Nokia Mobile Reviews and Games

European Commission officials have announced a funding that is part of the MEDIA 2007 program, and funding is now available for innovating interactive works for computers, mobile phones (yes, that means Flash Lite games as well , handhelds and game consoles. “The projects are selected on the basis of development strategy, development budget, strategies for financing and distribution, quality of project, feasibility of production, and international distribution. Can’t remember the exact details, but instead of former 40+ page submission forms the new ones are more like 20+ page, and the whole process is (said to be) simplified. Do note that the company making the submission must have previous track record: “Grants of this type are aimed at companies developing on and off-line interactive works. Companies submitting an application must have completed a previous work, which has been commercially distributed during the period between 1 January 2005 and the date of submission of their application.” Read more from EGDF (European Games Developer Federation) site The call for proposals can be found here (.pdf) More details can be found here The deadlines for submissions are: November 15, 2007 and April 15, 2008. The EU forms have been notoriously complex, but just a couple of weeks ago some changes were made to proposal forms. The maximum grant is EUR 60 000 except for the development of game prototypes for games consoles, portable consoles and computers for which the maximum grant is EUR 100 000.” That is the normal way for subsidized funding within EU: it means that you are able to get 50% of the funding for the project, and need to get the other half yourself. Maximum support is EUR 100.000 for all aspects of development, and cannot exceed 50% of the eligible costs.” “The total budget allocated to the co-financing of projects is estimated to be EUR 1,5 million (providing the EU budget for 2008 is approved). The financial assistance from the Community cannot exceed 50 % of the total eligible costs (60 % for single projects presenting an interest in promoting European cultural diversity). The minimum grant is EUR 10 000.

Flash Authoring video mobile for 2.x content Lite
There’s a new article in the Adobe Mobile and Devices DevNet, Authoring mobile video content for Flash Lite 2.x, and the writer of the article is Nick Hippe. This 5 page article explains the basics of Flash Lite 2.0 and video (which does not include FLV, Flash video, as Flash Lite 2.0 does not support it — so if the mobile device is able to play video files, one must use devices own supported video format) — it’s a good read.

the Youtube N95 on Review: Using Mobile Nokia
I also love my Nokia N95. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Sid Previews the Nokia N95YouTube or Flash Works Fine on the Nokia N95Nokia N95 8GB Detailed Review and Video by AAS and MBNokia N95 Video Review by All About SymbianNokia N95 8GB CommercialNokia N93 Review By Digit Life So when I realized that there’s a Youtube mobile site ((http://m.youtube.com), I had to test it out on my N95 to see how the usage experience is. I love Youtube. In the end, I think accessing the mobile site is better than going to the Video Centre application, but having a good experience also requires good broadband connection. Read the rest of my review.

case Moket study: Adobe
It’s good to see a case study about a company that is focusing on Flash Lite succesfully, as this strengthens the belief in the whole forming Flash Lite ecosystem. Adobe presents us Dale Rankines Moket, in this case study — good going Dale!

Commercial 8GB N95 Nokia
Take a look. It’s a one minute clip showing the highlights of the upcoming phone. In summary, it says 20 hours of video, 6,000 songs and games in 3D animation. In case you haven’t seen it yet, the Nokia N95 8GB commercial from Nokia is available. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Video: Nokia N81 Commercial The Next EpisodeNokia is Flying Me Over to Los Angeles!Preview: New Multimedia Menu Revealed in the Nokia N95 8GB User GuideNokia N95 8GB Detailed Review and Video by AAS and MBLive at the Nokia Go Play Virtual EventVideo: Playing with Cranium Pop 5

Made Match 08 Video N95, and Heaven in Nokia iMovie
In addition to Nokia having Nseries phones shooting videos at DVD-like quality at 30 frames per second and VGA size (640×480 pixels resolution), you can have good quality videos on the internet in a few minutes. For example is using my Nokia N95 for MarkTV episode 5. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:MarkTV Finale: New York City Street FairMarkTV Ep 04: Road Trip to Philly with the Nokia N93i and N95Video: Chasing the Fedex Truck and Nokia N95 UnboxingVideo: Gaming on the Nokia N95Video: From Computer to Nokia N95 to TVSighting: Nokia N93s Used For Surveillance in Bourne Ultimatum It’s now even faster to edit and share videos from our phones to the internet thanks to iMovie ‘08.

