“Simply Weather” and “BBC” Widgets

‘lo and behold, another review!

Hey guys, just wanted to go over these two widgets that I believe, are useful on a daily basis. If you like the news (BBC to be exact) and knowing what the local / 5 day predicted forecast is just so you don’t wear jeans on a boiling day just because the morning is a bit chilly, you might want to read on a bit more.

Main screen with the widgets

Let’s start off with the BBC widget shall we? It was free, it is free and hopefully it will stay free. Sure there is the AP (Associated Press) widget out, though seeing as how that’s a stock app, there’s nothing much to go over on that one. Here, we see the main screen with the two widgets I’ll be going over, seeing as how we’re talking about the BBC one, I’ll just keep on with that for the time being. As you can see, you can choose either for the regular news, or if you like sports you can choose that respectively! Personally, I’m not much of a fan so I’d have liked it if they could let you snip off either the News or Sport tabs to add to unused screen estate for another widget not to have to be on another screen but anyway, really that’s the only bad thing I can say about this I suppose.

Headline page for BBC widget

Putting aside my whimsical dreams, let’s get down to the meat of the app, as you can see, there are the latest pieces of news shown on the page at hand with 5 buttons to choose from:

Top right: ‘home’ button will take you to the BBC’s main mobile site so you can see the other headlines there if you wish.

Refresh: As one may guess, this re-loads the widget to pull the data and see for any updates.

Categories: Looking for something specific? Tap there and choose what you want! The stories may not be the latest but hey, at least you’ll be informed of what section you choose to get rid of the stuff you don’t want to see.

Different news categories

Gameloft Apps for Sale in Samsung Apps

Going on right now, popular game maker, GameLoft, is having a huge sale on some of the most popular games they offer. The games include: Real Football 2011, Earthword Jim HD, Lets Golf, and UNO. Download these apps by clicking the screenshots of each title! Dont miss out on this sale!

These are just the first four games on sale by Gameloft, look out for a new set of games coming soon! We will keep you posted!

Samsung India: “bada 2.0 to arrive around July”

According to the R&D head at Samsung India, Samsun is to release bada 2.0 “around July of this year”. This is great news for those wondering what has happened to the OS since it was unveild at MWC a few months back.

They also went on to discuss the future plans for bada a bit in an interview with the Financial Express:

“Bada, meaning ocean in Korean, is a driving force in accomplishing Samsung’s vision of a smartphone for everyone.

While that quote does not say much about the upcoming devices for the bada platform, we do know that 2.0 is a major upgrade and should make bada an even better alternative to some of the bigger name OS’s out on the market today.

What are some of your thoughts on the future of bada? Will we see a phone with a 4″ screen? A tablet? Use your imagination…what do you want to see? Discuss it here in our forums or leave a comment below.

Source: PhoneArena

Space Hell review

Hello fellow Bada readers!

While this may not be the latest game out there, I still believe that those of you that have seen it in the store, should at least give it a try if for what ever reason you did not or you just happened to miss it, I’d suggest you try it for a small bout of fun while on the go.

Splash screen

Game's main loading screen.

Considering that it’s rated one of the best games, one would learn quickly that it’s a high-quality game with PS1 esque graphics on a mobile device. For a simple £1 I think it’s worth the couple of hours or so of fun, if you think about it, it’s worth more than what one does at the Arcade spending 50 cents for a single play and that’s it. This you get it, keep it and play it as many times as you want.

In-game screen shot with tutorial message popping up.

Back to the game it’s self, it uses the standard controls for moving about, personally, keypad may be better as there may be a small learning curve in need for those not used to the layout, especially for the aiming. I’ve seen myself shoot my own foot more than once rather than go ahead and blast away at the enemy or box in front of me (or pretty much above as shown in the picture) though aside from some minor control faults that just needs slightly cautious and steady hands, it’s not all that hard once you get used to it. It’s got many little nifty tricks up it’s sleeve but I’ll just show you may personal little favorite one and let you guys get to know what else this game has in store.

How to heal? Guide your little bot to the packs!

Perhaps it may not be all that clear in the image at least, though if you look near the corner you may see that little fella right that. If you want to heal up, you’re going to have to guide that, to the medkits to patch yourself up! I really liked this idea personally because in most games it just like, “Yay a box! Lemme walk on it and my wounds go bye-bye!” no no, in this case they actually make you work to heal up and there’s the timer on the bottom left! Don’t heal up fully by the time that hits 0? Then you’re stuck with what health you have left ’till you find another healing station!