Symbian Limited, developer and licensor of Symbian OS, today released the following unaudited financial and operational figures for the quarter ended 31 March 2006: Q1 2006 Highlights: Global shipments of Symbian OS phones during Q1 2006 rose to 11.70m; year on year quarter growth of 73% (Q1 2005 – 6.75m) Cumulative shipments of Symbian OS…
Development of OpenGL ES 1.1 applications for N93
Forum Nokia released the early technology plug-in for S60 3rd edition SDK for Symbian OS for C++, which enables the development of OpenGL ES 1.1 applications with N93. N93 is the first Nokia multimedia computer with HW accelerated 3D graphics/OpenGL ES 1.1 support. This plug-in enables the full usage of the native 3D graphics features…
Useful S60 documents
Forum Nokia has been busy. For all the developers out there – here are some very useful documents you should consult. Let’s roll… Symbian Platform Security FAQ v2.0 Symbian OS platform security is a fundamental concept addressing the security and integrity of data and applications. Application developers have to take it into account when developing…
Upcoming Symbian-related developer events
2006 JavaOne Conference, May 16-19, The Moscone Center, San Francisco The JavaOne conference is a premier event for the global Java community – and an annual opportunity to stay up-to-date on the latest innovations in Java technology. Visionaries from industry-leading companies will share their insights on how the Java community is advancing and driving innovation…
Nokia 5500 Sport: Smartphone with a six-pack
“On the bank of Iceland’s world-famous Blue Lagoon, the Nokia 5500 Sport leaped into the world arena, displaying its sleek, sporty design with an athletic lifestyle appeal.” Nice introduction from Nokia and cute phone for young people overall. It will run on S60 3rd edition platform and you will have an access to Java and…
BT Joins Symbian Platinum Program
Symbian Limited today welcomed BT‘s announcement that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for phones based on Symbian OS. As a Platinum Partner, BT will harness the opportunities of being able to rapidly develop converged services for its customers using Symbian OS phones. Both parties seem satisfied and for…
Nokia N80 – The Best Mobile Imaging Device 2006
Nokia today revealed that the Nokia N80 multimedia computer has been voted the Best Mobile Imaging Device in Europe 2006 by the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA), the largest photo and imaging press association in Europe. The award is an endorsement of the Nokia N80’s industry-leading feature set, which makes it one of the most…
VistaMax IDE 2.0 for UIQ 3
Wirelexsoft has released VistaMax IDE 2.0 for Symbian OS v9 and UIQ 3. This product is Wirelexsoft’s most recent addition to its successful suite of Eclipse-based IDEs with RAD capabilities for Symbian-based platforms, as well as for Linux and J2ME. VistaMax IDE 2.0 is Wirelexsoft’s most advanced IDE with RAD capabilities available on the market…
Opera Mobile 8.60 Web browser for Series 60
Opera Software today announced Opera Mobile 8.60, its mobile browser for Symbian Series 60 (S60) mobile phones. With this new release, Opera is offering its most complete and easy-to-use mobile browser to date. Opera Mobile 8.60 for S60 is designed to let users interact more effectively with the Web on their phone, and includes new…
Mobile web server from Nokia
Nokia Research Center posted mobile web server binary file for download. Considering that modern phones have processing power and memory on par with and even exceeding that of servers of the early web, there really is no reason anymore why webservers could not reside on mobile phones and why people could not create and maintain…