Good 3D games for the S60 5th Edition platform are rather rare. However, Polarbits is offering  three high quality 3D games: Raging Thunder (car racing game), Wave Blazer (power boat racing) and Armageddon Squadron (arcade flight simulator / shooter). Despite the good quality those games are free of charge. There are several gaming modes supported. A multiplayer-mode is also included. What we really like is the game-control. Using the accelerometer API you can control your boat, aircraft or car easly. Take a look at our video to see how the games work. These games work on all S60 5th Edition devices such as the X6, N97 or the Satio.

WaveBlazer

RagingThunder

Armageddon Squadron

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Nokia Beta Labs have introduced Gig Finder, an application that helps you to find concerts and live music. Moreover, you can purchase tickets straight from your phone. Gig Finder works on all S60 5th Edition phones and can be downloaded right here. However, currently there are only the United States (USA), Canada, United Kingdom (UK), and Ireland supported.

Key features:

• Easy Search. Quickly find where to find the best concerts & other music events near you. Search by artist, genre, city, venue, specific date, date range or a combination of any.
• Buy Tickets. Direct links connect your mobile to various ticket vendors to conveniently find the best seats & prices
• Smart Recommendations. Get recommendations for live events and venues based on your music tastes (profile & on device music library) and location
• Get Directions. See where the event is and how to get there with a direct link from Maps.
• Start the Buzz. Share information about the gig to Facebook, SMS, or Email.
• Download Music. Events link directly to the artist pages in Nokia Music Store / Ovi Music (when available in your country) so you can preview or download music before or after seeing your favourite artists live.

XpressCut is a simple but powerful application to cut and save songs directly on  your S60 5th Edition phone. Open XpressCut, select a song, set the start tag and the end. Once you pressed the save button it will create a new file and save the song. The quality of the new created file is good and can be send to your friends or can be used as a ringtone. Apparently, XpressCut is based on Phython and requires at least Python version 1.9.7. Install Python first and then XpressCut.

XpressCut v0.15

Python 1.9.7

How often have you accidentally disconnected your headset from your phone? This is really annoying, especially when the music is disturbing others around you. Now we found a useful application that will stop the music as soon as you disconnect the headset. ‘For Your Ears Only’ is a simple application so it has no fancy UI. Rather it’s a prototype that should be implemented in further devices. Unfortunately ‘For Your Ears Only’ does not have an autostart function. Nonetheless, if you have this problem from time to time you should install this freeware application. It works on all S60 5th Edition devices such as the Nokia N97, 5800 XM, 5530XM and all other.

For Your Ears Only

Igor aka kAIST is without a doubt a really talented developer. Now he brought us a new and powerful drawing application. XpressSketch works on all S60 5th Edition devices such as the Nokia N97, 5530, 5800, X6 and the 5230. Although there is a lot effort in the software it’s completely for free. As already said, XpressSketch isn’t a simple drawing app but rather a powerful drawing tool offering following features:

• Faster and smoother drawing.
• More than 50 thousand colors.  Do not hesitate, what color to choose, use the convenient palette of colors.
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Today Nokia and Qt released the Beta version of Qt 4.6.0. Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework. Using Qt, one can write applications once and deploy them across desktop, mobile and embedded operating systems without rewriting the source code. The beta runs on S60 3rd Edition as well as 5th Edition devices. I’ve installed it on my Nokia N97 and it looks really impressive. The focus of this release has been to stabilize the Symbian port, as well as adding a backend for the Phonon multimedia library enabling simple audio and video playback. The “Colossus” beta-release contains QtCore, QtTest, QtGui, QtNetwork, QtScript, QtSvg, QtWebKit, QtXML and Phonon as well as documentation and examples and demo.

To download Colossus straight to your phone point your phone’s browser to qt.nokia.com/phonedemo. For best performance we recommend to install in Phone memory.

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For all football/soccer fans Plusmo have published a nifty widget for the N97 and all other S60 5th Edition devices. ESPNsoccernet is a powerful tool for staying up to date with football. Enjoy in depth team and region news coverage, live game visualization, match commentary, team tracking, detailed fixtures, tables, and more. You can choose your country and the league you want to follow. A homescreen-widget is also available showing you current or upcoming games and scores. Although this widget is that powerful it’s available completely free in the Ovi Store. Find more screenshots after the break. Read the rest of this entry »

Syntonetic is offering Playlist DJ completely for free until October 31st.  So, head over to the Ovi Store to save 4.99€ . This is an indeed nice introductory offer. Playlist DJ works on all S60 5th Edition devices. So the N97, 5800 XpressMusic, 5530 XpressMusic, 5320 XpressMusic are supported.

About Playlist DJ:

Unleash the DJ inside you. Instantly create new playlists. Match your music to your mood or change your mood with your music. Playlist DJ automatically analyzes and profiles your music collection, then builds playlists at your command. You simply set the fun and colorful mood and tempo sliders, or start with a favorite song. Discover music you forgot you had.

Playlist DJ comes pre-installed on the new announced Nokia X6 – the latest music oriented device. However, this application is also available for all other S60 5th Edition devices through the Ovi Store. Playlist DJ is priced at 4.99€.  Before buying you should consider if this app is really worth 4.99€. If so, go ahead and buy it here.

Get more enjoyment from your music collection with Playlist DJ. Instantly create new playlists. Match your music to your mood or change your mood with your music. Playlist DJ automatically analyzes and profiles your music collection, then builds playlists at your command. You simply set the fun and colorful mood and tempo sliders, or start with a favorite song. Discover music you forgot you had.

Just a week before Nokia World in Stuttgart, Nokia have unveiled the 5230. Nokia is offering the mid-tier handset for 149€ (before taxes and subsidies) which is indeed a really attractive price point. Running on S60 5th Edition it features assisted-GPS with Ovi Maps, Nokia’s new Contacts bar on the homescreen, a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0 and a 3.2” touch screen. Taking a look at the 5320 some may see the big brother, the 5800. However, the 5230 comes in six color variants: red, pink, blue, yellow, silver, dark silver.

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