3D Tracking is an innovative service which allows you to see where you (or rather a suitably set up mobile) has been. The service allows you to view current and past routes and positions. It uses information from a Bluetooth GPS to send location information (via a small piece of Java software) to their servers and display the results overlaid on Google Maps or Google Earth. The service is available at no charge.
UIQ users of Route 66 might be interested in our voice-guided navigation program for UIQ (and Series 60) smartphones. See how easy it is to navigate your first route and learn how to use Route 66 efficiently.
Opera Mini, the java midlet based version of the popular mobile browser, is now officially and freely available worldwide from the Opera Mini website. We've previously reviewed the free browser and gave it the thumbs up. Full Press Release Follows
Arjen Broeze writes: I have just released iDesk version 1.45. This version fixes some bugs that existed in the previous version and also adds a small number of new features like virtual cursor support, searching for buttons, finding unassigned applications. This version also fixes the problem with increased CPU-usage... which should result in longer battery-life.
There's now yet another free way to take Series 60 screenshots, for use in tutorials, guides and (yes) web pages. Best Screen Snap is here, and looks pretty comprehensive.
piAccess Link adds AT command support to Symbian phones for SMS and phone book retrieval. This allows you to access text messages and contacts over Bluetooth from a PC with standard AT command software (such as piAcess Mail). Features include support for both incoming and outgoing Bluetooth serical connections, reading and deletion of all SMS (sent or received), reading of contacts and access to additional phone information such as the IMEI.
All together now (again): "Why does the N-Gage get all the best games and when can we have them for our generic S60 smartphones?" Ewan's been playing High Seize and is quite impressed, there's strategy and atmosphere galore in this N-Gage swashbuckler. Here's the review.
TWT SMS reader claims to give you access to text messaging without needing to see your smartphone screen. Steve puts it to the test and finds it surprisingly clear, even if it does fail to handle simple text abbreviations.... Here's the review.
A few more Symbian related gems from CES, this time in the new Yahoo! Go service. The mobile sync section is just a small part of the service, but the Series 60 client allows you to keep Contacts, Photos and Email messages in sync with your Yahoo! account. There is also a client for Yahoo Messenger, allowing you to use Yahoo IM on your phone. In addition Yahoo Go Mobile acts as a shortcut, via bookmarks, to allow you to access many Yahoo Mobile services including games, and information (news, weather, finance movies). We'll have a more in-depth look at this next week once we've had a play.
Forget those 'match and tap' puzzles, this is the real thing. The classic Mastermind game on steroids, Steve finds that Enigma is brain-manglingly challenging and slickly implemented for both Series 60 and Series 80. Read the review.
MetrO is a freeware tube routefinder that works for many cities around the world, on all Symbian-based smartphones. Steve's been putting it through its paces on his Nokia 7710 to let us know what it's like.
Ewan's been working his way up the part-arcade, part-platform game Mile High Pinball for the Nokia N-Gage and has concluded that it's too well done to get ignored. Here's the review.
