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European Union approves 50/50 deal for UIQ
The deal between Sony Ericsson to co-own UIQ Technology, together with Motorola, has received blessing from the European Union and it seems the approval is the last hurdle before the split-ownership begins. With Sony Ericsson's strong UIQ developer community and Motorola's innovative designs, UIQ's future catalogue looks interesting. Time will tell... Full news after the jump.
Posted by Asri al-Baker at 3:03 UTC, December 14th || 10 Comments
Comes with Music and Firmware Upgrades
It's Insight number 4, masquerading as AAS podcast 51, in which Rafe, Ewan and I discuss Nokia's 'Comes with Music' initiative and then move on to the thorny subject of firmware upgrades - should these be done as they are at the moment, in discrete steps with inconvenience for the user, or could they be implemented Windows-style, with a continuous series of patches?Posted by Steve Litchfield at 12:52 UTC, December 10th || 2 Comments
The J2ME games just keep on comin'
In this followup feature, I look at another big batch of J2ME games available through Download! and through third party portals such as ClickGamer . Are the likes of Midnight Bowling, Bubble Bash, Pro Rally Racing and David Coulthard GP any good? As you might expect, some are, some aren't, but I'm happy to help out with some pointers.Posted by Steve Litchfield at 8:21 UTC, December 10th || 6 Comments
A Symbian Christmas
Ah yes, Krisse does like to roundup Christmas/wintery games each year, with a couple of new entrants this time round. There are games for all Symbian platforms, most of them are free, and at the very least they should keep you going until Nokia decides to throw the switch on their N-Gage store...Posted by Steve Litchfield at 14:06 UTC, December 7th || 5 Comments
Quickoffice bolstered and extended on UIQ
Quickoffice, already licensed by Sony Ericsson for their UIQ 3 smartphones, has been re-licensed for the next five years, with the addition of the Quickmanager on-device update system, not present on devices like the P990 and P1i. The full press release follows.Posted by Steve Litchfield at 8:23 UTC, December 4th || 1 Comment
80 laser-fraught levels of Robo
In the second part of a Friday game double-bill, Attila Katona reviews Robo, also for (nearly) every Symbian OS platform known to man. It's a level-based puzzler in isometric 3D and Robo is really rather good in its cute, pixellated way.Posted by Steve Litchfield at 9:10 UTC, November 30th || 5 Comments
Blazar - cheap enough and cheerful?
It's been around for a while for S60 and UIQ (in all varieties), but Krisse brings us a detailed review of scrolling shoot 'em up Blazar in the modern age. That'll be the 'we're all kicking our heels, seeing what else is out there, waiting for N-Gage to be properly available' age, then....Posted by Steve Litchfield at 7:57 UTC, November 30th || 0 Comments
Snuggle up with Snow Lines
If it's nearly Christmas then it must be time for an icy puzzler. Right on cue come Herocraft with Snow Lines, and our very own Attila Katona has been playing it for days to bring you a detailed review. Not that one is needed, to be honest, it's a great game, you already know how to play it and there's a trial version for every platform under the sun....Posted by Steve Litchfield at 8:30 UTC, November 20th || 0 Comments
Handango offers LCG Jukebox for free
For one day only Handango is offering a copy of LCG Jukebox by Lonely Cat Games for free (usual cost of $25). LCG Jukebox is a music player with play list management and support for MP3 and OGG audio formats. The software also includes features than enable you to stream various Internet radio stations to your phone.Posted by Rafe Blandford at 16:41 UTC, November 9th || 10 Comments
Who needs 3G anyway?
Despite all the fast 3.5G devices now available, it's still a criminal waste to have to download 1MB of HTML and photos just so you can read 1K of text. Which is why I love mobile portals and transcoders. And the folks at igloo have told me about their portal, which looks very well stocked. And don't forget about two other low bandwidth solutions, Mippin and Mowser, both of which have been updated recently. Happy browsing!Posted by Steve Litchfield at 11:58 UTC, November 9th || 3 Comments
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