Nokia Mobile Reviews and Games

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Scott has started Flash Lite Friday Tip of the Day postings, pieces of code or tips for Flash Lite developers — every Friday. 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!

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According to this press release by Nokia, S60 software will include Flash video as integrated part of S60 web browsers: “S60 will be the first mobile software platform to deliver the complete Web video experience as Flash Video will be integrated with the Web Browser for S60. To date, 65 devices based on S60 and Symbian OS have been launched, 36 of which are based on the latest S60 3rd Edition. S60 has been the leader in converged device software since the introduction of the first S60 device and continues to lead by a clear margin, with 53% global market share in Q2 2007 (Canalys, 2007).” And there will be touch based interface as well: “The touch user interface in S60 smartphone software offers licensees the opportunity to develop devices with a variety of input methods, whether it is a touch screen with a traditional keypad, touch screen with a qwerty keyboard or touch screen alone, supporting both finger or stylus optimized input, in addition to the range of access options that already exist today.” This allows people to view on the go Flash-enabled Web sites and Flash Video, such as YouTube, as they would do on their desktops.” Do remember that S60 is not merely on Nokia devices: “At the event, Samsung showcased their latest S60 devices, the new Samsung i450, Samsung i550 and Samsung i560.

Flash for Applications Nokia Lite eSeminar: Devices Developing 3
Via Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices group, there will be an eseminar about developing Flash Lite 3 applications for Nokia devices. Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM US/Pacific “Speaker for the eSeminar is Bill Perry and here is what it will cover: What is the difference between Flash Lite 2.x and 3? How can you embed an FLV into your Flash Lite 3 application? Are there any new security settings that I need to be aware of?”

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Bill has released his “Creating and Selling your Flash Lite content” Flashforward presentation as a .pdf . It’s a 21 page package well worth reading - download it now And thanks Bill for including Aniway logo amongst great companies like Shockwave, BreakDesign, Moket, Smashing Ideas, Blue Sky North and others on page 2

8GB Nokia II Part Review: N81
With Ngage, we’re supposedly able to play against other people throughout the world, and instantly download and preview games into our phones. For this part of review, I’ll talk about what’s special about using the Nokia N81. The Nokia N81 is for people who want music and games. You can rewind or forward and change camera views. After transferring the files, the Nokia N81 recognizes the new files and asks if I want to refresh the music library. The dedicated buttons prove to be useful. To transfer music to the Nokia N81, I had to connect in Mass Storage mode then transfer the files over to the Music folder, the same way I would transfer files to a USB stick. I played with these settings on different songs. I would hate it if this device falls unto the hands of those annoying people who likes to play their musicphones without headseats or earphones in public like the trains and buses. Another way to play music is by pressing the the multimedia key where you can instantly play shuffled music or any of your playlists. In the end, I think the Nokia N81 does a great job as music-phone, and the upcoming Ngage games will be the main reason to consider buying this phone. For the newbies, the Nokia N81 8GB runs on the Symbian S60 operating system like many of the Nseries and Eseries phones. When I chose no, I couldn’t find a menu option to try refreshing the library again. In offense, one button for passing player, the other for shooting. What I didn’t like about the game is that you need to hold the ‘5′ button to sprint. Read more about the physical aspects of the phone in my first part of the Nokia N81 review. Music Playing Music. I don’t really spend much time with the music player in my phones, but for reviewing purposes, I actually enjoyed playing music with the Nokia N81. Watch it below. Album Art. Album art is not automatically transferred with the songs. Unfortunately, the Nokia N81 is not yet compatible with Multimedia Transfer. In the meantime, you can also install other non-Ngage games. The dedicated gaming buttons I mentioned in the first part of my Nokia N81 review becomes active and lights up when Ngage is running. For PC users, All About Symbian wrote a guide to adding album art to the music player with a PC. Unwired View captured a great video demo of the Nokia Music Store. Check out a video from Unwired View to have a sneak peek. Conclusion If you are looking for a phone with good camera, video, or GPS, you are looking at the wrong phone. Surely, I’ll be checking it out once Nokia announces it is available. Games The Ngage service cannot be fully accessed yet, but they provided three games for preview: Space Impact Light, FIFA 07, and Asphalt 3: Street Style. The speakers are also loud, perfect for a music device. The defenders will run after you and steal the ball if you keep the ball too long. Quick Access to the music player. The interface will remind you of the iPod, so you know it’s not complicated at all. Landscape view is the only way to play this game. You can choose whether you want the directional pad on your left or right when playing. Negative. There are a few negative points that I want to point out. Accessing music on the Nokia N81 couldn’t be any easier. One for turbo, the other for brake. Space Impact Light I’m not a big fan. Syncing music with a Mac is currently nonexistent and album art is a pain to add to the phone. This really depends by preference, but leaving both options off are also fine. The dedicated button is for shooting the special weapon. The preview for Ngage in the Nokia N81 is not a perfect representation of what’s to come. I’m not amazed at the graphics, but I’m impressed I’m playing a 3D soccer game on a phone. It’s fast to play music and the dedicated gaming keys really enhances the playing experience. Like I mentioned in the first part of my review, just pressing the play button at any time will play the last song. This happened so many times, that I just decided to turn off the option in the settings. You’ll be fine if you play in upright portrait mode, but that’s not as fun. Asphalt 3: Street Style. This is my favorite of the three games. The Naviwheel scrolls up and down lists… yes, just like an iPod. They find the procedure a pain. You can learn more about S60 if you are interested in these really powerful devices. With Ngage nearing its grand opening, the Nokia N81 is looking to be the ultimate gaming phone. In defense, one button to change player, the other for slide tackle. I’ll tell you how they are used in the three Ngage preview games: Fifa 07. What’s cool about Fifa 07 is that you have two options of landscape views. In the second part of my Nokia N81 8GB review, I’ll cover the main functions of the device that makes it stand out from the rest of the Nokia Nseries: its Music and Gaming features. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, take a train in New York City around 4-5pm. The speakers are placed on the sides and play LOUD. Transferring Music. I’m a Mac user and Nokia provides the Nokia Multimedia Transfer application to transfer music, photos, and files with compatible Nokia phones. Nokia should add this as an option or just refresh the music library automatically. Buying Music. The music store is not available yet and you will see a web page that requires a password login if you try accessing it. Simple, not bad-looking, and fun. My problem with the Naviwheel is often when I press down, it thinks I’m rotating the wheel. Sometimes the differences are barely noticeable, while others are obviously better or worse. You basically just move around most of the time while the ship automatically shoots. We’ll see if software updates fix these problems. —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Video: Nokia N81 8GB Final Production Unboxing and Initial UsageVideo: Nokia N81 Commercial The Next EpisodeNokia N95 Review by the Nokialist Part 1Review: Nokia N81 8GB Part INokia N95 8GB CommercialVideo: The Nokia N81 Song Lip Sync Replays are fun also. There has to be a better way for a better music experience. Currently playing songs with and without Album art. Extra Settings. The Nokia N81 music player comes with loudness and stereo widening effects as options. Nokia says the service will be available in November. Results varied.

