Nokia is pretty proud of its green credentials throughout the company, and their latest branded game, Climate Mission 3D, wants to make sure that smartphone users are also aware of what they can do as individuals. But like any good lesson, it's far better to hide the education inside a game. Which is what Nokia has done here.
Time for the next part in our look at the Nokia X7 (see parts one, two and three as well). This is the point where traditionally we'd turn to look at the applications in a Symbian phone review. And who am I to break with tradition? Exactly. But this time I want to go from a different angle, because applications nowadays mean a lot more to the man or woman on the street.
Following on from part 1 (hardware) and part 2 (software), here is the third part of our Nokia E6 review. It covers the E6's enterprise credentials, including email, office and other business related applications and settings. I also provide my concluding thoughts on this hybrid touch and keyboard form factor device, unique in the Symbian^3 range. But don't switch off afterwards, because Steve's going to provide a multimedia-themed E6 part four, plus his own concluding thoughts, in a few days time.
Continuing my run of cases for the Nokia E7 Communicator, I here review the Noreve Tradition Leather Case, a luxury design that again sees the E7 staying in situ. With some of the best-smelling(!) leather I've yet experienced, this is definitely a top end case design and beautifully crafted, with only one or two minor quibbles.
Well, what do you know? The Post Office, a grand old institution in the UK, still with branches in many villages across the country, just got itself an official 'app' in the Ovi Store, commissioned by the PO from developers Grapple Mobile. The result is implemented in Java and a trifle simplistic, but it's still a quick way into some of The Post Office's most needed information.
In part 1 of our review of the Nokia E6, we looked at its hardware and positioning in the smartphone world, along with a flavour of its tweaked (VGA) touch interface. In this second review part, we look in more detail at the implementation of Symbian Anna on the E6, the third party software scene, and Nokia's Ovi services on this new 'slab qwerty' device.
It looks smart, it sounds wonderfully weird, and there's a tiny hint of the old Game and Watch style of play in World of Rabbit. But can this collection of mini-games win over players in the modern smartphone world?
Sometimes it is really easy to label a game as in a specific genre and not look beyond that. Gravity Guy is a case in point. It's a single button arcade game (as with many, tapping the screen does the action) and it's a "run as fast as you can while not getting caught and avoiding obstacles" game. But at the same time it's a platformer that needs split second accuracy to make the best of the potential jumps you can make, without having an actual jump key. And I love it.
An archetypal third party application, BabyFeed runs on all Symbian^3 (and above) phones and aims to be the perfect companion to the new mum or dad, helping you track your baby's progress in a multitude of ways. It certainly beats scribbling things down on scraps of paper. The star feature here is automatically notifying your partner about important medication taking or feeds - this is a great way to help them feel involved and informed even if they're stuck at work.
Here's part 1 of our comprehensive review of the Nokia E6, building in the best of the other Symbian^3 and Anna phones into the classic 'slab Qwerty' (E72/Blackberry) form factor, with the added benefit of a high resolution touchscreen as well. It's fair to say that the Nokia E6 has become a firm favourite here and in this review part I look at the hardware, with a special focus on the keyboard and its usability.
