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Phil Northam: Samsung's Mobile InnovatorSamsung Mobile Innovator is the latest developer support program from a Symbian OS licensee. Richard Bloor caught up with Phil Northam, the program's Global Marketing Manager and one of its founding members, to find out more.
A note from Nokia reps this week informs us that the Nokia viNe application will be rolled out of Beta soon... possibly even this week. viNe is a web service that enables users of the application to share their journeys, along with media collected along the way. As a long-time Sports Tracker user, N95 enthusiasts, and evangelist of all things mobile and geospatial, I was provided with a pre-release version of viNe - details and a complete "How To" install and use the application are provided... enjoy! Enter Nokia viNe 101
It was back in June 2008 that the E71 was officially released to the public - the selling points for the E71 were a sleek, stylish do-it-all device that came with Mail for Exchange mobile email client - pre-loaded with the Nokia E71. Actually, the device boasted much much more than these attributes as you'll see below in my findings after having the pleasure of making the E71 my main device for 3 weeks... enjoy the recap, the images and the videos!
Live demonstration features NAVTEQ Traffic(TM) and Nokia mobile phone data - NAVTEQ will feature the Mobile Millennium pilot, including NAVTEQ Traffic and utilizing data from GPS enabled Nokia phones.
For the first time the Symbian Partner Event (SPE) opens its doors not only to Symbian partners, but also to mobile developers, handset manufacturers, network operators, the Open Source Community and members of the press. Whether you are new to mobile or an experienced Symbian developer, SPE has something for everyone. The cost... Free? Of course!
Samsung Mobile Innovator is the latest developer support program from a Symbian OS licensee. Richard Bloor caught up with Phil Northam, the program's Global Marketing Manager and one of its founding members, to find out more.
A note from Nokia reps this week informs us that the Nokia viNe application will be rolled out of Beta soon... possibly even this week. viNe is a web service that enables users of the application to share their journeys, along with media collected along the way. As a long-time Sports Tracker user, N95 enthusiasts, and evangelist of all things mobile and geospatial, I was provided with a pre-release version of viNe - details and a complete "How To" install and use the application are provided... enjoy! Enter Nokia viNe 101
It was back in June 2008 that the E71 was officially released to the public - the selling points for the E71 were a sleek, stylish do-it-all device that came with Mail for Exchange mobile email client - pre-loaded with the Nokia E71. Actually, the device boasted much much more than these attributes as you'll see below in my findings after having the pleasure of making the E71 my main device for 3 weeks... enjoy the recap, the images and the videos!
The Nokia E63 is a new proposition for Eseries - a messaging device where people will be just as involved in their social network as they are in their business network. Nokia E63 joins the successful Nokia E71 to form a compelling QWERTY messaging device range.
CommonTime releases mNotes for Symbian, bringing the best Lotus Notes mobile e-mail to Nokia Eseries and Nokia Nseries , Samsung INNOV8 and Samsung i7110.
The latest version of Net60 is available from the Red Five Lab website as a 30-day trial, which is downloadable after simply supplying an IMEI number and email address.
I’m often asked, what do I find are the most useful or coolest, Free apps for my mobile? Well, it’s tough to say as I use so many, however, I realized this week that a great way to determine which apps are most needed is to simply switch devices… you soon realize that you have to rush off and quickly install some apps in a hurry!
New from Nokia Beta labs another cool social networking application to enjoy on your GPS-enabled handset, FriendView. Reead on for a first look at the application running on a GPS-enabled Nokia N82.
Downsizing on the horizon for the handset device maker... Nokia estimates that approximately 450 employees, maximum 100 in Finland, in the Markets unit will be affected by the planned changes.
I’ve been a long-time fan and user of Nokia Sports Tracker. In fact, I’ve considered it to be one of the best location-aware mobile apps anywhere… hands-down! Now it's even more fun, more useful, and easier to share with others...
It was almost a year ago at Nokia World, Amsterdam that we first heard details of the Nokia Comes With Music Service... Today it's a reality. Read on for a Q&A about the service.
New from Epocware, set up alarms and reminders on your smartphone and you will never miss any important thing or fixed time. Choose between 6 types of alarms and 5 types of reminders and many configurable setting
Samsung Mobile Innovator is an important new initiative for Samsung, opening new opportunities for collaboration with application development partners, network operators and platforms. The full Samsung Mobile Innovator portal and its services can be accessed at http://innovator.samsungmobile.com. Visitors have access to a device Lab, business support, and can even register a propsal to partner up with Samsung!