Creating Flash Flash using tutorial: Lite dynamic animations phone data Lite
Via Alessandro, a new Flash Lite tutorial has been released on the Sony Ericsson developer site, called: Creating dynamic Flash Lite animations using phone data It’s a .zip download that contains the article (11 page long .pdf) telling you how to create a simple clock with Flash Lite, and tutorial .fla files. The article has been written by guys at BlueSkyNorth

Dale/Moket has released a really cool Flash Lite wallpaper content site, Mocarbon. Check it out! http://www.mocarbon.com It’s all about animated wallpapers that aim to educate the masses in order to reduce the usage of electricity — as leaving ones phone charger plugged into socket uses electricity all the time. Gotta say, exactly the type of thinking we have been doing lately — cool to see Mocarbon live!

announced Nokia E51
application Via the Download! WidSets, and a number of travel, personal productivity and entertainment applications Nokia E51 will be globally available during the fourth quarter of 2007 for an unsubsidized retail price of approximately 350 EUR.” Read the press release here application access to Yahoo Go! [EDIT: It is FL 2.0 — thanks Alessandro ] Some of the features: “FM radio, music and multimedia players 2 megapixel camera Nokia browser, serving as the gateway to a variety of Internet services including interoperability with Windows Live, providing mobile access to most popular Windows Live services including Hotmail, Messenger and Spaces, available through the Nokia Download! Nokia has announced a new mobile device, E51. According to this leaked XML file, it has Flash Lite — although at this point the version (1.1., 2.0, 2.1 or 3.0) is unknown.

Nokia N95 s References Mobireader Using for Review: Drug
The Nokia N95’s eBook reader is faster and more convenient. I used my Nokia N95’s’ eBook reader, MobiReader, instead of carrying a heavy and thick Drug Reference guide in the hospital which was required for my clinicals. I saved some pocket space by having one less thing to carry around. What did I notice? My partner, on the other hand, carried the real book. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Sybarites Reviews the Vertu ConstellationNokia N93 Review by MobileBurnNokia N95 Review by the Nokialist Part 1Sid Previews the Nokia N95Jaymos World With The Nokia N93Nokia N95 Video Review by All About Symbian

started Flash White Getting Paper: with Lite
There’s a new resource at the Adobe for those of you not already familiar with Flash Lite — a .pdf white paper “Getting started with Flash Lite” Interesting pointers from the white paper: Feature Support Comparison: Adobe Flash Lite , Flash Player and Flash SDK Comparison at a Glance Wireframe diagram for an early version of ‘Smashing Screens’ the screensaver catalog application Best practices It’s a 44 page long, good read, written by Keldon Rush from Smashing Ideas.

is Me Los Nokia Flying Angeles! Over to
I think the party will be related to the announcement of the Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N81, and the new music service. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Guide: Get Ready For August 29th Nokia is flying me over from New York to Los Angeles next week, September 27th, for a mansion party for being a blogger! I didn’t want to announce this until everything is confirmed, but they sent the plane tickets and hotel confirmation yesterday. I can’t wait.

Episode Video: Nokia The Next Commercial N81
Here is the Nokia N81 commercial dubbed, The Next Episode. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Video: Nokia N81 Versus Nokia N80 Preview by CellulareLive at the Nokia Go Play Virtual EventNokia is Flying Me Over to Los Angeles!Connection Between Nokia N81 and Codename Cloverfield?Nokia N95 8GB CommercialMarkTV Ep 03: Riding with the Nokia N95 I like both styles. This 1 minute clip is dark and mysterious, making me curious about the phone, unlike the Nokia N95 8GB commercial, where it directly gives you the features and specifications. Take a look.

