Wolfstein 3D and Spear of Destiny for Series 60 enable you to play these classic games from the past on your phone. The game data files, as for Doom for Series 60, are also required as the SDL port consists only of the game engine.
Ewan passes on the benefit of his experience with a How-To on roaming the globe with your Symbian or Palm OS smartphone. New travellers might also like to check out his generic flying tips over on his blog.
Nokia has now shipped Asphalt: Urban GT 2, the sequel to the fantasy racing game, and Pathway to Glory Ikusa Islands, both on the N-Gage platform. Fans of Asphalt can also try before they buy, with a free downloadable demo available from the N-Gage Arena. PtG Ikusa Islands also has it's own new dedicated section on the Pathway to Glory mini-site.
Not a smartphone in the true sense, but the form factor of this new Samsung offering is truly groundbreaking. Maybe this is the shape (and size) of things to come? Engadget's got the details.
As part of a new series in brief tutorials, Rafe's penned this how-to showing you how Mass Storage Synchronizer can be used to copy music from iTunes to a memory card (which you can then put in your Symbian smartphone).
Steve's been getting so confused by the sheer number of Series 60 smartphones (especially with all the new Nokia announcements) that he's made a handy all-on-one-page comparison chart over on his 3-Lib site. As usual comments and suggestions are welcome.
After just being nominated for a BAFTA (really), Ewan's off to the USA again, this time to Seattle and then Mobile Monday in San Francisco, followed by Los Angeles and the Portable Media and Podcast Expo. AAS and AAP readers in the States might like to keep abreast of his movements via his blog and schedule a meet?
A regular pop-up in the news here, but my Grid of mobile devices has been updated again, over at 3-Lib. Gone is the Sendo X (still crying over that one), new is the Orange M2000 and clones. Suggestions for additions to the Grid are welcomed!
Interesting reading in this story on Yahoo. Summary: Nokia are both disappointed by N-Gage sales so far (but what do they expect with such old OS and S60 versions, plus competition from other handheld gaming devices) and upbeat about plans to expand the 'platform' (i.e. the games) to other smartphones.
In which Steve realises that your smartphone should always help and never get the way of real life, performs a subtle U-turn and muses the fact that there's really no such thing as the perfect mobile device for everybody. Read the editorial...
Keeping track of Nokia's Open Source projects is a new site, opensource.nokia.com. It provides a single jumping off point for projects such as the new S60 browser, the Maemo Table Linux OS and S60 Python to name a few. Worth bookmarking if you're a developer.
An elegantly designed compact fold with a high-definition 2.4" QVGA display, the Nokia N71 enhances the user experience by providing enhanced Web browsing capabilities in addition to the rich Nokia Nseries multimedia feature set. Read on...
Announced at NMC, the Nokia N80 is a device that expands on Nokia's promise to bring entertainment to the smartphone. With a form factor eerily reminiscent of the first Series 60 device, the 7650, the N80 brings with it WiFi and 3G connectivity, but the main feature here is UPnP - Universal Plug and Play - which should allow you to tap into your TV, PC, Hi-Fi and other home entertainment devices, using the N80 as the central remote control. Full Press Release follows
Nokia have announced the N92, the first integrated DVB-H mobile device in the Nokia Nseries range for watching broadcast TV programs. The Nokia N92 will offer easy access to TV programs without having to sit in front of a television set. Availability is expected for mid-2006. Read on...
Utilising the open-source WebCore and JavaScriptCore components from Apple's Safari browser (which itself s derived from the KDE Konqueror browser), Nokia will ship this new web browser to licencees of version 3 of the Series 60 platform. The full press release also notes that it will support RSS feeds, have a significant number of open API's for developers, and allow plug-ins such as FlashLite.
