ViewRanger, reviewed positively recently on AllAboutSymbian, has now been compiled for S60 3rd Edition, with full support for the higher resolution screens and different orientations. Press release follows.
MandalaIT have announced a new version of their powerful notebook/outliner application for UIQ. Mandala Notebook is a flexible and powerful tool for organising tasks and projects, it allows you to store notes, appointments, tasks and drawings in one central application. The new version improves the user interface and adds an optional encryption element allowing you to store data securely.
SymbianWave has announced the availability of Magic Message Manager for Nokia 9300/9500, adding much needed functionality to the built-in Messaging application. It can filter emails, SMS and MMS messages, faxes and beamed files using a variety of options (e.g. sender's name, text in message).
Nokia has made all its current gen first-party N-Gage games available for purchase via a download service. The games are paid for on Nokia's Software Marketplace website, downloaded to the user's PC, then transferred by the user to a MMC memory card, after which they work exactly as if the games had been bought at retail. This is strictly for the currently available for the original N-Gage and the N-Gage QD. It's not related at all to the Next Gen gaming platform (or any NSeries devices) due to appear in the first half of 2007.
Yes, it's all kicking off (literally) in a couple of days time and now even complete smartphone newbies can take the World Cup with them. Ewan reviews Resco's World Cup Mobile for S60....
The next generation of the secure database 'Handy Safe for S60' is now available, and it's significant because version 5 is now fully syncable with the Handy Safe Desktop and Note fields are finally supported. Thanks, EpocWare, you've just made me a happy man! The new version also adds 3rd Edition compatibility.
Nokia have announced an update to their excellent Mobile Search application. Local search support has been added for Denmark, France, Italy, Norway and Spain (in addition to the UK, Finland and Sweden). Nokia Mobile Search is available as a free download for both 2nd and 3rd Edition phones.
Steve compares the important, but often ignored, metric of standby time between a i-mate JAM (Windows Mobile 5) and a Nokia 9500 (Symbian OS 8). He comes away with an interesting result which may bear on purchase decisions for true mobile warriors.
The clever folks at the Internet Radio for S60 project have now finished a version for all S60 2nd Edition smartphones. Details and links courtesy of the S60 Multimedia blog. The usual disclaimers over GPRS bandwidth apply, of course!
The Blackberry Connect software for the Nokia E61 is now available via the Nokia Business site. This means the E61 can now replace any Blackberry device while retaining the Blackberry email and calendar experience. The software adds a Blackberry Mail account to the Messaging application and allows you to receieve push email from your Blackberry server.
The good news. As previously news posted, Nokia has licensed Golf Pro 2, Synergenix's next-generation golf game, for some of their 3rd Edition smartphones. The bad news. It's horribly flawed in its current incarnation. Read on to find out why.
OK, so we missed the original announcement of Theme Studio 3.0 a few weeks ago, but not to worry because it's been tweaked again (though still calling itself '3.0'). The new release of Theme Studio has bug fixes for installing to 3rd Edition smartphones, plus support for morphing themes and animated highlights. Here's the download page.
PC Suite has been tweaked again, for all Nokia smartphones. It's now at 6.8.22 and the changes include security and installation fixes. Bullet point changes below the break... There's also a cool and user-friendly set of Flash animations, most of which are here, to get across its purpose.
Still trying to breath a little life into Series 90, the interface used in the Symbian OS-based Nokia 7710, I've compiled a directory of freeware for it. Not, err... such a long list in the end, although I'll bet there's something you might want to grab. Comments (and additions) welcome!
