Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Two into one won't fit

Three years ago, a Nokia executive told a group of Irish journalists that soon the Finns would be the biggest camera company in the world. How we laughed. But there is a kernel of truth behind the hyperbole, if only because Nokia is now on the way to selling more phones with "cameras" in them than any dedicated photographic firm retails its own products.

But the "cameras" are mostly useless, even if they are getting better. And the new N90 is Nokia's best effort to incorporate a decent snapper. The end result proves that so far two ideas into one won't go. Read the full review in today's paper.

Also reviewed is Apple's iWork 06, the presentation/word processing/layout suite for Macs only. The long and the short of it is that the supplied templates look great but the bigger question is whether many people want presentation software bundled with a layout program.

In games, Burnout Revenge has been rewired for the Xbox 360 and the extra online tweaks enhance an already brilliant racer - but there's not enough new if you've played it to death on other consoles. Far Cry Instincts: Predator (X360) packages the original Xbox stormer with a short new campaign in a slightly retouched version - nice but a slightly missed opportunity.

Megaman Maverick Hunter X may be a SNES remake but it's one of the PSP's best lookers and plays well too. Key of Heaven is a rather dull RPG for PSP.

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