Mobile Systems’ products are well known – their award winning OfficeSuite S60 and MSDict Oxford Dictionary, are probably one of the top selling Symbian applications. However, the picture from The Smartphone Show Blog got my attention. It’s all about diet with their “MobiSystems Diets S60” application, which was specially designed to facilitate your dieting and…
New book for ASD exam
Symbian Ltd. today announced the latest book in the Symbian Press series: “The Accredited Symbian Developer Primer“. The book has been written to help prepare developers for the Symbian Accredited Developer exam. A pass from the exam is now recognised by the British Computer Society (BCS) as a suitable pre-requisite for becoming a member of…
Symbian Smartphone Show 2006 – Day 1
The first day of the Symbian Smartphone Show has ended. And what a day it was. Two new phones from Samsung and LG Electronics and bunch of product and service announcements. But, let’s start with the Nigel Clifford’s keynote, where he argues that the new kind of lifestyle emerges – smartphone lifestyle. And the rest:…
CoPilot Live navigation for UIQ 3 smartphones announced
ALK Technologies today announced that their award-winning satellite navigation system, CoPilot Live, is now available for the latest Symbian smartphones with UIQ software from Sony Ericsson. Initially compatible with the Sony Ericsson M600i and P990, the latest version of CoPilot Live provides fully featured navigation that offers the same experience as a dedicated system or…
Visto's push email solution receives Symbian Approved mark
Visto today announced that the company has successfully completed the Symbian Email Validation Program and is the first company to be accredited the “Symbian Approved” mark for push email. The hallmark guarantees mobile professionals a high-quality mobile email experience, and will help accelerate a mass adoption of business-ready push email services on Symbian smartphones.
Nigel Clifford's keynote at Symbian Smartphone Show
At the Symbian Smartphone Show, Symbian’s CEO Nigel Clifford today announced that the smartphone is poised to change the way people live in ways as profound as those triggered by the Internet and PC in the 1990s. During his keynote at The Symbian Smartphone Show at ExCel in London, Clifford stated that a smartphone revolution…
Get free or cheap phone calls with Truphone
One of the interesting companies which presents its offer at the Symbian Smartphone Show was definitely Truphone. They provide a service that routes your mobile calls via the Internet, giving you free mobile calls to other Truphone users and very cheap calls to anyone else. Their service is especially interesting when used in roaming, where…
Sony Ericsson announces its complete offering for OpenGL ES
After announcing the version of OpenGL ES SDK for UIQ 3-based phones, Sony Ericsson today announced its complete offering for OpenGL ES, enabling powerful 3D graphics on mobile phones. Following an extensive implementation program, Sony Ericsson’s support for OpenGL now includes in-market mobile phones and games, a Software Development Kit (SDK), developer tutorial and a…
Emerging smartphone lifestyle
Research companies predict that close to one billion mobile phones will be sold in 2006 alone. No wonder so many industries are including mobile in their business strategies. Smartphones, mobile phones based on open operating systems, are packed with technology and power, offering great features and access to the latest converged services. Constant change drives…
LG JoY Symbian smartphone announced
Well the number of active Symbian licensees increased, with the introduction of the LG Electronics’ new HSDPA smartphone – JoY. It is a slider smartphone which sports 2.4″ LCD screen and is running Symbian OS v9 and S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1. Expected release date – Q1 2007. Keep your fingers on the refresh…