January 31, 2005
ProfiMail
If there is one app you puchase for your Series 60 phone, ProfiMail is it. Loney Cat games has a hit on their hands here, and no matter what Nokia bakes into S60, i don't think they will catch up.
ProfiMail breaks the rules in so many ways, but it works! they've given the finger to the native UI and created their own widgets and windowing, as well as transparent windows and alerts.
Their solution handles HTML email AND allows you to continue to browse, all from within the app.
The latest version also supports SSL which i know was one reason people shyed away from the app in the past.
The one thing i think this app really needs is the ability not do download messages over [x] kilobytes. there are times i just don't want to wait for that 2 meg attachment, and right now you can download all the messages or just the headers.
ProfiMail also comes in a UIQ version which i have not yet tried, but will if i ever get to carrying the P910 as a main sidearm.
Posted by Steve at 11:41 PM | Comments (1)
January 24, 2005
EA Sports FIFA 2005
I may be a little biased since I have owned pretty much every incarnation of EA Sports FIFA soccer series since its initial debut on the Sega Genesis, but FIFA 2005 is hands down the best sports game, if not the best game available on a phone today.
Granted it's 2005 and this game plays like FIFA 98 or 2000 on the PC, but this is on a phone, and it's just a lot of fun.
I've bought about 5 soccer games for phones, and FIFA 2005 just blows them all away. No contest. This is good old fashioned fun like i remember it. Playing FIFA instead of working. ah...
The only problem is of course, you have to find another N-Gage to play against with Bluetooth.
What i would give for an UTMS N-Gage with a 1.3 Megapixel camera!
Posted by Steve at 11:44 PM | Comments (0)
January 17, 2005
Mobipocket reader
One application that has really changed my life is Mobipocket Reader. There are a bunch of eBook readers out there on different platforms, but one main reason I am sticking with a Series 60 phone for now is this app.
You see, I hate travelling and commuting with books. They take up a lot of room in my bag not to mention the extra weight. Secondly, I often read multiple books at one time, which makes the first problem even worse.
I have to admit, i was a little skeptical that i could read a book on a phone but it actually works really well, especially in short bursts like waiting for a train.
The Mobipocket website makes it easy to buy books and load them on the phone, but if you want to read literature available under other licensing models such as Cory Docotorow's Eastern Standard Tribe you can find versions that are readable on Mobipocket as well.
Also available for UIQ and other platfoms.
Posted by Steve at 10:26 PM | Comments (0)
January 14, 2005
Accuweather.com Premium for BREW
Accuweather.com Premium for BREW
Of all the weather apps available - this is my favorite. It's amazingly well done and shows how much better a targeted application can be compared to the WAP/xHTML experience when done right.
Really easy to use, and super fast on the 1X CDMA networks, I often find the quickest way to find out the day's foreecast is to flip open a BREW handset and run Accuweather.
Available on:
LG VX4400
LG VX6000
LG VX4600
LG VX4500
LG VX7000
LG VX6100
Samsung SCH-a610
Samsung SCH-a650
Samsung SCH-a790
Samsung SCH-a530
Samsung SCH-A670
Kyocera KX414
Kyocera KX2
Kyocera SE47
Motorola T720
Motorola C343
Motorola V265
Motorola v710
Audiovox CDM-9500
Audiovox CDM-9900
Audiovox CDM-8600
Audiovox CDM-8900
Audiovox CDM-8910
Nokia 3589i
Posted by Steve at 10:44 PM | Comments (0)
January 13, 2005
Avalanche
Avalanche is an addictive little game for the Symbian Series 60 devices that is similar to Tetris. It includes a mode for head to head bluetooth play, and was amazingly written by four students for a competition.
Posted by Steve at 01:28 PM | Comments (0)
January 11, 2005
HandDee GTuner Series 60
If you had asked me ten years ago if I'd be using my phone as a guitar tuner, I would have said you were nuts. Actually, I would have said "why would I have a phone with me?" That's one of the things that is so amazing about this app. The second is that it seems to work just as well as any other tuner on the market with your Series 60 phone. Well, as they say, close enough for rock and roll.
You may think this is a joke but you'd be surprised how may situations I have found myself in without a guitar tuner. You can't plug your instrument into your phone, but otherwise the HandDee GTuner at $12 does everything my $50 Sabine tuner does, and pretty much just as well.
This is an app no guitarist who has a Nokia 7610,6620,or 6670 should be without.
Note: current version does not work on the Nokia 6630
Posted by Steve at 04:40 PM | Comments (0)
January 10, 2005
Agendus for Palm OS
I have been a Palm OS user for quite a since the original Palm 1000, and I'm not a scheduling junkie, but the Palm Desktop and accompanying applications never did much for me.
Agendus takes the same data that is already on your Palm and presents it in a much more integrated and useful way. Now on version 9, this application keeps getting better and better.
Posted by Steve at 02:42 PM | Comments (0)
Welcome
All weblogs have to have a welcome message so this is it. Through the course of my work I use, test, ang generally come across mobile applications on a wide array of devices, so this is the place I will list and write upon them. My goal is to post an app a day, but we will see how long that holds up.
I plan to post apps based on by device, OS, and device type so that you may search however it makes sense.
Thanks for reading!
Posted by Steve at 02:39 PM | Comments (0)