Here are short summaries of just a few of the great posts published daily on the Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine blogs. We encourage you to read the complete post, post your own comments, and ask questions of the authors. Below each post we’ve placed the date of the post and the name of the person who wrote it. To find and read the complete post, go to the blog home page (smartphonemag.com/blogs) and use the navigation calendar in the right hand column to browse to the date in question.
Opera Mini 4: A new star is born—the FREE Web browser you MUST try
Opera Mini (operamini.com) has a short history (the project was started slightly over two years ago), but today, with the release of version 4, it has become one of the most useful and best browsers available for anything handheld.
In this review, I provide you with a complete tutorial of installing and using this recently released version of Opera Mini and explain why you may prefer it to other Web browsers…
Posted on 11/12/07 by Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen
Is the Tilt on the level?
So you’ve been wondering what the new AT&T 8925 "Tilt" has under its hood and can’t help but wonder… should I upgrade? The Tilt is very similar to the AT&T 8525 but has unique feature that allows you to tilt the LCD half of the phone upwards after extending the slide out keyboard. The tilt screen changes the viewing angle for typing, but only tilts about 15-20 degrees. The Tilt also boasts a new brand of 400 MHz processor and a healthy 256 MB of memory onboard. The battery life is rated to be higher than its predecessor and has updated 3G technology and an internal GPS capability and other refinements as well. An updated camera boasts 3 megapixels and has a new auto focus feature to improve capturing digital images.
AT&T’s Tilt sports a tilting screen, powerful processor, and other refinements.
Posted on 11/15/07 by Steve Green
I told you so…Best Software Award Winning Games
As I scanned the winners in the gaming categories of the 2007 Best Software Awards, there were several that I’ve written rather positive reviews for over the years. Here’s a quick list of the reviews I’ve written for this year’s winners:
Skyforce Reloaded (see blog for address)
Meltdown (technobrains.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=675)
Anthelion 2 (pocketgamer.org/showthread.php?threadid=5348)
Broken Sword (pocketgamer.org/showthread.php?threadid=5958)
Call Of Duty 2 (pocketgamer.org/reviews/cod2/index.php?page=1)
Boneyboy (rustysabre.com/rusty_reviews.php?id=99)
(Check out Eric’s Top 10 Games review on page 30.)
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