ArcoDesign Technologies have released software that puts the Bible on your S60 3rd Edition smartphone. There are two versions, one for the King James Version translation ($8) and one for the NIV translation ($30). Features include fast search, subject index and keypad navigation.
Good Technology announced that its Good Mobile Messaging (previsouly GoodLink) product is now available for the E61. Good Mobile Messaging allows two-way pushed based wireless synchronisation of email, calendar items and contacts between the phone and Microsoft Exchnage or Lotus Domino servers. The solution joins Mail for Exchange, Blackberry, Visto and Seven as push email systems supported by the Nokia E61.
Or, more to the point, dare you consider a Flash Lite game that sees you exploring The Castle to disprove the theory that ghosts exist> Join me as I continue to explore some of the Flash Lite titles available for Symbian.
Interesting to get an email from EpocWare. After many user requests about their top-rated security tool Handy Safe (ok, ok, so most of the AAS team use it), they've added full data import from CodeWallet, eWallet and SplashID, plus various other features. Read on...
Documents To Go , the office suite software, is now available for UIQ 3 phones such as the Sony Ericsson M600i, P990i and W950i. Documents To Go enables the viewing and editing of Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint files on your phone. The software costs $49.99, but current Documents To Go users on UIQ 2 devices can upgrade to Documents To Go for UIQ 3 free of charge.
I just knew Ewan was the man for the reviewing job when Sky Force came up for S60 3rd Edition - and I was right. Give Ewan a craft, loads of bullets and plenty of enemies to blast and he's as happy as a kid in a candy store...
Steve's been trialling Navicore Personal UK and Ireland 2006, a satellite navigation application for nearly all S60 smartphones. Here's the full review. Summary:very fully featured, but occasionally slow and quirky.
Ewan takes the controls of his space hopper and goes a-blasting his way through asteroid fields, space debris and enemy craft in Destiny, a 3D shoot-em-up. Here's the review.
I've been revising and reworking my review of Virtual Pool Mobile and, after six months of daily playing, ask the question: with perfect gameplay, immersive graphics, accurate physics and game longevity - is the best S60 game ever?
AAS friend Antony Pranata has been looking at using Mobipocket Reader to gather news offline (i.e. through your desktop) for later reading on your smartphone. Here's his report.
Two new S60 3rd Edition file managers and one more on the way... and all freeware! Y-Browser was released a couple of days ago, SysExplorer is out today and the developer of the rightly famous FExplorer has apparently just got the N80 and I'll bet a 3rd Edition beta won't be far away.
As part of a series of in depth navigation reviews, Steve Litchfield takes Wayfinder Navigator 6 for a spin on the Nokia E61. With prices starting at 100 Euros and compatibility with S60, UIQ, Series 80 and Windows Mobile, Wayfinder has become a major player in this field.
It seems that Flash Lite mini-games are starting to appear. Ewan's been trying out an example, Office Frenzy, and finds similarities to the Game 'n' Watch toys of the 1980s...
Steve and Rafe have been thinking about the reach of S60 smartphones, wondering if many users need to know about S60 itself and justifying the low sales of many third party applications, before concluding that the platform itself is more for operator and manufacturer benefit.
