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Happy 40th birthday to the mobile phone
As noted by the BBC today marks the 40th anniversary of the first mobile phone call. The first call was made by Martin Cooper, a Motorola engineer, to a rival, Dr Joel Engel, at Bell Labs on April 3rd...
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JB Hybrid theme merges Android Jelly Bean with... what?
Theme maker Blade has built up an enviable reputation in the Symbian community, and JB Hybrid is his latest commercial effort. The 'JB' bit stands for Jelly Bean and there are plenty of Android 4.1...
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Sudoku Blue Master. And err... Green... and Red...
Ah yes, Sudoku - revisited here by the prolific NokiMoki in a trio of coloured boards. You know the rules, you know the drill and you get to pick the colour. £1, even for such a simple (and, in places,...
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Astral 3D Effects brings the stargate to your smartphone
Game or application? The jury's out on Astral 3D Effects, perhaps the visual equivalent of Brian Eno's famous ambient music apps on other platforms - the aim here is to mesmerise, inspire and...
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Review: E-Case eSeries 9 submersible case
Transparent, waterproof pouches that enable us to use our tech in the pouring rain, down the beach or even, in extreme cases, underwater, have been around for a while, of course, I looked at Proporta's...
View ArticleEasy listening and hard rock gigs, brought to you by the 808
I haven't featured any of these for a while, but the two Nokia 808-shot videos below give an excellent flavour of two very different live gigs, both featuring clear visuals and immaculate sound. The...
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Real Phone - in-car aid or, better, suitable for (grand)parents?
I'm not sure the developer has angled 'Real Phone' right - it's pitched as a simple way to interact with contacts in-car, i.e. without too many fiddly finger taps needed, but I think he'd do much...
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Checking if the podcatching grass is greener
One of the core activities on any Symbian phone in recent years has been podcatching, i.e. the fully automated gathering of podcasts, ready for your listening anytime, anywhere. First Nokia Podcasting,...
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Freeware utility adds solar charging to your Symbian phone (ahem)
It's a fair cop, this is in fact one of those novelty applications that I normally skip right over, except that a) I was in frivolous mood, b) it's very well done in terms of attention to detail, and...
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The Top 10 of Symbian Weird - ugly, odd or bizarre
You may remember that I featured the Top 10 Most Beautiful Symbian phones a while back? This is the exact opposite, a condemnation celebration of the very worst in cosmetics, practicality and...
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Nokia Public Transport 2.5 gets official release at last
You may recall my news post about the increased city coverage across the world for Nokia Public Transport? The caveat in that piece was that you had to have installed the beta v2.5 release of the app...
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Mines is free, fun and challenging
I've lost count of the number of versions of Minesweeper for Symbian now, but I'm not going to let another decent incarnation slip by without comment because this one's both well programmed and totally...
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ShareBoard allows lightning status updates to Facebook and Twitter
Posting a quick social update to multiple networks with one tap is rarely trivial on any smartphone. Gravity gets close on Symbian, while Nokia Social has this as one of its (few) highlights. But what...
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Save The Kitty physics puzzler wows on Symbian
For the second time in a month, a major physics-based puzzler has hit Symbian (still, numerically, the 'third ecosystem') before other mobile platforms. In this case Save The Kitty, with you having to...
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The Top 10 'HD' Symbian games
Two Top 10s in one week? Yep, I'm in that sort of mood. In this case, a pointer to what I consider are the very best games to show off what Symbian and your smartphone can do, perhaps challenged down...
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Turning the Nokia N8 into a Delight?
Although I haven't tried this personally, for a Symbian^3 generation device, I did note the other day that there's a pretty attractive new custom firmware released for the Nokia N8 - "Delight 6.0 -...
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Math Fun Premium perfect for testing 6 to 8 year olds
There definitely aren't enough good educational games in the Nokia Store. My hopes weren't high when I spotted that Math Fun Premium is essentially a Flash application, but I was impressed by its...
View ArticleCounter-Strike on Symbian? Yes and no!
The Half-Life spinoff Counter-Strike is a big name in PC gaming, I know. And below is a video of it running on Symbian. Really. With 8 maps, 8 weapons and 4 skins. That's the good news. I'll save the...
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PhoNetInfo tweak - how long has YOUR smartphone been 'up'?
It's a fair copy, this is a small update to a fairly geeky utility, but it got me musing (hey, it's Friday!)... PhoNetInfo, one of my favourite utilities (yes, it's commercial, but buy it anyway and...
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WeatherClock, the all-purpose homescreen widget
Here's another weather widget to add to your Symbian homescreen arsenal, though it stands out by having two sizes, several styles, plus shortcuts to Clock and Calendar (hence the 'Clock' bit in the...
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