Then Steve Litchfield wants to talk to you. He's offering to stand in a room, with three Symbian devices in 'discoverable' mode. If you can infect his phones without his knowledge, then " ...I'll hand over an obscene amount of money." More details, along with four key facts on Symbian 'Viruses' can be found here.
Another week another virus to scare the living SIM card out of your phone. Gavno pretends to be a patch file for a Symbian process... but obviously not coming directly from the Nokia Series 60 website, you'd be suspicious and not install it, wouldn't you. Thanks for the heads-up, Tarek.
With the release of Snakes in only a few days, Nokia are previewing their next title, due out in Q3 2005 (reports IGN). Pit Runner is a cross between Interstate 76 and Carmageddon, with you driving your futuristi car against other opponents in the 3-D Field of Battle. More details when we get them.
Blogs are big, but you're not always at your computer when yuo want to say something. But have you got your phone - so Ewan's been taking a look at Azure, a Freeware Blogging Client. And while it might be a bit rough on the edges in terms of the interface, it gets the job done.
Epocware have recently announced that its SlovoEd range of dictionaries are now fully compatiable and available for the Nokia 9500. With 30 different languages in 150 combinations the software offers is an excellent option for translation. The software will also shortly be available for the Series 90 Nokia 7710.
A new version of the popular and award winning Quickoffice Premier is now available. Quickoffice allows for the viewing and editing of Word, Excel and Powerpoint files. There is improved round trip (the ability to preserve file structure and formatting between the PC and phone) support in the new version since the new version edits the native files directly rather than converting then editing. Other new features include the consolidation of the three suite elements into a single program, a redeisgned user interface, table support in Quickword, more editing features in Quickpoint and improved file handling operations.
Frank has been lusting after the perfect smartphone for a few years now, and after less than a week with the Nokia 9300, he thinks he's found it. Read why in his First Impressions.
Siemens are rapidly approaching the point where they are going to shut down their Mobile Phone division (reports The Register). Unless a buyer can be found in the very near future (before the AGM on Jan 27th), or at the very least a partner with investment, there'll be no more Siemens phones. The division lost 140 million Euros in Q4 2004
Nokais Series60.com website have announced the finalists of the "Series 60 Challenge," a competition to help find the leading applications for the Series 60 platforms. The awards ceremony will be held in Nice, just before 3GSM.
Steve Litchfield reviews Advanced English Dictionary for the Nokia 9300 and 9500 and is generally impressed. But can your RAM take the hit? Brace yourselves!
Switchblade and Jordan have been using their 9500's since late last year, so we thought it was time to ask them what they thing of The Communicator In Day to Day Use. See if you agree with them.
Forum Nokia have updated their Series 80 SDK pack, which is now available to to assit in developing MIDP applications for the 9500, 9300 and compatibles.
Fathammer's X-Forge driven race, Stunt Car Extreme arrives for Series 60. This is racing, the ultimate daredevil sport, with high powered cars, hundreds of feet off the ground, racing round tracks of diabolical ingenuity. Formula 1 this isn't. An almost essential demo to download.
Of interest to 9500 owners and those considering the new Communicator, 3-Lib now has a page listing known 9500 bugs, another describing how to create a free encrypted document store and one proclaiming the Nokia 9500 to be their sole A-list winner.
But who are they? The stark page on the n-Gage website has only one clue... the URL... http://www.n-gage.com/snakes/. Time to note the 25th January into the Calendar application!
