We’ve already seen this in Australia. Now the same thing comes to the Asian market, as all the multimedia phones and smartphones from Nokia will now be pre-loaded with popular Yahoo applications. This will enable consumers to have access to a range of popular services including messenger, e-mail, search, connections, photos, ringtones and games. Yahoo’s…
McAfee to protect Symbian Signing
McAfee, Inc. announced automated online virus scanning for the market-leading Symbian Signed mobile application certification program. The Symbian Signed program, which authenticates and tests third-party applications against industry-agreed quality guidelines, will now include virus scanning to provide additional confidence to network operators and consumers. During the second half of 2006, all applications and content submitted…
Symbian Database Components
Symbian’s Internal Database, EDBMS, strikes a balance between functionality and small footprint, letting you create database apps that run without alteration across diverse mobile devices. Dr.Dobb’s Portal has an in-depth article which discusses EDBMS and deals with such issues as limitations, physical implementation, retrieving and managing data, indexes, datatypes, client-side access and more. Good read.
Nokia N70 awarded
By beating off the stiff competition, Nokia N70 has been awarded “Best Mobile Entertainment Handset” at the annual Mobile Entertainment Awards, the Meffys. The device (N70) perfectly illustrates Nokia’s commitment to offering powerful, all-inclusive handsets that aid people in their daily lives. The Meffys, organised by the Mobile Entertainment Forum, are the industry’s official benchmark…
Handy Tools for UIQ 3 phones released
Epocware just announces Handy Tools for Symbian UIQ 3.0 (Sony Ericsson) smartphones. Handy Tools is a suite of programs which will help user to organize the work with his smartphone more efficiently and includes Handy Safe, Handy Day and Handy Expense utilities. Handy Day is the mobile organizer that guarantees user information, appointments or tasks…
Nokia to provide a solution for NTT DoCoMo's "9 series" users
Remember NTT DoCoMo’s FOMA “9 series”. I’ve posted the info about F902iS, D902iS and SH902iS. Well, Nokia today announced that NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan is using Nokia’s Intellisync SyncML Server to power a new data storage service for customers purchasing the DoCoMo 902is Series or any other 3G phone after that. The Data Security…
Motion-Sensitive Software for the Nokia 5500 Sport Phone
Recently announced Nokia 5500 Sport phone is Nokia’s first mobile phone to use a 3D motion sensor, creating the new user-experience possibilities. In the Nokia 5500 Sport, software using this feature helps users monitor aspects of their exercise programs, such as number of calories burned, speed, distance covered, and number of steps taken. The technology…
i2 brings Nokia N72 to the UK
Nokia already started to ship their N72 handset. Now, i2 (Itsalat International) is the first company to bring Nokia N72 to the UK market. The sleek and stylish addition of Nokia Nseries, will be available at i2 stores throughout the region. AS you probably remember, N72 comes in pearl pink or gloss black with digital…
Wayfinder Earth Beta available
We’ve already posted info covering the leaked video of the WayFinder Earth. Well, it’s in beta now and you are free to test it. Point your browser to WayFinderEarth.com and get all the benefits such as route calculation and positioning (if you have a GPS, of course). More detailed are available for Europe and North…
Free applications, free Symbian Signing
With Symbian platform security introduced in S60 3rd Edition devices, an important path has been opened for freeware applications that require certification. Although most functions are open and certain capabilities can be granted by the user at the time of the application’s installation, other capabilities can’t be granted by the user; these require certification of…