MetrO is a freeware tube routefinder that works for many cities around the world, on all Symbian-based smartphones. Steve's been putting it through its paces on his Nokia 7710 to let us know what it's like.
Ewan's been working his way up the part-arcade, part-platform game Mile High Pinball for the Nokia N-Gage and has concluded that it's too well done to get ignored. Here's the review.
Opera has come to an agreement with Google that they will become the 'default partner' for their mobile internet browsers, with heavy integration of Google in the home screen of the browser. Is this going ot be enough to kill off the rumours of a Redmond/Oslo courtship? Didn't think so!
Rafe, Ewan and Steve each pick out their top 5 Series 60 games in this special Christmas selection. Whether you agree or not with their favourites, we're sure you'll pick up an idea or two to keep you entertained over the Holidays.
Who remembers Nebulus, a game rightly hailed as brilliant when first released in 1987? Well it's back, thanks to Telcogames. Coded in C++ for S60 and Symbian OS, the original gameplay, animation and bonuses are all present. And congrats also to Telcogmaes for releasing this into the retail channel as well as to the networks. We don't all want to wait for our portal to decide if Nebulus is for us. Hardcore Gamers already know...
Steve Litchfield's discovered that Opera Mini's now alive and working and has been playing with it for a couple of days. Here's his review. Summary: it may change the way you browse on your smartphone - it will certainly chop your GPRS bill down to size...
Ewan goes in search of an Internet Relay Chat client that will work on all his Symbian smartphones and finds it in the free JmIRC. Here's the full review.
The url http://m.gmail.com/ shows that even the decision on the namespace is right - Google's Gmail service now has a web based mail interface for small screen devices. While POP3 access has always been available, it has never been 100% reliable. While you'll still need to watch the data charges from your carrier, it should be no problem for any mobile web browser to get your mail.
Mobile Email and how to recieve it is an area which a lot of companies are working on, with mobile data and email being seen as the best area for growth in 2006. Visto are now asserting that "Microsoft has infringed upon multiple patents Visto holds regarding proprietary technology that provides enterprises and consumers with mobile access to their email and other data," and have started legal proceedings against the Redmond based Microsoft, who see email as a central plank to their mobile platform. Three patents are specifically mentioned in the full press release which follows.The issue of mobile email is a very important issue, as can be seen by Visto's other announcement of a licencing deal with NTP.
Ewan gets back to his arcade gaming roots in his review of Atari Legends Volume 1, for the Nokia N-Gage platform. Great conversions, but it's not quite the same as standing in front of a large-screened coin-op, is it?
Thomas Boys investigates controlling his desktop with his Symbian smartphone and finds Salling Clicker just the job. Great for parties and presentations! Read his glowing review here.
You have to admire the feature list from what looks to be a traditional 2d shooter that has "3 difficult mode from normal to hell" and an "extremely high quality graphic." I'm talking about Miss Siam from Chiang Mai Digital Works. It's available in the All About Symbian store, as are all the new releases!
Rifts: The Promise of Power is huge. It's a long sought title for RPG fans, and its debut on silicon is on the N-Gage. Is it everything we expected? Yes. And then some. Ewan's review of Rifts goes into the world of Rifts to find out what all the fuss is about.
The N-Gage Arena sometimes has some massive holes in its gameplay - David Galbraith looks at one of the latest titles, 'One', and wonders why some things don't add up.
