Parental control software has been around for years on the desktop, it's even built into many OS these days. But what about the mobile? These days your kids spend more time on their phones than on a desktop OS. And, if you want to make sure your kids stay safe on their mobile, the new cross-platform Mobiflock system seems a very comprehensive way to go. What's involved and how well does it work? Read on for my walkthrough and review.
If you've ever looked skyward at night and wondered what each point of light was, you're in need of a guide. For Symbian users, that guide comes in the form of Astroller. This is an interactive sky map, controlled by touch or accelerometer plus compass. Allowing you to observe from any place on the globe, at any time, you can see how the cosmos was, and will be. Along with plenty of other tools, read on to find out who this astronomical app is best suited to.
Rolling a great big stone idol around an island might not sound like the greatest idea for a game, but Digital Chocolate have come up trumps again with Diamond Islands 2. It looks great, the graphics are clear, and the goal is obvious. It's just a shame about the control system, read on to find out why.
I'm a puzzle man, and I know what I like. Games with lots of swirling graphics, overflowing with coloured blobs, information to take in, decisions to be made and hidden consequences to any action made. Wordsler is none of that. It's just a deck of cards and some letters. Can it make me happy? It appears the answer is yse (and the pun is intended).
Read It Later is a service which allows you to queue up interesting links to read later. To streamline loading times, Read It Later delivers your saved page in a text only form, for reading either on their website, or offline with a mobile application. Therein lays the rub for Symbian users, there has been no mobile application for Read It Later. This is where Talvinder Bansal (of SymFTP fame) comes to the rescue, with his SymPaper application, a Read It Later client written in Qt. Read on find out more.
Got your car stuck in a traffic jam or your yacht blocked in at the marina? Then your name is Joe, and you're the character in Trogaming's Chaos and Mayham. It's a sliding block puzzle game where you have to free yourself from a 21st Century mess of vehicles. Frustrating is the word of the day, both for the circumstances Joe finds himself in, and the code on offer in this game.
When it comes to keeping a record of a document, tag, ticket or receipt on the Nokia N8, it's easy enough to snap a close-up photo, of course. And you can then zoom in later to read it as needed. But developers Norfello have come up with subtle twist - a utility that processes such photos, converts to PDF for long term storage and then, optionally, uploads the PDF to your Evernote account. In the absence of an official Evernote client, having a quick way to snap something in paper form and then have it available everywhere turns out to be rather useful.
Science Fiction fans gather around. If you like to give our extraterrestrial friends the “we come in peace, shoot to kill” type of welcome, here's a game that might interest you. In UFO2012, you are tasked with greeting landing parties of hostile aliens. Pick your team, select your arsenal and go forth exploring isometric landscapes and abandoned buildings. It's an old turn-based adventure game, so read on to see how well the formula translates to mobile gaming.
It's time for another puzzle game that might help you while away your summer time stuck in a queue (be it an airport, a theatre show, or waiting around an open air musical gig). Can a classic game ever be made better than the original? Colorbox have given it a go with their version of Lines. Will this implementation of the game be one that I actually enjoy?
You know the game, it's a perennial, it's always challenging and a great time-waster (in the good sense). Mine Sweeper, in this implementation, offers a choice of three grid sizes, an intuitive interface, sound effects, atmospheric graphics and... a ticking clock - can you beat your best time? Not bad value for a quid, I reckon!
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