Nokia Commercial N95 8GB
It’s a one minute clip showing the highlights of the upcoming phone. In case you haven’t seen it yet, the Nokia N95 8GB commercial from Nokia is available. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Video: Nokia N81 Commercial The Next EpisodeNokia is Flying Me Over to Los Angeles!Preview: New Multimedia Menu Revealed in the Nokia N95 8GB User GuideNokia N95 8GB Detailed Review and Video by AAS and MBLive at the Nokia Go Play Virtual EventVideo: Playing with Cranium Pop 5 Take a look. In summary, it says 20 hours of video, 6,000 songs and games in 3D animation.

Game Funding Prototype EU Announced
Can’t remember the exact details, but instead of former 40+ page submission forms the new ones are more like 20+ page, and the whole process is (said to be) simplified. Do note that the company making the submission must have previous track record: “Grants of this type are aimed at companies developing on and off-line interactive works. Companies submitting an application must have completed a previous work, which has been commercially distributed during the period between 1 January 2005 and the date of submission of their application.” Read more from EGDF (European Games Developer Federation) site The financial assistance from the Community cannot exceed 50 % of the total eligible costs (60 % for single projects presenting an interest in promoting European cultural diversity). The minimum grant is EUR 10 000. The call for proposals can be found here (.pdf) More details can be found here The deadlines for submissions are: November 15, 2007 and April 15, 2008. The EU forms have been notoriously complex, but just a couple of weeks ago some changes were made to proposal forms. European Commission officials have announced a funding that is part of the MEDIA 2007 program, and funding is now available for innovating interactive works for computers, mobile phones (yes, that means Flash Lite games as well , handhelds and game consoles. “The projects are selected on the basis of development strategy, development budget, strategies for financing and distribution, quality of project, feasibility of production, and international distribution. Maximum support is EUR 100.000 for all aspects of development, and cannot exceed 50% of the eligible costs.” “The total budget allocated to the co-financing of projects is estimated to be EUR 1,5 million (providing the EU budget for 2008 is approved). The maximum grant is EUR 60 000 except for the development of game prototypes for games consoles, portable consoles and computers for which the maximum grant is EUR 100 000.” That is the normal way for subsidized funding within EU: it means that you are able to get 50% of the funding for the project, and need to get the other half yourself.

Video: Versus Nokia by N80 N81 Preview Cellulare Nokia
Take a look. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Nokia N80Nokia N80 Firmware Update Now AvailableNokia N93 Versus the Sony HandycamVideo: Sheila vs Jen Boxing on Nintendo WiiConnection Between Nokia N81 and Codename Cloverfield?Preview: Nokia N81 Initial Thoughts Nokia N80 comparison video. In the end, they think the Nokia N81 will be a revolutionary phone just like the Nokia N80 when it was released. Cellulare Magazine reviews the Nokia N81 by providing a Nokia N81 vs. They also show a demo of an N-Gage game at the end.

study: case Moket Adobe
It’s good to see a case study about a company that is focusing on Flash Lite succesfully, as this strengthens the belief in the whole forming Flash Lite ecosystem. Adobe presents us Dale Rankines Moket, in this case study — good going Dale!

These tips are for Flash Lite (1.1, 2.x, 3.x) or Flash Mobile. Last Friday Scott published the third tip (links to previous ones below): Flash Lite Friday - Tip of the Day #1 Flash Lite Friday - Tip of the Day #2 Flash Lite Friday - Tip of the Day #3 Go take a look! Scott has started Flash Lite Friday Tip of the Day postings, pieces of code or tips for Flash Lite developers — every Friday.

