Organizer functions, games
The calendar is perfect as usual. It has month and week views, we can store meetings, reminders, to-dos and anniversaries. It warns us if there are conflicts and we can set repetition. There is no problem with the alarm clock on Symbian phones, we can set a couple of time points. The alarm goes off even when the phone is turned off and we should know that this is a great positive thing, as most phones with an operating system (Windows Mobile, UIQ) doesn’t support this.
The calculator has only basic functions, but if someone is really passionate of the sinus function a much more complex calculator can be downloaded. Besides the pre-installed PDF reader and ZIP packer the handset also has the QuicOffice family installed which allows us to view our Microsoft Office documents. If we’d like to create a new one or edit one, N96 offers us to buy the full version of the software.
The games have a dedicated menu, it’s called N-Gage. The name of the not-so-successful handset has stayed, but it’s not a phone anymore, but a platform. The white-orange colors of the N-Gage menu are youthful and fresh, while the tapped interface is very pleasant. The startup screen always shows the most recent information about our status in the online competition, what have we been playing and what results we had. After this we get the list of installed games, the new ones available on the net and we can edit our profile.
The N96 I had for testing had five games on it. Asphalt 3D, World Series of Poker, Snakes Supersonic, Tetris and Mile High Pinball. I’ve tried the last two of these (Asphalt is an old piece, I know it already, poker is something I can’t play and Snake is on almost every Nokia phone). Tetris is just what it name says – well, I don’t know what I’ve been expecting. But I had great expectations of the pinball game, as I have grown up playing Pinball Dreams 2, but of course it was all in vain. There are a couple of good ideas, but it’s really hard to make the ball fall out, even on purpose.
Of course all of these are only demo versions. Fortunately we can still play quite a lot and there’s no time limit, but the “buy now” ad pops up just when the game starts to become a bit exciting and when you start to feel some success.
A cikk még nem ért véget, kérlek, lapozz!
