CellPhoneSoft, creators of the AutoCam utility that lets you capture your screen, just released Swiss Manager – an essential addition to your UIQ3 device. The must-have utility for Sony Ericsson Symbian UIQ 3 handsets provides task manager, file manager and system information services, allowing you more access and more information about your phone. Features: Task…
Archives for September 2006
Affordable N-Gage Games
At the moment of this writing, N-Gage Game Shop has 10 downloadable games in its inventory. Three of them are really affordable with prices of 9.99 EUR per download. Mentioned games are: High Seize – a strategy game which takes you to the 17th century Caribbean – a world of explorers and pirates, and nations…
Sony Ericsson to extend its PlayNow service
Everyone wants a piece of the digital music market, currently dominated by Apple’s iTunes. Nokia recently acquired Loudeye and I believe we can expect to see Nokia’s fingers entering this (very) lucrative market. Also, by being one of the major labels company, Sony is certainly an important “player” in this market. They’ve already had some…
Nokia N91's update ready
More than a week ago, I’ve ranted about Nokia Phone Software Updater. At that moment only updates for two Symbian phones were available. Now, an update for the third one is ready. Namely, Nokia N91 Music Phone’s firmware is set for refreshment, so if you’re a proud owner of this great S60 3rd Edition iPod-killer…
Getting Started with Flash Lite
Sony Ericsson Developer World brought us the tutorial (515 KB, ZIP file) which introduces Flash Lite technology. The author – Chris Petty, Communications Director at BlueskyNorth Ltd (a Smashing Ideas company) – is a developer for the latest Flash-enabled mobile devices. He guides us through setting up a small magazine application (MyWorld) in nine steps,…
HelloSoft joins Symbian Platinum Program
If you haven’t heard of HelloSoft, you should know that their products enable mobile device manufacturers to design and architect products that are power-efficient and provide substantial cost benefits. HelloSoft has a range of VoIP and wireless products to meet the price and performance needs of multiple high-volume markets, including multi-mode devices which enable OEMs,…
Opera Mobile 8.65 for Symbian S60 released
Opera Software recently released Opera Mobile 8.65 for Symbian S60 devices. The upgrade offers full compatibility with the latest S60 3rd Edition devices. New in Opera Mobile: Improved start page that makes it easier to enter a Web address and go directly to your most frequently visited Web pages. More intuitive text entering into form…
Symbian on BBC News
BBC Newsnight have visited Symbian, where Symbian’s CEO, Nigel Clifford and EVP of Research, David Wood, took Newsnight’s Paul Mason on tour of the smartphone world, demonstrating new applications and outlining their vision of where the mobile phones are heading. Presented were Sony Ericsson’s P990i and soon-to-be-released W950, as well as Nokia N93. You can…
Firmware Update Management Object (FUMO) published
Firmware and software over-the-air updates on mobile phones make sense. Nokia already prepared over-the-air updates of its firmware for UK users (selected phones) and Opera is working on the same goal with Red Bend Software to keep its mobile browser fresh. Now, the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), where all Symbian OS handset manufacturers are present,…
Nokia Design Contest
I find it interesting to speculate how will mobile phones look in the future. Nokia Design Contest is the place for designers where they can present their ideas for the exactly such cellphone. To be more specific – the goal was to design phones that would hit the market in 2015. Daniel Meyer of the…