announced Nokia E51
Nokia has announced a new mobile device, E51. According to this leaked XML file, it has Flash Lite — although at this point the version (1.1., 2.0, 2.1 or 3.0) is unknown. application access to Yahoo Go! application Via the Download! [EDIT: It is FL 2.0 — thanks Alessandro ] Some of the features: “FM radio, music and multimedia players 2 megapixel camera Nokia browser, serving as the gateway to a variety of Internet services including interoperability with Windows Live, providing mobile access to most popular Windows Live services including Hotmail, Messenger and Spaces, available through the Nokia Download! WidSets, and a number of travel, personal productivity and entertainment applications Nokia E51 will be globally available during the fourth quarter of 2007 for an unsubsidized retail price of approximately 350 EUR.” Read the press release here

N81 Commercial The Episode Nokia Video: Next
Take a look. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Video: Nokia N81 Versus Nokia N80 Preview by CellulareLive at the Nokia Go Play Virtual EventNokia is Flying Me Over to Los Angeles!Connection Between Nokia N81 and Codename Cloverfield?Nokia N95 8GB CommercialMarkTV Ep 03: Riding with the Nokia N95 Here is the Nokia N81 commercial dubbed, The Next Episode. This 1 minute clip is dark and mysterious, making me curious about the phone, unlike the Nokia N95 8GB commercial, where it directly gives you the features and specifications. I like both styles.

content Lite Flash 2.x video mobile Authoring for
There’s a new article in the Adobe Mobile and Devices DevNet, Authoring mobile video content for Flash Lite 2.x, and the writer of the article is Nick Hippe. This 5 page article explains the basics of Flash Lite 2.0 and video (which does not include FLV, Flash video, as Flash Lite 2.0 does not support it — so if the mobile device is able to play video files, one must use devices own supported video format) — it’s a good read.

animations phone data Lite Creating Flash using Flash dynamic Lite tutorial:
Via Alessandro, a new Flash Lite tutorial has been released on the Sony Ericsson developer site, called: Creating dynamic Flash Lite animations using phone data It’s a .zip download that contains the article (11 page long .pdf) telling you how to create a simple clock with Flash Lite, and tutorial .fla files. The article has been written by guys at BlueSkyNorth

According to the New York Times, Nokia is announcing N-Gage 2.0 at the Nokia Go Play event this Thursday. The new service will let users be able to play games against friends, sample, buy and recommend new games from their phones, and compete in large tournaments. It will become a multiplayer gaming service that will work on its popular phones, most likely the Nseries devices. Check out the videos to see how the new N-Gage service and the Next-Gen games look. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Preview: Nokia N81 Initial ThoughtsPirates Preview of Nokia N95 is BackNokia N95 Preview by J n TrangelVideo: Nokia N81 Versus Nokia N80 Preview by CellulareNokia N95 Preview from KaosprojectNokia N95 Preview from All About Symbian

Nokia N81 Cellulare N80 Nokia Versus Preview Video: by
Take a look. Cellulare Magazine reviews the Nokia N81 by providing a Nokia N81 vs. In the end, they think the Nokia N81 will be a revolutionary phone just like the Nokia N80 when it was released. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Nokia N80Nokia N80 Firmware Update Now AvailableNokia N93 Versus the Sony HandycamVideo: Sheila vs Jen Boxing on Nintendo WiiConnection Between Nokia N81 and Codename Cloverfield?Preview: Nokia N81 Initial Thoughts They also show a demo of an N-Gage game at the end. Nokia N80 comparison video.

announced Nokia E51
application Via the Download! Nokia has announced a new mobile device, E51. According to this leaked XML file, it has Flash Lite — although at this point the version (1.1., 2.0, 2.1 or 3.0) is unknown. application access to Yahoo Go! [EDIT: It is FL 2.0 — thanks Alessandro ] Some of the features: “FM radio, music and multimedia players 2 megapixel camera Nokia browser, serving as the gateway to a variety of Internet services including interoperability with Windows Live, providing mobile access to most popular Windows Live services including Hotmail, Messenger and Spaces, available through the Nokia Download! WidSets, and a number of travel, personal productivity and entertainment applications Nokia E51 will be globally available during the fourth quarter of 2007 for an unsubsidized retail price of approximately 350 EUR.” Read the press release here

