Pulsepaper is a freeware application that allows you to automatically change your S60 phones wallpaper up to three times a day. The application can sources images from a variety of sources including a flickr search. web image search, weather satellite images and more. If you are looking for a similar application, but one which uses local images, you can check out myLook from Bitween .
As the N82 arrived in Steve hands we noticed an interesting detail - bundled navigation. It seems that Nokia's imaging Nseries flagship will be shipping with 3 months of free navigation and local maps pre-installed on the included 2GB microSD card in select European markets. Read on for a photo and more detail.
Nokia's latest Nseries device, the N82, is now becoming available online in the UK. The Nokia UK Online shop offers the SIM-free Nokia N82 adventure pack which is available from the at £399. The adventure pack bundles a copy of Nokia's Sport Tracker Application and a Salomon back pack with the phone. Our affiliate phone shop also has the N82 from free on a range of O2 contracts as does Carphone Warehouse and other retailers are likely to have similar offers.
DDH Software's HanDBase , the cross platform relational database application, has now reached version 4. New in the S60 version is the ability to create and edit the database structure on the device itself (previously only data entry was supported). This means HanDBase is now the complete relational database solution for S60 phones. Also new is support for floating dates in filters which gives the ability to see records from the last week, last day and so on.
Steve has been looking at the latest version of Quickoffice , a powerful office suite for S60 phones. The principal update in version 5 is the addition of support for the new file formats used in Microsoft Office 2007. There are other items of interest too, including printing support, faster operation and a better interface.
It's great to see Symbian and Nokia courting the Japanese and Chinese markets respectively, with S60.com launching its own Chinese-language blog recently. If you're learning (or are fluent in) Chinese, then bookmark it!
Nokia today announced a new first party game for the Next Gen N-Gage platform called Dirk Spanner, which uses a phone's camera to control the game (apparently you can look round locations by just moving the phone). Find out more over on All About N-Gage...
The Nokia E90 alone in terms of form factor and specs for so long, is about to acquire a Windows Mobile-powered rival, the Toshiba Portege G910, according to Unwired View . Mind you, I said the same about the i-Mate Ultimate 7150, and look what happened to that...
