Recently announced Nokia 5500 Sport phone is Nokia’s first mobile phone to use a 3D motion sensor, creating the new user-experience possibilities. In the Nokia 5500 Sport, software using this feature helps users monitor aspects of their exercise programs, such as number of calories burned, speed, distance covered, and number of steps taken. The technology…
Archives for June 2006
i2 brings Nokia N72 to the UK
Nokia already started to ship their N72 handset. Now, i2 (Itsalat International) is the first company to bring Nokia N72 to the UK market. The sleek and stylish addition of Nokia Nseries, will be available at i2 stores throughout the region. AS you probably remember, N72 comes in pearl pink or gloss black with digital…
Wayfinder Earth Beta available
We’ve already posted info covering the leaked video of the WayFinder Earth. Well, it’s in beta now and you are free to test it. Point your browser to WayFinderEarth.com and get all the benefits such as route calculation and positioning (if you have a GPS, of course). More detailed are available for Europe and North…
Free applications, free Symbian Signing
With Symbian platform security introduced in S60 3rd Edition devices, an important path has been opened for freeware applications that require certification. Although most functions are open and certain capabilities can be granted by the user at the time of the application’s installation, other capabilities can’t be granted by the user; these require certification of…
4G lobbying started
It’s official – 4G lobbying has started, as six of the world’s biggest mobile operators have formed a lobbying group. Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) Forum is formed by the Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange, KPN, NTT DoCoMo and China Mobile. The goal is to prevent a repeat of the struggles operators faced from paying exorbitant amounts…
Nokia's Preminet Solution relaunched as Nokia Content Discoverer
At the Nokia Connection 2006, new service was launched – Nokia Content Discoverer. It is the relaunch (evolution) of the Preminet Solution and is designed to allow mobile content delivery. As mentioned, it offers a best-of-breed, on-device portal and supporting components to help stimulate growth of the worldwide ecosystem for sales of mobile Java and…
Lock ‘n Load 2 brings never-seen-before 3D graphics
Stockholm-based mobile games publisher, Blaze, created Lock ‘n Load 2 – the new Doom-like best-so-far 3D deathmatches for Symbian mobile phones. The game employs “mophun”, software that enables developers to plug-in lots of basic but fast functionality so they can get on with designing their game. Multi-player gaming (up to 8 players) is also supported…
S60 3rd Edition Learning Path for C++ Developers
Forum Nokia has prepared the set of pages For developers looking to move from earlier S60 editions to S60 3rd Edition. Learn about the platform’s new capabilities and find out what to take into account when migrating your older S60 C++ applications to S60 3rd Edition. The Learning Path page features more than a dozen…
RoadSync available for S60 3rd Edition
RoadSync DataViz’s Exchange ActiveSync client, is now available for S60 3rd Edition devices. Based on the Exchange ActiveSync protocol licensed from Microsoft, RoadSync provides secure, wireless and direct push synchronization with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 for a variety of mobile devices. With the addition of this newly supported platform, DataViz’ RoadSync is now available for…
.mobi in great demand
A report from Internet statistics provider Ipwalk says that the new .mobi domain saw a significant number of registrations within the first 48 hours of opening up to brands with registered trademarks. During the first two days of the so called sunrise period, brands registered approximately 5,000 domain names (if you remember, China Mobile registered…