Microsoft has finally released Windows Mobile 6 Product Reference Guide, providing core information about the features of the new version of its popular mobile OS. According to Microsoft, the guide can be used in two ways: first, to provide a full understanding of both the positioning and messaging as well as the features of the…
UIQ Open 2007 winners
The UIQ Open 2007 is over, and we have the winners. Let’s start: Category Business – RoadSync by DataViz, Projekt by Kylom Category Mobility – Agile Messenger by Agile Mobile, WorldMate Pro by MobiMate Category Lifestyle – mBooks by Barefootsoft, Syntrax by Klaar Mobile Entertainment Category Entertainment – Tilelander by Ludimate, Warring Nations by Inscenic…
Nokia releases Open C SDK plug-in for S60 smartphones
In order to get more apps to its Symbian-based S60 software platform, Nokia released Open C Plug-In extension for the S60 3rd Edition SDK. We’ve already talked about Open C, which was introduced as a part of S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2. The main idea is to improve productivity of S60 developers working in…
Developers, Microsoft wants your input for the future phone APIs
The Windows Mobile team would like to have a feedback from developers about the missing phone APIs. They are looking for answer to these questions: What are the things you wanted to programmatically do on the phone system, that you weren’t able to do? From the things that you were able to do, what were…
RIM to open BlackBerry APIs; Partners with Gameloft
The BlackBerry owners should be delighted to see RIM driving the BlackBerry platform to the next level. Two news were announced… The first news from the Canadian company includes opening of the BlackBerry APIs to the third party developers, a move that could significantly increase the number of available applications for the platform.
Google Phone Confirmed!
There’s been much speculation about whether or not Google will be following Apple and the iPhone into the mobile phone industry. Speculate no more, Isabel Aguilera, the top Google exec of Spain, announced today that there will indeed be a mobile phone offering from the Internet Search Giant. But unlike the Apple iPhone’s high-end target…
UIQ Open winners announced
Remember the UIQ Open, UIQ Technology’s developer competition? During the past few weeks a jury of experts has evaluated the submissions, and now we have the winners announced! Actually, that’s two winning applications per category: Category Business RoadSync by DataViz Projekt by Kylom
.NET Compact Framework 1.0 for S60 platform released
Now this is big. It seems that the long-time awaited .NET Compact Framework 1.0 for Nokia Symbian S60 smartphones has been released by Red Five Labs, with a no-royalties runtime. The significance of this release is hard to deny, as it may bring more applications and developers to the S60 platform, which is known for…
Nokia at GDC: New games, publishers and tools
At the GDC 2007, Nokia announced the latest games and publishers for its new N-Gage mobile gaming platform. The Finish giant also introduced updated software development tools for the N-Gage platform and a new testing program for SNAP Mobile’s Java platform. Among the introduced games were Gameloft’s Asphalt 3, Street Rules, Brothers In Arms, Hell’s…
Tommi explains Open C
Not surprisingly, following the announcement of the S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2, S60 bloggers posted their thoughts about it. Among the first one to comment the updated platform is, of course, Tommi Vilkamo. In his latest post, Tommi focuses on Open C, a major extension to the C++ development environment, which is part of…