Symbian Foundation Announced
June 24, 2008
Mobile leaders to unify the Symbian software platform and set the future of mobile free
Foundation to be established to provide royalty-free open platform and accelerate innovation
LONDON, UK; June 24, 2008 — Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DOCOMO announced today their intent to unite Symbian OS™, S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) to create one open mobile software platform. Together with AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone they plan to establish the Symbian Foundation to extend the appeal of this unified software platform. Membership of this non-profit Foundation will be open to all organizations. This initiative is supported by current shareholders and management of Symbian Limited, who have been actively involved in its development. Plans for the Foundation have already received wide support from other industry leaders.
CommunicAsia 2008 Exclusive - Samsung G810
June 20, 2008
Since this was a public event, I can only caress the phone, which Samsung calls “THE ALMIGHTY MULTIMEDIA COMPUTER”… for a couple of minutes. And to better share my experience with you guys, here is the video of the G810 in action. Enjoy!!! (Please forgive my accent and my English… I am not very good at it! Haha!)
Another beta surfaces. Missing Sync For Symbian!
June 20, 2008
Missing Sync, a sync tool for Mac OS X, is now available as a beta preview for S60 3rd Edition and UIQ 3 phones. Missing Sync for Symbian can be used to synchronize / copy contacts (Apple Address Book), calendar entries (iCal), photos (iPhoto), videos (Quick Time) and music (iTunes) to and from the phone. The current version is a beta preview and as such should be used with caution.
The screenshot above from the Windows Mobile version of Missing Sync (the Symbian version looks very similar):
Digia @Web Beta 1.00 now available
June 19, 2008
Digia @Web Landscape
After months in development, Digia finally announced the availability of the very first public beta of it’s Webkit based internet browser for UIQ 3. Those who are interested to test the beta and provide feedback for the development, can go to Digia’s website to register and download @Web version 1.00 Beta.
SimplySymbian Presents… Nokia E71!
June 15, 2008
EXCLUSIVE! - I had the opportunity to play with the still-unannounced E71 (as of today, June 15th 2008). And in my opinion, the E71 is a smartphone where everybody MUST pay their attention. Not because it has the name Nokia on it but because of it’s sexiness, built quality, the overall satisfaction and more… There’s no word on how to describe the elegance and “luxury” feeling when holding the E71. It’s like holding something very expensive but not. More photos andscreenshots after the break!
