“In its nine (soon to be 10) factories around the world, mobile-phone giant Nokia will churn out approximately 325 million handsets this year alone. That’s 10 phones per second, every hour of every day, all year long.” BusinessWeek brings us a great article titled “Nokia’s Magnificent Mobile-Phone Manufacturing Machine“. The author of the article discovers…
Metro – The ultimate public transport guide
With more than 350 cities covered, Metro is the ultimate public transport guide for your PDA and smartphone. It will help and guide you through the metro areas around the world. Some of the features include route computation, contact list, places of interest, line (transport) details and more. The sad thing about Metro, is that…
Symbian Watch becomes Symbian Smartphone Show 2006 media partner
I’m satisfied to announce that Symbian Watch has become a media partner of the Symbian Smartphone Show 2006 – the largest global dedicated smartphone event that will take place in London from 17-18 October. Speakers and programme are already announced and from what I can tell, we can expect the great show. Of course, I…
Play .ogg music files with Pocket Ogg
Introducing Pocket Ogg – WildPalm’s ultimate high-quality music player for your phone. Features: High-quality gapless music playback – no silence between tracks Easy to use intuitive playback controls Quick Resume – continue playback of long tracks, such as DJ mixes or audio books Shuffle and Repeat playback modes Create and edit unlimited playlists Support for…
Nokia N93 voted European Media Phone 2006-2007
Nokia today announced that its latest high performance multimedia computer (aka – smartphone), the Nokia N93, has been awarded the European Media Phone of the Year 2006-2007 by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA), Europe’s largest multimedia press organization. The award is yet another industry recognition of Nokia’s continued commitment to innovation in mobile…
Tech Mahindra joins Symbian Platinum Program
Tech Mahindra, a leading Indian provider of IT services and solutions to telecom companies and among the top ten IT services companies in India, based on export revenues, today announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for mobile phones based on Symbian OS. As a Platinum Partner, Tech…
Speakers and Programme announcements @ Symbian Smartphone Show 2006
In its 4th year and with over 3000 expected attendees, the Symbian Smartphone Show is the hub of the smartphone industry and the definitive event for the smartphone community. Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Nigel Clifford, CEO, Symbian Mats Lindoff, CTO, Sony Ericsson Don Morrison, COO, RIM Lee Epting, VP, Forum Nokia Steve Glagow, Orange Partner, Orange…
Gary Oldman's new short film premieres on the Nokia Nseries Studio
A new short film, by award-winning actor and film-maker Gary Oldman, shot on the new Nokia N93 multimedia computer premieres today. Entitled Donut, the film is being screened on the Nokia Nseries Studio, a groundbreaking online mobile movie community where aspiring directors can now upload and showcase their own mobile videos. Gary, the director of…
iCamCU – spy surveillance software for your smartphone
iCamCU is a new piece of mobile phone spy software that comes with the added bonus of a motion detector. iCamCU can turn your Symbian OS mobile phone into an undercover surveillance device. The concept is simple: You place your phone in a location of your choice, turn on the motion detector within the software…
Six Apart's TypePad goes mobile
SixApart announced TypePad Mobile, a free mobile application that lets you update your TypePad blog or photo albums from your Nokia S60 smartphone (Palm and Windows Mobile, if anyone cares). With the new application you are able to take your readers with you, to keep everyone up to date with a single click. TypePad Mobile…