Epocware launched Handy Essentials, the line of small and cheap utilities for Symbian S60 2nd and 3rd Edition based devices. Each program carries out a certain task and requires minimal memory space. First released products of this series are Handy Keylock and Handy Alarm. Â
Symbian OS shipments reach 12.3m in Q2 2006
Symbian’s CEO, Nigel Clifford, highlighted Q2 financial figures and added – Symbian continues to lead the global smartphone market with 12.3m Symbian smartphones shipping worldwide. Highlights: A total of 23 Symbian smartphone models commenced shipping in Q2 2006 5,323 third party Symbian applications are now commercially available, an increase of 29% on Q2 last year…
Nokia E62 preview
There were already rumors on Nokia E62, that is basically E61 without WiFi for the US market. Well, apparently the rumors were true, as PC Magazine had a chance to preview the device. On the pro side of the E62, PC Magazine notes very sharp screen, comfortable keyboard, wide range of e-mail and web-browsing options.…
The first Sony Ericsson smartphone firmware update
Sony Ericsson has released the first public firmware update for its smartphones range. The update affects the Organizer to R3A04 version and also brings several fixes and improvements. The number one improvement is deffinetly a better multitasking, which now allows many huge applications to work at the same time. Mentioned feature had some problems before…
Wayfinder Navigator nominated for Handango award
Wayfinder’s efforts to expand in the US have been awarded (actually nominated for award). After winning a Handango Award in the category “Best New Application Europe”, Wayfinder goes further as their Wayfinder Navigator North American is nominated for prestigious mobile application award in the category “Best New Application, Symbian UIQ“. Similar to past years, Handango…
Y-Browser – Another (free) file manager for S60 devices
Recently, I’ve wrote about SysExplorer, a file and system explorer for Symbian OS devices. Now, let me present Y-Browser, a file manager for S60 devices. As any file manager, Y-Browser implements most standard features on files such (copy, cut, paste, etc.) and folders (create, remove, etc.). Y-Browser is developed by Jukka Silvennoinen, and it works…
Open C++ Standard Template Library for UIQ 3 released
Penrillian has announced the free availability of an open C++ Standard Template Library (STL) for Symbian OS. Availability of the Standard Template Library has been one of the most common requests from Symbian OS programmers looking for a ready-made set of common classes to speed the development process. The library is a port of Mike…
Nokia N90 vs Nokia N93
N90’s successor, Nokia N93, brought many new features to the camera phone. Promoted as a “the next story in video”, N93 comes with, so far, best camera on the market. The N93 sports a 3.2 MP camera uses Carl Zeiss optics and unlike any other device has a 3x optical zoom. N93 also supports MPEG-4…
Why Symbian OS Development is Very Difficult
First of all let me underline that this post SHOULD NOT disencourage you to develop for Symbian OS. Quite contrary, the idea is to get to know some “obstacles” BEFORE you start developing for Symbian OS. Yes, there are some obstacles and many “strange” programming paradigms in the development for Symbian OS. However, it is…
Python for S60 gets a Wiki
Python for S60 (PyS60), a Nokia’s port of the Python language to the Symbian S60 smartphone platform, recently got its Wiki. Located on the open source part of the Nokia’s site, PyS60 Wiki provides answers to many questions. Here you will find the latest PyS60 news, installation issues, documentation, information about extension modules, bugs, as…