Where to start with Treemaker, the brand new puzzle/platformer from Mikrotie? How about one word: “Difficult". For me, though, that’s a good thing. This is a platform game you’ll need to work at to complete, and thanks to the great UI, wonderful controls and smooth gameplay, I think everyone else will appreciate it as much as I do.
Adding to its range of services, Nokia’s multi-platform Instant Messaging (IM) client has now been officially released on the Ovi Store; we reported on its beta release last year. The client is available for all touch screen Nokia phones (i.e. Symbian^3 and S60 5th Edition), and supports Ovi Chat, Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, and Myspace IM. The client also integrates with Contacts, indicating contacts’ online presence. Read on for our review, and plenty of screenshots.
Driving games show off the 3D skills of the developer, push a platform to the limit, and are great fun to play (if everything works). Fish Labs have a strong catalogue of 3D titles, and their latest release – Burning Tires 3D – lets them attack the motor sport genre. Have they passed the test, or are they still in the pits? Let’s find out.
If the idea of being a train driver was too sedate for you when you were a kid, then perhaps today’s game review might be of interest. Tank Hero puts you in control of a metal monster with which your aim is to be the last tank standing. With multi-touch controls and OpenGL graphics, do you have the skill to avoid incoming fire while aiming your shots? Read on to find out more.
From Ovi Maps to Google Maps to Here and Now, there are more 'what's around you' applications that you can count on every mobile platform. And into this crowded arena comes Poynt, written in Qt and offering business, restaurant and movie look-ups around your current location, complete with Ovi Maps integration for driving directions. Is it slick enough or comprehensive enough to matter?
This is a cute little strategy game, the object of which is to be the last player to place one of your marbles on the game board. Throw in some whizzy 3D graphics that make perfect sense in regard to the game, a smart computer A.I., along with the ability to make some nifty strategy choices, and you have a mobile game that appears to tick all the boxes.
If you have a need for speed and a penchant for polygons, then SpeedX might be just what you’re looking for. This fast-paced, obstacle avoiding, 3D racing game tests your reactions to the limit, with the object of surviving as long as you can. What’s more, this game also features a stereoscopic 3D mode, requiring anaglyph glasses. Read on to get the low-down on this high-paced speeder, along with my video reactions.
With the start of the Formula 1 season now behind us (the race yesterday in Australia proving to be an interesting curtain raiser), my eye now turns to keeping up to date with all the news from the F1 Grand Prix scene, and ESPN are hoping their Qt based application, ESPN F1 on Symbian, will be my route to updated news.
You've watched as I've taken the Nokia E7-00 from the box it was in, popped it in my sporran as I flew half way round the world to a conference to see what it can do, and then get seriously delayed on the flight home. Now it's the moment of reckoning. What do I really think of the Nokia E7? First up, this isn't a full, in-depth detailed feature review of the E7. We've taken care of that already on All About Symbian (over multiple parts, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6). This is still a review though, but of the Qwerty smartphone after two weeks of solid use in the real world – or at least as 'real' as my time at the South by Southwest Conference can be.
First Aid skills are something that everyone should have some knowledge of. Fortunately, the Ovi Store has recently added First Aid Box to its catalogue. Is a mobile phone application any substitute for practiced skills? Can reading from a phone be a quick enough way to give help in an emergency? Read on to find out more.
