User: sockettrousers

Re: 3D on phones

On: Cell Phones Becoming Profitless

See TI's OMAP 2 amongst others. Plenty of people are putting 3D acceleration into high end cellphone chips.

Uh yeah, I work for SCO

On: The Absolute Worst Working Environment?

screw the content filter

How about a game on a phone?

On: Best Original Games of 2003?

I'm not sure what it's called but the mosquito game on the Siemens SX1 is fantastic. It uses the MPEG4 motion estimation vectors to overlay still mosquitos on the live preview from the camera.

The object of the game is to zap the bugs on people's faces. Very addictive and finally, a good use for a camera phone.

Re:XIII

On: Best Original Games of 2003?

I'd agree XIII is a good game but it's not terribly new. It does bring a few old ideas together well (cell shading, 3D shooter). Where it really wins is that it is an excellent interpretation of a comic book.

So far, I wouldn't say it's very difficult bt, these things are relative, I thought Zelda windwalker was too difficult and gave up very quickly.

Re:John Peel

On: Discovering New Music?

I'd listen to Radio 1 on the web, but I don't like the way Real Player takes over my PC. Are there any other clients that will play .ram's?

I use Audio Thief to "listen" to the RealAudio of Peel's show over night for me for me then download the resulting MP3 into my iPod.

I'd certainly agree that Peel's radio One show ids the best way to find new music.

...and C++

On: The Ultimate Phone/PDA?

http://www.symbian.com/developer/index.html

No, but I can say

On: New Nokia Phone

Java and code signing

Symbian are not Finnish

On: New Nokia Phone

The best OS in the world comes from the UK.

Or did you mean Linux?

Didn't you read..

On: New Nokia Phone

This phone supports MID-P

I guess it'd be pretty easy to port a native Jabber client to symbian OS too...

that said, I don't really see the benefit in IM on a GSM phone - how does it differ from SMS exactly?