To go along with the new release of the OPL Runtime, FreEPOC and Ewan Spence have released an update to Vexed - The Ancient Riddles. Join Sekushi Dianno as she journeys through Puzznic's puzzles, now with full Menu support and a standard S60 interface.
Over at Mobitopia, theres a nice article on Piracy, Warez and Roms in the Mobile Games Industry. The problem exists, and this is a lovely overview of what's 'grey' out there.
EMame is a port of Mame to Symbian devices by Peter van Sebille. EPOC32 - ER5 (Psion Series 5 MX/Series 7) and ER6 (Nokia 9210 Series) and Symbian UIQ (P800/p900) versions of EMame have been out there for a while. Staffan Ulfberg has been nice enough to finally port EMame to Series 60!It has been tested and its known to be working with the Nokia N-Gage and Nokia 6600. EMame doesn't work with the 7650/3650 because these devices don't have enough RAM to run it, yet.Lets hope the lite version will solve the RAM issues.
As the Nokia 6600 becomes more widely available more reviews are popping up on the internet. On Mobitopia Russell Beattie gives us his impressions. Meanwhile MobileBurn have also been looking at the newest Series 60 handset, you can read their review here. The overall reaction seems very positive for this second generation smartphone, although reviewers do seem to be expecting more and more from small devices!
MobileVB Solo from Appforge is now available for the Series 60 and other platforms. The Solo programs allows you to develop programs for one platform (rather than the multiple platforms you have with the full MobileVB). By purchasing for just one platform there is a considerable cost saving for the developer.
Nokia have released on 18-Nov-2003 PC Suite for Nokia 3650 in English Version 3.0. The updates included support for Microsoft Windows XP internal Bluetooth stack. Click Here for more info.
There is an ongoing effort to port Real Network's HELIX DNA Client to the Symbian OS platform. At this moment only the source-code is available and since the project is open-source you can join their effort by joining the team. So if you have what it takes fire away. For more information click here .
Recently several programs have been released for Series 60 with the intention of helping you find you way around, ranging from European wide solutions down to individual towns and cities. The Wayfinder, gpMobile and TomTom City Map programs demonstare the flexibility of Series 60. With the addition of a bluetooth GPS these programs should ensure you're never lost again (except when you forget the phone...). Here's a quick run down of all three programs.
Psiloc have released Vision for Series 60. Vision allows you to assign videos to contacts that are then played when that contact rings you. You effectively have video ringtones. The software also supports display of full screen pictureson an incoming call. The software is compatiable with all Series 60 handsets.
Cibenix announced today that their Active Desk and Active Today products, which implement today screen like functionality for Symbian phones are now compatiable with the Nokia 6600.
Long time ago me and my brother Kyle here, we was hitchhikin' down a long and lonesome road. All of a sudden, there shined a shiny demon in the middle of the road. And he said: "Play the best song in the world, or I'll eat your soul." Well me and Kyle, we looked at each other, and we each said... "Okay." And we played the first thing that came to our heads, Just so happened to be, The Best Song in the World, it was The Best Song in the World. Read the review of Guitar Tuner here.
WebViewer and EmailViewer, both from Reqwireless have been updated. If you want to continue using these midlets, you need to upgrade to these new version. (AAS has reviewed WebViewer here).
Sendo and Opera have today announced that the new Series 60 Sendo X will have Opera rather than a WAP browser. Opera's Small Screen Rendering allows HTML sites to be viewed without having to use horizontal scrolling, making it far more user-friendly. EwanFreEPOC saw a demo of the Sendo X with Opera and was impressed.
Russell Beattie (of Mobitopia) has taken time out after a week with his N-Gage to write up why the N-Gage is a Disaster for Nokia. It makes for painful reading, but it's hard to find fault with the symptoms, or the proposed cure.
OggPlay is an Ogg vorbis audio player for smartphones.It was first ported for the Sony Ericsson p800 smartphone running UIQ in April this year.The good news is that it has been ported to Series 60 and its now in early-alpha-preview stage - version 0.10.OggPlay has been tested with the following phones: Siemens SX-1, Nokia N-Gage, Nokia 7650 and it will probably work with other Series 60 phones.This release has couple of limitations.For more info and download vist OggPlay's website
