Mobipocket Pro is now available for free (the standard version no longer exists). The Pro version includes extra features such as auto scrolling and configurable text-orientation. You can download the latest version from the Mobipocket web site. Also of interest is the new beta version (5.2) of Mobipocket Reader Desktop which changes the way the eNews system works (becoming effectively an offline RSS reader for mobile devices) as well as being a comprehensive system for managing and transfering eBooks to your mobile device.
There's another Google beta on the streets for all smartphones. Google News Mobile brings together all the mobile-friendly news sources from the main Google News desktop site, but in your smartphone's browser.
Ewan reviews Pocket Sudoku, the latest freeware entry into an admittedly crowded genre. Summary? Functional and free, although it's fairly inflexible and it doesn't hold your hand like the more commercial offerings.
If there's one thing sure to bring up more questions, gotchas and technical problems in the All About Symbian forums, then it's how memory works on your smartphone. Steve's taken a look at this issue, and his guide to making the most of your memory is essential reading.
Vodafone's partnership with Google announced at 3GSM gets more fleshing out in this article. It's more than just the search box in the browser - it's there for the Vodafone Live! service, but not as the default option in the browser's handset... think more along the lines of AdSense mobile, content delivery, and highly personalises searching (and marketing).
The Register's Andrew Orlowski has had a pretty bad time of reviewing Yahoo! Go! for Series 60, with a constant stream of unwanted data traffic, an application shouting "use me!" all the time and perhpas a rather unwarranted personal attack on members of Yahoo. A long read that's more about why PC web services don't work on phones rather than a balanced product review - nevertheless it's entertaining.
Yahoo has launched ZoneTag, a free S60 v2 application to aid uploading of photos to Flickr, together with GPS or cell-tower-aided positioning information (via tags). Other features include setting privacy viewing options and customised tags.
Trivopaedia, beloved of so many for (ahem) checking answers in pub quizzes, is now updated to v2.1. A free download in iSilo and Mobipocket formats for any PDA or smartphone.
Steve Litchfield takes a detailed look at Onskreen's Fusion system for integrating latest news and information into your Series 60 idle/standby screen. Summary? It's cleverly done, but linked to inappropriate story URLs and could be very expensive in terms of GPRS.
It seems those sneaky(!) OggPlay developers have been coding without telling anybody. While everybody's links have been to the project home page, there have been lots of updates going onto the downloads page. Why not upgrade your S60, S80 or S90 version of OggPlay now?
Following on from Nokia's release of Python as Open Source and my own intro article, it seems that applications are starting to appear. Just to recap, with Python anybody can create their own Series 60 programs very quickly. Here's a gallery of apps so far and here's my own Musician 1.5, hopefully a professional example of what can be achieved.
Detail on Sony's new M2 card format got rather lost in the Sony Ericsson announcements at 3GSM, but they've now got proper details online and have been emailing journos with the page URL. Only 15mm long! Is this good or bad?
