It’s only a matter of time before the Olympics accepts ‘drinking seven pints of cider before putting AC/DC on the jukebox and headbanging yourself unconscious’ as a sport. And when it does, we’ll be ready. Oh yes.

Sadly, our patchy pool skills are strictly amateur-grade. Happily, however, I-play’s World Championship Pool 2007 makes it possible for us to mix it with the professional potters, although since pro pool is only big on the other side of the Atlantic, we’re not exactly well-versed in who they are.

Still, the game lets you play three flavours of pool: 9-ball, 8-ball UK and 8-ball US. A 3D version is coming out soon (we’ll review that separately), so this is the viewed-from-above 2D version, which keeps the graphics simple, and offers up quick-fire gameplay instead.
You start by picking a player, with each rated in power, spin and accuracy, so your choice does affect the gameplay. The controls are simple: moving left and right aims your shot (with a sight-line, naturally), before a press of the ‘5′ key brings up a bar to set the power.

You can add spin by pressing ‘#’ before making the shot, too, or change your cue angle by pressing ‘*’ (or combine the two for the sort of swerve-tastic shots that’d earn you a week’s free drinks on the house in your local pub).

The thing we like about World Championship Pool 2007 is that it’s not too hard. The pockets seem larger than most mobile pool or snooker games we’ve played, so sinking balls isn’t the frustrating holy grail we’ve seen elsewhere.

The balls clack around the table with a fair degree of realism, too, and the cushions, thankfully, aren’t super-springy ??“ another failing we’ve seen on some mobile pool games.

So it’s accessible, but it also offers reasonable depth. Championship mode sees you trying to win a tournament in one of the three pool varieties, while Arcade mixes up standard matches with trick shots and challenges to truly test your skills.

Quibbles? Well, it’d be nice to be able to create your own pool player with your name and preferred mix of abilities. And the Championship mode falls a bit flat when you win, with just a congratulatory message before sending you back to the menu screen.

Also, with pool suiting turn-based pass-the-handset play, it’s surprising that there’s no multiplayer option (although to be honest, if it was a case of space, we’d rather have decent physics).

We’re still big fans of Gameloft’s Midnight Pool, which has been out for a while now but just edges World Championship Pool 2007 for pick-up-and-play fun. However, that shouldn’t put you off I-play’s very decent title ??“ the only thing we’d mention is that if you’ve got a decent handset, you might want to wait for the all-singing 3D version due in a few weeks’ time.

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* Timer presets available for 15 , 30 and 60 min
* Also users can enter the time manually
* You can close either Music Player or Radio
* Application can run in background

You need to have installed Python for Series 60 and megaPyModulePack before you can use the application.

*Tested and work with Nokia N82

The best selling racing franchise on mobile returns with a cross country underground street racing adventure. In the Fast and the Furious: Fugitive you’re a cop on the run! In order to get your badge back and clear your name, you must drive from LA to Miami and bring down an international crime syndicate. Pit your wits and wallet against the top street racers in the country and perform a variety of fast paced driving missions to earn cash and street cred along the way.

The mobile version of first-person shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. will boast 3D gameplay, stealth and mini-quests. The plot will be like the PC version of the same game, with known characters, heroes, objects and locations, but will not replicate it. A unique 3D engine will be used, allowing the game to work even on weak phone models. The gameplay is “maximally realistic” with detailed hit model, bullet wounds, and real type of weaponry.

Says Andrey Baranovsky, president of Qplaze, their company’s great experience of creating high-quality mobile games will be a pledge of the fact that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. mobile will be no less interesting and awaited than the PC version of the game; a hit before it was released. They will not only be porting S.T.A.L.K.E.R. to the mobile platform, but will be creating a unique mobile product.

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Sometimes there is a need to send an SMS-message is not right now, but with some delay, to ensure that it has come to address at some time. If you encounter from time to time with such a need, the program SMS Scheduler, obviously, you just needed. All you need to do – enter the correct date and time, then the number of subscriber and SMS-text message you want to send, and click “Activate”.

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