The Sony Ericsson’s smartphones P990, M600 and W950 are all UIQ 3-based phones using Symbian OS v9.1 and they share the same family DNA. This way an application written for one phone, will in most cases run on the other two UIQ 3-based phones. This compatibility also holds true for Symbian Signing. Signing a UIQ…
Nokia E62 on Cingular soon
There ware rumors earlier this year about the Nokia E62 – the Nokia E61 without WiFi for the US market. Well, the Engadget guys say that little birdie told them that Cingular will very soon introduce the Nokia E62. The same birdie got them the picture. What a birdie! 🙂 Beside the WiFi, E62 won’t…
Nokia N72 Starts Shipping
We’ve already talked about the new Nokia N72. Well, Nokia has started shipments of it. As you may recall, Nokia advertise it as a sleek and stylish multimedia computer which comes in pearl pink or gloss black compact package. Matching themed headset and wrist strap are included in sales packs of the Nokia N72. The…
NTT DoCoMo FOMA SH902iS
NTT DoCoMo just launched yet another Symbian OS powered phone, FOMA SH902iS. The new (beautiful – I might add) phone is manufactured by Sharp Corporation and is the 30th Symbian OS-based mobile phone shipped in Japan. The SH902iS is a part of DoCoMo’s “9 Series” and has such features as music player, extensive data security,…
Handy Expense S60
To easily follow your expenses on the move, Epocware recently released new outlay tracking utility Handy Expense for Symbian S60 smartphone users allowing you to quickly keep all your expenses in the smartphone. Handy Expense S60 highlights: Easy and quick information input, Possibility to personify the program by creating your own types of expenses, payments…
SNAP Mobile: Whiter Paper
We’ve already talked about SNAP (Scalable Network Application Package) Mobile, Nokia’s end-to-end solution for developing connected Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME), technology-based mobile games and creating mobile game-playing communities. Forum Nokia has prepared a document (white paper) which gives an overview of the SNAP Mobile solution and the benefits it offers to game developers,…
Creatures of the Deep website unveiled
Creatures of the Deep is a fishing game for Nokia’s next generation mobile gaming platform. It allows you to travel through some of the world’s most exotic angler destinations, cast your line and catch boatloads of fish, sea creatures, and underwater items to store in your virtual live-well. You can enjoy game as a single…
Flash Lite for S60 – documents
Flash has become the de facto technology for creating graphically rich, interactive content for desktop computers. Adobe (formerly Macromedia) created Flash Lite, smaller version suited to the processing and memory capabilities of mobile devices and handheld multimedia computers. Additionally, functionality was introduced to allow Flash Lite content to take advantage of the unique communication features…
Symbian OS Platform Security
Symbian OS platform security, introduced in S60 3rd Edition, brings new levels of device and application security to the S60 platform. Basically, the applications which take advantage of the most-secure APIs, will have to apply for the Symbian Signed program, making the overall system much less vulnerable. Of course, many applications will not need platform…
New Signing UIQ 3 applications Developers' Guidelines
The new Developers’ Guidelines for signing applications for Sony Ericsson UIQ 3 phones gives a technical overview of how to handle Symbian Signing of native Symbian OS v9, UIQ 3 and C++ applications for the Sony Ericsson P990, M600 and W950 phones. It also outlines the Symbian Platform Security (PlatSec) associated with the deployment and…