DataViz has announced the availability of their Documents To Go suite for the Sony Ericsson P800, P900 and P910i. The suite allows you to view, edit and create Microsoft Word and Excel files and view Powerpoint files on the phone. Highlights include support for embedded images and tables in word, InTact technology (aimed at preserving document integrity in phone PC transfers, and TrueType font support. Documents To Go faces stiff competition from the incumbent office suite software package Quickoffice (which is included on most P910i's out of the box). You can buy and download a trial of Documents to Go in our software store (affiliate link).
Nokia Sensor is a program designed to run on Series 2.0+ phones. It may have a lot of buzz words - a social Bluetooth smartphone application, but it is an intriguing idea. You set up a personal homepage (dubbed a folio) and other Sensor users can read this (and you can read theirs). The folio includes your profile (pictures, motto etc.), a file sharing page (where you can put pictures, video and audio) and a Guestbook. The program works by scanning for other users over Bluetooth, which can be set to happen automatically in the background while the phone is on. Once connected you can read other's folio, leave them a message, and retieve their files.
Mobile Search for Series 60 is a cross program search tool for Series 60 phones. It allows you to search through Contacts, Calendar, Todo's, SMS's and Notes in one go (e-mail, and files are promised for a future version). The lack of a universal search has always been somewhat puzzling given the popularity of the feature of the original Palm platform, and for those missing this grep like functionality Mobile Search from Odendahl SEPT-Solutions might be the answer.
At last there's a secure database that can import data from the popular Handy Safe for the Nokia 9210. RMRData proves a worthy contender in a crowded utility market in Steve's review.
Bitween SRL have released MailX, software to allow your phone to have Push Email support on a standard POP3 ir IMAP account for Series 60. Support for multiple accounts, custom message alerts, secure and in the clear IMAP and 128bit encryption are available. Versions for Series 60 v1 and Series 60 v2 are available, along with a Series 80 version.
For those 9300 or 9500 owners interested in my freeware Automail, it's now up to v1.2, handles three email accounts, collects email as often as you like and handles errors gracefully. See here to download.
It's the difference between disappointment and success. It's the difference between getting your application on 1000 and 100,000 smartphones. It's the difference between getting almost no coverage in the press and getting plenty. And the difference can be bridged with only a little effort.
New from Unteh is Notepad for Series 60, a text editor applciation for Series 60 devices. Looking remarkably like a Windows XP application, but in a 176x208 window. There's full editing available, a clipboard, and full access to the file system for storing your text files. We'll have a full review in the next week or so, but there's nothign to stop you downloading a copy now from the AAS Store.
Winner of the best app at the recent "Orange Code Camp," F(x) 2.0 beta 3 has been released. It's more than a graphical calculator, and there's a touch of a programming langauge to it, but for professionals, F(x) is certainly worth looking at in closer detail. There are a number of applets available for the environment that can provide notes, outlines, conversions and rapid development of form based apps.
Penrillian specialize in Symbian OS application development and porting and are experts at helping clients to imagine, to specify, to build and to launch software running on Symbian OS. Ewan caught up with Charles Weir to find out just what this UK company are up to in the Symbian OS world. Read the interview here.
Domi Hugo's popular File Explorer applciation for Series 60 devices has been updated to version 1.13 and is available from the FExplorer website. Updates include some tweaks to the Screenshots section, direct access to files in your Inbox, a built in text viewer and a number of phones added to the types list. Well worth a download - you wonder why Nokia never packaged a 'full' File Browser app in the Series 60 devices to start with...
The next Mobiles Podcast (from The Podcast Network) is now available from downloading to your MP3 player, or listening at your desk. The Nseries comes under the spotlight this time, along with where the other major players are trying to take the market in 2005. (Direct Link to MP3 - 16.3mb).
