OPL Wizard is a tool for OPL Programmers, woith statistical tools, unicode and ascii text conversion and a filter to help port ER5 OPL apps (those from the Psion S5mx and compatibles) to Symbian OS 6.0 (the Nokia 9210). Roberto is also working on 9210 to Series 60 and UIQ conversion filters. More details at http://www.robertocolistete.net/OPLWizard/.
Today at Cannes Nokia announced the long awaited Communicator successor Nokia 9500. The tri-band device supporting I-GPRS (EDGE) and Wi-Fi 802.11b is expected to be available in volume during the fourth quarter of 2004. The device is running Series 80 on the inside and Series 40 on the outside.
mBrainSoftware well know for their Pdf viewers for the Symbian platform have released Fonts for the 9200 series. It enables easy installation, removal and management of fonts on the devices.
A developer known on Handango as 'Private' has released an OPL based application called CellTrack; software that does for the 9210 something similar to Psiloc's own pioneering Series60 title, MiniGPS. This application comes in Lite and Pro versions, the difference being that under pro, you can configure Profile changes for different 'cells'. The Pro costs only $9.99 and can be downloaded from here.
All communicator and smartphone users are welcome at the next (free) London user meeting, on Sept 26th. More details on sponsors and prizes at http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/meetings.htm
There's a new version of Smuggers on the loose for the Nokia communicator, with sound effects, an email high scores function and better speed and memory efficiency.
What have the Matrix Reloaded, The Shawshank Redemption and the Magnificent Seven got in common? Their trailers are all available for free download in the Nokia 9210's NIM (H.263) video format down at the free PocketInfo resource. Lots more added besides!
Trivopaedia, the freeware encyclopaedia of useful and useless information, is now available for all Symbian platforms (9210, Series 60, P800, etc.), courtesy of the free cross-platform Mobipocket Reader. More at the 3-Lib site at http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/
Nokia do have a new Communicator, but we're not seeing it just yet. According to this article it may be because of the confused Smartphone market. Marko Luhtala, Director of Business Applications with Nokia Mobile Phones says "...a refresh for the 9200 Communicator series is not top of Nokia's to-do list." So it's not been forgotten...
3-Lib has released Reboot, a small and free utility for all Nokia 9200 series owners, along with a page of information about the whys and wherefores of regular rebooting of the 9210/9210i/9290 communicators. See http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/reboot.htm
New files at PocketInfo this month for the Nokia 9210 include a handy Body Mass Index calculator, an Age calculator and a horse racing bet settler. Plus an episode guide to 'Are you being served', a definitive canon of Western Literature and the Little Book of Business Lessons.
Pitstop is the ultimate motor racing strategy game for Psion and Symbian platforms. You're put in charge of a Formula 1 Grand Prix team. Starting off with a new car, sponsorship and two keen drivers, your task is to develop the car, keep staff and sponsors happy, balance the books and, most of all, win championship points and prize money! You can find Pitstop at http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/pitstop.htm
A new version of the OPL translator is released. It's available in the OPL for Nokia 9200 Communicator user package as well as the developer package. This is a milestone for the opl-dev project: it's the first time a non-Symbian developer has contributed changes to the OPL language source code!