I NSyndrome Have
Check out how my hands look like. At first I couldn’t explain what I have, but I came across a website that explains it all. Nsyndrome is when advanced mobile terminals grow onto the hands of their owners. Evidence of this phenomenon is pouring in from all over the world. I think I have Nsyndrome and have pictures to show it. I’m relieved that I’m not the only one with this disease… or gift? (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:No related posts

Moket from Mocarbon
Check it out! http://www.mocarbon.com It’s all about animated wallpapers that aim to educate the masses in order to reduce the usage of electricity — as leaving ones phone charger plugged into socket uses electricity all the time. Gotta say, exactly the type of thinking we have been doing lately — cool to see Mocarbon live! Dale/Moket has released a really cool Flash Lite wallpaper content site, Mocarbon.

at Nokia Virtual Live Go Event the Play
Follow me as I liveblog the Nokia Go Play Event. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Nokia is Flying Me Over to Los Angeles!Nokia Go Play Virtual Event ItineraryGuide: Get Ready For August 29thPreview: Nokia N81 Initial ThoughtsLive Pictures: Evening with S60 at New York Nokia StoreComplete Recap of Nokia Open Studio 2006 NY

is Flying Angeles! to Over Los Me Nokia
(more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Guide: Get Ready For August 29th Nokia is flying me over from New York to Los Angeles next week, September 27th, for a mansion party for being a blogger! I think the party will be related to the announcement of the Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N81, and the new music service. I can’t wait. I didn’t want to announce this until everything is confirmed, but they sent the plane tickets and hotel confirmation yesterday.

Episode Nokia Next Video: The Commercial N81
This 1 minute clip is dark and mysterious, making me curious about the phone, unlike the Nokia N95 8GB commercial, where it directly gives you the features and specifications. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Video: Nokia N81 Versus Nokia N80 Preview by CellulareLive at the Nokia Go Play Virtual EventNokia is Flying Me Over to Los Angeles!Connection Between Nokia N81 and Codename Cloverfield?Nokia N95 8GB CommercialMarkTV Ep 03: Riding with the Nokia N95 I like both styles. Here is the Nokia N81 commercial dubbed, The Next Episode. Take a look.

started Paper: White with Flash Getting Lite
There’s a new resource at the Adobe for those of you not already familiar with Flash Lite — a .pdf white paper “Getting started with Flash Lite” Interesting pointers from the white paper: Feature Support Comparison: Adobe Flash Lite , Flash Player and Flash SDK Comparison at a Glance Wireframe diagram for an early version of ‘Smashing Screens’ the screensaver catalog application Best practices It’s a 44 page long, good read, written by Keldon Rush from Smashing Ideas.

Naturally this includes any game made with Flash Lite. “This sister event to the IGF itself will have its own IGF Mobile Pavilion featuring the finalists, positioned next to the IGF Pavilion at Game Developers Conference 2008 next February, and the winners will be announced at a ceremony during GDC Mobile” Submissions to the competition are now open to all independent developers working on mobile platforms (focused on cellphone game development as well as PSP, DS, and other handheld devices) and the important dates for IGF Mobile in 2007/2008 are as follows: August 30th, 2007 Submissions Open October 26th, 2007 Submission Deadline December 10th, 2007 Finalists Announced February 18th-22nd, 2008 Game Developer’s Conference 2008 February 19th, 2008 2008 IGF Mobile Awards Ceremony February 20th-22nd, 2008 IGF Mobile Pavilion @ GDC February 20th, 2008 2008 IGF Awards Ceremony The prizes for the competition total $20,000, with a $10,000 Grand Prize and a host of other major prizes for innovation and great execution in mobile game development. The Independent Games Festival (IGF) announced IGF Mobile competition, and focus is on promoting innovation in handheld games, including mobilephone / cellphone games and other mobile devices (like Windows Mobile, Palm, PSP and DS). The deadline to enter the competition is Monday, October 22nd 2007, and judges will be trying playable version of all games submitted.” The sponsor for the event is NVIDIA. Read the full story

