A few more details are coming out regarding Nokia's Preminet digital store (reports Telephony Online). Nokia will be looking to take between 10% and 20% of any shareware registration fees as thier cut (no word on the Operators margin), and Preminet will launch with just over one hundred certified items, with a mix of Series 40 and Series 60 Java games, Series 60 C++ native applications
Not exactly Symbian, but an interesting read is this article in Business 2.0. It looks at the Firefox web browser, a web browser who's lead developer Blake Ross decided to 'take back the web from Microsoft.' So one man can make a difference.
Long time PDA enthusiasts will be aware that Palm Gear cornered the market for Palm OS shareware many moons ago, and still retains an excellent share of that market. Now, with the launch of Symbian Gear, the parent company of Motricity is squaring up to Handango (and now Nokia) in a battle for your registration fees. I wonder if the end user (or even the Developer) will see some tangible benefits?
There's just over a week to go if you want to vote in the N-Gage Awards, sponsored by All About N-Gage, My Phone Games, N-Gage User and N-Gage World. You can vote on Best N-Gage Game, Best Java Game and Best N-Gage Fan Site.
Nokia's Lifeblog application has been given an official relase and is now out of testing. It will come bundled in the sales packages of the 6670 and 7610. Other Series 60 (v2) users can purchase Lifeblog for 30 Euros direct from the Nokia website. All About Symbian has previously looked at Lifeblog, so if you're not sure what Lifeblog is, that's probably the best place to start.
Continuing from part one last week, Ewan's interview with Cory Doctorow continues. In Part Two, Cory and Ewan talk about mobile phone networks, charging, ad-hoc GSM/WiFi networks and what Cory thinks of his P900.
Straight from CTIA in San Francisco, Nokia have announced Preminet, a storefront geared towards Operators, that will provide software, themes, ringtones and other mobile paraphernalia. Nokia will control a central catalogue, and Operators who sign up can choose which items appear in their portfolio. Brand-able client software for the user to download from the Operator. This will provide the ability to get demos of applications, and provide a payment route to be billed. But what does it all mean?
Steve Litchfield rants and raves about the continuing failure of Symbian software developers to provide faultless synchronisation. Read his diatribe here...
Masabi are behind another "Bush/Kerry" mobile phone game, but their Pick the Prez allows you to send an electronic vote back to the website so your voice can be heard.
Trying our best to sidestep 'The Syndication Wars,' here's a quick look at the way to read All About Symbian without visiting the site. Using RSS, you can pull out just the headlines, articles and reviews you want in a dedicated program. Here's The Guide To All About Symbian's RSS Feeds.
They're a busy lot today, are Symbianware. Next up is an update to Power Navigation and the editing tool Map Editor. Both have had numerous small updates and the UIQ and Series 60 versions have had a small bump in the version number to go with this.
Symbianware's Desktop FileMan promises a Windows Explorer Like view of the drives on our Symbian OS powered smartphones. It certainly looks like the sort of thing the power user needs, now that the file systems are being hidden under more and prettier graphics! Desktop FileMan connects to all Series 60 and UIQ powered devices.
Yes we all want software for as little cost as possible. Luckily there are applications out there (really good applications) that are free to download, install and run. But which ones should I be looking for? Well fear not, just read the All About Symbian Guide to UIQ Freeware to find the best applications out there. Enjoy!
The P910i is now featured in Sony Ericsson's online update service for users to flash their own phones with the latest software. Visit the Sony Ericsson Website for full details and an FAQ.
