Tag: 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.

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.

What happens when you switch from Android to Symbian?

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Janne Jalkanen, who has more experience of issues with Symbian/Nokia than most, found out: [lots of well presented reasons against Android] – Update: Janne points out these are specifc to HTC. Anyhoo, even if I did say that this never would happen, I’m back with Symbian. I got myself a Nokia E7, which is, especially with Symbian Anna, a pretty spiffy machine. Now, it’s got it’s own irritations (especially on the app development front), and my mind still boggles at the retardedness of the browser. Not shipping a first-class mobile browser at this day and age is simply inexcusable. The