All posts in Tag "Symbian"

Nokiapp Showdown #2

Feb
4

16:56 pm

We were so impressed at Nokia Connects Towers with Michael and Cj’s Nokiapp Showdown last week that we were clamouring to have a go ourselves, so with a little persuading Paul and I have been let loose to have our say on Twitter apps.

***** Gravity on the N8 That's me Looks like I get first shot this week, so what do I think of Gravity? Let me share some facts: It was the first app I used on a phone to manage Twitter I first used it on an N97 mini The first tweet I sent using Gravity was on the #N97MiniTour ...and I loved it! The reasons are legion. The interface is so very, very user friendly. [...]

Nokia App Saturday – All About….spiders?

Jan
14

11:08 am

Time for the All About…

.. boys to take over this week as I dive into their excellent app coverage from the last week. via Midlifegamer First up, Ewan has played and rated Spider Jack. He gives it a more than respectable 82%, and his description of the gameplay far outdoes anything I could manage (HINT - go have a read). One of the major plus points of the game is the fact that there is no 'arbitrary time limit', allowing you to plot your progress in a 'no pressure' situation. [...]

Game review: They Need To Be Fed

Oct
21

15:40 pm

The guys from All About Symbian have been reviewing games again!

Rightly so, David says that back in the day platform games were all the rage. Anything brought to the table nowadays needs to involve something new and exciting to be considered by any self respecting gamer, casual or otherwise. Apparently, YoYo games have found one with this, so let's have a look and see what it's all about... What is this game all about? Well, according to David it's about hungry monsters eating smaller monsters filled with diamonds. [...]

WW/N hits Hong Kong!

Aug
22

17:00 pm

Hi all,

It’s @Chris_Illman here rolling back the years with an overdue return to WW/N posting.

So… what’s the occasion? Well, I’m out in Hong Kong to hear some big Symbian news on Wednesday, for which a teaser has just appeared over on the Nokia Facebook page. Joining me from the WOMWorld/Nokia team is @RiccWebb, who has already earned untold amounts of respect from the locals here by consuming parts of a chicken that others (i.e. me) wouldn’t touch with a bargepole. Excitingly, we’re also being joined out here by some friends of the WOMWorld/Nokia community. [...]

The mobile world: 10 surprising facts about Nokia in Africa.

Jun
22

10:55 am

Between 2003 and 2008, Africa had the fastest growing mobile phone market in the world, expanding by an astounding 550%.

You might not be surprised then to hear that Nokia’s has just teamed up with the World Bank to open m-Lab East Africa, an incubator for mobile technology entrepreneurs. But how much do you know about Nokia in Africa? Here are ten facts that we’re willing to bet will make you go wow! 1. Nokia is the continent’s dominant device manufacturer with a massive 61% of mobile ad impressions, according to research by inMobi. [...]