When it's a puzzle game, silly. Krisse reviews Frutakia for S60 3rd Edition and UIQ 3 smartphones and finds an attractive and well thought out title that's ideal for casual gaming and for filling time.
PyUIQ is a Python interpreter for UIQ 2 and UIQ 3 phones. It is based on Python for S60 (PyS60). The first version implements a limited set of libraries, but improvements will hopefully be made in subsequent releases. The first version of PyUIQ can be downloaded from SourceForge.
Market analysts ABI Research have predicted a gradual fall in Symbian's smartphone market share, resulting in 46% of the total market by 2012 (down from the current 73%), due to increased competition, especially from Linux (i.e. open source)-based devices. The numbers sound about right, although 46% of the size of the smartphone market in five years time is going to be a LOT. ABI's press release is below...
Simon Judge has announced the availability of an alpha release of SymRAD a free rapid application development tool for developing user interface (UI) based applications for Nokia S60 3rd Edition and UIQ 3.x. Applications are created via an XML definition file which includes screen definitions and Javascript.
This Saturday the Benelux PDAtotaal usergroup is holidng an open-day in Utrecht at the Vechtsebanen congress centrum. The PDAtotaal usergroup supports Epoc, Symbian, and Windows Mobile users. The open day includes a presentation of the latest devices including the E61i, E65, N95 and the E90. There's also a prize draw and of course the chance to meet like minded enthusiasts. The event is supported by Nokia, HP, Epocware, mBrainsoftware and Pdashop.nl.
With a slew of games appearing in the last few weeks for Symbian OS smartphones, I've been trying out Arcade Park for UIQ 3. Summary? A mixed bag, but good for a quick diversion and certainly worth the $12 the developers are asking.
Ewan may be in the USA, but it seems he found time on the flight over there to hammer through epic arcade puzzler (you'll have to read the review!) Tilelander for both S60 3rd Edition and UIQ 3 smartphones, and to give it his hearty recommendation.
A new developer, a new game concept. Relative newcomers CrazySoft enter the world of Symbian OS 9 with a bang with PaintBall 2 - Krisse reviews this puzzle game for S60 3rd Edition (also available for UIQ 3) and finds plenty of extras and game modes to keep it interesting for hour after hour.
Attempting to analyse the smartphone market, from HTC's diminutive Star Trek design to Nokia's all-embracing E90 communicator, was never going to be easy. I've had a crack at it, with the help of a few coloured pens - are we getting enough smartphone bang for our buck?
My Opera, one of the first proto-blogging systems, has now been extended to work well with both Opera Mini and Opera Mobile, enabling text and photo blogging directly from your mobile browser. Extra support includes chat groups and widget management. Opera's press release is below.
