Recently announced Nokia 5500 Sport phone is Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’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 could also be used to control other applications. For example, slide-presenter software might switch slides when the user moves the phone in a certain way. To help developers create new, motion-sensitive applications, Nokia will soon introduce an SDK for devices with 3D accelerometers. Nokia plans to introduce other phones that use 3D-motion-sensor technology in the near future. Read more – post about 3D motion sensor in Nokia 5500 on Forum Nokia Blogs.

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 (NYSE: NOK) Nseries, will be available at i2 stores throughout the region.

AS you probably remember, N72 comes in pearl pink or gloss black with digital textures on the back. It has a 2 MP camera, digital music player, FM radio with support for Visual Radio. The sales pack will have matching themed headsets and wrist straps while i2 will be offering a lifetime warranty to shoppers.

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 America than in the rest of the world. Also, Australia has a higher level of details than the surrounding areas. The price is cool, so check that out.

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 the software.

Symbian and Cellmania announced new support for freeware applications, allowing them to be Symbian Signed for the first time. Symbian will be introducing a mechanism for applications to be tested and Symbian Signed if they successfully pass the standard test criteria. The scheme will be sponsored by Symbian and its major licensees. Cellmania, who is also a sponsor, tests and certifies the applications at no cost to developers and makes the applications available in its catalog. Freeware developers can place the applications in their preferred distribution channels.

For more information Forum Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has prepared an Acrobat document – Signing Tips. Also, visit SymbianSigned’s page which deals with freeware applications.

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 (NYSE: VOD), T-Mobile (NYSE: DT), Orange, KPN, NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) and China Mobile (NYSE: CHL). The goal is to prevent a repeat of the struggles operators faced from paying exorbitant amounts for 3G licenses and to allow operators to use their existing spectrum to run 4G, super fast wireless broadband services without seeing the governments cashing in.

The problem is that in Europe regulators have prohibited operators from migrating to more advanced technology in their existing GSM bands (in the US, operators don’t have to buy new spectrum). To provide such services as WiMAX and other wireless broadband technologies in Europe, operators would have to buy new spectrum.

I’m sure we’re all looking forward to higher speeds on our smartphones. We’ll see what will come from this. In the meantime, read The Guardian’s article with more in-depth info on the subject (registration required).

At the Nokia Connection 2006, new service was launched – Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 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 C++/Symbian OS content and applications. Nokia Content Discoverer provides a device-resident client and supporting components that improve a mobile consumer’s experience in the discovery, download, and purchase of mobile content. Mobile consumers will experience Nokia Content Discoverer as a mobile-content “shopping mall” that contains stores run by content providers, including network operators, content aggregators, and branded-content owners. The Nokia Content Discoverer client application runs on S60 and Series 40 mobile devices.

The solution allows operators to make mobile applications and content easily accessible for customers. That was the reason I’m mentioning it on SymbianWatch – as it will certainly affect all of us (Symbian users that is). More information including the Nokia Content Discoverer FAQ and datasheet, on the Nokia’s pages.

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 across four different multi-player maps by the Terraplay’s MOVE 3.1 platform. It’s basically a bunch of networked computers dedicated to finding you other mobile gamers to take on, and then matching you up and keeping everyone in the loop on who’s committing what carnage. Read the full article »

Forum Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 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 documents, links, and other resources designed to help developers with S60 security, porting, tools, and more. Some of the documents:

• S60 3rd Edition: What’s New for Developers
• S60 2nd/3rd Edition: Differences In Features v1.3
• S60 Platform: Source And Binary Compatibility v1.4
• S60 Platform: Symbian Platform Security FAQ v2.0
• Testing And Signing With Symbian Platform Security v1.3
• S60 Platform: Porting from 2nd to 3rd Edition v1.1
• S60 3rd Edition: Tool Chain, IDEs, And Development Process v1.2
• Carbide.c++: Introductory White Paper
• S60 3rd Edition: Getting Started With C++ Using CodeWarrior IDE
• Scalable UI Learning Path

For even more documents and links follow this link.

RoadSync DataViz’s Exchange ActiveSync client, is now available for S60 3rd Edition devices. Based on the Exchange ActiveSync protocol licensed from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), 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 five of the most popular mobile platforms: S60 3rd Edition, UIQ, Series 80, Palm (NSDQ: PALM) OS and Java MIDP 2.0.

RoadSync for S60-enabled devices offers full to corporate e-mail, calendar and contacts from Exchange Server 2003, while eliminating the need for middleware servers, recurring service fees or subscriptions. Additionally, Direct Push technology, Remote Wipe security and Global Address List are supported when installed in combination with the Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2), enabling more businesses to deploy a wireless e-mail solution for their workforce at a fraction of the cost associated with today’s alternatives.

RoadSync for S60 starts at $99.99 USD per user with volume discounts available for five or more users. For more information and to download a free evaluation copy included in DataViz’ Office Mobility Kit, visit RoadSync’s pages.

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 its .mobi domain). The sunrise period for trademarked brands, began on June 12 and will last for 70 days. Web Host Industry Review has a story.