Nokia is evaluating broader use of AJAX with its handsets, having put a stake in the ground with this year’s launch of the third-edition S60 device. Lee Epting, vice president for Forum Nokia, told The Register that Nokia is determining how it can use AJAX, specifically in relation to its open source, Safari-based browser announced…
Free Audio Player for Symbian OS phones
Today I’m presenting you OggPlay, the free audio player for smartphones. OggPlay was initially written for SonyEriccson P800 and then released under the GPL by Leif H. Wilden. As a true open source project, OggPlay has been since ported to several Symbian phones. Main features of OggPlay: Plays .ogg audio files Detects and plays audio…
SQL Anywhere 10 supports Symbian OS
iAnywhere, a subsidiary of Sybase, today announced beta availability of SQL Anywhere 10, the next generation of its database and synchronization product for frontline environments. SQL Anywhere was built from inception to address these unique, data rich environments, which include high-performance server and desktop applications running at remote customer sites, workgroup applications deployed in enterprise…
Free S60 Software
Today, I want to show you some interesting S60 software from Juha Riihimäki, a finish author, you can get for free. All of them have been tested to work in the following devices unless otherwise stated: Nokia 7650 and Nokia 6600. Let’s start. Xedious Xedious is a clone for the classic coin-op arcade game. Maps…
More Nokia phones leaked: N93 and E62
Just after the photo leak of Nokia N73, we have new things to report. Something that definitely looks like the N92 successor and is already called N93. As you can see from the photo it looks very much like the N92 with more buttons on it. I suppose that features will be very similar, with…
Nokia N73: Leaked Photos
Poster from Mobile-Review.com forums revealed us the new 3G/UMTS smartphone from Nokia. He/she assumes it is the N70 successor, N73, and should have the same features N80 has. This includes: new Symbian v9.1 and S60 3rd edition like the rest of the N series 2.4″ true color QVGA screen Bluetooth 2.0 3.2 MP camera with…
Expanding the Symbian platform
Today, I’m ranting about the possibilities of Symbian platform beyond mobile phones. Symbian Inc. is the mobile phone OS development company, but as mobile phones are getting smarter and new needs arrive, maybe they could jump-in in the other markets. Just a thought, but think for a moment – one day we will all need…
The hidden value of the mobile operating system
Symbian’s David Wood insight no.7 covers growing mobile OS debate with a hard look under the bonnets of Linux, Microsoft and Symbian OS and asks which is truly delivering a product purely for the mobile environment and who will ultimately bring smartphones to the mass market? Author suggests six of the problems faced by Linux…
History of Symbian, 1980-2004
Today, we’re going back in time. There’s a Symbian history not many of us ware aware of. For instance, did you know that Symbian OS has its roots in Psion, which was founded in 1980 by David Potter. Don’t want to rant much about it – it’s just great to know how all this has…
New generation of mobile antivirus from Kaspersky
Kaspersky Lab is beginning open beta testing of a new generation protection system for Symbian smartphones, and is inviting all interested parties to participate. Kaspersky Anti-Virus Mobile is a fully functional, integrated security solution that uses advanced technology to protect smartphones against malicious programs and unwanted SMS/MMS messages or spam. It provides antivirus protection from…