[digg-me] If the latest reports are anything to go by, the 5800 can be your’s on January 4, 2009. However, this comes with a slight caveat. This applies only if you go ahead and pre-book your 5800 through the Nokia website we told you about a few days ago.
For the rest of you the wait might be longer with estimates even going upto the end of January. The estimated price of the 5800 is Rs. 21,800 and it is available for you to check out at certain Nokia stores. If you happen to live near one, drop us a line.
[digg-me] Whenever an existing OS gets a new face the one worry people have is what about the existing applications designed for the current setup. When S60 was updated to include touch, the programmers worked to include backwards compatibility with existing S60 applications. However, due to some major changes in input mechanisms and screen layouts quite a lot of the existing applications don’t work as well and some don’t work at all.
But, the situation is not as bad on the 5800. Quite a lot of the applications work well and we are seeing vendors update their offerrings to include optimisation for S60 touch, Epocware is one such example. Among the apps that are optimized for the platform are Handy Shell, Handy Safe, Handy Weather, Handy Calendar, as well as a number of the company’s SlovoEd-powered dictionaries.
[digg-me]A few days ago we told you about Handwriting Calculator, aapplication that is a showcase of Nokia’s new handwriting recognition technology. It allows you to calculate handwritten math expressions with a touch-screen Nokia device (and with a Windows PC). The only S60 Nokia device with a touch interface is the 5800, so we figured you might want to have look at an application that might make Mathematics fun for you.
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D is now released and available for download on N-Gage.
The console driving/racing experience brought to your mobile device! Speed your way through 12 exciting tracks as one of the leading characters in the Crash Bandicoot saga. Race and battle against your zany opponents and turn them to dust with 8 devastating weapons. Enjoy console drifting sensations and unique 3D features: spectacular skids, dizzying jumps and special shortcuts. A mobile karting experience that rivals handheld gameplay & graphics. Have you got what it takes to race, battle… and have fun?
To download the game, navigate to the Showroom Tab in the N-Gage application in your Nokia device, select “Option” and then “Update now“. After doing that, you should see it listed in the showroom.
[digg-me] If the latest reports are anything to go by, the 5800 can be your’s on January 4, 2009. However, this comes with a slight caveat. This applies only if you go ahead and pre-book your 5800 through the Nokia website we told you about a few days ago.
