Mobile Tech News -- Many More Games Coming to Smartphones, Centro in Australia, and More

Handango and Capcom to Bring Games to N. American Smartphones

Handango and Capcom Interactive have announced a partnership to distribute top gaming titles to North American smartphone users. Titles such as Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Street Fighter, and Mega Man will be introduced for several smartphone models. The first to launch will be from the Who Wants to be a Millionaire franchise.

Capcom's mobile games will be available on Handango's online storefront (www.handango.com) and through its on-device client, and available for BlackBerry and Windows Mobile platforms. 

N-Gage Adds Konami Games Such as Metal Gear Solid

Nokia's N-Gage gaming platform has been steadily adding new titles, and has recently announced that Konami mobile titles will be added to the N-Gage mobile games platform. The mobile version of Metal Gear Solid will be the first Konami game released. 

A 2007 International Mobile Gaming Awards winner, Metal Gear Solid Mobile includes features such as 3D art displays and camera motions; in-game camouflage system utilizing color samples from the scenery of the real world captured by the handset's camera; and additional controls made for mobile devices.

N-Gage is a made-for-mobile games service available in compatible Nokia N-Series and other S60 3rd Edition devices from Nokia. To download Metal Gear Solid Mobile and other mobile titles, visit the N-Gage website or the N-Gage games console.

Palm Introduces Centro in Australia 

The Palm Centro has been released on the Telsa network in Australia. The GSM version of the Palm Centro features Pocket Tunes, VersaMail, and Palm's famous PIM applications.

For more information about the Palm Centro, visit the Palm website.

Handy Converter 2 Released for S60

Handy Converter has been recently updated to include more features and better performance for Symbian S60 devices. Some of the new features include:

• Length, weight, temperature, speed, area, and volume measurements
• Conversions for different types of sizes in clothing, shirts, and shoes, men, women, and kids.

Handy Converter version 2 is available as a trial ($15.95) for Symbian S60 3rd Edition devices from the Epocware website.

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