Tele Atlas, a leading global geographic content provider, today announced a partnership with Symbian to generate joint support actions for application developers using Tele Atlas data with the Symbian OS.
Nokia 5500 will survive
Aleksei from Russia sent the pictures from his Nokia 5500 Sport‘s phone test to About Nokia website. From there we discover that the Nokia 5500 is a truly indestructible device. Aleksei have put its sporty-device in the vacuum cleaner, washed it, soaked it in milk, dropped it from a great height and finally run a…
Participate in the UIQ Open developer competition
UIQ Technologies, recently acquired by Sony Ericsson, invites all developers to participate in the UIQ Open, an application competition where you submit your most creative UIQ 3 application(s) and a panel of judges picks up to two winners in five categories (business, mobility, lifestyle, entertainment, utilities) to reward each with a UIQ phone, marketing and…
What exactly is Series 60 version 3 Feature Pack 1 all about?
While this isn’t really news, this article dates back to June 06, it’s an INCREDIBLE resource that tells us what to expect from Nokia’s new OS that will be launching with the N95 early next year. A few areas of interest to me are: VGA (640×480) resolution support; anything to give me more pixels =…
Raketu's P2P VoIP client to run on Symbian OS
Raketu Communications Inc., a developer of P2P-based applications that provide communications, information and entertainment services for consumers and for business, announced that their service will soon be available for use on Symbian OS-based mobile phones. Currently, all pre-paid customers of Raketu’s PC based “RakOut” dial-out VoIP services enjoy free calling to over 40 countries. All…
New Oxygen Phone Manager for Symbian OS adds support for UIQ 3-based smartphone
Oxygen Software just released the new version (v2.12) of Oxygen Phone Manager II for Symbian OS phones, a PC application that lets your PC and mobile phone communicate with each other. New in this version: Added support for UIQ3 phones: Sony Ericsson M600i, M608c, P990i, W950i, W958c. Data management (Phonebook, Calendar, Messages, Gallery) is available…
OMTP Product Profile process sees early phase adoption
The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP), a forum funded by companies from across the mobile phone value chain, re-enforces its position as a central player in the drive towards improved device usability and wider data service adoption, with the launch of its conformance process (OMTP Product Profile). The OMTP Product Profile process enables statements of…
Flash Lite 2.1 for Symbian released
Adobe has released Flash Lite 2.1 for Symbian, Windows Mobile 5.0 and BREW devices at its mobile and devices developer center. Unlike the previous versions, Flash Lite 2.1 players are now free for both developers and consumers. Beside the new mobile player, Adobe also released Flash Lite 2.1 for Flash Professional 8, allowing current Flash…
Psiloc's motion-aware watery screensaver for Nokia 5500
Some time ago Tommi from Nokia looked for the totally useless but funny things that people can create with Nokia 5500‘s built-in 3D motion sensor. It seems that we have a winner. 🙂 Psiloc Wattery ScreenSaver shows the battery level indicator rendered as a liquid sloshing around as you move the phone. Nokia 5500’s motion…
Virtual GameBoy Advance 3.1.1 S60 3rd Edition released
The new, 20% faster, version 3.1.1, of Virtual GameBoy Advance (VGBA) for Symbian S60 3rd Edition devices has been released. For those not familiar VGBA, this handy app will let you play all those beautiful Nintendo GameBoy Advance games. The emulator runs cartridges from “.gba” and “.gba.gz” files, place into “E:\Others\VGBA” folder. The new version…