For all of you guys who intend to go to this year’s Symbian Smartphone Show, you will be delighted to know that the single largest Symbian focused site, All About Symbian, has its own event on the night before the show. Every year, All About Symbian organises an open meeting for Symbian users, developers, manufacturers…
Archives for September 2006
SNAPin Software joins Symbian Platinum Program
SNAPin Software, the first company to deliver self-service software for mobile devices, has announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for phones based on Symbian OS. As a Platinum Partner, SNAPin Software is extending its SelfService Product Suite to the Symbian ecosystem. The SNAPin SelfService product suite lets…
Nokia N73 updated
Just after the N93 update, Symbian Freak spotted the new firmware refreshment – this time for Nokia’s “ultimate challenge to the digital camera” – N73. The firmware version 2.0628.0.0.3 will soon be available in the official Nokia Points and Nokia Service Points. This minor release should improve the N73’s performance and fix known bugs and…
Porting to S60 discussions
I’ve already posted that Forum Nokia has created a separate category on it Developer Discussion Boards dedicated to the porting to S60 issues. Well, the discussion is heating up with addition of two subjects – “Porting to Native Symbian, Key Issues” and “Migrating to S60 3rd Edition“. Once again, I use this opportunity to invite…
Sony Ericsson builds M-BUZZ
Sony Ericsson today announced a new service called “M-BUZZ” for breaking new and developing artists. Complementing the company’s unique music offering of Walkman branded phones, services and accessories, M-BUZZ is yet another building block in Sony Ericsson’s extensive mobile music offering to music fans worldwide.
Mobile printing comes to Nordic region
Nokia and Sapio, a developer of application-based services for wireless devices, today announced that they have signed an agreement where Sapio is to develop, promote and facilitate mobile printing solutions and services in the Nordic region. Based on the agreement, Sapio is to identify and collaborate with interested service providers in Finland, Sweden, Norway and…
MobiForms 3.02 released
The latest release of the mobile development tool MobiForms now includes improved networking functionality using serial, USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi or mobile phone connections. Integrated file and data transfer commands make it even easier to synchronize mobile data back to financial or field service systems. This latest release complements the existing features in MobiForms such as…
Nokia will offer Warner Bros' content
Nokia has reached an agreement with Time Warner Inc. to offer Warner Bros’ Entertainment content including Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbara cartoons for download on its portable devices through Nokia Content Discoverer. Beside the games, video and audio files for kids, Warner Bros will also supply some of the popular films such as “Dukes of Hazzard”…
Nokia N93 firmware update
Symbian Freak noted that Nokia released the firmware update for its flagship N93. The new update should improve the N93’s performance as well as fixing several known bugs and problems. Some of the improvements include: more available RAM memory camera application improved fixed SMS related bugs The complete list of improvements is available here.
Update your E-series smartphone
E-series smartphone owners will be glad to know that Nokia recently released the update for their devices. I’ve already posted about the E61 update, now it’s available for the whole “E” range. – E50, E60, E61, and E70. The first version killed some E70s, but the bug is fixed and E70 owners can now safely…