Nokia Mobile Reviews and Games

in ad-funded revenues titles mobile 10-20% from come of 2008 game
According to a panel at the Mobile Games Forum, ad-funded/supported mobile games might have a good future. The panelist generally agreed that around 10 to 20 % of revenues could come from ad-funded games in 2008 (industry support is required to reach numbers like that). Naturally the strength of Flash Lite is that it scales easily to different devices (when properly designed and developed), so it has a possibility to play a big part in ad-funded model. We saw ten times the people play the same games – from one month before when it was on the operator deck. “78 per cent of them were new users, that until then weren’t gamers, and because it’s free they keep playing – between 10 and 20 times.” He also explained that while advertisers paid a high rate for the deal, a single impression constituted a number of steps, so that the benefits were clear – and clients such as Calvin Klein and Adidas saw click through rates as high as 44 per cent.” Source: MobileIndustry.biz The main reason that will slow the growth & usage of Flash Lite is the (still) limited amount of devices having Flash Lite as preinstalled. “innerActive co-CEO and co-founder Ziv Elul stated that there was good money to be made from such games. “What we’ve seen so far is that the numbers are very high.

Location Mobile with event Adobe online Flashlite,
Be sure to drop in and listen to the (possible) next big thing regarding Flash Lite, mobile location based services, on this Adobe online event. “The Next Big Thing: Mobile Location with Flashlite Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:00-10:00 A.M. Today, Flashlite allows you to access the user plane or location data from the network provider or device. Capitalize on the opportunities from proximity search, presence and location based services today.” Developing your application with Flashlite offers many advantages for improving the user experience. PST (Pacific time) Location is everywhere, and for mobile devices the utility and convenience of having location-aware applications is becoming more and more pervasive. Join Tom Tierney and Dino Ravnic to learn about working with NAVTEQ digital map data in Flashlite and ways to include location in your application.

Lost Getting Day Up First In and Meeting Barcelona:
We ended up taking the train the opposite way and wasted about half hour. Jeremiah from Nokia Users and I decided to preview Barcelona before meeting up with the rest of the bloggers at night. We discussed what we anticipated at the Mobile World Congress tomorrow. I’m staying at a duplex with a balcony having an incredible view of the beach. We eventually found our way back to meet with the rest of the group, though. You can lie on the bed and see the beach through the high-ceiling window. The wonderful morning went downhill when Jeremiah from Nokia Users and I decided to check out Barcelona, which was an hour away via train because all of the closer hotels were fully booked for the Mobile World Congress. When we got to Catalunya, Barcelona, most of the stores were closed because of Sunday (so weird). The street performers entertained us while we looked for free wifi hotspots on our Nokia N82, Nokia N810, and Nokia N95 to contact others to meet up. When we couldn’t connect our phones to the internet, we used our little Spanish speaking skills for directions. Knowledge deficit in the Spanish language led to getting lost in the train. Take a look at my picture story with the Nokia N82. The resort the we are staying at is incredible. I arrived in Spain this morning and headed to a beautiful resort, Le Meridien RA in Calafell. Donna and Robbie from Nseries WOM World were there to capture it on video. However, I think Nokia will surprise us tomorrow. Thanks to Jeremiah’s Nokia N95 showing that we were going the wrong way, we didn’t end up somewhere hours away from the hotel. When we got back to the hotel, all the bloggers were there already. You can view this video on the Mobile World Congress virtual event. We concluded that we will see the Nokia N96 and Nokia N78 as well as an S60 touch device. I was looking to buy a pre-paid sim-card, but no luck. Only a few more hours to find out! Related PostHow To: Embed Map with Geotagged Photos for Your BlogPreview: What is New in Nokia Maps 2.0 BetaMobile World Congress Here I ComeNokia N82 Performs Well in the ClubReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 These included James from Nokia Creative, Norm from Symbian World, Vaibhav from The Symbian blog, Matthew from Darlamack, Amir from Phone Rush, Stefanos from Pestaola, and Neil from iGadget Life.

