Here’s a pretty cool game that was just released for Symbian devices- it’s called iBomber Defense and it’s pretty sweet.
I think the N9 did a pretty decent job focusing on such small movements on the screen- quite impressive.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
N9Apps: Easy Answer
19:01
Danny
Its been way too long since my last N9Apps post. I am going to try to do at least one a week. Now today’s app is called Easy Answer. It’s another one of those apps that just makes the N9 easier to use.
And, similarly, to end the call:
The app is sadly no longer on the store, but I have uploaded the deb file for everyone to enjoy. You can get it from here
Update: Its back up on the Store.
What does it do?
It runs in the background (if enabled) to make answering and ending calls so much easier. There are a few options for answering the call. These are:
It runs in the background (if enabled) to make answering and ending calls so much easier. There are a few options for answering the call. These are:
- On Ear: Raise the phone to your ear to answer the call’
- Power Button: Double press power button to answer the call
- Shaking: Shake the phone for a moment to answer a call
And, similarly, to end the call:
- Power Button: Double press the power button to end the call
- Shaking: Shake the phone to end the call.
It’s really simple. I have been using it for a few days now, and it makes it just that bit easier to receive/end calls on the device. Especially since I do this thing with my phone, where I spin it before placing it in my pocket, so the shake to end feature is really handy. I like seeing apps like this that take the whole “gesture” experience of the N9 so much further.
The app is sadly no longer on the store, but I have uploaded the deb file for everyone to enjoy. You can get it from here
Update: Its back up on the Store.
If you have an N9App you love, feel free to send in a tip(email is best as I often don’t check the tips page or twitter) and I’ll take a look. Or even send in a review of your own!
Michael
90,000 Apps on Windows Phone Marketplace
18:10
Danny
Just a heads up. There’s now 90,000 Apps for WP marketplace. Rafe has the usual breakdown of the details as always:
This makes it a total of (probably?) over 200,000 apps available collectively for all Nokia devices, were we to measure it like that – I mean, Nokia Store is itself a collection of apps for different mobile OS and variants.
To reiterate however, I’m not fussed on numbers. I care more about quality. Numbers might just be a useful thing to attract devs (well, once it reaches that threshold where it’s no longer described as anaemic in comparison to competition).
Source: allaboutwindowsphone.com
Fruit Ninja NFC (new NFC content at Nokia Store, not Ovi Store)
18:05
Danny
Jared Morgan emailed us to share some news of a NFC section. He notes in particular Fruit Ninja NFC.
Fruit Ninja is a juicy action game with squishy, splatty and satisfying fruit carnage! Become the ultimate bringer of sweet, tasty destruction with every slash.
Swipe up across the screen to deliciously slash fruit like a true ninja warrior. With three games modes the addictive gameplay will keep you coming back for even higher scores.
Fruit Ninja now has our first phase of NFC functionality. Simply perform the NFC handshake with another Nokia 500, 600 or 700 to unlock content.
Something else Jared points out is that there’s a difference in content available for Nokia and Ovi Store. Try it out for yourself, you’ll see items disappear in store.ovi.com that you can see in store.nokia.com.
Check it out:
Video: Nokia Asha 300 touch and type hands on demo and Angry Birds! (filmed with N8)
18:03
Danny
Hi folks. As you may notice, the stuff we got from Nokia World is slowly trickling in today. This is our first video with the Asha 300 touch and type. Pretty much the very popular C3-01 with 1GHz, polish in the design and an additional messaging button. My sister loves her C3-01. Can’t get enough of the Opera browser.
Oh, you can also see Angry Birds demoed here. No more necessity to get a smartphone. Now the millions of S40 users can enjoy throwing poultry to kill some swines.
You might be interested in checking out the product page:
Specs:
- Size: 112.8 x 49.5 x 12.7 mm
- Weight (with battery): 85 gVolume: 59 cm3
- 140 MB internalMicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 32 GB
- Talk time (maximum): GSM 6 h 54 min, WCDMA 4 h 18 min
- Standby time (maximum): GSM 550 h, WCDMA 597 h
- Screen size: 2.4”QVGA262 000 colours
- Resistive touch display
- Proximity sensor
- KeypadPhysical keys (call key, end key, messaging key, volume key, lock key)
- 5 megapixel full focus (EDOF) camera
- 4 x digital zoom
- Fullscreen viewfinder
- Video recording: QCIF, QVGA, VGA in H.263 and MPEG4 format
BTW this video is recorded by the N8. I am stunned not only by the brilliant picture quality, but also by the audio. Right there in person I thought none of this would come through as it was so noisy. The mic placements and the continuous autofocus when set to macro is perfect for events like this. No wonder @Chippy uses a N8 for his stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cew6orwnsBM
Video: Angry Birds smashes half a billion downloads!
18:00
Danny
One of Finland’s finest, Angry Birds now has over 500,000 million downloads. Half a Billion downloads of Angry Birds?! Crickey!
I’m not sure there is a platform now without Angry Birds.
It’s no surprise really, given that it’s possibly the first “app” anyone thinks of when talking about smartphones. It’s going to reach even further scales now Nokia is pushing it into their s40 mobile phones (which make up a larger and larger chunk of the 100m a day sold by Nokia.)
Video:EA’s FIFA 12 on the Nokia Asha 303 (QWERTY touch and type)
17:57
Danny
James Taylor from EA demoes FIFA 12 on the S40 Touch and Type, Nokia Asha 303.
This video was recorded on the Nokia N8. It does focus properly, so don’t worry about watching a completely blurry video. (As you’ve seen and will see in other videos we’ll be uploading, it’s mostly very fast when focusing).
Anyway, I think this is the link to the Nokia Store. It’s actually £4 now.
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