Ooh! Finally catching up on news from the October Press Briefing is Slashdot's rather negative coverage of Nokia's re-targeting of the N-Gage from a single handset to a brand covering the entire Series 60 portfolio. Worth a read to see just what Noki...
Not sure how these slipped under the radar while I was away sunning myself stateside (ahem) but the Arena has four more N-Gage demos of MMC games available for free download and install on your MMC cards. You can check out Asphalt: Urban GT 2, Mile H...
Thanks to Darla for spotting that Nokia have released their traditional free Christmas game for the N-Gage. And for all Series 60 smartphones, with a snowball-throwing Santa-meets-space invaders arcader. Put up with the cheesy music and N-Gage advert...
Telcogames have been slowly making moves into the Symbian market, but that's about to change with their accquisition of Magic Productions. Magic, the company behind ports of Qwak and Another World, are strong in the 16-bit conversion market. These ti...
New over on 3-Lib is a big update to my media gallery archive for anyone needing high-res photos of Symbian-powered mobile devices, especially in lifestyle situations. Many recent devices are now covered, as well as long-lost images from Psion days.
The N-Gage Arena sometimes has some massive holes in its gameplay - David Galbraith looks at one of the latest titles, 'One', and wonders why some things don't add up.
Now up to v1.15, Domi Hugo's essential Series 60 file manager continues to blaze a trail for freeware applications. Changes in this version include better cursor control, more error checking for free RAM, progress bars and improvements to the hex edi...
Only launched a couple of days ago, Steve snatched the review copy of Virtual Pool Mobile out of Ewan's jet-lagged hands and has been up all night trying to beat the pool hall bosses. Here's the full review. Summary: great physics, this is as real as...
OK, so it's in an unofficial Nokia blog, but it's still good to see freeware applications get more exposure. See Tommi's blog for a really good plug for Series 60 freeware and a list of starting points.
While off exploring the Brave New World himself, Ewan's had time to fire in this enthusiastic review of Settlers of Catan, an N-Gage conversion of a cult strategy board game. Summary: steep learning curve, but totally worth it.