on Friday: Finland ColdFusion meeting AUG
The next AUG Finland gathering will take place at the brand new Valve offices. This time the subject is ColdFusion and presented by Tero Pikala. Tero will give us an overview of ColdFusion and tell us about the integration possibilities with Flash and Flex. Time: Friday 7th of September at 17.00 Place: New Valve office, Pieni Roobertinkatu 7, 00130 Helsinki Speaker: Tero Pikala Subject: ColdFusion

Using Nokia Review: N95 Mobile the Youtube on
I also love my Nokia N95. So when I realized that there’s a Youtube mobile site ((http://m.youtube.com), I had to test it out on my N95 to see how the usage experience is. I love Youtube. In the end, I think accessing the mobile site is better than going to the Video Centre application, but having a good experience also requires good broadband connection. Read the rest of my review. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Sid Previews the Nokia N95YouTube or Flash Works Fine on the Nokia N95Nokia N95 8GB Detailed Review and Video by AAS and MBNokia N95 Video Review by All About SymbianNokia N95 8GB CommercialNokia N93 Review By Digit Life

Video Review AAS and MB by N95 Nokia 8GB and Detailed
All About Symbian video reviews the Nokia N95 8GB, while Jose RAM gives a detailed review of the updated Nokia N95 8GB with lots of pictures posted on Mobile Burn. I believe these are currently the best reviews available, so you can select to watch the video or read the text. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Nokia N95 8GB CommercialNokia N95 Video Review by All About SymbianPreview: New Multimedia Menu Revealed in the Nokia N95 8GB User GuideReview: Using Youtube Mobile on the Nokia N95Video: Nokia N81 Commercial The Next EpisodeNokia N95 Review by the Nokialist Part 1

EU Funding Announced Game Prototype
Maximum support is EUR 100.000 for all aspects of development, and cannot exceed 50% of the eligible costs.” “The total budget allocated to the co-financing of projects is estimated to be EUR 1,5 million (providing the EU budget for 2008 is approved). European Commission officials have announced a funding that is part of the MEDIA 2007 program, and funding is now available for innovating interactive works for computers, mobile phones (yes, that means Flash Lite games as well , handhelds and game consoles. “The projects are selected on the basis of development strategy, development budget, strategies for financing and distribution, quality of project, feasibility of production, and international distribution. Companies submitting an application must have completed a previous work, which has been commercially distributed during the period between 1 January 2005 and the date of submission of their application.” Read more from EGDF (European Games Developer Federation) site The maximum grant is EUR 60 000 except for the development of game prototypes for games consoles, portable consoles and computers for which the maximum grant is EUR 100 000.” That is the normal way for subsidized funding within EU: it means that you are able to get 50% of the funding for the project, and need to get the other half yourself. Can’t remember the exact details, but instead of former 40+ page submission forms the new ones are more like 20+ page, and the whole process is (said to be) simplified. Do note that the company making the submission must have previous track record: “Grants of this type are aimed at companies developing on and off-line interactive works. The call for proposals can be found here (.pdf) More details can be found here The deadlines for submissions are: November 15, 2007 and April 15, 2008. The EU forms have been notoriously complex, but just a couple of weeks ago some changes were made to proposal forms. The financial assistance from the Community cannot exceed 50 % of the total eligible costs (60 % for single projects presenting an interest in promoting European cultural diversity). The minimum grant is EUR 10 000.

signing Symbian Express
Via Kuneri, it seems that the Symbian Signing process will undergo several changes, and in the future there will be an Express Signing — it seems it could be faster, better, less complicated. Read more from Symbian Developer Network forum thread, and some good answers from the forum thread revolving around the topic as well.

