If this is the only technology based web site you visit, you may have missed the news that the N-Gage has been cracked. What this means is that someone has created software that allows you to take an N-Gage game, whip it onto a normal memory card and then wham-bam-thankyou-mam, you have it on your regular Series-60 Smartphone. Sounds like good news for consumers? Nokia doesn't think so, so if you're the dodgy geezer who did this thing, you better watch your back because Nokia has a warrant with your name on it (you can also read about it here).
ARCchart is an independent research and consulting firm focusing on all aspects of the wireless communications sector. They have produced a report entitled Symbian Dissected, analysing the company, the OS structure and the competative challenges facing the platform. Read at ARCchart.com
Recently several programs have been released for Series 60 with the intention of helping you find you way around, ranging from European wide solutions down to individual towns and cities. The Wayfinder, gpMobile and TomTom City Map programs demonstare the flexibility of Series 60. With the addition of a bluetooth GPS these programs should ensure you're never lost again (except when you forget the phone...). Here's a quick run down of all three programs.
Psiloc have released Vision for Series 60. Vision allows you to assign videos to contacts that are then played when that contact rings you. You effectively have video ringtones. The software also supports display of full screen pictureson an incoming call. The software is compatiable with all Series 60 handsets.
Cibenix announced today that their Active Desk and Active Today products, which implement today screen like functionality for Symbian phones are now compatiable with the Nokia 6600.
Rumours of Nokia plans to buy Psion have been published in varioussources following a newspaper report this Sunday. This has obvious implications for ownership of Symbian. Nokia and Psion have a combined shareholding of 63.3%. The news should be treated with caution at this stage, with no confirmatory evidence from Nokia or Psion and some analysis suggesting such a move is unlikely.
Long time ago me and my brother Kyle here, we was hitchhikin' down a long and lonesome road. All of a sudden, there shined a shiny demon in the middle of the road. And he said: "Play the best song in the world, or I'll eat your soul." Well me and Kyle, we looked at each other, and we each said... "Okay." And we played the first thing that came to our heads, Just so happened to be, The Best Song in the World, it was The Best Song in the World. Read the review of Guitar Tuner here.
WebViewer and EmailViewer, both from Reqwireless have been updated. If you want to continue using these midlets, you need to upgrade to these new version. (AAS has reviewed WebViewer here).
Iambic Software, purveyors of some damn fine Palm OS software, have made their Symbian debut with a UIQ version of their Award Winning Agendus. Take control of your Contacts, Calendar and Address Book with this well thought out bit of software... now where's the Series 60 version?
Sendo and Opera have today announced that the new Series 60 Sendo X will have Opera rather than a WAP browser. Opera's Small Screen Rendering allows HTML sites to be viewed without having to use horizontal scrolling, making it far more user-friendly. EwanFreEPOC saw a demo of the Sendo X with Opera and was impressed.
The native C++ Database application, HandyDataBank from Epocware has been updated to v1.10. HandyDates has also been updated to v2.0, fixing some syncing problems, Lotus Notes importing, and adding a few new views.
Opera have announced today that BenQ's new UIQ phone due for release early in 2004 will use Opera's Smartphone Edition browser. The phone will use Symbian OS 7.0.
Russell Beattie (of Mobitopia) has taken time out after a week with his N-Gage to write up why the N-Gage is a Disaster for Nokia. It makes for painful reading, but it's hard to find fault with the symptoms, or the proposed cure.
Russell Beattie (of Mobitopia) has taken time out after a week with his N-Gage to write up why the N-Gage is a Disaster for Nokia. It makes for painful reading, but it's hard to find fault with the symptoms, or the proposed cure.
The price of the N-Gage in the US has been dropped by $100. The new price is available at game stores such as Electronics Boutique and Gamestop. Online retailer Amazon is alsoo offering the N-Gage at the new price. $199 - not bad!
