Symbian OS devices are equally represented in Palmtop User journal, whose latest issue 10 has just been shipped. They've also got a 'free issue and back issues on CD' offer on, for anyone interested, full details here.
Nokia have announced they are cutting the price of the N-Gage QD in the US. It will now retail in game stores for $99 (pre paid, same as pay as you go). The price of games has also been cut with prices now ranging from $15 to $25. That pricing point makes the unit much more attractive when compared to some of its competitors, and regardless of your gaming needs is a very good price for a smartphone. It is not yet clear whether the price cut will be followed elsewhere and thee move invites speculation about clearing stock in time for the next version of the N-Gage.
So if you've got a camera phone, where do you show off your pictures? One option is over on MoblogUK. Ewan caught up with Alfie Dennen, one of the brains behind the site to find out what Moblogging and MoblogUK is all about.
There have been several updates to different versions of OggPlay the software that allows you to play .ogg (and .mp3 on some phones) files. The most recent versions are available from this page. Recent updates include better support for the Sendo X (in the Series 60 Non MMF version) and support for WinAmp playlists across all version. The MMF version (for Series 60 2.0 phones) ties into the multimedia framework of the phone and can play back MP3, MP4 and AAC files as a result. More information is available on OggPlay here.
Zi Corporation's Decuma Alphabetic for the the Px00 series has now been released. It is a piece of software that adds an alternative handwriting recognition input method. It is modelled more cloesly on real writing - you can write a word along a line and there are no special characters, gestures or styles to use. It has excellent automatic multilingual support for Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish (both letters and words). It also allows for user customised charcters to allow a macro like function to input frequently used words of phrases.
Rafe and I aren't really still on the TGV coming back from 3GSM, but the next Mobiles Podcast is available over on The Podcast Network. We're talking about the phones that were announced this year.
jDictionary Mobile have launched Mobile Factbook for Series 80. Carry around a constantly updating reference information for over 250 countries, including flags, maps, trivia and statistical information.
Who needs the RIM Crackberry? Not if you're Visto. They're busy working on the Visto Mobile sync solution. Ewan saw them demoing at 3GSM, and caught up with Steve Maynard to have a chat.
In which Steve comes out of the closet and reveals that he's been spending rather a lot of time with a new electronic friend.... Read more over on 3-Lib.
Coming straight out of nowhere, the Asian branch of Nokia's Games division today announced HinterWars: The Aterian Invasion, a Massively Multiplayer Online game for N-Gage and (interestingly) the PC. The client will be free to download for both formats, and will let PC and N-Gage owners exist in the same persistent game world, although N-Gage owners will have a number of extra features at their disposal. Nokia also unveiled the game's official website where people can sign up for Beta testing before the final release at the end of the year: http://www.hinterwars.com/
If you're into satellite navigation, you might be interested in a sneak preview of TomTom's next generation software, announced already and shipping in the forthcoming weeks and months. Read the preview here.
Reqwireless have announced the new versions of their popular Java J2ME applications WebViewer and EmailViewer, both now on version 4.0. Compared to other clients, the Reqwireless apps are very small, using a proxy based server to do most of the work. All are available for trials from the Reqwireless Homepage.
