Google’s Android emulator reviewed

Android, Google’s linux based software platform for mobile devices may not be directly Symbian related, but I still feel it’s important for us to at least follow the birth of this new platform as it surely will have some impact on the business. Also, the Android platform might introduce several new ideas which we all can use, just like the iPhone.

I’ve previously reported on Android, formerly rumored to be ‘the Google phone’ in several posts such as the “Google phone” is official, introducing Android, First peeks at Google’s new Android platform and The dawn of Smartcomputers, S60 Touch vs. OS X vs. Android vs. UIQ vs. Windows Mobile.

Now Mobile-review.com has written a review on the Android platform using the emulator found in the SDK (Software Development Kit) available for developers or anyone interested in developing solutions for the Android platform. Besides from the image above showing off a quite ugly concept phone, the review does not reveal much about the coming platform. It can however be interesting to see a glimpse of things to come.

How to: Symbian Sign your freeware applications (so you can install stuff like RotateMe)

This guide is no longer valid, a new guide is available here:

How to: Symbian Sign Applications using Open Signed (without a Publisher ID)

In this guide I’ll explain everything you’ll need to know to sign and install unsigned software such as Samir’s RotateMe application in a few minutes, but first some information.

Symbian signed applications are great, they allow users to feel secure about the applications they use and protect them from virus infections and other malicious software. We all hope the guys at Symbian knew what they were doing when they decided to implement the Symbian Signed system and some hope this decision was not entirely based on ‘making-money-from-the-developers’ issues. As new open operating systems are emerging, Symbian might reevaluate the Symbian Signed procedure, however at the moment Symbian’s main strategy is to make the signing process easier. I’m all for everything that becomes easier and can only establish that it still needs some work.

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Sony Ericsson P5i with a new UIQ 3.2 interface?

 

This is merely a rumor and nothing has been confirmed yet (and will probably not be until the P5i is officially announced). With that said Apocalypso at   Symbian-Freak found this image on the Esato forums, rumored to be a Sony Ericsson P5i. The phone seems to lack a keyboard which leads me to think it’ll use touch technology as the main input source, however it’s rumored to be a slider with a keyboard hidden underneath the main screen.

It’s not very wise to speculate on specifications as these are likely to be misleading and may be changed during the development of the device, to keep it short, do not take these rumors as facts:

emTube – free YouTube video player for S60 3rd edition

 

 

Polish freelance developer Sebastian Jedruszkiewicz just released his YouTube player called emTube. This player is superb not only because its totally FREE but it also covers everything you need when watching YouTube with your phone. emTube is an compatible with Symbian S60 3rd edition phones and allows you to:

 

Firmware update for the Nokia N95-3 (US-edition)

This one is really late, but I simply had no time last week to get the news out. Sorry guys but I’m going through some major changes in my life right now which will affect how much time I can spend on SimplySymbian in the near future.

Anyways, Nokia announced a new firmware update for the N95-3, this time it’s v.11.2.009. For instructions on how you update your phone, read my ‘How to update your N95 firmware‘ post.

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