In this feature on free navigation software Steve rounds up the ways you can find you can get driving directions and instructions on the Nokia N95 and other S60 devices. There is Nokia's Smart2Go (Nokia Maps), of course, but he also covers the Java applications from amaZe, Nav4All, Yahoo and Google.
There's a small party going on over in Freenode, because one of the few 'killer apps' in my view has finally recieved an update. Previously available for the 7650 and 3650, Mobileways have released an updated version of WirelessIRC for the modern smartphone. Expect a review, but by adding in Bonjour, Del.ici.o.us and Twitter support alongside a million custom features means it may take a while!
According to this post in the CoreCodec Forums the highly anticipated CorePlayer Mobile for Symbian OS will be launched next Wednesday. CorePlayer is a multimedia player that supports a large number of formats including WMA, OGG, FLAC, DivX and XviD. The player will be available for S60 2nd Edition, S60 3rd Edition, UIQ 2 and UIQ 3 devices. Read on.
Nokia today announced the availability, in select markets, of a range of Windows Live services for some its S60 Nseries phones. The services available include Windows Live Messenger (instant messaging), Windows Live Hotmail (email), and Windows Live Spaces (blogging, and media upload).
Nokia today announced that games developer I-play will be delivering a number of games for the N-Gage platform. The first two titles to be released will be World Rally Championship and Super Mah Jong. I-play is set to concentrate on casual games providing games which are 'easy to play, but difficult to master with dip in and dip out playability'. Read on for details.
Yup, Jaiku, the only real social network that has its own feature packed S60 client, has the latter finally out of 'beta' state. Here's the download link and here's the blog post announcing v0.80.
Fring the mobile VoIP software that also aggregates instant messaging services is now available for the Sony Ericsson P1i. Fring have also added support for ICQ instant messaging and voice chat in addition to the existing Sykpe, MSN, Google Talk and Twitter support.
Epocware has announced that they've completed the conversion of their SlovoEd multilingual dictionaries and ‘Handy’ line of utilities to both the wide-screened Nokia E90 and the UIQ 3-powered Motorola Z8. Example screenshots on the E90 and the full press release after the break.
Nearing the end of its current TV Out series, All About Symbian takes a look at the world of text-based communications using a Nokia N95 that has been connected to a television set and full size Bluetooth keyboard. What are the ups and downs of text messaging, instant messaging, emailing and web browsing through your television?
Steve Litchfield muses on the Java games scene and reviews two smartphone titles that have caught his eye, with FreeFlight, a full 3D flight sim and Odesys Backgammon Lite, a polished Backgammon implementation. And they're both 100% free. I take back everything (well, most of the things) I ever said about Java....