On behalf of the editorial team, Rafe peers into the crystal ball to see what awaits the Symbian world in the next 12 months. "The mists are clearing, I can see..." Read his predictions here.
Ewan reverts back to a two-box solution with his in-depth review of the Freedom keyboard for Series 60 and UIQ smartphones. And Palm OS and Pocket PC and....
NTT DoCoMo customes can now pick up the FOMA powered F901ic, making this the seventh Fujitsu powered phone in the Far East. Vodafone KK are also starting to ship the 702NK, which is a rebadged Nokia 6630. More details from Symbian.
British Telecom has publicly announced the BT Callwise scheme for mobile users in the UK. With a Series 60 or UIQ Client, you load up your account with call credit, and save close to 80% on the regular international call rates from your handset. More information on BT.com
Pure N-Gagea has a short interview with Domi Hugo, creator of the ever popular Fexplorer for Series 60. What's interesting is not the delay to version 1.12, but that Domi is working on a shareware version of one of the most popular freeware applications for Symbian to include an FTP Manager as well.
Just got a new device and looking for some information? Then look no further as Steve Litchfield and Ewan Spence throw a few pointers into the air on where to get things for your shiny smartphone. Find out more About Your New Symbian Phone, be it UIQ, Series 60, or a Communicator.
With appallingly-advised sites around the Internet spreading unnecessary fear and alarm, Steve Litchfield issues a plea for sanity over on 3-Lib. it's far, far harder to contract a Symbian OS virus than a desktop one. You're more likely to be hit by lightning or an earthquake. Just say No. And shame on the computing press around the world for all the scaremongering.
You know all those virus/trojans that are heralding the death of Symbian? Well, most of the peope who have any sensible knowledge of whats going on will realise it's all based on one bit of code with the name changed and a new procedure. So watch out everyone, because it jsut went Open Source (reports The Register). Lots of wacky names, strange things going on, and all preventable if you just leave bluetooth off till you need it, and don't load strange apps from warez sites.
Mobile Innovation do a lot of behind the scene coding for the Symbian ecosystem. They've started to release some of their tools for developers and Erik Thauvin has taken a long hard look at Codescanner to see how it measures up. Can it really help the Symbian C++ coder?
After two years of marketing hype, Steve Litchfield still finds himself struggling to understand the appeal of push email. Surely the whole concept of email (or indeed mail) is that it's a non-real time medium, to be read at the recipient's convenience? Read on...
In association with Handango we're offering all our users some discounts on software purchsed via our store. Simply enter HGJANTEN into the discount section at checkout and you will automatically receive 10% off any purchase. This promotion lasts to the end of January. Further discounts are available on selected software (including Atari Retro Games and all DreamQuest Software). You can also buy gift certificates (from $25-$100) in the store. They are delivered by e-mail so make for perfect last minute gifts.
SymbianOne talked to the authors of SnapperMail, Snapperfish, about the forthcoming UIQ version of the well known Palm OS email client. The UIQ version is based around the Triplex Core mixing MIDP 2, Personal Java and C++ in the implementation. SnapperMail should be available in mid 2005.
NewLC, the Symbian OS C++ developer portal, has had a redesign. NewLC has lots of excellent content for the Symbian developer from articles and tips to forums. Great work from Eric and the team - check it out.
In this Photo Contest we want your best Texture photos (taken on a Symbian Phone). Please upload your photos to the Photo Contest 19 page. Vote will start on 5th December 2004 to pick a winner. Winners Photo is displayed on Main Gallery page and can select next category.
