Looking for the BBC TV comedy Red Dwarf to appear on your mobile? Look no further, you can downoad specially formatted 'mobisodes' and ring-tones from www.red-dwarf.mobi . For 3 pounds an episode, Pitch Entertainment will send you a 25 second clip from the popular TV show, with the same TV soundtrack, but with animated visuals replacing the actors. It's an interesting approach, although I can't decide if it's a genius moment to re-master for a new medium, or another way of charging the fans more money for the same well worn punchlines.
Looking for where to focus any new casual gaming projects? Then the latest survey (this one from Parks Associates) can help. Bottom line is that the majority of casual gamers are interested in Puzzles and Card Games, some 55%, with word and arcade games at 32% and 33% respectively. This compares to 'portable gamers' (eg the PSP and DS users) who almost equally look for Sports, Action, Driving and First Person Shooters for their kicks.
I make absolutely no apologies for another brief emTube news item - a day or two can be a long time in the smartphone world! emTube just hit v1.06 , with many new language variants, new hotkeys, new user/related views, a new seek bar, search result memory, plus several bug fixes, including RotateMe compatibility. Doesn't this developer sleep?
Forum enthusiast (on several sites) Menneisyys put together a multi-part 'bible' post on the differences between vanilla MP4 and H.264 video (ASP vs AVC) in our forums. He actually did this a couple of months ago but the subject's more relevant now than ever. Read on for the link and some of my own thoughts.
FT.com are reporting, along with a surprising number of should-know-better tech sites such as IntoMobile, how most Apple iPhone users use more than 25MB of data a month, and this is being reported as a big earner for O2 and is being contrasted to only 2% of other phone users hitting the 25MB/month mark. A masterpiece of spin, considering that the iPhone comes with flat rate data and increased use actually harms O2's bottom line, while data use from other phones generates them revenue. Staggering. I see Ewan M agrees too, so it wasn't just me...
Ho hum, another month, another would-be competitor to the Nokia E90 Communicator. This time it's the Asus M390W , running Windows Mobile 6 and also with HSDPA, etc. Still, the run of E90 copies surely shows that there's a market for this much-maligned form factor?
As the sun sets, and Christmas draws near, it's time to retell classic stories, with the obligatory modern twist. Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, I give you "A (Mobile) Night Before Christmas" for your viewing pleasure.
All About Symbian would like to wish all its visitors a very happy Christmas. If you're hankering after some Xmas-related Symbian action while defrosting or digesting the turkey, don't forget to check out our recent features on Symbian Christmas Games and S60 3rd Edition Christmas Themes.
All About Symbian podcast #54 (also known as AAS Insight #6) is a Christmas special edition. Ewan and Rafe talk over a few topics of interest (software discounts and special offers available over the festive period and Palm's recent woes) before moving on to answer a special question: What phone does Father Christmas use?
The latest Carnival of the Mobilists , number 104, is hosted at the Mobility Weblog. As usual the carnival rounds up an eclectic selection of writing on mobile from around the web.
Sony Ericsson has announced the winners of its 2007 Content Awards. Congratulations to RealNetworks (Playman Extreme Running) in the games category, BitCycle (Pull Face Image Manipulator) in the Imaging category, Opera (Opera Mini 4.0) in the productivity category, Gracenote (TrackID) in the music category and Clavitones (Geeks themes and graphics) in the graphics category.
We have already mentioned Nokia's report on the future of media, A Glimpse of the Next Episode, a few times such as with these summary videos. However you can download (in PDF format) some more detailed information from the report including an overview and country specific analysis basis from the Nseries website. Read on for more.
