Jul 29th2009

Educational App: Periodic Table of Elements on your 5800

Who says there are no educational apps on the symbian fifth edition platform? Our friends at Offscreen Technologies have just released a touch version of every high school student’s best friend, the “Periodic Table” with their Elements 1.0.

Elements 1.0 is one of the latest additions to the Ovi store of Nokia and can be downloaded for free from the ovi webstore or the ovi client on your 5800s. Lets see how the “bible” of chemists fares on our Tube 5800s.

Elements 1.0 is a no frills, fully functional periodic table, the kind of which, I wish I had when I was in high school. As with most of the apps from Offscr Technologies, the app has just one but fully functional homescreen.

All the elements are neatly arranged in their different periodic table groups and colour coded to make the differentiation easier. Just a tap on an element is all that is needed to reveal further physical characteristics of the element.

What we like?

Finger Touch Optimized interface
Easy-to-use

What we hate?

Nothing as such, but some advanced users may like to see embedded links to wiki or other more reliable sources for more info on the elements.

Verdict

We hate to call ourselves geeks but gosh we simply love this geeky app. We just can’t stop wondering why it took so long for someone to think about such a useful app. Job well done, Offscr Technologies! With this app, not only is our 5800 an able communicator cum entertainment medium but also a powerful educational tool. If you are a student, this is one more reason to coax your dad/mum to buy you a 5800 : )

Download Elements 1.0 from OVI Store (sign in first).

Tags: educational application, elements, nokia 5800 apps, periodic elements

3 Responses to: "Educational App: Periodic Table of Elements on your 5800"

1 Ergolius
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 at 6:07 pm

LOL. How they have managed to put typos in this kind of table, which can be found all over the web.

Ex. potassium should be K, instead of Ka as it is in this table.
2 Chris
Friday, July 31st, 2009 at 12:55 pm

Ok I looked through the whole table and all I could find are two typos. Both of which are only abbreviated wrong on the table itself not in the details window. The two are: K (potassium) is written as “Ka” in the square, and Cs (cesium) is written as “Sc” in the square.

hope this helps

AND I’d like to add.. what I think would be great in the next version of this app:
1.) the groups and families the elements labeled on the chart
2.) A search function
3.) Info stating whether each element is solid, liquid or gas
4.) the specific heat capacities for all the elements
3 boaz
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 at 12:42 pm

Thanks, nice application, but for scientific use almost useless – need much more data: electron configuration, heat of atomization, heat conductivity, ionization energy…
is there a way a user can add this data by himself?