All About Symbian - S60 NewsNews Headlines from All About SymbianSymbian Foundation Says "Open Source Over The Next Two Years"- June 24, 2008 The Symbian Foundation website is now online, and carries a few more details on the project. The big news is the commitment to move the platform to be open source (using the Eclipse Public Licence) and have this freely available to all. The foundation itself is set to commence operations in the first half of 2009, and the annual membership fee will be $1500. Until the open sourcing, membership will be the route to obtain the platform royalty free for device manufacturers. Naturally, membership..http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7528_Symbian_Foundation_Says_Open_S.php Symbian Foundation to be created- June 24, 2008 The future of Symbian is the the Symbian Foundation. Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DOCOMO have announced their intent to unite Symbian OS, S60, UIQ and MOAP to create one open mobile software platform. Partnering 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. The platform will be provided under a royalty-free license to...http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7527_Symbian_Foundation_to_be_creat.php More E71 ruminations - the argument for QVGA and why Nokia got this one dead right- June 23, 2008 With the release of the 2.4"-screened, QVGA E71, some naive bloggers were shouting down Nokia for not putting in a VGA display. Here's why the bloggers got this one wrong - in my humble opinion, of course! Comments welcome. And at what point in the future do you think VGA will become practical and affordable in 'phones'http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7522_More_E71_ruminations-the_argum.php S60 gains full Money suite- June 22, 2008 Money management software remains perennially popular and there's now a fully fledged bank accountfinance manager for S60 3rd Edition, with the appearance of Flying Money Manager. The developers claim it 'gives you access to your accounts' balances, credit limits, all your payments, deposits and transaction histories'. Flying Money Manager was already available for UIQ 3 smartphones.http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7521_S60_gains_full_Money_suite.php S60 magic- June 22, 2008 Mobitubia wizard Sittiphol is at it again - amazingly. He's gone from ingenious to magical with his new creation - you'll have to watch the video below the break, but essentially a Nokia N95 appears to be able to extrapolate matter from thin air.... Very Star Trek. Watch and see....http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7520_S60_magic.php Google app updates- June 22, 2008 Neither are huge updates, but Google Mobile completists like me might like to note that Google's native S60 search utility is now updated to a full 1.01 release and (the Java-based) Google Mail is now up to 1.5.0.1193. Search 1.01 does feature extensive help screens and extra informational menu options, but I can't see anything different in terms of functionality. As ever, m.google.com is your friend...http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7519_Google_app_updates.php From Freecell to Klondike via Clock- June 20, 2008 Surely one of the most popular game genres in the mobile world is that of solitaire collections - Astraware Solitaire is the very latest and looks to be comprehensive and slick. Ewan's been reviewing the S60 3rd Edition version, but it looks exactly the same under UIQ 3 for all those of you with compatible phones, and I've included trybuy links for both platforms.http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7512_From_Freecell_to_Klondike_via_.php Nokia Map Loader gets its own built-in shop!- June 19, 2008 Arguably starting to be as much in need of a name change as Sports Tracker, Nokia's Map Loader tool just got a big 2.0 upgrade (though still nominally 'beta') and now includes a built-in web shop for browsing and purchasing voice guidance and real-time navigation functions (plus city guides, etc) all using a credit card rather than having to buy on the device through operator billing. What a good idea. Comments welcome if you've grabbed this and given it a try.http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7506_Nokia_Map_Loader_gets_its_own_.php Focusing on the E71's multimedia performance- June 19, 2008 The E71 may be first and foremost a business messaging tool, but the Nokia E71 also manages to packs in a lot of multimedia functionality too. In this addendum to our original review Steve has a detailed look at the multimedia capabilities of the Nokia E71. There are camera performance comparisons and a focus on video capabilities.http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7505_Focusing_on_the_E71s_multimedi.php Missing Sync for Symbian now in beta- June 19, 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.http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7503_Missing_Sync_for_Symbian_now_i.php |