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News Archive for June, 2006

WorldMate Professional Edition for UIQ 3 devices released

By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 at 4:10 AM PST
In Applications, LBS, Symbian

WorldMate UIQ 3MobiMate announced today the availability of WorldMate Professional Edition for Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE)’s new line of smartphones. WorldMate Professional Edition for the M600 is already selling through mobimate.com as well as Sony Ericsson’s Application Shop. A trial version of the application also arrives pre-loaded on the memory stick of the M600 and P990 phones.

WorldMate 2006 Professional Edition for UIQ features an entirely new and enhanced graphical interface and navigational design. It includes a range of services for travelers and business people, including World Clocks, Global Weather Forecasts, Worldwide Flight Schedules, Real Time Flight Status, Currency Rates updates, converters, packing lists and more. Read the full article »

Signing Error Messages in S60 3rd Edition

By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 at 3:03 AM PST
In Developer, Symbian

Example Certificate Error A Symbian developer and a Forum Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Champion, Antony Pranata, whom I’ve already mentioned few times in SymbianWatch, has added a great post on the Forum Nokia Blogs. He explains signing error messages in S60 3rd Edition devices.

Antony is covering the following error messages:

  • Certificate error. Contact the application supplier.
  • Unable to install. Constrained by the certificate.
  • Required application access not granted
  • Unable to install a protected application from an untrusted supplier
  • Unable to install

Read the complete post here.

Handy Weather S60 – the first Symbian Signed application for Symbian OS v9

By Dusan Belic on Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 at 5:54 AM PST
In Applications, Symbian

Symbian SignedSymbian v9 Signing has started. And the first company to sign its product as Symbian Signed for Symbian OS v9 is… Epocware. I’m glad I’ve already posted information about several of their applications on the SymbianWatch including: SlovoEd dictionaries, Handy Traveller, Handy ZIP, Handy Expense and, the first Symbian v9 signed application – Handy Weather.

Epocware is doing a great job for delivering high-value applications on the Symbian platform, and I’m looking forward to see more useful tools coming from them in the near future.

Blog directly from your phone… in the Philippines

By Dusan Belic on Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 at 5:38 AM PST
In Applications, Services, Symbian

N72 with G-BlogsGlobe Telecom, the leading telecommunications operator in the Philippines, and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today announced that Globe is the first operator in the world to offer their customers a fully integrated mobile online sharing experience with the newest compatible Nokia Nseries multimedia computers.

Globe customers don’t need to download or install any additional applications. Easy access for uploading photos and video clips is available from customers’ Nokia NSeries devices to Globe’s mobile blogging service – G-Blogs. Furthermore, Globe customers can also post entries to G-Blogs directly through Nokia Lifeblog.

OpenGL ES SDK for UIQ 3-based phones

By Dusan Belic on Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 at 5:12 AM PST
In Developer, Symbian

Imagination Technologies and Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) have released the first version of their OpenGL ES 1.1 SDK for UIQ 3 using Symbian OS v9.1 which integrates seamlessly with the UIQ 3 SDK and includes all the necessary information and programs required to create 3D hardware accelerated graphics for the latest Sony Ericsson smartphones.

M600 with OpenGL This new SDK helps developers take the full advantage of Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR MBX Lite based 3D hardware acceleration included in the Sony Ericsson P990, M600 and W950 UIQ 3-based phones. Sony Ericsson Developer World is supporting registered community members in this new area with a new OpenGL ES discussion forum.

More information and download instructions from here.

New trial broadcast mobile TV using DVB-H technology in Sweden

By Dusan Belic on Monday, June 19th, 2006 at 9:08 AM PST
In Mobile TV, Nokia

Nokia N92 in SwedenSmartphone Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N92 is about to be tested again, as Nokia announced a new contract with TeliaSonera Sweden for a complete DVB-H trial system.

The system is currently being installed at the Nokia facility in Kista, Stockholm, supported by Nokia’s consulting and integration services. It will be hosted and managed by the Nokia team, to allow TeliaSonera Sweden to offer the full benefits of mobile television. The system will be in extensive use in Gothenburg and Stockholm from early August until year-end. TeliaSonera marks a new customer for Nokia Mobility Hosting.

First US Nokia Flagship Store to open in Chicago

By Dusan Belic on Monday, June 19th, 2006 at 8:29 AM PST
In General, Nokia

Nokia Flagship StoreI’ve already talked about Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s plan to open the stores in the US. Well, here it comes. Beginning on June 24th, Chicago’s world-famous ‘Magnificent Mile’ shopping district will be home to the first Nokia Flagship Store in the United States, the second to be opened in the world. Nokia said it will be designed to elevate the often humdrum task of buying a wireless device into the kind of pleasurable shopping experience normally associated with exclusive upscale boutiques.

Beside all the latest smartphones, Nokia Flagship Store will also be home to the first Vertu Lounge “store-in-a-store” in the United States.

It will be fancy as one can be (state-of-the-art interactive multimedia displays ware mentioned). They say nothing compares to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), but… Nokia certainly has the money to put on!

Next stop – Fifth Avenue, New York – fall of 2006.

Nokia Connection 2006

By Stefan Constantinescu on Monday, June 19th, 2006 at 7:59 AM PST
In Events, Nokia

Nokia Connection 2006The two-day event, themed “It’s Your World. Express It!”, brought together close to a thousand mobile operators, business partners, industry analysts and media from across the globe to discuss market trends that impact the future of the mobile industry.

At the event, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) showcased many things we at SymbianWatch.com don’t really care about. Here’s the recap of the Symbian-related news: Read the full article »

Nokia Connection 2006

By Dusan Belic on Monday, June 19th, 2006 at 7:59 AM PST
In Events, Nokia

Nokia Connection 2006The two-day event, themed “It’s Your World. Express It!”, brought together close to a thousand mobile operators, business partners, industry analysts and media from across the globe to discuss market trends that impact the future of the mobile industry.

At the event, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) showcased many things we at SymbianWatch.com don’t really care about. Here’s the recap of the Symbian-related news: Read the full article »

Nokia WSDL-to-C++ Wizard for S60

By Dusan Belic on Monday, June 19th, 2006 at 7:41 AM PST
In Developer, Nokia, Symbian

The Nokia (NYSE: NOK) WSDL-to-C++ Wizard for S60 enables developers to easily access web services from Symbain OS code. The tools is used to to create C++ proxy classes and methods to be exceuted on the phone. These methods can be called from the S60 application to easily access webservices as simple local methods.

The tools are primarily intended to be used as a Visual Studio .NET 2003 add-in together with Carbide.vs 2.0.1. The tool however also contains a command line interface that enables to tools to also be used together with other IDEs, in particular Carbide.c++ Express. Read the full article »