Symbian has released an official (video) webcast, in both RealPlayer and Windows Media format, with CEO Nigel Clifford talking about the significant '100 million smartphones' milestone. Here's the link.
Eagle-eyed observers may have noted the changed toolbar on the site, with 'Media' added. The new Media section houses regular and semi-regular audio and video content, all of which you can listen to or watch online, in your browser, or (if you prefer) use the provided RSS feeds to subscribe in iTunes or S60 Podcasting or similar, to make sure you never miss new content.
3, the 3G mobile operator, has announced the launch of X-Series. X-Series brings 'flat fee broadband access to mobile'. 3 is partnering with other companies to create X-Series services and applications, these include Sling Player, Google, Orb, eBay, Skype, MSN and Yahoo. X-Series will launch in the UK in December with other 3 countries to follow in the new year. The handsets that will feature X-Series include the Sony Ericsson W950 (UIQ 3) and the Nokia N73 (S60).
The very latest EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) sales figures for smart mobile devices are out. Highlights include Symbian OS's share now up to 78% of the market, with Nokia at a whopping 75%, although Sony Ericsson's UIQ 3 sales have started in earnest, with 3% and rising.
Google Co-Op, a recently announced service, allows you to create custom search engines. Here is a custom search engine for Symbian related sites, which can also be accessed via SymbianSearch.com. The search includes many of the largest Symbian sites, but if you think you know of another site that should be included you can edit the list of included websites.
In his video guide to the Symbian Smartphone Show 2006 Steve offers a few video highlights, recorded using his Nokia N93, including a quick look at the new S60 phones, the LG JoY and Samsung i520, and video interviews with CoPilot, F-Secure, Sling Media, among others.
Kudos to the people at Symbian for better communications with the media than ever during this year's Show. Included in the press pack was a bound book with some very clear illustrations of just how far Symbian has come. Read on for links and comment.
An apparently genuine Nokia document contains some interesting details about their Next Gen gaming platform, which is due to launch across a range of Nokia smartphones in the first half of 2007. In the document is a list of publishers which it claims are working on content for the platform, and which surprisingly includes Sony. The document also gives some details about the distribution channels and development kits. (To find out more, click here...)
According to the latest research from Gartner, MobHappy reports via ITPro, smartphone sales are up 75% from 2005 worldwide, with Nokia accounting for 42% of the entire mobile device market, or over half of all converged devices.
Thanks to this week's Carnival for pointing me towards one of the best articles on smartphone convergence I've read for ages, posted by Tomi in "The year the i-Pod died". Highly recommended reading.
