Ewan reviews the classic strategy puzzle, Super Miners, here in its latest S60 3rd Edition incarnation (but applicable to all other Symbian OS platforms). Summary: classic puzzle, superbly implemented.
Thanks to all the people who emailed us about this: Nokia has released a free 'SMS Accelerator' for the E61 (only), presumably a system patch to fix a known bug and one which will make its way into future firmwares?
There's got to be significance in Arto Holopainen's article on controlling your 'snake' in a S60 smartphone game using just your biceps, wired up directly to the handset. Impressive, though confusing stuff, although it would certainly kill two birds with one stone by letting you have a workout while improving your gaming skills.
Interesting to see a final speaker line-up, with pictures, on the Smartphone Show web site. Note that there's a more varied array than in previous years, including speakers from Google, Sony and RIM, and that there are catchy titles for each talk that will hopefully mean more interesting content...
Anyone wondering how to set up Voice over Internet (voIP) on the E61 (or other Eseries device with Wi-Fi) should make a beeline for this Eseries blog article and bookmark it or print it. Very informative, well illustrated and with helpful links.
Spotting the new range of yes-you-read-that-right flight simulators from Warelex, I decided to take them for a spin around the sky. Summary? Fun and Frustrating, both at the same time, though the second 'F' should be lessened when the developers get a large-screened 3rd Edition version out the door.
Thanks to Darla for spotting that Nokia are having a bit of a clearout - the RAM-challenged 6680 and the Linux-powered and utterly niche 770 'Internet tablet' are now available as a bundle for less than £400. A bargain bundle, I guess, but sorry guys, we (he mean I, see comments - Ed) didn't want to buy either of them in the first place...
Nokia and EA have announced an agreement that will see EA create games for both current and future Nokia phones. The agreement encompasses both Java Games, which will be distributed using Nokia's Content Discoverer, and Nokia's next generation gaming platform.
Nokia and Cingular today announced the the Nokia E62 will be available on Cingular from September 29th at a starting price of $150 (subsidised) which should ensure a competitive total cost of ownership cost compared to its competitors. The Nokia E62 is the US variant of the Nokia E61 and will also be available on the Rogers network in Canada.
Yes, oh yes, OggPlay is now available for S60 3rd Edition smartphones! Those of you (like me) with a hard disk full of .ogg files can now play music in this efficient format on current devices, at long last. In fact, it's double good news, as I hear there's a new version of Pocket Ogg coming up that also now works properly. Ewan's planning a head-to-head review very soon!
Shameless self/site promotion again, but I've been updating my (hopefully definitive) table of S60 smartphones and their attributes, with new models and more mini-reviews. Presenting S60 device history.
Ewan presents his long term thoughts on the N91 music smartphone. It may be big, boxy and shiny, but Ewan rather likes it and would even use it in the absence of any of the core S60 functions. Here's his Nokia N91 long term review.
Despite my attempt to be a party pooper last week, David Beers brings the Carnival of the Mobilists right back on track with festive photos galore. Plenty of interesting mobile-related reading, as always.
I came across this fascinating blog post by Barbara at Little Springs Design, talking about the different schools of thought with regard to the 'mobile web', and making the good point that switching quickly from one browser or application 'window' to another is far more inconvenient than on the desktop and that this point makes a difference to how the mobile web will pan out.
