Sling Media, Inc., a digital lifestyle consumer electronics products company and Symbian Limited, the market-leader in open operating systems for smartphones, today announced that the two companies are partnering to bring consumers a powerful mobile TV experience to Symbian smartphones. Sling Media will deliver a version of its popular SlingPlayer Mobile software application, currently available…
UIQ 3 applications development market
Sony Ericsson today announced the complete offering for its UIQ 3 based phones. With all three UIQ 3 based phones (M600, P990 and W950) shipping in volumes in the next few weeks, Sony Ericsson Developer World reports on the status and uptake of the applications development market. Here’s the full release.
Carbide.ui Theme Edition announced
The latest addition to Nokia’s branded Carbide family of mobile development tools, announced here today at The Smartphone Show, Carbide.ui Theme Edition provides graphics professionals and creative designers familiar WYSIWYG and drag-and-drop functionality, plus seamless interplay with leading graphics creation tools for customization of the look and feel of the latest S60-based smartphones. Individuals with…
CMWare joined the Symbian Platinum Program
CMWare, Inc., a leading provider of PC place-shifting solutions for mobile carriers, today announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for Symbian OS. As a Platinum Partner, CMWare is extending its newest application, myMobileMediaTM to the Symbian ecosystem. myMobileMedia is a turn-key PC place-shifting solution for mobile carriers…
MobiComp enables RemoteXT to safeguard smartphones
MobiComp today announced at the Smartphone Show, that the widely acclaimed Remote XT mobile backup and restore service is powered by MobiComp’s MobileKeeper backup and restore platform. The Remote XT solution works across all UK networks, offering a total security package, which not only locks handsets and wipes all information, but also provides a complete…
Sony Ericsson P990 goes LocationFree
Owners of the Sony Ericsson P990 smartphone can now watch their favourite local TV shows on their phones wherever they are in the world. LocationFree from Sony redirects TV shows from your home television to target devices such as your P990, so you can keep up with your favourite programmes whether you’re on the beach,…
Navicore joins Symbian Platinum Partner program
Navicore Ltd, a leading European provider of easy-to-use GPS navigation software for smartphones, today announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for Symbian smartphones and applications. Navicore Personal, the award winning, easy-to-use GPS-navigator is specifically developed for connected mobile devices and is compatible with more than 30 Symbian…
Samsung SGH-i520 revealed
As announced, Samsung today launched its new HSDPA smartphone i520 based on Symbian OS v9 and S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1. The slim slider phone has an HSDPA radio and browser enabling Internet access and content download speeds up to five times faster than other smartphones. It has an attractive design and comes with…
S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 launched
Demonstrated at the Symbian Smartphone Show in London, S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 offers new features that enrich the platform and thus the user experience with browsing, location capabilities and device management functions. S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 (demonstrated on Nokia N95) is readily available for S60 device manufacturers, and at the Symbian…
Symbian Signing gets better
Symbian Signed, mobile industry endorsed certification program that promotes best practice in designing applications to run on Symbian smartphones, just got better as Symbian announced a range of new initiatives to help developers bring Symbian applications to market faster. These initiatives include a fast-track certification process, a DevCert Request plug-in for Carbide.c++, automated test tools…