Nokia N96 Game Review – Crimson Fields

Name: Crimson Fields,

Description: Turn based tactical war game,

Summary:I know gaming isn’t every one’s cup of tea and I can see why with most games available are all action games and fast paced button pressing ect.., but what happened to games like chess and space invaders. Crimson Fields is one these games for the more mature n96 users not for anyone looking for a quick game. The game is based on a war zone with a whole range of different units and with different terrains that and clever AI that will pose a formidable challenge. The game in a whole feels like it was ported from the PC because all the controls are done with a mouse that you control with the directional pad which is good sometimes and annoying other times. One of the big pluses with this game is the amount of game-play not only that but you can also play games with people over the Internet or because its turn based, over e-mail.

Overview: The game reacts with a bit of a stutter but normally sorts itself out after a bit of time and some times the screen has a bit of a fit when you rotate it but again it sorts itself out. Another thing I should say is how amazed I was with the AI and the amount of levels you get manly because this game is free. So I would check it out if I was you and for anyone who doesn’t really like this type of game I would suggest you try this game out and just play the tutorial and see what your think. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – Salling Clicker

Name: Salling Clicker

Description: Remote Control software

Summary: There has been many diferent software that aim to connect and control your computer with your nokia n96. Not all the software I tested worked well or even at all but this worked like a charm with simple installation and configuration. The greatest thing about this software over others is that this can use both wifi and blue-tooth and both work with minimal delay. Salling Clicker is award wining software from salling and its quite easy to see why it won, the controls are very simple and can control anything from volume to the media player and even the mouse. So whether you are just wanting something to control your music or if you are displaying a presentation over a projector and you want go to the next frame without going to your pc then this application is the best one, in my opinion.

Overview: Best remote control for your phone and with most applications of this type tend to have have lots more trouble connecting  to the pc but this worked nice a and quickly. All this greatness comes at a cost of $23.95 but dose come with a free trail that limits the amount of button presses down to 30 and when that’s up the application restarts. To install this application on your phone you have to first install an application on your PC and from there it will give you a step by step guide to how set up and where you can get the .SIS file. Read more

Nokia N96 theme review – Green Path

Name: Green Path

Creator: nature62

Summary: Themes aren’t always the most important thing to go looking for to download since there is so many amazing applications like “rock ‘n’ scroll” or “Flipsilent” but it’s still important to enjoy the way your phone looks. I feel that this can only be archived by variety but saying that causes more problems. One is that no theme is perfect some are practical some are beautiful and some are just convenient. Two is that there is always going to be your favorite and more than likely it will stay the same for months. I think this is a nice, clean and simple giving you a nice entertaining view all over the n96 and its menus unlike some of the other themes this one use the standard icons so its not the most professional.

Overview: Like all our themes this one is free so enjoy having a new screen to look at courtesy of mobile9 and nature62. What I really like about this theme is that it really brightens up the screen so it mite take up more battery. Read more

Nokia N96 N-Gage Review – Worms World Party

Name: Worms World Party

Genre: Strategy/war

Summary: We all know and love Worms and now they have been released on N-Gage so we can all play it on our lovely N96. I remember play worms on a friends old phone which was basically a perfect adaptation of the original game so I was wondering what they are going to change and is this updated version any better that the older ones. Unfortunately for your wallets this game is a must of anybody that spends more than two minutes travelling, it works perfectly, everything, I mean everything from the graphics to the sounds and all that’s in between. It’s not only as good as the original it could well be better with more than 30 usable weapons and items that all feel like they where part of the game from the start. All and all with its 1-4 multi-player and online modes the game is for everybody (that’s allowed to kill worms) so check it out.

Overview: What can I say you can probably guess I liked the game and it would be fair to say that all the older versions of the game had just as much excitement but this version is just super very smooth and simple move left, move right, aim up, aim down, jump and fire controls that will annoy you for the first 10 minutes but become very trust able. If I had to give you one reason to try this game it would be that no other N-gage game works this smoothly and has this good of graphics. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – PBC Cost Control

Name: Cost control

Description: Sms, Call manager

Summary: The Nokia N96 is an expensive phone meaning that in a lot of cases owners have to get a tariff, with this phone most tariffs have plenty of Call and Sms credit even so its good to keep track of your tariff. PBC Cost Control will count the amount of calls and texts you make, you can set the day your bill is payed and your quota of call and texts and it will warn you when your quota is up. Its a great idea and PBC-Mobile Group have done it well with its simple and easy to use UI.

Overview: It’s a Great idea if you use your phone a lot then its information you really need to know unless you like spending money with out knowing. In fairness the information is easy to find out but its never going to warn you, so I’m a bit mixed because this cost $6.49 and has so many different names including “Monitoring Your Minutes&Texts Plan“, “PBC_MonIncMT” and what PBC call it themselves “PBC-Cost Control“. Chose what you want to call it yourself, anyway I’m mixed because it doesn’t really do that much but if you have ever gone over your call quota then it would probably more than that. To help you decide there is a 7 day trial so check it out see if you need it. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – TextQuick

Name: Text Quick

Description: Sms tool,

Summary: We all want to think that our n96 is the best phone out there, but its hard to ignore if other phones have some applications or features that our n96 doesn’t have. One of these features is that your n96 has no prejudiced over what number you text which is really annoying because it is so obvious that if you text a number frequently then you what it on the top of the list, but nokia just don’t get that. Thankfully the people at mind-Flip have come up with application to do just this, it will count your messages from each person you have received and will then put the contacts in order of popularity. You can also chose to call the people so its more of just a sorting tool rather than dedicated to sms, when you done with Text Quick you can set the options so that it closes after use.

