Last 100 Live Updates

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@ 18:06 - Wednesday 22nd October

Q: How do you stop the committies slowing the process? A: Design of committies, majority voting, and they've chosen a Ops person (Williams)
@ 11:47 - Wednesday 22nd October

Q: (from All About Symbian) What is your first personal goal? A: To get the first distro out in H1 2009, and push to try for a Q1 2009 date
@ 11:44 - Wednesday 22nd October

Q to Williams, how do you maintain the independence of the foudnation? A: Equity and other influences have been rescinded.
@ 11:41 - Wednesday 22nd October

Lee Williams. Most complete offering. Web runtime. Hardware abstraction. Ecosystem. Honoured to lead the foundation.
@ 11:39 - Wednesday 22nd October

[Ewan] Hardware Abstraction layer, use and integration of as much technologies as possible
@ 11:38 - Wednesday 22nd October

[Ewan] Focus is to have the most complete solution available in the market.
@ 11:37 - Wednesday 22nd October

[Ewan] Lee Williams starts press briefing and QnA.
@ 11:36 - Wednesday 22nd October

Lee Williams. Executive director of symbian foundation is up. Beacons for the foundation to drive ecosystem.
@ 11:13 - Wednesday 22nd October

will we see a point when web apps have same rights as first class apps? Security issue.
@ 10:57 - Wednesday 22nd October

impact of Qt acquisition? Qt provides a consistent layer. Common building block.
@ 10:56 - Wednesday 22nd October

distribution and installation can be a real problem for runtime. Also problems with security models. Deeper into hardware increases this.
@ 10:50 - Wednesday 22nd October

runtimes can interact. Create connections such as the acceloremeter in pyrhin enabled by C++. Run times also simplify through abstraction
@ 10:49 - Wednesday 22nd October

Qt is about integration and has emcascript and potion bindings. Also think of SE's project capathchin flash lite
@ 10:47 - Wednesday 22nd October

on the other hand we do need access to low level of phone since sensors etc. allow us to interact with environment
@ 10:44 - Wednesday 22nd October

the key question is where the volume is going to be. Much content consumption does not need cutting edge therefore runtime...
@ 10:41 - Wednesday 22nd October

discussion is focusing around ease of use... How much should you couple with host platform. No doubt native is necessary btw.
@ 10:39 - Wednesday 22nd October

which runtime will win is next? Wrong question really. Which runtime for which task is the real question... (imho)
@ 10:28 - Wednesday 22nd October

best of both worlds is the marriage of Qt and S60. Demos of various bits. Looking good.
@ 10:25 - Wednesday 22nd October

importance of opensource. Key to complexity management. Evolution pressure. Feedback from technology previews. Brain share.
@ 10:20 - Wednesday 22nd October

flexible user experience creation.. Because key to function discovery. fading boundary between functions and apps.
@ 10:18 - Wednesday 22nd October

Qt has a lot of experiences in solving complex issues. E.g. Multi processors / core. Input... Qt helps abstract this and make decisions.
@ 10:14 - Wednesday 22nd October

NEWS FLASH: Lee Williams to be Executive Director of the Symbian Foundation. Currently head of S60.
@ 10:10 - Wednesday 22nd October

Qt + S60. Scaling software. Good tools. Cross platform. Open source brings components and skills.
@ 10:09 - Wednesday 22nd October

now we have benoit from qt. Qt is now on S60. Qt is a cross platform tool to help developers deploy across multiple platforms.
@ 10:03 - Wednesday 22nd October

UX- user experience is core. e.g. Play now arena. Ever changing offer of media, games etc.
@ 09:52 - Wednesday 22nd October

symbian foundation products from sony Ericsson in second half of 2009. These will be S60 (compatible).
@ 09:49 - Wednesday 22nd October

foundation will drive innovation. Consumer led changes demands innovation. Great software assets. Wealth of ecosystem knowledge.
@ 09:48 - Wednesday 22nd October

sony Ericsson patrick olsson ostensible next up in keynote 2.0. Says its great to see so many people.
@ 09:46 - Wednesday 22nd October

summary. Contextual web is the next phase of internet.
@ 09:44 - Wednesday 22nd October

symbian foundation is truly mobile software set free. Means S60 will become worlds biggest internet service platform.
@ 09:43 - Wednesday 22nd October

we would never block an app. We do not block anyone. Are devices are computers and it us about a wealth of applications. Consumer choice.
@ 09:38 - Wednesday 22nd October

what about others innovation on nokia devices? We are very open and will embrace innovation anywhere. Create a bigger pie together.
@ 09:37 - Wednesday 22nd October

enable fast innovation through wide spread of developer tools. cross platform development tools are very important.
@ 09:35 - Wednesday 22nd October

enables? S60 on Symbian. Large and established. 180 m units. operator uptake.
@ 09:33 - Wednesday 22nd October

