I've always been a big fan of soccer sims, but finding a decent one on a mobile device is like scouting for a decent English center forward - i.e. they are few and far between.

Ultimate Football is not a bad attempt at a mobile soccer game. In terms of the quality of its graphics and sound it's probably in the same league as console forerunners such as Kick Off and Sensible Soccer rather than the likes of Pro Evolultion or FIFA. The player animation may not be entirely realistic but the crowd noises are authentic and the viewpoint adopted is that 3D angled one used in modern soccer sims.

One of the things that impressed me most about Ultimate Football is its intuitive control system. You control a player simply by tapping on him and dragging the stylus to where you want him to run. Passing is done by tapping the player you wish to pass to, and to shoot you just need to tap on the goal. You can even hone your skills in Ultimate Football's tutorial mode before you start a match.

Ultimate Football lets you choose to play either an exhibition match against the PDA or take part in either the English or Italian league. Unfortunately though, there's no two-player option, which decreases the longevity of the game somewhat.

It's certainly one of the better attempts at a mobile soccer sim, but don't expect anything too realistic from Ultimate Football.

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Mobile Soccer is a mobile application which runs on your mobile to fetch the scores of FIFA World Cup 200, from the server on real-time basis. When ever the match is Live, all the Live screens are refreshed every 30 seconds.

The application uses the Internet GPRS to connect to our server. The application doesn't support the WAP GPRS. Check with your operator for more information.

Features:

• Updated Match Schedule
• Updated Team Scoreboard
• Live Scores
• Lineup Information
• Event Information (like Foul, Substitution etc.)
• Match Stats
• Match Summary
• Match Archives
• Live News

These are some of the key features apart from a user friendly interface. The product needs no training to start with and uses it.

There is no cost for the Mobile Soccer. The application is 100% free, all you have to do is register yourself from the application. GPRS charges will be made by your mobile operator at their usual rates for connection and data transfer.

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If you're enjoying the World Cup in Germany, why not make it show by personalizing your Pocket PC with this attractive theme for your Today screen. The theme features an attractive background, modelled on the official logo of the contest.

A smart Pocket PC theme based on the World Cup 2006 logo.

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FIFA World Cup Theme is (as its name ably suggests) a stylish theme for your Pocket PC's Today screen based on the logo and colors of this year's soccer world championships, which take place in Germany.

The theme includes a background image featuring the official logo of the tournament, green toolbars and various effects for pull-down menus.

Get the World Cup spirit with this cool theme for Pocket PC.

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This year’s FIFA World Cup means different things to different people. To many, it represents the pinnacle of four years’ preparation – and the end to a glorious season of league football.

Others, not so enamoured of the beautiful game might well be trembling at the thought of four weeks’ worth of TV filled up with drunken fans, grown men crying and an endless stream of statistics.

Football fans will be impressed by the range of statistics and information available (going as far as the architectural styles of the German stadiums); while those who find the whole thing pretty dull – or impenetrably complicated – are assured an attractive, clean user interface which displays the most important information clearly for all to see.

By automatically updating match results, goal-scorers and other statistics, you can be sure that World Cup Mobile 2006 has a better grip on the tournament than a Norwegian referee (well, a Swedish one anyway).

Besides this, data from previous World Cups are also included in the program along with team profiles, team photos and extended team data for major national sides.

However, it’s let down somewhat with the fonts used in parts the program. Rather than use a typical newspaper-style font, Resco has opted for a futuristic ‘all caps’ font which was pretty difficult to read for longer than a minute or so.

This is a shame but given that it only affects some sections of the user-interface and is basically the program’s only flaw, it can’t be seen as too serious.

That said, an option to change the font scheme (or just the text size) would be a welcome edition in programs of this type.

We’ve looked at other World Cup applications this month, but none seems to offer the same wealth of information, attractive styling or ease of use.

The font issue which bothered us is by no means confined to this application but we do feel it could be remedied easily. We reckon that you’ll be hard pressed to find a better all-round solution for staying up to date with this year’s FIFA World Cup on your Pocket PC.

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FIFA World Cup 2006 is a tool for calculating statistics of the qualifying rounds and final round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

The program includes all six continental zones (Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, South America and North & Central America and the Carribean). It includes all groups in each zone and all the matches in each group (of course!).

In its history section, you can access statistics from the last three championships, adding a whole new dimension to the stats you and your friends can discuss!

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