went live, with a hands-on video review of the new Nokia 6110 Navigator, a video version of my in depth look at free GPS navigation solutions and... a plea for help(!) Here's the YouTube version, the MP4 version and the RSS feed.
The Journey, a freeware location-based interactive game for S60 from 'the old days' has just been made available in Symbian Signed form for S60 3rd Edition (and looking very natty on the E90). Here's The Journey download page.
If you've ever used the N-Gage Arena on the original N-Gage or N-Gage QD, you might like to check out the Arena's Charter Member Program which is intended for existing Arena members so they can get "special recognition in the new N-Gage Arena". There are also a load of prizes on offer including Next Gen games (when they become available) as well as Next Gen compatible phones.
In the great Nokia E90 appreciation pantheon, Ewan clearly falls midway between E90-despiser Andrew Orlowski and E90 uber-fans myself and My-Symbian's Michal J. But, at the end of the day, Ewan's decided the the Nokia E90 isn't for him...
MOSH, Nokia's own (S60) mobile-centric social network is now fully into an open beta and anyone can sign up. The URL is http://mosh.nokia.com/ and looks very promising. Now I'm wondering if there are any tie-ins to the big Go Play launch event on Wednesday....
iSkoot, which allows you to make and receive Skype calls and instant messages on your phone, is now available as a native application for all UIQ 3 phones (P1i, P990, M600 and W950). iSkoot works by using a normal phone call to reach a special iSkoot number before passing the call on to Skype over the Internet.
The official N-Gage blog has now confirmed that the new N-Gage logo seen at the GCDC is indeed genuine. They've also released an animated version of the new logo (click Save As and open it in Windows Media Player). The animation is reminiscent of the one Nintendo used when launching the Wii. This may be a clue as to Nokia's intentions with the Next Gen N-Gage: to appeal to casual gamers and expand the phone game market, just as the Wii has done with the console game market.
That's right, we couldn't possibly talk about tomorrow's big Nokia launch day in London, although other mainstream media have no such reservations. Suffice it to say that Rafe, Ewan and myself will be there in person and reporting live on any music or gaming devices, platforms or services that may (or may not) be announced and demonstrated. Watch AAS during Wednesday for more...
