Phones

Donkey Kong for iPhone released as iDonkeyKong

Apple has approved an illegal clone of Donkey Kong with illegally used name (albeit with added "i" at the beginning) and with illegally used (cloned) game layout from original Donkey Kong of Nintendo! Go get this game ($0.99) now as we think that soon it will be removed from the app store…

What is Donkey Kong? It is a classic arcade game – one of those old games thanks to which Japanese company Nintendo became huge corporation. Since Nintendo has its own mobile gaming console – Nintendo DS (lately extended with DSi model that features camera also) – there is not even one game from Nintendo in app store of Apple. We are sure that Nintendo will not tolerate clones though…

Here is how this game looks like:

Review SPB Mobile Shell 3.0

SPB have finally updated their popular Mobile Shell to version 3.0. It’s been quite some time since they announced this newer version and it’s excited almost everyone who has ever had the pleasure of using this Today screen replacement. I had fears from the recent video that this version was going to overstretch Windows Mobile resources and was too complicated to be stable. It’s been released today and lets take a look at it.

Palm Pre emulator running PalmOS game

Here is a smooth video of the emulator running on the Pre. Note how the game appears on one of the ‘cards’ and can run in the background. My question would be, does the game pause automatically when flicking between cards and runs when highlighted. In any case it’s still an excellent feature on the phone that just packs in a huge amount of extra value.

Nokia N97 arriving in July on Vodafone

The Nokia N97 has finally got what looks to be a proper release date. Vodafone have announced the N97 as arriving in July and you can register your interest now. If you need a refresher the N97 can manage up to 48GB of memory for music, apps and video, has a 5 megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens and a 3.5" touch screen and runs the Symbian S60 OS. No details on pricing yet but we’ll let you know as soon as it is announced.

Register your interest at the Vodafone UK Site

Starbucks giving UK iPhone users free WiFi

Starbucks have today announced that all their shops will be kitted out with BT Openzone hotspots. This means all O2 iPhone customers will be able to get online at the same time as getting their caffeine and muffin fix.

O2 customers with Apple iPhones will be able to use Wi-Fi as part of their Wi-Fi allowance as it is rolled out across stores from April 20, while customers with other models of mobile phones will be able to sign up for BT Openzone at £7.34 per month and use the service there too. O2 mobile broadband customers will also be able to get free BT Openzone Wi-Fi from summer onwards.

678 Starbucks will be joining the BT Openzone network, meaning qualifying O2 customers can now get Wi-Fi access at over 8,000 hotspots across the UK.

via O2 Digital News

Quickoffice for iPhone video review

Matt Miller of ZDNet has posted a fantastic video review of the Quickoffice iPhone application and discovered some pretty major omissions. No predictive keyboard entry support in Quickword which is the word processing part of the application, now this is pretty bad as the iPhone keyboard is not the greatest but the predictive text makes it great so this needs to be fixed and fast, secondly there is no way to email documents or get them from attachments in email, which is very disappointing. We have the complete video review after the break so you can see if it is worth taking the plunge on this office application or maybe wait until early May for Documents to Go.

Quickoffice for iPhone available now

The highly anticipated office application is now available in the iTunes App Store. Quickoffice integrated application suite is the essential high-performance mobile Office productivity tool for anyone on the go. Experience Enterprise-Grade Microsoft® WORD and EXCEL® Office functionality with leading-edge innovation, convenience, and unparalleled ease-of-use. Edit your important files with confidence; Quickoffice maintains 100% data integrity and guarantees Microsoft compatibility.

Nokia 5800 soon to have capacitive touch

Nokia plans to replace the resistive touch panel currently used in its 5800 handset with a capacitive touch panel in order to compete effectively with rival models from Apple, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, according to sources at Taiwan handset component suppliers.

NokiPhone N3000i Dual Slide: Clues to Future Nokia Touchscreen Smartphones

It’s an original NokiPhone! It features dual-slide design reminiscent of the N95 and a 3.2-inch touchscreen, also benefits from dual SIM cards and a face that is as much iPhone as other, more brazen iPhone clones. It’s actually both Nokia clone and iPhone clone, which makes perfect sense considering the features. Too bad, NokiPhone has not decided to include 3G or WiFi on the N3000i. Anyway, it does support videos and music files and games.

HTC Magic launching 5th May on Vodafone UK

We have been keeping an eye on this Android handset for some time and Vodafone have just started to accept pre-orders. The phone is due for launch on the 5th May and if you pre-order they are guaranteeing that you will get it first.

Looking at the pricing plans, if you want the phone for free, look to spend at least £30,.00 a month for a minimum of 18 months, the cheaper plans will cost you £ 293.00 for the phone as well as the contract so choose your plan carefully. This is only the second Android phone which to be honest surprises us that it has taken so long to come around, many are blaming the economic blah blah but maybe it is down to something else like an HTC exclusive agreement maybe, who knows, but 5th May is the day to stick in your diary if this floats your boat. More information from Vodafone.