[New review June 2011] Weather HD has made a name for itself on iOS as a 'premium' weather utility, where for 'premium' you can read 'gratuitous video clips that may or may not bear some resemblance to what the weather's actually doing (or going to do)'. Here's the updated (v1.01) version for Symbian, with significant work done to improve the speed and responsiveness of the app. But is it enough?
When it comes to calendar applications, we Symbian users have had little choice in recent years. In fact, the last convincing replacement for Calendar was Papyrus for S60 3rd Edition, reviewed by us back in 2006! That is why Business Calendar caught my eye, to my knowledge it's the first serious attempt at a replacement for Calendar on touch screen driven Symbian phones. Is it up to the task? Can it work harmoniously beside Symbian's own Calendar? Read on to find out!
Wikipedia is a wonderful thing. It is the culmination of human knowledge presented online for anyone to contribute to. Well, not quite, I don't want to raise the academics' blood pressure too much! While Wikipedia is a comprehensive resource, it's only as accessible as your Internet connection allows, unless you regularly download the entire database. Thanks to Mopedi, you can do just that on your Symbian device. For travellers, there's Mopedi Places too, with curated databases for specific parts of the world. Read on for a look at both.
We all have to take medication sometimes. Remembering when to take it, and when to order repeat prescriptions, can be difficult when you're busy or not feeling well. It can be even harder if you're looking after yourself and/or several others too. Wouldn't it be good if your phone could be your personal medical assistant? With “Medica, Medication Reminder” you can do just that. Read on to find out how well it works in practice.
Given the inherent limitations of mobile devices, RSS (feeds) can be a very useful way to consume content from your favourite sites on the go. Symbian offers a basic feed reader in the Web application, but you'll need to turn to a third party for something more powerful. Horus is a new entrant in this space, offering a visually compelling way to consume feeds. It also features offer some clever platform integration, including the ability to play back audio and video podcasts in RSS enclosures and full support for the Symbian browser system.
In the depths of winter, ITV subject the United Kingdom to The X Factor, a rowdy show where people cast votes so that judges can decide which of the two unpopular candidates they will save each week because they'll probably sell more MP3s come Christmas time. And in the summer months, they do exactly the same, except jugglers can be involved, and it's called Britian's Got Talent.
There's no doubting that Harald Meyer is the king of aftermarket Symbian hardware utilities. His CameraPro is what creates all the close-up videos in my Phones Show, while his PhoneTorch has been used by thousands here to provide LED illumination on the way home from the pub! And now we have his latest creation, CameraFX 2.0, offering real time image mangling of a pretty high order. Is it useful in any way? Not at all. Is it fun, cool and geeky? You bet!
There's some wonderful photography on the Internet, uploaded from anyone with a camera and an Internet connection. Flickr and Picasa are two of the biggest players in this area, and searching their content for keywords can bring up a treasure trove of images. Accessing them on your phone via a browser can sometimes be a clunky experience. This is where Pocket View steps in, allowing you to discover photos with a slick Qt user interface. But does it have everything? Read on to find out.
Just like the proverbial bus service, yet another unofficial Dropbox application has appeared in the Ovi Store. Last week, Rafe reviewed Cutebox, now we have DropML, another Qt-based application for accessing your files in the cloud. With a different feature set and user interface, how well does DropML measure up? Read on to find out.
Making the most of photos captured on your phone is a perennial challenge; most phones now do come with some type of photo uploading and sharing functionality out of the box, but there's always room for improvement. Molome, developed by HLP, is a new entrant in the social photo sharing space, providing a way to upload photos to the web and share them with your followers and friends on Twitter and Facebook. As we'll see in this review, its optional photo filters add an extra dimension of creativity, potentially turning ordinary photos into something extraordinary.
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