Nokia USA is conducting a 2 to 4 month study to investigate how people use their Nokia phones. The study is accepting new panel members for a limited time only.
Ian Ratcliffe takes up the challenege of a Series 60 SuDoKu client, with MobilSuDoKu, which has 50 built in puzzles and promises taht it has solved "every SuDoKu puzzle it has tried to solve." Worth a look.
Metro, perennially popular on Palm and Pocket PC platforms, makes it's way to Series 60. Using "city files," you'll be able to find your way through the public transport systems of over 300 cities.
With version for Series 60 v1.x and v2.x, Sympal's XpenseTravel allows the travelling businessman to keep track of his expenses, backup or export these to a PC, in multiple categories over multiple currencies. Trial version is available.
SendoSmartphones.com is a website aimed at providing information about the Sendo X series of phones. One of the innovations of the site is a non profit scheme to certify programs as being compatiable with the Sendo X series (with the intention that this will aid users in finding compatiable software).
PhotoZox is another addition to the well stocked supply of photo manipulation and effects program for Series 60. Features include the standard camera features such as zoom, brightness and cropping while photo processing allows you to add x-ray, emboss and other effects. Finally you can add a 3D frame to give a finishing touch.
MobilLuck, the Bluetooth presence / social software tool has been updated. Features in the premier version now include auto accepting of incoming mesasages, profiles and photos of other nearby Mobiluck users and more.
More inventive uses for Series 60 Python, this time from GPS Wanderer. he's taken a little Python script that grabs your location from your bluetooth GPS, and then scurries off to get the relevant map from the Google Maps service.
Skype PTT from Usefulapps is a push to talk client for Skype to be used in conjunction with a Bluetooth enabled PC (the PC links to Skype, the phone is effectively used as a PTT headset). The obvious limitation is that you need to remain within Bluetooth distance of your PC. Skype have said they are working on a Symbian version of their client (though it is likely to be for Wifi or possibly 3G handsets only).
Nokia Sensor is a program designed to run on Series 2.0+ phones. It may have a lot of buzz words - a social Bluetooth smartphone application, but it is an intriguing idea. You set up a personal homepage (dubbed a folio) and other Sensor users can read this (and you can read theirs). The folio includes your profile (pictures, motto etc.), a file sharing page (where you can put pictures, video and audio) and a Guestbook. The program works by scanning for other users over Bluetooth, which can be set to happen automatically in the background while the phone is on. Once connected you can read other's folio, leave them a message, and retieve their files.
Mobile Search for Series 60 is a cross program search tool for Series 60 phones. It allows you to search through Contacts, Calendar, Todo's, SMS's and Notes in one go (e-mail, and files are promised for a future version). The lack of a universal search has always been somewhat puzzling given the popularity of the feature of the original Palm platform, and for those missing this grep like functionality Mobile Search from Odendahl SEPT-Solutions might be the answer.
Bitween SRL have released MailX, software to allow your phone to have Push Email support on a standard POP3 ir IMAP account for Series 60. Support for multiple accounts, custom message alerts, secure and in the clear IMAP and 128bit encryption are available. Versions for Series 60 v1 and Series 60 v2 are available, along with a Series 80 version.
New from Unteh is Notepad for Series 60, a text editor applciation for Series 60 devices. Looking remarkably like a Windows XP application, but in a 176x208 window. There's full editing available, a clipboard, and full access to the file system for storing your text files. We'll have a full review in the next week or so, but there's nothign to stop you downloading a copy now from the AAS Store.
