Nokia Mobile Reviews and Games

N95-3 Sports The Vacation During Tracker Nokia Testing With Nokia
Sports Tracker recorded data like speed, and location. Nokia N95-3 vs. For my first stop in Edmonton, I turned the application on from the car ride starting near the airport. The map above is draggable, and contains some points provided by Sports Tracker like the fastest point, slowest point, and altitude. Related PostRecap: Puerto Vallarta Mexico Geotagged and Tracked with the Nokia N95 NAMNokia N95 NAM With Sports Tracker, Flickr, Google To Embed Maps With Photos Brief: Sports Tracking Cabo MexicoBar Fight!

am Vlog: Not I Legend
I had my flashlight and the Nokia N95 8GB to play with some video. Click To Play Available video formats: Large, Mobile, Youtube. Related PostNokia N95 Variation Guide for NewbiesVlog: Using the Nokia N82 on New Year’s EveThe Nokia N95 8GB NAM Is Expected by Mid JanuaryHow To: Crop Movies for Full Screen Instead of Wide Screen on the Nokia NseriesVideo: Add Touch Screen to Nokia N95? I wish I could have been more creative, but the point here is that you can shoot video and share it online right away.

Thoughts Games on Casual
As Casual Games are the hottest topic/genre on mobile games, it’s worthwhile to every Flash Lite game developer to ponder a bit who is buing casual games online (as that market has been growing a lot for the past couple of years), and what reasons people have for playing the games. Here are some thoughts on the subject: According to a report by CGA (Casual Games Association), on the web, casual game demographics are: buyers are mostly female (74 percent) and over 35 years (72 percent) BUT only slightly more than half of the players of casual games are female (51 percent) and they’re also a little younger (just 62 percent are over 35) 80 percent of those with children/grandchildren play casual games with them THINGS TO UNDERSTAND: If you want to access a mass market, instead of dominating a small niche, think beyond the hardcore game audience, no matter what your personal preferences are. Reasons for playing include: educational use of leisure time mental exercise confidence building stress relief entertainment pain relief THINGS TO UNDERSTAND: Entertainment is not the only, or even the most important reason, for playing a casual game. Sources: Gamasutra: Opinion: Reflexive’s Carroll On Understanding The Casual Gamer

board discussion Flash Lite Forum on Nokia
Also, hopes are high for getting some real feedback from Nokia for specific technical issues — we shall see how things turn out. Hopefully it will serve the Flash Lite development community well, and become a source for Flash Lite related information (which is currently quite scattered over Forum Nokia). Via Ugur/Kuneri, there is now a dedicated Flash Lite discussion board on Forum Nokia.

adgames: free 1.6m from Mini Opera Mobile games downloads
How that legislation reacts to free mobile games — is anybody’s guess. In order to show ads and count the number of ads showed, the mobile device needs to connect to the network — which creates some data transfer costs. When using term Advergaming, that usually refers to paid content, for example game comissioned by a client, to be used as a marketing tool for certain campaign or product. And the trend seems to be quite strong: according to this press release by Opera / Greystripe, during 60 days of launching a free downloadable mobile game service, over 1.6 million games and applications were downloaded. It may well be, that the old models of pay per download or subscribe to a monthly service will not be as lucrative for Flash Lite content as the viral advertising model: PRO’s As End users are easily able to distribute Flash Lite files to each other; for example via bluetooth - just send the file from your mobile device to another [that has Flash Lite player] and there it is immediately; no installation, just find the game from your inbox, click, and play. Piracy is not an issue; as developer/publisher want the game to be accessed by as many people as possible, as the revenue comes solely from viewing the adds = more games played, more revenue Direct to consumer distribution is easier (as consumers, end-users, distribute the games to their friends) CON’s Legislation: legislation concerning mobile marketing differs vastly from country to country, and there are no clear rules. (on November 23rd, 2007, Opera announced that the Opera Mini browser has been installed in more than 26 million devices - what is the churn rate [meaning how many of the old devices are still in use] is not known by us — Opera Mini officially launched worldwide on January 24, 2006). And how it works: “The Opera Mini homepage now includes a GameJump bookmark, allowing users to access Greystripe’s freemobile game portal with one easy click.” Now, when you think about the possibilities with Flash Lite games and other content, you should immediately realize that viral distribution (one of the reasons is the lack of built in DRM, Digital Rights Management), and installation, of Flash Lite files is far more easier than with J2ME — which generates an opportunity. One of the most interesting avenues for mobile games — and especially Flash Lite games — is the adgaming; today mainly meaning games that are distributed for free, and the revenue comes from showing the ads before and after the actual gameplay (just like in the internet). Currently it is not an issue, but might prove to be one in the future. Airtime: the catch with free games is that they show ads. If there is no access to the network, the game is/might not be playable at all. Although the number of Flash Lite enabled devices is on the rise, lot of phones don’t have Flash Lite. If you have any thoughts on the subject, feel free to post comments.

11.0.117 Updated N82 Nokia Version Firmware to
The Nokia N82 firmware was updated today to version 11.0.117. For the next Nokia N82 firmware, I would like Nokia to add the GPS location in the Exif data of the photos taken. Nokia N95 8GB Photo Comparison”>Bar Fight! Nokia N95 8GB Photo Comparison Nokia N95-3 vs. Nokia N95-3 vs. This way, I do not need to rely on third-party applications like Shozu to geotag my pictures. Related PostReview: Joby Gorillapod with Nokia DT-22 AdapterVlog: Using the Nokia N82 on New Year’s EvePhotodriving and Geotagging with the Nokia N82How To: Easy and Best Video Quality Conversion Using VisualHub on Mac

NAM Google Embed To N95 Maps With With Tracker, Flickr, Photos Nokia Sports
Pictures show up as dots on the map and goes to its Flickr page when clicked. View Larger Map I’m not sure if there are instructions already to do this, but I’ll write a How-To when I get back to New York and have more time to write. Related PostRecap: Puerto Vallarta Mexico Geotagged and Tracked with the Nokia N95 NAMLaguna Beach California Sunset Geotagged with the Nokia N95 NAMBrief: Sports Tracking Cabo MexicoNokia N95 Variation Guide for NewbiesTesting Nokia Sports Tracker With The Nokia N95-3 During Vacation This is pretty cool to use for bloggers who take pictures with GPS-enabled phones like the Nokia N82 and Nokia N95. I combined data from Sports Tracker and the geotagged photos uploaded on the Cabo Flickr set to embed a map in a blog post.