Ewan and Steve have been busy reviewing the lastest games from ZingMagic for S60 3rd Edition such as the Nokia N73. Steve has been looking at BlokBlitz, a breakout clone on steroids. Ewan, meanwhile has been playing the block/gem matching puzzler GemMagic. Both games live up to ZingMagic's high development standards although both have room for improvement.
The number one request I hear from new users of S60 3rd Edition devices is for a better Calendar, something which the Papyrus project aims to fix. There's a major new version (1.2.04) just released and worth trying if Calendar is a frustration for you. There'll be a big, formal review along at some point too...
Following the release of Search, thanks to Daniel for pointing us towards Nokia's release of a new WLAN Wizard for S60 3rd Edition. Although it doesn't do much more than the WLAN bit of the existing Connection Manager, it has a shortcut through to Web and so should help new users get online through Wi-Fi more quickly.
More Nokia N93 goodness, this time on the way in the next few days, according to the 'ear to the ground' people at Symbian Freak. The firmware for the N93 jumps from v11 to v20 in one fell swoop, apparently, with extra applications, functionality improvements and bug fixes (including picture noise improvements) by the dozen. It's off to Nokia's Software Update for me, I think, next week!
Steve's been busy digging around the Symbian Platform Security issues to come up with a plain english guide to the scary world of application installation, signing and security (PlatSec). If phrases like self-signed, malware and Symbian Signed bring you out in a rash, this could be the best place to start.
Nokia's official Podcasting utility for S60 3rd Edition has been formally released, it's now a big fat v1.0. Here's the main download and here's the blog entry with details of how to preserve already downloaded content and settings when upgrading from a beta copy... Thanks, Darla.
Yes, I know it's a slow news week, which is why we're streaming in a bigger than usual quota of original content. Here Ewan reviews the brand new and very shiny PicoBlogger for S60 3rd Edition (and also for 2nd Edition devices). Summary? Very Web 2.0 and very effective.
Steve's been driving around with the very latest version of TomTom's satellite navigation application for (most) S60 3rd Edition smartphones. Here's the full review.
Steve compares the (Symbian OS, S60-powered) Nokia E61 and the (Windows Mobile 5-powered) Palm Treo 750v, both with qwerty keyboards and a full office and online application set. Is the 750v a cut above the rest of the Windows Mobile competition? Find out in his latest head to head.
Shame on Symbian Freak for even giving column inches to Kaspersky Lab's latest 'report' on Mobile Malware, though at least S-F has the sense to add a one-line rider in the form of an image caption. 'Highlights' of the report include the mesmerizingly misinformed "Data shows that the number and scale of mobile worm outbreaks is rapidly increasing" and "Today's mobile viruses can do very much the same things as (desktop) computer viruses". Eh? The same? Worms? Utter madness. What about all S60's Platform Security measures? Just say no.
