Only launched a couple of days ago, Steve snatched the review copy of Virtual Pool Mobile out of Ewan's jet-lagged hands and has been up all night trying to beat the pool hall bosses. Here's the full review. Summary: great physics, this is as real as it gets, though more work is needed on the sound effects.
Opera has today released v8.5 of its advanced browser for many Series 60 smartphones. The highlight is the new zooming system which lets you zoom right in or out of text and images. Here are the Download and Changes pages. The new version is a free upgrade if your device came with Opera already bundled.
OK, so it's in an unofficial Nokia blog, but it's still good to see freeware applications get more exposure. See Tommi's blog for a really good plug for Series 60 freeware and a list of starting points.
The Nokia 770 has now gone up on Nokia's online shop for the princely sum of £245. At the moment though, it's completely out of stock. According to Nokia, it started shipping internationally on Monday (7/11/5), so it should be available in high street stores soon. Keep your eyes peeled for the forthcoming AAS review!
Shameless self promotion (though it's only donationware), but I've ported my Hangman game for kids over to the Nokia 9300 and 9500. Great for long journeys. Here's the download page 8-)
Thomas Boys weighs in with a sorry tale of caution and offers some wise words advice to would-be smartphone buyers and sellers on eBay. Read his tale of woe.
Ever so quietly, Nokia has upgraded and updated its (free and fabulous) Mobile Search tool for all Nokia S60 smartphones from the 6630 onwards. The new version is 1.2.a and can be downloaded here. If you haven't heard of the tool before, see also Rafe's detailed analysis and in-depth test.
While off exploring the Brave New World himself, Ewan's had time to fire in this enthusiastic review of Settlers of Catan, an N-Gage conversion of a cult strategy board game. Summary: steep learning curve, but totally worth it.
OK, so last week's re-launch got hit by the server going into meltdown and hardly anyone being able to get in... Hopefully, it's a lot faster now, so (drum roll) may I (re)present PocketInfo, with lots of free spreadsheets and documents for all Nokia 9210, 9300 and 9500 Communicators...
Steve rolls up his sleeves and determines once and for all to find out the best way to get video footage on your Nokia 9300 or 9500. Here's his review of the latest version of SmartMovie.
Symbian's David Wood has done many wonderful things in his career. But coining 'Platformization' isn't one of them. Sorry. Still, if you'd like to hear the word used in its proper(?) context, here's his latest Insight column over on the Symbian web site.
