Looking to expand it's install base, and improve the product, Dallas based Quickoffice have taken on some venture captial funding from Mayfield Fund, Shepherd Ventures and Advantage Capital Partners. Full press release follows.
If you're the sort of person who installs software from strange Internet sites and random people bluetoothing applications, then you need to be aware of Symantec's updated list of Symbian OS trojans. If you never trust unknown programs though, you can rest a little bit easier.
World Tracker, a new service from a UK company lets you track the whereabouts of any new phone or smartphone, PocketLint (via Engadget). Once authorised, this might be useful in tracking a stolen smartphone or in locating your partner or children?
The publishers of PDA Essentials magazine, the most Symbian-friendly of the newstand titles, have gone bankrupt and have started having their titles and assets snapped up. The future of PDAE is apparently in the hands of something called "Brush Colour". Anyone able to fill in more details of this story?
Just a quick one to point out that the EU Watchdog is satisfied that the purchase of UK Mobile Operator O2 by Telefonica will not distort roaming charges. The Spanish telco can now confirm it's offer to O2 shareholders (Mobile Burn).
i-Symbian have published a fairly long (but interesting) four part interview with long time AAS-friend Arjen Broeze. Of special interest to anyone looking at OPL for developing programs for the Nokia Communicator,
Fresh from the AAS review of the N70, Steve's included a video version in the second edition of his video/podcast "The Smartphones Show," released today. Also featured in the show is a look at the iTech laser 'virtual' keyboard. It's free to download, over at www.smartphones-show.com.
Write Once Run Anywhere is one of thsoe software phrases that AppForge have been attacking with their CrossFire product. CrossFire allows .Net and Visual Basic code to be run on a number of PDA platforms (including Symbian and Palm). Their first patent, for "methods and systems for providing platform-independent shared software components for mobile devices" has just been award, with others pending (thanks to Symbian One for the link).
If you're a Google user on the move, then their newly launched personalised Mobile Home Page could prove usful. There's more details at Search Engine Watch and MobHappy, and the page itself is either autodetected or point your browser at www.google.com/ig/mobile.
3-Lib has added extra weightings, future-proofing and software catalogue attributes to the big, free, Grid. Which is your perfect smartphone? Let the Grid decide!
[Huge personal plug alert] Programme 1 in a new 'TV' series looking specifically at smartphones has aired. The show covers all software platforms and is currently free to download online. Read on for details...
