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Features - S60 5th Edition - Interviews

In-app advertising and inneractive's right of reply

You'll remember my somewhat scathing appraisal of the current state of in-app advertising in Symbian applications last week? I focussed on both the aesthetics and overall user experience and found the implementation somewhat lack-lustre, to say the least. inneractive is the company behind the examples given and I was pleased to get a direct response from Hillel, inneractive's marketing manager, asking for right of reply, to explain the company's approach and plan. The full interview between myself and Hillel is below, for your interest.

# Posted by Steve in Interviews, Comment, Software at 14:02 UTC, Jan 24th || Comments

Plug and Touch - Turning your TV into a touchscreen

On show at Nokia World 2010 were several exciting examples of future technology. One of those was a research project brought from Nokia's Beijing research and development labs. Named "Plug and Touch", it's an application which can turn any type of visual display (TV or projector) into a Symbian-powered touch screen display. Click through to read our commentary and see the demonstration video.

# Posted by David in Interviews, Comment, Software, Previews, Develop at 14:01 UTC, Sep 23rd || Comments

Nokia's design directions

Rafe reports back from a 'conversational briefing' with Marko Ahtisaari (Head of Design at Nokia) at Nokia's London Design HQ. There's an explanation of Nokia's "smart push", of how Nokia's three tier device strategy fits together, of how Nokia's software and hardware design teams have been brought together to promote a holistic approach and accelerate the pace of innovation, and there are hints of future design directions for both Symbian and MeeGo devices and software.

# Posted by Rafe in Interviews, Comment, Hardware at 17:33 UTC, May 12th || 14 Comments

MWC Video Content

List of video content from MWC related to Symbian as part of the AAS / Mobile Industry Review collaboration.

# Posted by Rafe in Interviews, Comment, Profiles, Software, Develop, Hardware at 18:37 UTC, Feb 28th

The Symbian Foundation Strikes Back - interview with Lee Williams

After widespread speculation on many tech blogs that Symbian's future is bleak, I visited Lee Williams, Executive Director of the Symbian Foundation, to put AAS and Phones Show reader /viewer questions to him directly. Has the death of Symbian been "greatly exaggerated"?

# Posted by Steve in Interviews at 12:49 UTC, Dec 10th || 18 Comments

Sony Ericsson – Getting Back To Symbian

Sony Ericsson has been a long term supporter of the Symbian OS. After something of a hiatus in Symbian phones, Sony Ericsson will soon be back with the Satio, its first S60 platform phone. So how is Sony Ericsson gearing up to support Symbian developers? I talked to Christopher David, Head of Developer and Partner Engagement at Sony Ericsson.

# Posted by Richard in Interviews, Develop at 8:20 UTC, Sep 3rd || 7 Comments

Members matter: A discussion with Lauren Sarno, Member Programs at Symbian Foundation

Any open source project lives or dies by its members, whether those members are active contributors to the code base or provide support in other ways. The Symbian Foundation is no different. The responsibility for building and maintaining membership of the Symbian Foundation falls on the shoulders of Lauren Sarno.

# Posted by Richard in Interviews, Develop at 22:39 UTC, Aug 20th || 0 Comments

Nokia 5800 Sauna Edition Preview

After a successful launch of the 5800 XpressMusic, All About Symbian can exclusively reveal Nokia's future plans for the big-selling handset.

# Posted by Tzer2 in Interviews, Comment, Previews, Hardware at 23:04 UTC, Mar 31st

The New Executive Director - Lee Williams and the Symbian Foundation

At the Symbian Smartphone Show last week, Lee Williams was announced as the Executive Director of the Symbian Foundation. Right after that, he sat down with Rafe and Ewan to talk in more depth about the plans for the Foundation, and to discuss what he brings to the table.

# Posted by Rafe, Ewan in Interviews, Comment at 13:41 UTC, Oct 24th