Recent News - General - Page 191
Freeware and Open Source eulogy from Symbian
Opera Mini arrives - Exclusive Review
Google Opens Mobile Optimised GMail Website
Visto Files Suit Against Microsoft
Mobile Email and how to recieve it is an area which a lot of companies are working on, with mobile data and email being seen as the best area for growth in 2006. Visto are now asserting that "Microsoft has infringed upon multiple patents Visto holds regarding proprietary technology that provides enterprises and consumers with mobile access to their email and other data," and have started legal proceedings against the Redmond based Microsoft, who see email as a central plank to their mobile platform. Three patents are specifically mentioned in the full press release which follows.The issue of mobile email is a very important issue, as can be seen by Visto's other announcement of a licencing deal with NTP.
Smartphone Grid now interactive
World's First Nokia Store Opens... in Russia
Moscow's Pushkin district greets the first Nokia Flagship Store in the world - the first of many from what we can hear. It's clearly a play from the Apple handbook - so is anyone in Moscow able to nip round and take some pictures for us? Especially the 'mobile gaming' dedicated area?(Thanks to Mobileburn for the heads up).
Symbian video solution testers needed
Dan Marlin is looking for Beta testers for The Core Pocket Media Player (the famous TCPMP) on Symbian OS. Beta testers must have 'above average' technical skills to be able to help report problems. If you're a video junkie (like me) and are interested in helping get TCPMP onto Symbian OS, please email betaboy@corecodec.com
Panasonic Mobile to focus on Linux
Symbian competition have a rethink
Look, ma, no reset hole!
Steve Litchfield ponders the significance of reset holes and their absence from Symbian OS-powered devices. How much confidence do you have in your smartphone?
EA buys Tetris (and the rest of Jamdat)
Jamdat, in under 6 years has gone from start-up to selling to Electronic Arts for $680 million US. Along with the Tetris Mobile licence, EA have also picked up the recently completed Doom RPG, Bejewelled and of course all the EA licenced games Jamat have been working on. From a wap version of scissors paper stone, to the number one publisher in the USA with 40% of the market, the boys have done well.
Beta test Carbide.c++
Grid overload?
It being a slowish news day, I've been updating my (now huge) Grid of mobile devices, taking a selection of current hardware and rating them against each other in gory detail. New devices covered include the Nokia N70, the T-Mobile MDA Pro and the Orange SPV C600. Plus there are two new rating categories, for video recording and software stability.
BitRabbit Hops Into More Mobile Markets
When you hear about multi-million dollar gaming licences and massive global hits, it's hard to forget that there are hundreds of coders out there every day who get picked up by the mobile networks and showcased in their catalogues. It's the new 'mark of excellence' in a sense, and Irish Developer BitRabbit is slowly making a name with their arcade games Yukiko and Atomanix. The later has been picked up by Swisscom, who are following Orange UK's in signing up these titles for OTA distribution.
