Category: Symbian

Bejewelled 2 lands on another platform, but it’s a good conversion

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Bejeweled 2? After all this time, only now does it get a review? Yep, and that’s for two reasons. The first is the rather obvious “we haven’t done it yet” and the second is that there may have been many java versions from EA, there might have been a raft of clones that have come close, but this is the licenced Popcap version, with the “HD” optimised for Symbian tag, and given the playing field of the Ovi Store, I suspect this is the one that many people will flock to.

Gedda Headz – When reviewers have to be nice

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Reading between the lines is left as an exercise to the readers of AAS. Gedda Headz starts with an interesting premise, take a bundle of two player mini games on a smartphone, and pit the whole world against each other in a massive multiplayer game where people can earn reputation, improve the strength of their character (which is, naturally, a head) and buy new accessories and heads to help in the game. Give it all some balance, so new players can have a fair crack at the whip if challenged by an old-timer, and then roll it out as a

Can AllSport replace Sports Tracker on my smartphone?

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It’s a small software scene, but the “recording your exercise on your smartphone” genre has been joined by AllSport GPS. Offering a similar mix of monitoring, logging and statistics to applications like Sports Tracker, can Trimble Outdoor’s client match one of my long term favourites? In terms of function, yes, but the form is lacking. The short answer is no, but AllSport is very competent.

Nokia’s Chinese Whispers

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Look past the Chinese language if you have to, but this interview with Stephen Elop on Sina.com.cn has a nice bundle of bullet points, including: Nokia are bringing expertise in navigation, mapping and entertainment to Windows Phone. They will be “doing things” to help Symbian users move to Windows Phone. Meego is going to be a key element to the Chinese strategy. …and it’s hard for Elop to understand why Google created uncertainty in the Android ecosystem (which Nokia could have joined). Grab a coffee and watch the full video on Sina.