madison square garden in phone camera. Should know what's on and where you can buy tickets. Will revolutionize internet.
@ 09:32 - Wednesday 22nd October

next big thing? Limitless memory. Lots of sensors. Broadband connectivity. Overlay digital and physical wherever you are.
@ 09:30 - Wednesday 22nd October

nokia music - complete solution. Through pc, through phone, through web. Buy, download, playlistism. Complexity disappears.
@ 09:29 - Wednesday 22nd October

digital content anywhere is expected ... Thus Ovi services. Maps. Download using dsl via pc, via Mobile. Route planning on web via maps on Ovi.
@ 09:27 - Wednesday 22nd October

and in the past. Mobile phones meant you didn't have to remember phone numbers. Need to do the same in a new context.
@ 09:26 - Wednesday 22nd October

creating a beautiful product is not enough. trend. Death of patience. E.g. Look and a website for 30 seconds and then get it.
@ 09:24 - Wednesday 22nd October

people are becoming more willing to try things out. Led by tech leaders. N96. Young explorers. 5800
@ 09:23 - Wednesday 22nd October

Nokia have gathered loads customer data through research and identified 13 segments. Also trends. People more aspirational
@ 09:20 - Wednesday 22nd October

what these devices should be doing should start with the consumer. Nokia were first to realise diversity of mobile + need for segmentation
@ 09:18 - Wednesday 22nd October

e.g. Messaging.. Importance of presence and location and how mobile devices can enable this.
@ 09:16 - Wednesday 22nd October

the importance of context. And how this will change the internet. Opportunities to innovate.
@ 09:14 - Wednesday 22nd October

talking about the importance of Internet. Personal experiences and how personal devices, mobile, are key.
@ 09:12 - Wednesday 22nd October

keynote on day 2 get underway. First is nokia dr kaiser oistamo
@ 09:11 - Wednesday 22nd October

On now to day 2 of the Symbian show, Wednesday. Rafe's got plenty more meetings and sessions planned and Ewan's got a crazy idea or two!
@ 21:40 - Tuesday 21st October

This will include footage of the London show and my hands-on thoughts of S60 5th Edition and Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic
@ 21:39 - Tuesday 21st October

For Phones Show fans, note that there's a new one coming out at the end of tomorrow...
@ 21:39 - Tuesday 21st October

These media items will appear on AAS over the next week or so (some need a fair amount of stitching together!)
@ 21:37 - Tuesday 21st October

Just a quick note to say that we recorded half a dozen video interviews during the day, plus a number of audio podcasts.
@ 21:37 - Tuesday 21st October

[Steve] Seems Rafe and Ewan are either off at the Symbian party or recovering at the hotel....
@ 21:37 - Tuesday 21st October

for developers who do not have a phone with the trace profile software in it there is an instruction accurate version that runs on the PC.
@ 12:43 - Tuesday 21st October

ARM profiler looks very impressive and comprehensive - makes it easier to get app performance insight - though it may be a while before 3rd party developers can make full use of it.
@ 12:36 - Tuesday 21st October

ARM Profiler demos top five threads/processes/calls in a numebr of areas to help identify coding problems and bottlenecks.
@ 12:36 - Tuesday 21st October

[Ewan] ARM Profiler will interface at compiler level, and run in the Emulator or on the native Device.
@ 12:34 - Tuesday 21st October

[Ewan] In depth demo of SAW, including individual process timings to help optimise an application (thankfully with colour coded graphs).
@ 12:27 - Tuesday 21st October

[Ewan] ...SAW will be very low impact, extensible for new technologies and criteria, integrated into Carbide.
@ 12:24 - Tuesday 21st October

[Ewan] Symbian Analysis workbench - presenting a huge amount of debug info to the Developer.
@ 12:23 - Tuesday 21st October

so by 2012? Several releases. Become industry wide with contributions from all. The most thriving ecosystem in mobility.
@ 10:51 - Tuesday 21st October

source code to open source takes time.. Check code for IP and cleaners. This is why it will take 2 years.
@ 10:48 - Tuesday 21st October

what are the issues? Its never been done before. Big asset - 7 million lines of codes. Changes in culture. Openness in IP is new.
@ 10:45 - Tuesday 21st October

How is it different from other opensourced platform? Matureness and completeness. Openness for API, governance, IP and license.
@ 10:42 - Tuesday 21st October

Foundation is a meritiocracy. Membership open to all and all can contribute. Unification through certification but also through philosophy.
@ 10:38 - Tuesday 21st October

