Sony-Ericsson, Siemens and Panasonic are taking up their pre-emtion rights to purchase a pro-rata share of Psion's stock in Symbian, along with Nokia (the FT Reports). Apart from Samsung, all of Symbian's partners are purchasing shares due to Psion's departure. This leaves Nokia with an overall 49% stake in Symbian, significantly less than the 68% it could have ended up with if they were the sole buyer.
Matt Croydon points out the surprising news that the Nokia 7650 is two years old today. Given how pedestrian the 7650 now seems when compared to devices like the BenQ P30 and the Sendo X, Matt's look back is a nice gentle read, over at PostNeo.
Wildpalm's Photoart (just released for Series 60 devices) is an impressive graphics manipulation that alters your snaps in the style of the great artists. Worth a look on a 30 day trial.
One of the unsung sites for Symbian (unless you;re a dyed in the wool coder) is NewLC. They've just announced a competition for programmers where they're looking for the best Open Source app in any language (under Symbian OS). Details here, and the competition site is here.
Spiderman 2 is now shipping. The movie tie in title suprises the N-Gage world by actually arriving on time. The Webbed Wonder is available on MMC with bluetooth and N-Gage Arena functionality. As usual, UK and International orders can be placed through Allack.
Long time shareware author Al Richey and RMR Software have released RMRBank for UIQ Devices. Featuring full Quicken and MS Money compatibility, Standing Orders, Budgeting, Investment Monitoring and more, this OPL Tour De Force has seen many platforms in its 12 year history. Download the shareware version from RMR Software.
Ewan's spent a lot of time recently with the Sendo X, and he's been busy finding out all about what could be the Killer Series 60 device. Read his in-depth review of the Sendo X here and start asking the same question as everyone else... where can we get one.
Russ Beattie was invited along to the recently reported San Francisco Focus Group for a Massive Multiplayer N-Gage Game. Which (of course) meant an early look at Pocket Kingdom. What's it like being in a focus group? How do you test an applciation like this? Here's Russ' thoughts...
This weeks category is Hobbies. We want to see your Best Photos (taken on a Symbian Phone) that represent your Hobbies. So please upload your images to the Photo Contest 013 folder. Vote will start on 12th July 2004 to pick a winner. Winners Photo is displayed on Main Gallery page and can select next category.
Redshift announce Dragonfire, an Medieval RPG for Series 60 devices (including the N-Gage range). Transported to another world by a 1.21 gigawatt bolt of lightning, your only way home is by defeating the four evil Gods (what, the Good Gods are busy?) More information and a free trial of the first level can be found at Redshift.
RSS files allows News Sites and Blogs to deliver all their content into dedicated programs so you can read hundreds of sites with ease. You can find all the AAS Feeds here. Wildpalm (interviewed here) have released the first dedicated Series 60 RSS Reader, Headline. It features full OPML import and export, support for RSS 0.9, 1.0 and 2.0, automatic updating and integration with the built in browser, Opera, Doris or NetFront.
Psiloc have announced a Summer Promotion where all of its product range has had prices redcued by 30%. Psiloc produce numerous pieces of software including Space Doubler (memory compression), Total IR Remote (control your tv and sterio from your phone), and many more. It's a great opportunity to pick up software at a reduced price.
Bitween have updated thier Mobile Fax program to version 1.02. Updates include improved connection and error checking, resulting in fewer errors when receiving a fax, multilanguage support: English, German, French , Italian and Spanish, a rotation feature in the SX1 and 6600 version and the option to directly insert images from camera folder.
Mobimate's WorldMate Professional is now available for UIQ smartphones. The professional edition is designed with the frequent traveller in mind, and now features worldwide flight schedules with comprehensive, reliable and up-to-date information supplied by OAG/
