Nokia has announced that it using open source software in developing a new mobile browser for Series 60. Nokia has been cooperating with Apple to use it's WebCore and JavaScriptCore for the Series 60 platform (Apple uses these in its popular Safari Internet browser, and the components are based on KDE's KHTML and KJS). The new browser will be available to Series 60 liscensees in the first half of 2006 and should make it's way on to phones sometime after that.
Some light weekend reading from Carlo Longino over at The Feature. While Symbian and it's licences sit around talking about the OMA DRM system, Carlo looks at some of the fun thing that could happen if Microsofts Plays for Sure DRM makes the penetration into mobiles.
"Where are the emulators?" asked Switchbalde (and others) after Steve's Playing Games on the 9500 article. Well, tell us about these emulators... so he did. Here's Switchblade's review of Super GoBoy on the 9500, WildPalm's Gameboy emulator.
I invented answering a call on a hands-free by pressing a button, says Jari Lahtinen (reports Engadget). Which means I'm going to sue Nokia for doing something so obvious, only I would register it with the Finnish patent office... Sometimes I despair of the human race.
Ewan reviews F(x) - available for all Symbian platforms, though seen here in UIQ guise - and is impressed by how much has been achieved using a community approach to development.
UK Retailer, The Carphone Warehouse, has partnered with Telcogames to launch an MMC collection of Symbian (Series 60) games to sell in-store. The tiles (Sky-Force, Yukkiko, and Marble Revolution) may be well known to AAS readers, but to the wider public this could be the foirst time they see a third party game on their phone.
The popular web page compression proxy has just had a big update, with better page size reduction, a cleaner interface and a new mobile directory. See http://www.skweezer.net/ if you want to try Skweezer out in your Symbian OS browser.
Which to use? If you have asked this question to yourself, then why not use Morse Code to send your Txt messages thanks to this nifty free software. Anyone who can also translate "Не нахуй не нужна эта "морзянка" один хуй смс рулит... и всегда смс будет лучше морзянки... смс-ками все будут пользоваться." gets a free penguin.
BenQ has announced that it is to take over Siemens mobile. This includes Siemens 8.4% stake in Symbian subject to approval. The takeover is due to be completed by the end of September.
Finish, German and French Series 60 versions of Dreamspring'sDreamSend application are nearing completion, and they've been in touch, wondering if there are any users out there willing to check over the application. If you're interested, give them an email on marketing@dreamspring.com.
Nokia USA is conducting a 2 to 4 month study to investigate how people use their Nokia phones. The study is accepting new panel members for a limited time only.
It may well be pitched as a business platfrom, but the Communicators can keep you entertained more than you think. Join Steve Litchfield as he takes a whistle stop tour of the Series 80 gaming world. No, don't laugh...
Ian Ratcliffe takes up the challenege of a Series 60 SuDoKu client, with MobilSuDoKu, which has 50 built in puzzles and promises taht it has solved "every SuDoKu puzzle it has tried to solve." Worth a look.
