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.
In audio podcast no.8, Ewan Spence interviews PsiLoc and Bitween, two long time developers working in the Symbian OS world. Applications featured include Remote Control, Wireless Presenter and Mobile Fax.
SEPT-Solutions have now released their Mobile Office for S60 2nd Edition as freeware. The application can be downloaded from http://www.sept-solutions.de/officeS60.sis. Mobile Office is a viewer for OpenDocument err... documents.
Our very own krisse reviews Reversi FE for S60 3rd Edition (but also available for most other Symbian OS platforms). Back to your homes, not much to see? After all, it's only Reversi, right?
Back in August, we gave you an idea of what we considered some of the best picks of software for S60 third edition. Since then developers have been busy, and the list has now doubled in size as Steve updates our essential software picks. And do feel free to tell us what we've forgotten...
A marriage made in heaven? Why splash out on a separate webcam for your laptop or PC when your camera-equipped smartphone can do the same job, wirelessly? Ewan reviews Mobiola Web Camera for S60 3rd Edition (but also available for all 2nd Edition devices).
Demonstrating the difference a year or two's extra development makes is Documents To Go for UIQ 3. A worthwhile investment for owners of the P990i and M600i, which already have Quickoffice built-in? If you're a real road warrior then I'd say so. Here's my review.
I was resisting posting about this because I think they're in danger of complicating the application, but Opera Mini is now up to v3.0, with photo publishing (to an Opera photo server), RSS (news/blogs) and HTTPS (secure site) support, plus various usability improvements. It's still the best way to keep your GPRS bill down though....
Nokia (and other Symbian licensees) naturally tend to keep user knowledge of what goes on under the hood as out of the way as possible, but for power users Jukka Silvennoinen's free Y-Browser utility is a true Swiss Army knife that will aid troubleshooting and give you increased functionality. Here's my review of the version for all S60 3rd Edition devices.
Ewan has put his thinking kilt on and ponders whether the problem of the illegal software scene can be solved by a white knight - Symbian Signed. It is a controversial area and amongst the AAS team there are a range of opinions.
Nokia has released a new version of its PC Suite application . The new version, 6.82, adds stability fixes to the backup and restore functionality, improves Nokia Music Manager, adds fluency in information exchange with Microsoft applications (auch as Windows Media Player 11) and integrates Nokia Software Updater, which allows you to update your phone's firmware from home, into PC Suite.