Well Performs N82 Nokia Club in the
I have one suggestion for everyone: if you see red (no focus), don’t take the picture. I’m always impressed at the camera on the Nokia N82. Note: It might not be visible in some RSS readers. The xenon flash really helped out on the Nokia N82. You can view all the pictures taken at my Flickr Set: Club Sol. Related PostFirst Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting UpPreview: What is New in Nokia Maps 2.0 BetaMobile World Congress Here I ComeReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 How To: Embed Map with Geotagged Photos for Your Blog I brought the Nokia N82 with me last Saturday night and took random pictures while in the middle of the dance floor. The Nokia N82 is an excellent clubbing phone! You can view a slideshow below and some of the thumbnails. I showed the pictures to my friends the next day and they couldn’t believe the pictures came out from this small phone. The flash is weaker. The autofocus worked most of the time, but there were times when it couldn’t get a focus because of all the flashing lights in the background. It’ll be a waste of time because the picture will be blurry. I definitely can’t take the same pictures with the Nokia N95 and expect the same quality.

Flash launched and Home Flash 2 Cast
Licensed by operators like NTT DoCoMo, Verizon Wireless and Chunghwa Telecom, Flash Cast offers operators the ability to tailor mobile experiences based on subscriber’s profiles and device capabilities while reaching high volume, mass-market handsets.” In addition, this was said about Flash Lite: “With more than 150 percent year-over-year growth worldwide of devices shipped with Flash Lite, Flash Lite 3 with support for Flash Player compatible video is now available in a wide range of devices, including the Nokia N95 series, Sony Mylo 2 and NTT DoCoMo’s 905i series. By enriching the idle screen with branded content, users can instantly access more expressive, visually rich content.” Flash Cast 2: “Delivers rich, easy-to-use data services through mobile applications such as news, sports or entertainment channels. Mobile users can also experience full user interfaces in handsets created using Flash technology like the LG KE850 Prada, LG KG800 Chocolate, or the Samsung D900.” Adobe has announced the launch of of Flash Home and Flash Cast 2 technologies at the Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, Spain) according to this press release. Some of the key company names involved are major content providers like MTV Networks, Nasdaq Stock Market, eBay, Reuters and Dolce & Gabbana, which are said to use Flash Player compatible mobile products and solutions. Adobe Flash Home: “Adobe Flash Home application combines customizable data-enabled wallpapers and home screens with live data services to provide users with more personalized mobile experiences.

Games Casual on Play Would Online Favorite Mobile 45% Gamers of
The total of 38% is above the industry average when looking at other North-American gamers (according to M:Metrics). Mobile games revenue will grow from $ 3.4 billion to over $ 11 billion by 2011 (according to Informa Telecoms). Oberon and I-Play held the survey along 1,000 online casual game players that visited partner game sites served by Oberon during september. This makes online casual gamers twice as likely to play and buy mobile games then other mobile phone owners.66% of the online casual gamers plays games on a daily basis while 22% said they play about three times a week. According to this press release by I-Play (and their parent company Oberon media), they made a survey to online gamers about how willing they would play their favourite online games on mobile. The market for online casual game subscriptions is set to grof from $ 2 billion in 2005 to $ 6.8 billion by 2011 (according to DFC Intelligence). The age groups where almost equally divided.” Here are the results, something that all Flash Lite game developers should too pay attention to: 38% of casual online games customers play games on their mobile phones and 45% of respondents would play their favorite online games, if they were available, on mobile devices “The 38% of online casual gamers can be split up in 22% that plays mobile games on a regular basis and 16% that plays sometimes.

Virtual Event Nokia Nseries Mobile Congress World
I’ll be there in person, but you can experience it through your computer by attending Nokia Nseries virtual event at the Mobile World Congress. From the itinerary it looks like two new devices, Ovi Share, and new Nokia Maps will be announced. You can directly ask questions to the product managers through the virtual event. I wonder what they have in store for us. Any predictions? Notice the question marks? Read on for the itinerary and your invitation link. Click on the image below for your invitation to the virtual event.

3.0 9.5 Opera Mobile Lite Flash with
Opera has announced the new Opera Mobile browser, 9.5 version, which includes the Flash Lite 3.0 player. Some of the new supported technologies are: • Software accelerated graphics and zoom • Opera Widgets • SVG 1.2 • Flash Lite 3.0 More info can be found from the product sheet (pdf), and from the website - including a tour of the new features. Thanks to BeMobile for spotting this