Moket Adobe case study:
It’s good to see a case study about a company that is focusing on Flash Lite succesfully, as this strengthens the belief in the whole forming Flash Lite ecosystem. Adobe presents us Dale Rankines Moket, in this case study — good going Dale!

MarkTV Street Fair Finale: New City York
It is not up yet, but it will be soon at http://nseries.tv. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:MarkTV Ep 03: Riding with the Nokia N95MarkTV Ep 04: Road Trip to Philly with the Nokia N93i and N95Nokia New York Store Employees Can DanceNokia N73 is Used By One of the Heroes on NBCNokia Go Play Virtual Event ItineraryNokia N95 and N75 Prototypes Now at New York Nokia Store For the last episode of MarkTV, I take my Nokia N95 to a New York City street fair. MarkTV, my attempt on videoblogging is going to a new address and a new name called, Nseries TV. Nseries TV is a going to be a video blog using the latest Nseries devices from Nokia.

Match and N95, Video iMovie in Heaven 08 Made Nokia
It’s now even faster to edit and share videos from our phones to the internet thanks to iMovie ‘08. In addition to Nokia having Nseries phones shooting videos at DVD-like quality at 30 frames per second and VGA size (640×480 pixels resolution), you can have good quality videos on the internet in a few minutes. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:MarkTV Finale: New York City Street FairMarkTV Ep 04: Road Trip to Philly with the Nokia N93i and N95Video: Chasing the Fedex Truck and Nokia N95 UnboxingVideo: Gaming on the Nokia N95Video: From Computer to Nokia N95 to TVSighting: Nokia N93s Used For Surveillance in Bourne Ultimatum For example is using my Nokia N95 for MarkTV episode 5.

The next AUG Finland gathering will take place at the brand new Valve offices. Tero will give us an overview of ColdFusion and tell us about the integration possibilities with Flash and Flex. Time: Friday 7th of September at 17.00 Place: New Valve office, Pieni Roobertinkatu 7, 00130 Helsinki Speaker: Tero Pikala Subject: ColdFusion This time the subject is ColdFusion and presented by Tero Pikala.

animations Creating Lite tutorial: Flash dynamic phone using Lite Flash data
Via Alessandro, a new Flash Lite tutorial has been released on the Sony Ericsson developer site, called: Creating dynamic Flash Lite animations using phone data It’s a .zip download that contains the article (11 page long .pdf) telling you how to create a simple clock with Flash Lite, and tutorial .fla files. The article has been written by guys at BlueSkyNorth

signing Symbian Express
Via Kuneri, it seems that the Symbian Signing process will undergo several changes, and in the future there will be an Express Signing — it seems it could be faster, better, less complicated. Read more from Symbian Developer Network forum thread, and some good answers from the forum thread revolving around the topic as well.

Naturally this includes any game made with Flash Lite. “This sister event to the IGF itself will have its own IGF Mobile Pavilion featuring the finalists, positioned next to the IGF Pavilion at Game Developers Conference 2008 next February, and the winners will be announced at a ceremony during GDC Mobile” Submissions to the competition are now open to all independent developers working on mobile platforms (focused on cellphone game development as well as PSP, DS, and other handheld devices) and the important dates for IGF Mobile in 2007/2008 are as follows: August 30th, 2007 Submissions Open October 26th, 2007 Submission Deadline December 10th, 2007 Finalists Announced February 18th-22nd, 2008 Game Developer’s Conference 2008 February 19th, 2008 2008 IGF Mobile Awards Ceremony February 20th-22nd, 2008 IGF Mobile Pavilion @ GDC February 20th, 2008 2008 IGF Awards Ceremony The prizes for the competition total $20,000, with a $10,000 Grand Prize and a host of other major prizes for innovation and great execution in mobile game development. The Independent Games Festival (IGF) announced IGF Mobile competition, and focus is on promoting innovation in handheld games, including mobilephone / cellphone games and other mobile devices (like Windows Mobile, Palm, PSP and DS). The deadline to enter the competition is Monday, October 22nd 2007, and judges will be trying playable version of all games submitted.” The sponsor for the event is NVIDIA. Read the full story

