It's true, the staff at AllAboutSymbian do love OPL (and Python, but that's another story for Jim to tell!). Presenting HexView for the Nokia 9300/9500, a full hexadecimal file viewer/editor. Steve Litchfield needed the tool at 7.30pm and asked Psion Series 5 author John Boyce if he could send over his old (1997) Psion OPL hex-editing code. John said yes and (despite the technical nature of the app) it took a grand total of one hour to massage it into a working Communicator application. Now that's what I call portable source code. You can download Hexview here and read more about OPL here.
Sydus and Virgin Radio have launched a 3G Radio Player. It allows you to stream, over the air, three Radio Stations from the Virgin network: Virgin Radio, Virgin Radio Classic Rock and Virgin Radio Groove. The software is a free download and is available for both Series 60 and UIQ. Although touted as a 3G Radio PLayer, it should be possible to get a working connection over GPRS.
“We previewed UIQ 3.0 at 3GSM” shout UIQ. But not shouting loudly enough, because UIQ 3 has been promised for so long, and it’s still not running on hardware. When your CEO crosses his fingers and runs an emulator version of UIQ3, then you have to start wondering what the hold up is?
Quick updates of interest from my 3-Lib site: Automail, my freeware Nokia 9500/9300 email automation utility has been updated to include support for two email accounts. I've updated my Introduction to Symbian. And also updated my big Grid, qualitatively comparing current PDA/smartphone options. No prizes for guessing the winner!
Rafe is tired of writing about all the mobile phones on show at Cannes, so he's decided to look at some of the more technical details on UIQ3. What exactly is it, what does it do, and why is it something to look forward to.
BlitzCheck from Wombat Mobile allows you too look up trivial information form the web more easily. It is a J2ME midlet which queries a search engine based on a query you enter. It is aimed at retrieving trivial data (such as who sung certain lyrics). Should be good for those late night pub quizzes, and is a good example of how to implement a useful mobile service. The author also has an interesting blog where you can see recent developments (such as the use of the Yahoo Search API) and there is also an interesting concept traffic / map J2ME midlet.
It's clear that the Industry thinks Music on Phones is the big money spinner for 2005, but is it something the usr wants? Carlo Longino at The Feature asks the question, with some nice breakdowns on the ringtone/download market, and asking why teh Sony Ericsson Walkman Phone still needs a camera to sell it.
In this editorial we take another look at Symbian OS 9.1 and what it means for the Symbian ecosystem. Ewan runs through the specifications and explains some of the new features, before looking at the new security features (something to do with golden tickets and bouncers) and I end the article with a few comments of my own.
The OPL Apps from RMR Software keep on coming. Next up is RMR Shop, which allows you to build up not only a shopping list, but the location of each item in the supermarket as well, making your trips easier and quicker.
Ewan's turn to look at a new Symbian phone from 3GSM, the Sendo X2. There's been a fair amount written about the X2 already, so as well as the phone, there's also a quick look at how the X2 fits into the smartphone marketplace.
Well, it looks like the Nokia 6682 will be coming soon to the United States. Good news for Cingular and in some areas Suncom. With its dual-band 850-1800-1900 mhz I'm sure alot of US customers will grab this ASAP. Several rumors have floated in regards to bluetooth, memory and such so you can check the specs which can also be found on Nokia's website. A view of the user guide (draft) is available for download here.
