Have you downloaded it yet? For all you SimCity junkies out there, the iPhone version of this game definitely helps you get your Sim fix. It’s not perfect – we’ve seen multiple reports of crashing and a bit of slowness ourselves, but that should not dissuade you from shelling out the $5 for this one.

SimCity image courtesy of EA Mobile

Take a look the next time you are loading up with games and apps on iTunes.

Anyone else take this game for a spin yet? Let us know your thoughts!

As Google continues to trim the number of stalled or money-losing projects in its portfolio, the Android platform for mobile phones is the latest project to get cut. While not a total shock as Android has continued to limp along in the face of the wildly successful iPhone platform, as well as new competition from BlackBerry App World, it does leave some scratching their heads.

There is no comment yet from Google partners whom have also invested a great deal of resources in developing phones for the new platform, most notably T-Mobile with the G-1 phone. It is safe to assume though that Google will have to either compensate those partners in some way, or perhaps release ownership (and control) of the platform altogether in favor of some open source community, thereby allowing the platform to survive and the efforts of those partners to continue.

I am disappointed as I have to admit I was holding out for a newer Android phone. Oh wel1.

(4/2/09 Edit: Yes, this was an April Fools post, as many of you quickly pointed out. Android is not going anywhere;)

Mobile Industry Review has a great drawing underway between now and December 10. Donate a small amount of money ($10 or 5 pounds) to either of two charities, and you are entered to win a mobile handset or accessory. What can you win, you ask?
Here’s their latest prize list:

• An Apricot Picobook Pro Netbook
• Sony Ericsson C902 Titanium – O2 ‘Quantum Solace’ Special Edition
• 2 x Nokia 6650 – T-Mobile exclusive
• Sony Ericsson W595 – Three exclusive
• Jabra BT8030 bluetooth headset / speaker combo
• Jabra BT2050 mini bluetooth headset
• SuperTooth Voice In-Car bluetooth speaker
• 5 x Free Spinvox accounts

It’s a small amount to donate, it’s tax deductible, and you can win a great prize. Now go on over and enter today!

September is here, and to kick off the month we are giving away an iTech Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard (pictured to the right), along with a little cash.
How to Win:

• Receive 1 (one) point for each comment made on MobileMammoth.com during the month of September.
• Receive 5 (five) points for each blog post or article that links to MobileMammoth.com from another site. Be sure to let us know about your blog post in a comment to this post so you can get credit.
• The one with the most points by 11:59pm Eastern Time on September 30 wins the Laser Keyboard. Second place will take home $100 cash, paid via PayPal.

Rules: (very few)

• To gain the 5 points for a blog post, your post can be on virtually any website, though it must link to a MobileMammoth page.
• Maximum of 5 comments per day.
• We reserve the right to resolve any questions regarding total points and the winners.

We will be posting the standings each week. Have fun!!

By the way, if anyone is interested in having their company or website sponsor this or other upcoming contests, send us an email to advertise mobilemammoth.com, or use our Contact Page.
All prizes will be considered!

Remember the early days of Windows apps when developers would hide small games or other programs within the applications? These quickly became known as ‘Easter Eggs’. It became cool to know how to find these hidden tricks.

Thankfully, those days are far from gone. One easter egg that is fairly well known among OpenOffice users but is still worth a mention is the retro Star Wars game found within the spreadsheet application called Calc.

Here’s the command:

Enter =GAME(“StarWars”) in a cell, and you are back in 1983 playing a Centipede-like version of Star Wars.

I do not use OpenOffice, but I’ll tell you where I found about this tip — it’s from a small new mobile website called HowToDude.mobi. Like it’s desktop cousin, this ‘How To’ site displays a tag cloud of topics to select from. Each How To is submitted from various users. I found several cocktail recipes, and even more techie tips, of course.

The site is very young and the content is still growing, but it’s worth keeping an eye on. If nothing more than to find a few more software easter eggs.

Mobile Website:

www.howtodude.mobi

(And here is their version of that Star Wars Calc trick for future reference:
www.howtodude.mobi/howto/view.article.php/443

It’s Friday. Game time.
Play mobile games for free at Thumbgames.mobi. Enjoy!

Mobile Website:

www.thumbgames.mobi

Buzzd is a location-based, social networking service that let’s users stay connected with the local entertainment scene. Using their mobile phone, users can post and view information about what’s happening at local clubs, bars, and other entertainment hot spots.

Buzzd just got funding too, so we can expect to see more features and more activity on this service in the not too distant future. Go check it out and get prepared for the weekend (or for tonight) using one of the links below.

Mobile Website:

http://m.buzzd.com

Register by Text Message:

Text ‘join’ to 96321

Buzzd Website:

http://www.buzzd.com

Can’t get enough Guitar Hero? Hooked on Lost Odyssey? If gaming is your thing, then you may want to take a gander at Joystiq.

This site provides gaming reviews, news, and updates in games for all the popular gaming platforms. And Joystiq is an not associated with any game or game publisher, they don’t hype every new game that comes on the market.

Here’s a quick glance at today’s gaming headlines from Joystiq:

• Rumor: Guitar Hero IV adding vocals, drums, regular DLC
• Metal Gear Online beta ‘planned’ for April 25 … late night
• Silent Hill V now ‘Homecoming,’ dated for September
• Midnight Club: LA racing to Xbox 360, PS3, PSP on September 9
• Metal Gear Online beta delayed, more info tomorrow

Of course, you can now get all this information from your mobile browser. Give Joystiq’s mobile website a try, and be the first to know about the next release of Chaos Theory before your friends.

Mobile Website: http://m.joystiq.com

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MobileMammoth.com has learned of an odd, but interesting new feature to be included in the upcoming Google mobile phone.

What is it?
In what some are calling a bold yet questionable effort to out-feature the iPhone, Google has partnered with a Minneapolis bio-engineering firm to incorporate a feature to tell if a person’s breasts are real or if they have been artificially augmented. This team of engineers has developed wireless technology to sense if silicone is present or “nearby in a body of matter”.

The technology is not fool-proof, however. The phone must be within 7.5 feet of the breasts in question, and the phone must be held at “chest-level”, according to the engineer’s statement. Based on tests conducted in closed-door labs over the past 4 months, the tests have been “over 87% accurate.”

When will it be available?
While most analysts predict a late-2008 arrival of the gPhone, this silicone detecting feature will only be available for testing purposes on handsets sold in parts of Los Angeles and Miami, before being made available nationwide 3 months later.

I am a firm believer in creating new and interesting applications for the mobile phone, but I must say this one never entered my mind.

What say you?
My question for you is, would this feature sway you to buy the gPhone? Or do you see it as a novelty feature that you could do without?

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If you are into mobile gaming and didn’t happen to catch the winners of the latest International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA), they are certainly worth a look. The IMGA awards started back in 2004, and today we’ll highlight the 2007 overall winner, which comes from the ever popular Action Adventure category.

The overall winner of the 2007 IMGAs was Metal Gear Solid Mobile from game developer Konami.

Below is the excerpt on Metal Gear from the Konami website:

An all new version of the classic game that features original content that can only be found on the mobile platform.

METAL GEAR SOLID® MOBILE features never-before-seen dramatic 3D art displays and camera work that greatly surpasses the quality standard of today’s mobile games. Players will face the extreme tension of solitary infiltration in this version of the tactical espionage action game that has been previously released for the PlayStation® and PlayStation®2 platforms.

You can also find a solid review of Metal Gear Solid Mobile here.

Mobile Game:

Metal Gear Solid Mobile
Note: Game also available by texting MGSM to 566264*

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