After a number of disappointing game titles recently, I'm pleased to announce reviews of a couple of real crackers. Ewan is delighted by STPuzzles for UIQ 3 smartphones (like his new consort, the W950i), while krisse is utterly blown away by K-Rally for S60 3rd Edition (also available for S60 1st/2nd/N-Gage, coming soon on UIQ3). Enjoy.
AAS chief Rafe Blandford weighs in with his official predictions and challenges for 2007, along with an assessment of what he got right and wrong from last year's predictions piece. Essential reading for anyone in the industry or who is interested in where the Symbian OS world is going. Plus, a bonus preview of the front cover of Symbian magazine, Dec 2007...
Fans of possibly the best S60 game available will be cheered to know that Virtual Pool Mobile is now in beta testing for S60 3rd Edition. I've been playing it on the 5500 and N93 and it works pretty well for early beta. Screenshots below from the 5500..... Availability of the release version is early February.
OK, it's official. The S60 (2nd and 3rd Edition) game Invasion looks a million dollars - but it's only half finished and lacks almost everything needed to make it into an immersive (not to mention fun) experience. Here's krisse's detailed review.
Yet another DVD/video to Nokia smartphone converter has been released, from Rock Your Mobile. Nokia Video Converter looks quite slick though. URL and press release follows.
Steve thinks nothing in the modern world seems to work properly any more. In this editorial he ponders whether heavily converged devices are ready for the mass market when things do not work 100% reliably.
Mobile Systems' OfficeSuite 3 is released today for S60 3rd Edition devices. New features include charts, Inbox support and a better file browser. The full press release follows. With a new version of Quickoffice coming very soon, we'll be featuring a head-to-head review just as soon as we've polished off the Christmas pudding and mince pies... In the meantime, though, just try it out for yourself!
Can you help me chase down the best games for S60 3rd Edition (both native and Java - if they're good enough), for featuring in a Christmas special here on AAS? No spamming please, but if you enjoy a good game on your smartphone, please add your tuppence worth in this forum thread.
Makayama has announced Mobile TV Center 1.0. A world's first, it lets you watch recorded TV shows on more than 500 mobile devices, using your Windows Media Center. Compatibility includes many Symbian devices from Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola. The full press release follows.
Following on from his two individual software reviews, Ewan Spence decides it's time to sit down and pick a winner. Papyrus or AquaCalendar? Read his head-to-head to find out which one pips the other at the post.
Ewan reviews Aqua Calendar for S60 3rd Edition - yet another Calendar option for the power user? He'll follow this up with a direct comparison with Papyrus - watch this space!
Part review and part tutorial, our own krisse evaluates HanDBase for S60 3rd Edition and finds an impressive powerhouse with a huge data library behind it. It's spoilt only by a few late-beta niggles. Here's the big HanDBase review.