Getting Paper: White with started Flash Lite
There’s a new resource at the Adobe for those of you not already familiar with Flash Lite — a .pdf white paper “Getting started with Flash Lite” Interesting pointers from the white paper: Feature Support Comparison: Adobe Flash Lite , Flash Player and Flash SDK Comparison at a Glance Wireframe diagram for an early version of ‘Smashing Screens’ the screensaver catalog application Best practices It’s a 44 page long, good read, written by Keldon Rush from Smashing Ideas.

animations Creating Lite tutorial: Flash dynamic phone using Lite Flash data
Via Alessandro, a new Flash Lite tutorial has been released on the Sony Ericsson developer site, called: Creating dynamic Flash Lite animations using phone data It’s a .zip download that contains the article (11 page long .pdf) telling you how to create a simple clock with Flash Lite, and tutorial .fla files. The article has been written by guys at BlueSkyNorth

All About Symbian video reviews the Nokia N95 8GB, while Jose RAM gives a detailed review of the updated Nokia N95 8GB with lots of pictures posted on Mobile Burn. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Nokia N95 8GB CommercialNokia N95 Video Review by All About SymbianPreview: New Multimedia Menu Revealed in the Nokia N95 8GB User GuideReview: Using Youtube Mobile on the Nokia N95Video: Nokia N81 Commercial The Next EpisodeNokia N95 Review by the Nokialist Part 1 I believe these are currently the best reviews available, so you can select to watch the video or read the text.

Los to Over Flying Angeles! Nokia Me is
(more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Guide: Get Ready For August 29th I didn’t want to announce this until everything is confirmed, but they sent the plane tickets and hotel confirmation yesterday. Nokia is flying me over from New York to Los Angeles next week, September 27th, for a mansion party for being a blogger! I think the party will be related to the announcement of the Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N81, and the new music service. I can’t wait.

Check out the videos to see how the new N-Gage service and the Next-Gen games look. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Preview: Nokia N81 Initial ThoughtsPirates Preview of Nokia N95 is BackNokia N95 Preview by J n TrangelVideo: Nokia N81 Versus Nokia N80 Preview by CellulareNokia N95 Preview from KaosprojectNokia N95 Preview from All About Symbian The new service will let users be able to play games against friends, sample, buy and recommend new games from their phones, and compete in large tournaments. It will become a multiplayer gaming service that will work on its popular phones, most likely the Nseries devices. According to the New York Times, Nokia is announcing N-Gage 2.0 at the Nokia Go Play event this Thursday.

Review: N95 on Nokia Using the Youtube Mobile
I love Youtube. So when I realized that there’s a Youtube mobile site ((http://m.youtube.com), I had to test it out on my N95 to see how the usage experience is. In the end, I think accessing the mobile site is better than going to the Video Centre application, but having a good experience also requires good broadband connection. I also love my Nokia N95. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Sid Previews the Nokia N95YouTube or Flash Works Fine on the Nokia N95Nokia N95 8GB Detailed Review and Video by AAS and MBNokia N95 Video Review by All About SymbianNokia N95 8GB CommercialNokia N93 Review By Digit Life Read the rest of my review.

Nokia Preview Nokia Cellulare by N80 Versus N81 Video:
Nokia N80 comparison video. In the end, they think the Nokia N81 will be a revolutionary phone just like the Nokia N80 when it was released. (more…) —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Nokia N80Nokia N93 Versus the Sony HandycamNokia N80 Firmware Update Now AvailableVideo: Sheila vs Jen Boxing on Nintendo WiiConnection Between Nokia N81 and Codename Cloverfield?Preview: Nokia N81 Initial Thoughts Take a look. They also show a demo of an N-Gage game at the end. Cellulare Magazine reviews the Nokia N81 by providing a Nokia N81 vs.

Go the Play Nokia Virtual at Live Event
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