Overview: I was bitterly disappointed with this application mainly because its an application I really wanted just an extension to the nokia sms service but other than that it also counts your messages so if some one texts you more than you text them their number will still come up first. Still Text Quick is a handy application for heavy texter but only the heavy texter it will just annoy anyone else. Here’s another reason to avoid this application and that’s because it cost $9.99. In all fairness anyone who uses the same number a few times a day will love this application its just not for everyone but if it sounds interesting there is a 30 day trial. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – Cute Keys

Name: Cute Keys(1.1)

Description: Shortcut Creator

Summary: All of us who have a Nokia N96 are always on a quest to make their Symbian Masterpiece faster and more reliable, most of use have realised that its going to take a good firmware update to increase performance. Lets however think of it this way, instead of increasing performance decrease usage by cutting out all the menus. Cute Keys is an application for the N96 that creates shortcut to application, contacts, sms, mms, documents, e-mail, websites and even blue-tooth. With the any application you can set a personal shortcut using keys from 0-9, *, #, the directional pad and even the camera button. When creating the shortcut you get to chose in what order you press each button, you can only use 1 a number once per shortcut but I’m sure people will get great use out of this.

Overview: With all the time this application saves you by cutting out the menus is quite a lot. The shear amount of shortcuts you can do is staggering almost limitless. The only place this application fails in is when you want to create shortcuts to things like “select all”, “copy”, “paste”and general symbols but that would probably be asking too much. If you have a good memory and not much time then this is your application if your the other way around then try with only a few shortcuts but it probably wont appeal to you as much. Cute Keys cost $9.99, but there is a trial that I recommended you check out to see what your missing. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – Metro

Name: Metro

Description: Tourist Travel Information

Summary: Travelling to different cities can have its problems and one of the biggest problems is finding your way to different places of interest or even your hotel. Metro takes care of this problem by providing information about public transport systems and not just in one or two cites but 400. With its latest update (5.76) it is now working on the Nokia N96 plus and with the few bugs fixed it works great. Metro has a very simple interface where you input your location, destination, day and time and with this information it will find you the fastest route and the easiest route. To access this information it uses the web so its more of a widget like the BBC iplayer. One of the features is that it stores the places that you have been which makes it very fast and easy to use, even if you dont need it now.

Overview: I don’t know if its my phone or what but can’t for the life of me change the city so if you want to go to a different city you have to reinstall the application which just isn’t right. On the plus side this would help anyone a lot if they couldn’t speak the language so I think it could be quite important for a few people. So really I think it has great potential and is a valuable tool for your phone and since its free its always something that will get plenty of use. Read more

Nokia N96 App Review – Slide Screensaver

Name: Slide Screensaver

Description: Custom screen saver

Summary: With the Nokia N96 and in fact most N series have so many multimedia abilities and one of the biggest is pictures and images. After taking a few photos of friends, parties, pets and scenery they are just stored in your phone waiting to be viewed. Slide Screensaver lets you use any picture on your phone as a screen saver but instead of ust one picture you can have as many as you like. The application also has various effects and transitions with an adjustable intermissions from 2-60 seconds. You can also randomize all your pictures and set the display between landscape and portrait.

Overview: I can see why  Slide Screensaver is popular, I like look at photos every now and again and how many times have you looked at your phone and just seen a blank screen this application will every so often show you a picture that brings back a memory so it could be quite enjoyable. The only hesitation I have with this is that I think that this will kill your battery but it mite not be that bad, give it ago because its free and what just what we like.

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Nokia N96 App Review – Here and Now

Name: Here and Now(beta)

Description: Lite Localizer

Summary: Nokia have been making a big deal out of this application and will soon be pre-installed on most Nokia symbian smart phones in the future. It will also probably install on the Nokia N96 with the next software update, but it is not compatible with any older phone such as the N95 ect,,,. This application is still in beta testing so it could have a few problems, I didn’t have any but on nokia.com a few people are having problems with it starting and all of that. What “here and now” does is display localized information but as it is still beta there are only two services and they are local weather forecasts and local events. Nokia say that they will update with more services as of when they will do that is another matter they still have to fix all the known issues. Here and now uses ur network operator to find your location and all the information is provided by 3rd party contributors so its well informed.

Overview: I don’t know how big of a success this will be the funny thing with this is that it does not come as an application its just a bookmark in the inboard web browser so you may never find out you have it. The other issue I have with Here and now is that nokia are making a big deal about this but its not very innovative and I’m sure there are all ready applications or widgets that do this so if you don’t like try so others.

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