NTT DoCoMo recently announced the new FOMA 903i range of 3G phones, with seven out of them (eleven were announced) running on Symbian OS. These devices are, of course, available only in Japan and are manufactured by Symbian OS licensees – Mitsubishi (D903i, D903iTV), Fujistu (F903i, F903iX), Sharp (SH903i, SH903iTV) and Sony Ericsson (SO903i).
Archives for October 2006
September 2006 mobile threats
Four mobile threats were detected in September, according to F-Secure. Wesber.A The first virus detected in September was Wesber.A. It is a Java 2 Micro Edition based Java Midlet that contains a russian phone number to which it sends SMS messages. The sending function attempts to send the SMS message five times and then quits.…
PyS60 1.3.11 released
The new release of PyS60, Python S60, version 1.3.11 is released. Besides fixing the known bugs and problems, the new version also brings: support for both S60 2nd and 3rd edition in a single release support for constructing an “Image” object from an SVG Icon object for S60 3rd edition changes to standard library modules…
Free Nokia E61/E62 (320×240) wallpapers
E-Series blog brought us the free wallpapers for Nokia E61/E62 smartphones. You can change/replace the existing background of any theme by one of these inspirational images. Changing the background on E61/E61 smartphone (and for that matter any Symbian device) is quite simple. Instructions are also available on the E-Series blog. Enjoy! 🙂
Norway's MobilPorten deploys MobiComp's backup solution
MobiComp – Norway’s provider of mobile solutions in the area of personal information management, content sharing, and service promotion – announced that MobilPorten, Norwegian wireless service provider, has deployed MobiComp’s Backup and Restore solution. Powered by MobiComp’s award winning MobileKeeper platform, the solution allowed MobilPorten to offer their customers a unique personal content management and…
Symbian OS v9.2 S60 3rd Edition FP1 SDK
The new Symbian OS S60 SDK, based on S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 SDK and Symbian OS v9.2, is now available. The new SDK supports the latest Nokia N95 device and is compatible with Codewarrior 3.1 and Carbide.c++. As usual, the SDK includes all key functionalities needed for application development, including API reference, documentation,…
Nokia's phone of the future – aeon
Nokia’s research unit has presented us the aeon, which I hope represents how the phone could look like in the future. We’ve already seen some all-touchscreen concepts, but this one comes from the industry leader. It’s good to know that Nokia shares our thoughts. Just imaging “aeon” packed with all the features of N95 “multimedia…
Mobile TV audience grows 45% in Q2 2006
Recent report from Telephia, indicates that mobile TV revenues grew 67% in Q2 to $86 million, while the mobile TV audience grew 45% to 3.7 million subscribers. The report also includes ratings of viewership for top mobile channels: ABC News – 40% The Weather Channel – 32% Fox Sports – 31% ESPN – 29% Fox…
Nokia: Acquisition of gate5 completed
Nokia has completed its acquisition of gate5 AG, which software is integrated in the recently announced Nokia N95. The acquisition of gate5 is an important step in developing the new product category of multimedia computers that offer people multiple ways to connect to information, entertainment and other people.
SlovoEd 2.1 for Nokia communicators released
Epocware today announced the new version of SlovoEd line dictionaries for Nokia 9300/9500 communicators. SlovoEd 2.1 provides customers with traditionally high-quality translation and includes new brand features that make language study and dictionary operations more practical and efficient. New SlovoEd 2.1 version was developed with active assistance and support of Nokia, and partners of Paragon…