SmartPhones

Insaniquarium Deluxe Releasd for Palm OS and Windows Mobile Smartphones

Astraware and PopCap Games just announced the release of the fish-feeding aquarium game Insaniquarium Deluxe for Palm OS and Windows Mobile Smartphones.

Here’s what’s new in the Insaniquarium Deluxe edition:

Adventure - keep your fish healthy and protect them from aliens through 4 fun aquarium stages each with multiple levels of mayhem

Time Trial - feed your fish and fight off the alien invaders to make as much money as possible against the clock. A new time trial is unlocked as you complete each stage.

Adventure Challenge - once you’ve mastered Adventure, face the ultimate challenge as you feed your fish and try to protect them from ever increasing alien attacks. The challenge ends when the last fish is zapped!

Insaniquarium Deluxe is available for Palm OS 5 Smartphones and PDAs with at least a 320×320 screen, and for smartphones and PDAs running Windows Mobile® 2003 and later.

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Texas Hold’em On Your Smartphone

You can now play Texas Hold’em with Poker superstar, Phil Hellmuth on a Smartphone near you.

Concrete Software announced today the launch of Texas Hold’em with Phil Hellmuth for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry phones. Originally published on many major carriers by Oasys Mobile, Concrete Software brings this popular game to smartphones.

Texas Hold’em has been a poker phenomenon. It is played in homes and on TV around the world. Phil Hellmuth is known as one of the best poker players in the world, winning his first World Series of Poker title at age 24, the youngest person to ever accomplish such a feat. Phil now holds 11 World Series of Poker titles.

Texas Hold’em with Phil Hellmuth has already been a hit on such carriers as AT&T, Verizon, Alltel, Sprint, and T-Mobile. The new smartphone version will allow more of the carriers’ subscribers to play this best-selling game.

Check out Texas Hold’em on Concrete Software

New Mobile Browsers Coming

NetworkWorld has an extensive 4-page look at the next generation in Mobile browsers, which are starting to make their way to your mobile phone. Opera Mobile 9.5 is the first to be released for high-end smartphones as well as Apple’s latest iPhone, with its Safari browser. Other browsers worth mentioning are Mobile Firefox and Skyfire, which is due out later this year.

So what does this mean for gaming on your mobile? In the near future, I’m looking forward to Flash-based games on my mobile as the technology increases. Right now, I can barely see a fraction of a website on my old WEP phone, but I know this is coming to fruition with the iPhone and the new Smartphones.

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Nicky Boom on Your Smartphone

DotEmu specializes in bringing class games to your mobile, and Nicky Boom, originally published on PC, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST in 1992 is next up on your SmartPhone. DotEmu has signed a deal with the original game publisher Microïds to bring the charming little boy with red cheeks and a tubby belly back to life.

Xavier Liard, DotEmu CEO:

We are really pleased to be able to give a new life to this platform/puzzle game which will remind some of us of childhood memories. The original game has been faithfully adapted, while ensuring optimal gameplay for mobile phones. We are willing to seduce the nostalgics, but also casual gamers.

Some highlights:

• Addictive, enchanting platform/Puzzle game.
• Save your game anytime, anywhere!
• 4 huge worlds with many different monsters to defeat.
• Dozens of bonus items to discover!
• Numerous teleporters and hidden passages to explore. • Gorgeous colorful graphics from the 90s, enhanced for mobile devices.
• High quality remastered original sounds and music.
• Play with phone keypad or stylus (if available).
• Download the game directly from Internet.
• Try the game directly on your PC Web Browser at : www.nickyboom.com

Nicky Boom is also playable online
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