from Mocarbon Moket
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. Check it out! http://www.mocarbon.com

Flash video Lite capabilities 3 article
A new article on Adobe DevNet for mobile, the topic is Flash Lite 3 video capabilities and the article shows how to create a sample video application. The writer is Giorgio Natili from Actionscript.it

Party Photos From House Halloween Sample Indoor N95-3 Night Nokia
Take a look again. Friend: Ohhh! Cameraphones are known not to do well indoors especially at night with poor lighting and you can see that on some of the picures. Check it out. I’m sure all the Nokia N95 owners experience this scenario over and over again when taking pictures at night because I went through this conversation a few times that night. You: Is it okay if you take a picture? Friend: Sure, just click this button? You: Yes. Friend: Whoa… is this a phone? You: Yep and a whole bunch of other things. Friend: Okay. Not a bad night to start the Halloween weekend. —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:More Sample Photos From Nokia N95 on FlickrMore Early Photo Samples From Nokia N95Nokia N95 Takes Better Pictures Than The Nokia N93Nokia N95 Photos of the Brooklyn BridgeNokia is Flying Me Over to Los Angeles!Video: Chasing the Fedex Truck and Nokia N95 Unboxing I used my recently reviewed Nokia N95 (NAM or N95-3 version) to take pictures from our Halloween house party this past weekend. ( Okay… you don’t have to say the last part, but I usually do! ) You can see the rest of the pictures at my Flickr Halloween Set. [presses button and camera flashes] Friend: [Looks at the screen] It looks dark. However, some of the pictures in the brighter rooms actually came out pretty well. Nice phone! You: Yes it is… you should go to thenokiablog.com to find out more about it! Let me take it again. You: Nope, it takes a few seconds for the picture to come up.

N95 Geek Preview Nokia Video By 8GB Nokia
Click to play” width=”460″ height=”345″ src=”http://blip.tv/file/get/Munkimatt-N958GBInitialImpressions421.flv.jpg” border=”0″ title=”Click To Play” />Click To Play After watching this video, I wondered if this device will make my recently reviewed Nokia N95-3 jealous. He says the device is well built with great quality. Matt Jones from Nokia Geek has a video of his initial impressions preview of the Nokia N95 8GB. UGH, looks like we can’t have everything we want. Via Nokia Geek: N95 8GB Initial Impressions —Related Articles at the Nokia blog:Pirates Preview of Nokia N95 is BackS60 Testing Live Video Broadcast From Your Nokia PhoneNokia N95 Preview by Ján TrangelNokia N95 Preview from KaosprojectNokia N95 Preview from All About SymbianNokia N95 Video Preview by SlashPhone He loves the bigger screen and shiny black color. However, the faster 3G internet speeds I get on the N95-3 will not be available on the Nokia N95 8GB because it is not compatible with AT&T’s 3G network. The bigger screen really looks like it makes a difference. Check out the rest of his thoughts in the video.