Forum Nokia’s TechTour2006 is headed your way. It is an opportunity for all the developers out there to get a comprehensive introduction to developing mobile applications and content for a market of more than 350 million Nokia platform device users. The event, one-day session, will be led by Nokia, Symbian and operator experts and will…
The Series 90 future
No Symbian news today, or at least I haven’t find any. So, I’ve decided to blog about the thing I was thinking for some time – the future of Symbian series 90. Let’s roll… So far, the only device which supports series 90 is Nokia 7710. Nokia used to promote this phone heavily in all…
Music Porter X launched by NTT DoCoMo
The MUSIC PORTER X from Mitsubishi for NTT DoCoMo‘s FOMA features a 1GB in-built memory that allows up to 700 tunes to be stored on the phone. This is the 28th Symbian OS-based mobile phone shipped in Japan. The music experienced is enhanced by the addition of an FM radio as well the Mobile Broad…
Screenshot 2.0 for Symbian OS S60 3rd Edition released
Software engineer, Antony Pranata, just released Screenshot 2.0 for Symbian OS S60 3rd edition. It is a free program which allows you to take screenshot on your Symbian OS mobile phones. You can capture screenshot and save it to a file in JPEG, BMP or MBM format (the S60 version supports PNG format too). The…
Nokia's N91 and N92 awarded
Nokia swept the board at this year’s Mobile News Awards held in London, winning the awards for their two handsets – Most Innovative Product and Most Technologically Advanced Product. They’ve also picked up the Manufacturer of the Year award. Nokia picked up the Most Innovative Product award for the Nokia N91. This device has been…
Nokia and Linksys for the Digital Home
Nokia and Linksys, a Division of Cisco Systems, today announced a product bundle entitled, “Go wireless at home”, which includes the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet bundled with either a Linksys high-speed wireless router or gateway. This convenient and secure wireless Internet bundle has been designed to provide freedom for home users who wish to access…
Symbian eyes feature phone opportunity
CyberMedia News reports that Symbian Ltd. is now setting its sights beyond its traditional realm of high-end smart phones. As the article says, Symbian is changing tacks to target the mid-range “feature-phone market”. Feature phones are phones, which lack the typical bells and whistles associated with smart phones, but instead carry specific features such as…
Tough times for Symbian are coming!?
TechNewsWorls reports about Microsoft Windows Mobile census deal. Analysts see this as a score one, at Symbian’s expense. After getting out of the gate slowly, Microsoft won its largest-ever contract for mobile phone software from the U.S. Census Bureau. The contract covers 500,000 handsets and could lead the software giant to dethrone Research In Motion’s…
Chikka and fastmobile to develop Chikka Messenger
fastmobile, a mobile instant communications development company, today announced that it is teaming up with Chikka Asia Inc. to develop a downloadable, mobile-to-mobile version of the popular instant messaging (IM) application Chikka Messenger. This version will be launched with Globe Telecom, the Philippines’ largest mobile operator, as part of an integrated client being developed for…
Jajah's VoIP Goes Mobile
VoIP service provider Jajah of Menlo Park, Calif. announced that its Web-activated telephony service will be available on mobile phones as early as next month. This announcement follows the signing of exclusive agreements to integrate Jajah within Opera browsers and the Symbian OS. Through these partnerships, Jajah would reach Opera’s 20 million users and Symbian’s…