In an interesting development for Emulation Fans, Nintendo have asked Crimson Fire to stop the publication of their Gameboy Emulator for the Tapwave Zodica gaming machine (based around Palm OS). While not directly affecting Symbian OS yet, the fact that Nintendo have a Patent on emulation could have repercussions over the whole principle of emulation. (Thanks to wshwe on the Forum for spotting this one)
The Games Kitchen is a new mobile games channel: think of it as a cross between Yahoo!, Amazon and Xbox Live. Is there scope for a place where people can not only get games, but also talk about them, watch their high-scores and generally take part in a community? Well, this company thinks so, and this is the something which has been strangely lacking from games for mobile phones (aprt from Nokia's N-Gage Arena). The site will be available for use via the desktop and via the mobile.
Okay, maybe a bit of an over-simplification, but Scott Miller has one of the most devastating critiques of Nokia's Management and the effect the N-Gage could have on the Finnish Mobile Phone Company. Grab a coffee, get reading, and see if you agree with him.
The classic Psion golf game comes to UIQ. Anyone remember Pitch and Putt, Fairway and Series 5 Golf? This is the same, evolved game, now available on the P800/P900, thanks to the magic of the new OPL Runtime. Download at 3-Lib.
Ewan Spence and FreEPOC (and the whole OPL Development team!) announce the availability of Event Core for UIQ OPL. Event Core is a program that does absolutely nothing! It's strength lies in the fact that packed in the zip file is the OPL source code that illustrates how everything works.
3-Lib (ahem.... well that would be me) is proud to announce the immediate availability of TimeLog for UIQ smartphones. This contains all the functionality of the 9210 version, plus one-handed operation via the Jog Dial. The golf game Fairway and the musician's tool Piano are next for release, starting next week. See 3lib.ukonline.co.uk/timelog.htm .
FreEPOC and Adrian Pemsel are pleased to announce the immediate release of Phocal, a little photographer's calculator for Series 60 phones written in OPL. At the moment it calculates the depth of field based on the focal length and aperture of the lens. With its intuitive and fast user interface it is perfect for one hand operation while holding the camera in your second hand.
Ever wanted a full guide in making Videos to watch on your UIQ device? So did Malcolm Bryant, so we asked him to run a series of articles on AAS on this very subject. The first part of our guide to Watching Movies on UIQ is here, with part 2 to follow next week.
This Russian article has John Romero (he made Doom, y'know) discussing the N-Gage 2, and how all the design problems of the current N-Gage have been fragged. Nokia's comment: "It is too early now to say something about any exact plans." Thanks Finland, couldn't you at least connfirm backwards compatibilty so current users know that their investment in the platform will still be supported?
Al Richey and RMR Software have exclusivly confirmed to All About Symbian that they are hard at work on a UIQ version of RMR Bank now that OPL is available for UIQ Devices. They've asked that anyone willing to help on the beta test email them on support@rmrsoft.com.
OPL Wizard is a tool for OPL Programmers, woith statistical tools, unicode and ascii text conversion and a filter to help port ER5 OPL apps (those from the Psion S5mx and compatibles) to Symbian OS 6.0 (the Nokia 9210). Roberto is also working on 9210 to Series 60 and UIQ conversion filters. More details at http://www.robertocolistete.net/OPLWizard/.
Nokia and Hudsonsoft announce that the Arcade Classic "Bomberman" is N-Gage bound in Q2 2004. It's heavily pushing Bluetooth Multiplayer, although the threat of Unique 3D Worlds might worry the purists.
It's crystal ball time! Christopher Rydberg tests his investigative skills to try and track down as many 'in development' games for the N-Gage as possible. Let's look at the 28 games that N-Gage users can expect to see this year.
