We've all heard of Wikipedia, but have you heard of Wikiquotes? This is another Wikimedia website, which publishes proverbs and quotes from prominent people, books, films. This can be useful for both research and general interest. Our review today looks at an offline version of Wikimedia for Qt enabled Symbian phones. The entire Wikiquotes database is downloaded as part of the app, which weighs in at a whopping 95MB download. Read on to find out whether it's worth the download.
Film trailers seem to be the standard way of showing off video on your expensive smartphone. Numerous phones come with a few short videos pre-loaded, but there's only so many times you can watch the Tron Legacy trailer before you lose interest. This is where Nokia Trailers, that was quietly added to Ovi Store this week, comes in. It is a Qt based application that offers an easy way to stream or download trailers for current and upcoming movies. Read on for a video quick look and full text review.
Physics is everywhere, whether you realise it or not. Everything we do involves it, and our environment is determined by it. Yes, Physics is a rather important part of life. As such, today's review is of Physics Reference, a pocket guide to life, the universe, and everything, or is it? Read on to find out.
Having trouble getting off to sleep is something that afflicts many of us from time to time and there as many remedies as there are people willing to proffer their opinion. One such which is surprisingly effective is something monotonous or relaxing to listen to, which is where Sleep Machine comes in, a free application by the Pico Brothers.
Started in Amsterdam in 2009, Layar is an award winning mobile browser, specifically geared towards augmented reality and presenting location based information on the screen of your smartphone, mixing real world views with data pulled in from a number of sources. Now available on Symbian^3, Layar is an application that is far more than a test-bed prototype. Layar has been out there for two years, in the real world, helping people find out what is around them. It's a glimpse into a world that's been promised by science fiction, and while it might have some teething problems, Layar is still a great example of what a modern smartphone can do.
Buying music isn’t just an audio experience. For as long as music has been on sale, cover art has been part of the purchase. This continues into the digital age, where images are supplied with MP3’s as part of the download. As any seasoned Symbian user will know, the built-in music player doesn’t always successfully handle album art. Fortunately, help is at hand from an app called CoverUp which is here to fix our woes, read on for our review.
WeatherBug is a big name in weather - just look at their apps for every other platform and browser known to man. And now it's on Symbian too, courtesy of the ease of app development that is Qt. For all Symbian^3 phones (and a few S60 5th Edition ones which you've been brave enough to install Qt onto), WeatherBug is a fairly comprehensive solution, whatever your forecasting and meteorological needs - and it's totally free, which always helps!
Sometimes, we all have to deal with file transfers. For Symbian, the choices have been USB, Bluetooth, and even Sneakernet with a memory card. Fortunately, SymFTP, available for S60 5th Edition and Symbian^3, provides another option. It is an FTP server that runs on your phone, allowing access to its files remotely from your computer and other devices. Could wireless FTP be the new Bluetooth? Read on for our full review.
How to create the illusion of 3D without 3D (red/green or polarised) glasses? The Nintendo 3DS tries by using a 'lenticular' screen. Photo 3D on Symbian applies optical tricks, with a lot of help from you, to intelligently slice up your photos such that turning your display gives a slight '3D' effect. It does actually work, but the list of caveats and limitations is, it has to be said, pretty long.
Different Tack is a Twitter client with a twist, literally. If you’re longing for something more than linear menus, sick of scrolling, wishing things were more rotary? If so, you just might like this one. Different Tack is a new Qt app which has the most creative user interface I’ve seen. That’s all well and good, but how well does it work in practice? Read on to find out.
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