Following the Nokia N80 Internet Edition, according to SlashPhone, Nokia will release more of the existing Nseries devices with “Internet edition” label. It’s not a secret that Nokia bets heavily on Internet for the future growth of the overall industry, and the potential release of N70, N73 and N93 Internet edition devices goes in that…
Carbide.c++ 1.1 Express Released
Carbide.c++ 1.1 Express is a free tool for non-commercial development of Symbian C++ applications. The 1.1 version of Express updates the product to the 1.1 baseline used for the Developer & Professional Edition products released earlier this year. Download the product here. If you’re currently using Express 1.0, you’ll need to install 1.1 in a…
Series 60 phones can view websites stored on local memory
I’ve been assuming that readers of this blog probably know things like this already, but maybe not. Did you know the WBfS60 (the marketing guys are probably going to come after me for that sobriquet) supports the file scheme? That is, if you create a folder called "web" on your phone’s memory card, and put…
Are you a developer? Want to play with video? Nokia has got you covered
This document presents a technical overview of the architecture and API’s that support video development on the S60 platform. Once you have a general understanding of what is possible and how to do it, you can consult the detailed technical documentation available through Forum Nokia to turn yoru product and service concepts into reality. With…
Beyond the browser
There’s a massive confluence in progress, busily reshaping the worlds of networked intelligence and communications. This confluence brings together and transforms two of the most important and energetic trends of recent times. The first of these trends is the increasing adoption of smartphones. More and more people are carrying with them mobile phones which are…
Gizmo VoIP on the Nokia N80 Internet Edition
Nokia today announced that users of the soon-to-come Nokia N80 Internet Edition will have easy access to low-cost calls over the Internet with SIPphone’s Gizmo Voice over IP (VoIP) services. Nokia N80 Internet Edition users download the free Gizmo VoIP settings from the Download! folder in their device, automatically beginning the installation process. During installation,…
Forum Nokia PRO Awards announced
Nokia today announced the winners of its 2006 Forum Nokia PRO Awards, recognizing leading mobile applications, content and services successfully deployed in markets around the world and developed by members of Nokia’s advanced global developer program, Forum Nokia PRO, with more than 400 member companies worldwide. Presented here as part of the annual Nokia World…
Nokia 6290 mid-range smartphone
At Nokia’s annual Capital Market Days taking place in Amsterdam today, Nokia unveiled the Nokia 6290, a versatile clamshell 3G smartphone based on the Symbian S60 3rd edition Feature Pack 1 (like N95). The Nokia 6290 is designed to meet the needs of the hectic professional looking to balance a hectic business and social calendar.…
S60 Browser vs Opera S60 Browser
Over at PDAStree, Joe Moran confronted two S60 web browsers – Nokia’s open-source S60 browser and Opera Mobile for S60. Tested were version of S60 which comes preloaded on Nokia E and N series devices (not N95) and Opera Mobile 8.65. Just to mentioned the conclusion. Both browsers rock, at the end, it’s just a…
Pointsec's data encryption solution released
Pointsec Mobile Technologies, a global leader in mobile enterprise security, released Pointsec for Symbian S60 3rd Edition, a new version of its security solution, offering strong data protection and access control for business users with Nokia Eseries handsets based on the S60 platform. This is the first solution for protecting data stored on S60 devices…