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McAfee announces next-gen Mobile Security 2.0 for Android, BlackBerry and Symbian phones
3 months ago | POSTED IN Symbian
McAfee has taken the wraps off of its Mobile Security 2.0 suite, a comprehensive anti-virus and anti-phishing package that protects virtually all Android, BlackBerry and Symbian phones and tablets. Android phones and tabs running 2.1 Eclair through to 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich are covered, as are BlackBerry phones running OS 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0. We’re checking up about support for BlackBerry OS 7.1 - our guess is that as this is rolling out now, support for it will be included...
Opera Mini 6.5 heads to iPhones, BlackBerry, Symbian and Java phones, puts a cap on your data
6 months ago | POSTED IN Symbian
Opera Mini 6.5 has been sitting pretty in the Android Market for a while now and its now warbling all over the App Store, BlackBerry App World and Nokia World as well as serenading Java-based phones. What’s great about this latest iteration of Opera Mini is that, like the Android version, a data usage tracker is built in to the browser itself, which allows you to see how much data your web browsing habits are hoovering up. This sounds ideal if you’re on a limited budget and...
Angry Birds set to invade Singapore Grand Prix this weekend with a crowd-noise controlled game
8 months ago | POSTED IN Symbian
In terms of tenuous Angry Birds tie-ins we’ve heard of, this one takes pole position in the crazy-stakes. We’ve seen political satire, cake making and big budget Hollywood synergies but they all pale compared to this. Rovio along with fellow Finnish company Uplause have, with Singapore Telecommunications, created a huge crowd controlled version of Angry Birds. According to Reuters, the ‘game’ will be played by the noise made by the crowd. This Uplause trailer which we...
Top 10 Augmented Reality Apps
8 months ago | POSTED IN Symbian
Augmented Reality, AR. It means your smartphone uses visual input, and combines it with online data and overlays that onto what you see; this can mean extra geographic information, or a visual representation that adjusts depending on how you move your phone. Smartphones have only recently developed into devices with enough power to deal with augmented reality apps, and combining camera input with streaming data will still sap your battery pretty quickly. But you'll find some of the most...
Unsung mobile heroes: Phones that deserve a second look
8 months ago | POSTED IN Symbian
There’s been an influx of really interesting looking and nicely designed phones hitting the shelves over the last year so. Aside from the obvious headline-grabbing super-phones (iPhone 4, Galaxy S2, Bold 9900) there’ve been some phones which, while good in their own right, have fallen by the wayside due to reasons of pricing, timing of release or them not quite living up to people’s expectations. Between these and the onslaught of tablets, there are a number of phones out there...
Angry Birds Seasons gets Moon Festival update: Sky lanterns, pagodas and pigs
8 months ago | POSTED IN Symbian
We’ll be honest, we really didn’t see this one coming. After the altogether more predictable Valentine’s Day and Easter-themed Angry Birds Seasons levels, we were expecting something along the lines of a Harvest Festival or Thanksgiving for next month. But that’s because we’re uncultured western swine, the Chinese Moon Festival didn’t even register on our collective cultural radar. Anyway. The Moon Festival update gives you 30 new levels to plough through...
Glastonbury app arrives across smartphones
11 months ago | POSTED IN Symbian
It’s under a fortnight away from the annually sold-out Glastonbury, and whilst we prepare our daft wellies, check the tent for mould, and pack the toilet roll, Orange has joined with both The Guardian and Glasto organisers to setup this impressive app to guide you around the festival's, er, festivities. The app, which is available across Android, iPhone, BlackBerry and even Symbian, is being constantly updated, and has even been made with a focus on telling your friends exactly how...
Smart Office 1.5 for iOS, Android, Symbian S60 and Bada: Send documents to the cloud
2 years ago | POSTED IN Symbian
The iPad is great for many things, but as a work device less so. One criticism we've constantly heard from friends and colleagues is that it's not that great for working on. For hammering out the occasional blog post, sending the odd email here and there, it's fine. But for editing documents and doing some actual work, you're better off reaching for your notebook. Picsel's Smart Office 1.5, available now, should go some way to improving the iPad's usefulness as a work...
Pixellated poultry: Angry Birds gets '90s make-under
2 years ago | POSTED IN Symbian
For a spot of festive fun, Penney Designs has created some spoof screenshots of Angry Birds as though it had been released in the '90s. Inspired by Worms and Lemmings, the blocky pixel art take us right back to days gone by. Touches like the power and wind monitors are adorable but make us glad to be able to use the touchscreen to angle the disgruntled fowl rather than a D-pad. Imagine a childhood spent obsessively obliterating pigs instead of obsessively obliterating enemy worms. How...
Opera Mobile 10.1 sings an aria for Nokia Symbian^3 and S60 smartphones
2 years ago | POSTED IN Symbian
Got a Nokia that runs Symbian^3 or S60 (3rd and 5th eds)? Then get this. The full version of Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian is available to download now, bringing an orchestra pit’s worth of features to Nokia smartphones. For free. Not only do you get faster browsing speeds, you can create your own grid of shortcuts on the Speed Dial grid - this is the same 3x3 grid we’ve seen on Android versions of Opera browsers. Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian also rolls with tabbed browsing...
Angry Birds still angry: Fights break out at peace talks
2 years ago | POSTED IN Symbian
UN peace talks between militant groups known as "The Birds" and "The Pigs" broke down in Israel this week. The two forces have been locked in warfare since it was alleged that the Pigs abducted the Birds' eggs. Subsequent rumours suggested that the hostage eggs were then consumed by the Pigs. Officials from both sides were prepared to put an end to the conflict which has seen countless casualties on both sides, but radicals from the Bird camp were not prepared to accept...
Keep an eye on what’s draining your battery with Nokia Battery Monitor
2 years ago | POSTED IN Symbian
A phone displaying two or three bars of battery doesn’t really tell you much other than your battery is roughly half full. It doesn’t tell you if you’ll wipe out your battery on the morning commute if you crank up the volume and power through some playlists. Which, if your morning journeys are anything like mine, you’ll want to do, to drown out the loud conversations of passengers who repeatedly choose to ignore the ‘Quiet Zone’ signs plastered all around the...
Angry Birds: Pigs' point of view is to be focus of sequel
2 years ago | POSTED IN Symbian
The Angry Birds franchise rumbles on. Not content with multi-platform versions of the game, plush toys, iPhone cases, a possible movie and even immense birthday cakes, Rovio has announced news of an Angry Birds sequel. Rather than more of the same - angry fowl launching themselves at smug, baby-eating swine - the sequel will tell the tale from the pigs' point of view. The company is also working on a multiplayer version of the original game, with David Selle commenting, "Multiplayer...
Incredible Angry Birds birthday cake is even better than a plush toy
2 years ago | POSTED IN Symbian
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the ultimate edible Angry Birds paraphernalia. The e-numbers in this would keep you buzzing throughout those 15-hour Angry Bird sessions, no doubt. [Flickr via NerdApproved]
Cannonball: Mutli-platform pirate-themed fun fair-style shooting game
2 years ago | POSTED IN Symbian
Cannonball is an old school arcade game in the purest sense. It’s a simple shooting gallery game with a visual style reminiscent of ye old pop cork gun games from the fair. As you might have guessed from the title, there’s a pirate theme as well. You tap the screen of your phone to launch balls into the briny blue, taking out the circular targets that are attached to cardboard cut out pirate ships, giant squid, seagulls and the like. It’s important to aim for the circular...
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