Mobile Office is an Office suite for the OpenOffice-based OpenDocument format, which allows you to view, edit or create your files on the mobile phone. As with other office suites, Mobile Office work with text-based documents (.odt files), spreadsheets (.ods) and presentations (.odp). Mobile Office for S60 2nd edition-based devices is now free (download link).…
Hartti gives a run down on all the languages you can use to program your Nokia device
Symbian C++Market: 100+ million Symbian devices, including S60 from NokiaPros: No execution overhead, best access to native capabilities (access to some capabilities requires Symbian signing), free SDKs and tools (to start with), localization frameworkCons: Steep learning curve Java ME (MIDP2.0/CLDC1.1)Market: 1+ billion devices (including MIDP 1.0 devices), almost all new phones are Java ME enabledPros:…
Debugging with Carbide; Give Markus some feedback
After some initial troubles, a screencast about how to do on-device debugging with Carbide.c++ is available on Forum Nokia. As always, let me know what you think, and what is missing. Source: Creating Carbide.c++ Link to screencast So what do you guys think? Tell Markus so he can improve his work. It’s a shame that…
Nokia E62 reaches India
Nokia’s 2.5G E62 smartphone, launched in the U.S. few months ago, is now available in India. Powered by Symbian OS S60 3rd Edition, the Nokia E62 offers an affordable ticked to the world of Symbian – users of E62 will be able to install any of the growing number of available applications, thus increasing the…
Truphone on Nokia N80 Internet Edition
After introducing its service to WLAN-enabled Nokia Eseries devices, Truphone recently launched its provisioning application and true mobile VoIP service for the Nokia N80 Internet Edition. Using Truphone is quite easy. The process of making VoIP calls is the same as for making a normal GSM call – there is no separate application to launch…
Nokia Music Mixer
As part of its XpressMusic campaign, Nokia recently launched Nokia Music Mixer service allowing users to remix tracks to their taste by adding new sound clips and effects. Furthermore, users can save their newly made tracks, download them to their phones and even share them with friends. The new service extensively uses drag and drop,…
Update your Nokia N73 to Internet edition
The Nokia Blog reports that the Nokia N73 Internet Edition Firmware 3.0638.0.0.43 update is now available. The Nokia N73 Internet Edition was only announced in Taiwan and Hong Kong, along with other Nseries Internet editions, but anyone with the N73 can change their firmware. As with the earlier N73 Music edition, update is quite simple.…
My-Symbian celebrates its 7th anniversary
My-Symbian.com, the oldest Symbian OS community website, these days celebrates its 7th anniversary. Numbers speak for themselves – during the 7 years My-Symbian has evolved into a website with 11 million page views and 1,3 million visits a month, almost 40 million downloaded SIS files, more than 4000 descriptions and reviews of Symbian OS software…
IM+ for Skype Software released
SHAPE Services announced today the official release of IM+ for Skype Software. IM+ for Skype gives the low-cost alternative to traditional calls and Skype-to-Skype voice and text communication from Symbian S60 3rd edition phones. Based on SkypeOut service, IM+ for Skype Software allows users to make and receive calls for a low fee. IM+ for…
First mobile spyware spotted
McAfee Avert Labs Blog spotted something what seems like the first mobile spyware. A “member” of the MultiDropper family, variant CG is the first in the series to include spyware. So called SymbOS/Mobispy.A is based on an early version of commercial call and SMS recording software. SymbOS/Mobispy.A installs on a phone and records incoming and…