David Rivas says key message today... Is you can start developing to symbian Foundation platform today... S60. Compatibility promise.
@ 10:37 - Tuesday 21st October

no real details on Symbian Foundation as waiting on regulatory approval so real news. Although there is a lot of planning going on.
@ 10:34 - Tuesday 21st October

as symbian has matured the UIs have become more flexible. In some ways have become more similar. Before one UI for one phone type.
@ 10:32 - Tuesday 21st October

benefits for consumers? More innovation. easier developers. Unified UI. though products will look different. So unique user experiences
@ 10:31 - Tuesday 21st October

Panel discussing new opportunities and some stay the same. Always room for third party inorators / developers.
@ 10:28 - Tuesday 21st October

UIQ declared dead by Sony Ericsson's Patrick Olson. Or rather it didn't make it. Another oxbow lake in the mobile industry story. Sad.
@ 10:26 - Tuesday 21st October

now have a panel talking about the symbian foundation. David Wood, David Rivas from Nokia, Patrick Olson, from SE, and kevin Gunn from TI
@ 10:22 - Tuesday 21st October

the web is the great equalizer. It saves us from fragmentation. It is a meritiocracy. Etc etc. Rafe says hmmm.
@ 10:15 - Tuesday 21st October

the future is the circle of life and the developer is at the heart of that. 51% are going via the mobile web (not native or java).
@ 10:14 - Tuesday 21st October

importance of apps. web 2.0 on phones tomorrow. How do we get there? Its about open technologies. Linux and symbian foundation.
@ 10:10 - Tuesday 21st October

440 million smartphone by 2012. Convergence expands opportunities and mobile horizon is code open. Software is in the drivers seat.
@ 10:07 - Tuesday 21st October

motorola john ellis is up next. Not christy wyatt. Mobile is massive. 3.4 billion subscribers by 2012.
@ 10:04 - Tuesday 21st October

samsung innovator quest - mobile dev competition coming soon. Samsung also offering free symbian signing for first 300 applications.
@ 09:59 - Tuesday 21st October

free to join. You can get tools and sdk add ons. Tech.dev, ask.dev. And market.dev sections to cover tools, support and go to market.
@ 09:58 - Tuesday 21st October

samsung commited to symbian platform. Today the next step. Launch of Samsung Mobile Innovator website. Great developer program.
@ 09:54 - Tuesday 21st October

for example the intimate experience. Sensors attached to the body. Device convergence and innovation goes hand in hand.
@ 09:44 - Tuesday 21st October

next up is Ho soo lee from Samsung. 8 ways to innov8. Smartphone business is the front of innovation.
@ 09:39 - Tuesday 21st October

rules of the games are changing. So you need to think about strategy and new business opportunities.
@ 09:36 - Tuesday 21st October

symbian foundation will have platform that is both proven and free. No compromise for developers.
@ 09:32 - Tuesday 21st October

talking about symbian achievements. Multi national collaboration between fierce competitors in an area of the market yet to be created.
@ 09:31 - Tuesday 21st October

importance of ecosystem and therefore compatibility commitment. This is important for foundation because the dna of foundation code is now.
@ 09:27 - Tuesday 21st October

also resource and taking in UIs for unification. features fit for the future. So not just any old code being opensourced.
@ 09:24 - Tuesday 21st October

symbian foundation. Symbian is going free. This means 300 million usd back into the ecosystem.
@ 09:22 - Tuesday 21st October

quarter of a billion symbian phones will have shipped by the end of the year. 10th anniversary. Not bad.
@ 09:18 - Tuesday 21st October

Nigel Clifford appears on stage with broken arm. Fell of a bike... Moving on. Welcome to the new venue.
@ 09:16 - Tuesday 21st October

[Ewan] A rather sheepish Nigel Clifford deflects as many jokes as possible about his broken arm as he takes the stage.
@ 09:15 - Tuesday 21st October

David Wood on stage. Talks about Symbian SAW. ARM profiler. And new Symbian Books - multimedia and design patterns.
@ 09:12 - Tuesday 21st October

[Ewan] David Wood takes the stage and announces the three important words for Symbian 'Developers, developer, developers.'
@ 09:08 - Tuesday 21st October

David Wood gives the welcoming introduction. We've got a stellar line up of speakers.
@ 09:07 - Tuesday 21st October

Waiting for the keynote to start. First up is Symbian's CEO Nigel Clifford
@ 09:05 - Tuesday 21st October

Sitting in the pub drying off. That's better... E90's everywhere.
@ 09:04 - Tuesday 21st October

[Ewan] Kyte.tv appears to lack bandwidth for live video, we may upload some videos directly later. For now, Text and pic moblogging is king
@ 08:52 - Tuesday 21st October

[Ewan] 1st part of the Symbian Smartphoen Show Insight podcast recorded, we'll be recording throughout the day, highlights tomorrow morning
@ 08:47 - Tuesday 21st October

[Ewan] The team are all together in the Press Zone, we've got lots of people popping over to say hi. Feel free to joinn them if you're here.
@ 08:27 - Tuesday 21st October

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