If you're a Symbian champion and want to evangelize what you do with/for the Symbian OS developer community then perhaps this program from Symbian is for you. Akin to the Forum Nokia champions, Symbian Ambassadors are provided with exposure and benefits just for taking part.
Yes indeed, the Google has released Gmail Mobile r2 to the public. The big hype with this release is that version 2 for J2ME supports the Blackberry. The focus of this release from the team is to make a better, faster, more enjoyable experience for users in some 35 supported languages. Check it out as we load it on a Nokia N95 8GB
If the three most important things to Symbian are "developers, developers, developers" then the next three must be "tools, tools, tools". The Smartphone Show certainly brought some interesting developments in this area.
Today I was offered an invitation to sit in on an informal Q&A with the Nokia Email Service (Beta) Management Team. Via Tangler, we bombarded the team with questions for an hour. We learned a number of things about NES today including that we should look for a "predictable" price point for the service rolling out in 20 countries to start - the focus of the NES dev team: scanning inbox/reading/deleting/reply/composing email.
If there is one thing Symbian has by the bucket load, its ambition: to become the "most widely deployed computer platform on the planet". Day one of the Smartphone Show gave all the right indications that this goal is more than simply a marketing slogan.
Abhijit Kabra, a Senior Executive with the Accenture Software Group explains why this week's Symbian Smartphone Show will open the innovation and creativity floodgates within the smart phone industry-the fastest growing part of the cell phone market-like never before.
New from the Beta Labs, Map Loader for Mac enables Apple Mac product users to easily load their Nokia mobile with Maps from the popular Nokia Maps web service.
In this interview Charles Weir, managing director of Penrillian, shares some observations and thoughts on the impact of the Symbian Foundation. He also discusses the application of Agile techniques to developing software for Symbian devices.
In this interview Richard Bloor talks to Antony Edwards, Vice President, Developer Product Marketing at Symbian. The discussion includes how developers will be able to contribute to the Symbian Foundation, the challenge of software distribution and how the Symbian Foundation's developer program is shaping up.
Qualifying contestants of the 2009 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge (www.LBSchallenge.com) will receive the Samsung INNOV8 (i8510) and software tools to enable the development of location-based services (LBS) applications.
A little week-end application tip for those of you looking for more cool S60 stuff to put on your mobile device (I have these on a Nokia N95 8GB). I've added several cool, new mobile apps to my device in the past several day... Here's some details.
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Samsung Mobile Innovator is the latest developer support program from a Symbian OS licensee. Richard Bloor caught up with Phil Northam, the program's Global Marketing Manager and one of its founding members, to find out more.
A note from Nokia reps this week informs us that the Nokia viNe application will be rolled out of Beta soon... possibly even this week. viNe is a web service that enables users of the application to share their journeys, along with media collected along the way. As a long-time Sports Tracker user, N95 enthusiasts, and evangelist of all things mobile and geospatial, I was provided with a pre-release version of viNe - details and a complete "How To" install and use the application are provided... enjoy! Enter Nokia viNe 101 
It was back in 
I’ve been a long-time fan and user of Nokia Sports Tracker. In fact, I’ve considered it to be one of the best location-aware mobile apps anywhere… hands-down! Now it's even more fun, more useful, and easier to share with others... 
It was almost a year ago at 
Live demonstration features NAVTEQ Traffic(TM) and Nokia mobile phone data - NAVTEQ will feature the Mobile Millennium pilot, including NAVTEQ Traffic and utilizing data from GPS enabled Nokia phones.
For the first time the Symbian Partner Event (SPE) opens its doors not only to Symbian partners, but also to mobile developers, handset manufacturers, network operators, the Open Source Community and members of the press. Whether you are new to mobile or an experienced Symbian developer, SPE has something for everyone. The cost... Free? Of course!
The Nokia E63 is a new proposition for Eseries - a messaging device where people will be just as involved in their social network as they are in their business network. Nokia E63 joins the successful 
CommonTime releases mNotes for Symbian, bringing the best Lotus Notes mobile e-mail to Nokia Eseries and Nokia Nseries , Samsung INNOV8 and Samsung i7110.
The latest version of Net60 is available from the Red Five Lab website as a 30-day trial, which is downloadable after simply supplying an IMEI number and email address.
Samsung Mobile Innovator is an important new initiative for Samsung, opening new opportunities for collaboration with application development partners, network operators and platforms. The full Samsung Mobile Innovator portal and its services can be accessed at 
In this interview Richard Bloor talks to Antony Edwards, Vice President, Developer Product Marketing at Symbian. The discussion includes how developers will be able to contribute to the Symbian Foundation, the challenge of software distribution and how the Symbian Foundation's developer program is shaping up.
