I love games that come from a very simple concept, games that add in a little something devious from the author, and then get stuck on my smartphone. Word Find, from Grovr, joins that list. Presenting you with a 4x4 grid of single letters, you are challenged to find all the words you can make. The only twist is that you need to trace an uninterrupted path from letter to letter.
You can already tell the time with your smartphone, but do you want it to do some more? SPB hopes so, as the release of SPB Time should prove to you. It’s a new clock, but there are stopwatches, counters, alarms, and a full moon. Let's find out if that's enough.
It's big, it's black, it knows where it is and it's surprisingly thin. Here's the sixth, and final, part in our in-depth review of the retail Nokia E7. I look at the built-in mapping and navigation, at additional applications, both preloaded and supplied via the on-device store, at its homescreens, plus I try to work out where the E7 fits into the smartphone world of 2011. Be sure to also check Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5 of our E7 review so far.
Symbian^3 has Worms. No jokes please, I mean the perennial video game! Yes, Worms has been around since 1995, allowing gamers to partake in the pleasure of parabolic persecution. That’s right, it’s not just the Angry Birds who have been exploiting ballistic bombardment for our entertainment! Read on to see how well the slithering scrimmage plays out on Symbian^3!
Now, don't laugh. For the attention-distracted and culinary-challenged among us, boiling an egg isn't trivial. It's just far to easy to get distracted and go off reading tweets or stress over something else in the kitchen and before you know it, your boiled egg is... well, a hard boiled egg. 'The Perfect Egg' is, in theory, a cut above the usual egg timer applications, aiming to offer a modicum of advice and a dash of glitz to proceedings. However, it's ultimately as flawed as the vagaries of 'kitchen science' itself.
'Running' games are something of a trend in the wider smartphone world (e.g. on iOS) and so it's not surprising that one such has turned up in full commercial form for Symbian. I Must Run offers oodles of polish and atmosphere, all desperately trying to disguise the genre as the one-trick pony that it is. Still, it's good value for money at a mere £1 in the Ovi Store, even if its main purpose is to keep your teenagers happy in the back of the car for an hour on your next journey.
So, now that the Soccer review is out the way (Pro Evolution Soccer, yesterday) it’s time to turn to American Football. But not the whole game, just the bit that’s fun to play. Can Backbreaker take a three hour stop and start marathon of a sport and make it into a mobile marvel? You better bet it can.
In this, part five of our in-depth E7 review, I’ll continue to look at the productivity and enterprise features of the E7. Given that the E7 isn’t even available to buy in many areas yet, we are of course reviewing a product release (PR) 1.0 device. Readers should note that its software version is 13.016, which puts it equal in many ways with the PR 1.1 firmware of the N8, C7 and C6-01. Be sure to check Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 of our E7 review so far too.
As you may know, I'm a fan of Xenon flash on a camera phone, turning social evening shots into proper photos rather than blurry messes. However, Xenon illumination lasts only a few microseconds and the unit takes five seconds to recharge, making it totally unsuitable for constant lighting. With LED torch mode rightly becoming a useful feature of many smartphones these days, can anything be done on the Xenon-equipped Nokia N8? Can it help you find your way to the car door or dustbins late at night? PhoneTorch N8 attempts to help...
Tom and Jerry. Norman Wisdom and Jerry Desmond. Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier. Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer and Electronic Art’s FIFA series. Yes the world is awash with competitors, and that’s what makes it interesting. So how does Konami's football game measure up in its first season on Symbian? Let's kick off and find out.
