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Ok, since im new here to SymbianWorld I’m going to start off with a nice and easy post and put the hardwork into the readers eyes. As you all know 2008 has ended and in my opinion it was a pritty decent year, espically for me and Norman, but mainly because of all the cool N-Gage games that have been released and not to mention the sweet devices to play them on.

Well anyway, since the year has ended and its now 2009 - its now time for you to vote on what you think is the BEST N-Gage game that was released in 2008, I won’t list all the titles, as some are not exactly worth mentioning to be honest, but I will list the most of them.  The poll will be open for awhile so there is plenty of time to vote, however voting does end on 31st January. The game with the most votes will be declared (by our readers) The N-Gage Game of 2008, So Get Voting!

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I’m happy to announce that the SymbianWorld team has a new member now. Scott aka Emo185 is a really passioned gamer who has his own gaming blog. I had the pleasure to meet him in New York and he is indeed a cool guy. Now he also writes here on SymbianWorld. So you can expect even more content about N-Gage. I really look forward seeing him producing some great content for us. You can follow him on the SymbianWorld main page or here. Welcome Scott!

The Nokia 5800, Nokia’s first touch device, is indeed a excellent music device. Either you transfer your music from your computer to your 5800, listen to radio or download your music straight from the Nokia Music Store. In the following video I want to show you how the Music Store works on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. As you can tell it’s really easy to browse through songs, genre or albums and to download finally a song you like.

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A happy new year from the SymbianWorld team. Looking forward to 2009 and what it brings.

All the best,

Christian and Norman

The year is almost over, maybe you’re located in New Zealand where the year has already turned into 2009. However, I just wanted to recap the year 2008 and make my top 4. The best 4 devices which were available in stores - so we don’t mention the N97. I don’t rank my top four as this is really difficult because every device has its own advantages and disadvantages. However, I also want to mention that this year wasn’t that special. We haven’t seen that much and special devices which blow me and Christian away. Anyway I really look forward seeing what the manufactures will do in 2009. With the new players like the Symbian Foundation, Apple, Google and also Nokia, Samsung and so on we can really expect a lot.

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The Nokia N79 is a S60 powered candybar device. It’s S60’s smallest device but how about its advantages, disadvantages and day to day use? This review will answer all these questions!

Main advantages:

• FM-Transmitter
• 5-megapixel camera with Dual LED and autofocus
• Strong battery
• Size
• 3 Xpress covers in the box

Main disadvantages:

• Thin keys

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After Epocware optimised all their application for S60 5th Edition now also SmartphoneWare announced that three applications, Best Reminder, Best TaskMan and Best ScreenSnap, have been optimised for S60 5th Edition too.  Both, Best Reminder and Best TaskMan costs $11.95 whereby the Best ScreenSnap is a freeware application. Now these three application works fine on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.

Nokia really pushes their own navigation solution further and further. After they announced the latest Nokia Maps version they now give away one week of free wordlwide navigation. There are just two steps needed. First visit this website and enter your mobile number to receive your free navigation licence code. Once you received the licence code open Nokia Maps and select Options » Extras. Then go to Options » Enter license code, key in the code you received, and okay the final steps. Now you’re ready to test Nokia Maps for 7 days. If you don’t have Nokia Maps on your device than download it here.

I have been using the Nokia E71 for a few days now. In this time I have noticed many good and bad aspects about it. There are many positive points and I haven’t thought that I would like a device like the E71 so much, because I’m a big fan of multimedia - but the E71 isn’t multimedia, it’s business. One thing the E71 has proven to me yet, is that a multimedia-freak like me can also “fall in love” with a business-device like the E71.
But what is good and what is negative about the E71? Read the rest of this article to find it out - I’m sure you’ll find a little surprise at the end of the text…

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At the Games Convention 2008 in Leipzig Nokia announced their partnership with Zeemote and also shown the JS1 controller at their show case. Now the N85, a gaming oriented device, comes with the Zeemote JS1 out of the box. The JS1 is a bluetooth controller for gaming and more. Read this review to take a deeper look including pictures and a video. Read the rest of this entry »