As a Christmas present from 'mtvoid', they have made their Bluetooth media control utility ControlFreak freeware. Here's the home page - it works on all S60 2nd edition smartphones.
Yet another DVD/video to Nokia smartphone converter has been released, from Rock Your Mobile. Nokia Video Converter looks quite slick though. URL and press release follows.
Mobile Systems' OfficeSuite 3 is released today for S60 3rd Edition devices. New features include charts, Inbox support and a better file browser. The full press release follows. With a new version of Quickoffice coming very soon, we'll be featuring a head-to-head review just as soon as we've polished off the Christmas pudding and mince pies... In the meantime, though, just try it out for yourself!
Nokia's Future Watch site devoted to their Next Gen gaming platform on S60 3rd Edition smartphones has now officially launched. The site tries to answer the most frequently asked questions about the new platform, something N-Gage Arena members have been waiting for ever since the Next Gen was announced. While Future Watch mostly repeats the information that Nokia's given out at various press conferences over the last year, this is the first time all the official statements have been collected in one place, and in amongst the familiar facts there are one or two gems of significant new information as well. Click here to find out more...
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.
Ah, the customary spare moment for Steve to update his smartphone Grid, now with the addition of the Nokia 5500 and Palm Treo 750v. Which one is now the best smartphone for you? Plug in your prefs and let the javascript decide! [updated: also now has the P990i and N73]
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.
I've a feeling I could be spending quite a bit of time on S60.com's latest official blog, Mobile Security, by Neil Barclay. Welcome to the blogosphere, Neil! And, on the subject of the S60 blogs, the latest Voice of S60 is now up, featuring AAS favourite Tommi Vilkamo.
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.
