Symbian's SDK-hosted emulators are perennially popular and not just with developers. New on symbian.com is WinTAP, to allow emulator applications to access the Internet through Windows' own connection. It's very technical though, only approach if instructions like 'abld build winscw udeb will then produce the pdd' don't fill you with fear.
New over on 3-Lib is a big update to my media gallery archive for anyone needing high-res photos of Symbian-powered mobile devices, especially in lifestyle situations. Many recent devices are now covered, as well as long-lost images from Psion days.
Couldn't resist a Link Of Interest to this Engadget entry, showing a (non-Symbian, thankfully) smartphone that tilts and swivels and slides. Some of Nokia's recent designs have come close to this, all we can say is "Don't go there.... please!"
Thanks to Darla for spotting more details (from the FCC) of the Nokia 6708, the only Nokia smartphone to run the Symbian UIQ interface. More, plus FCC links, on The Mobile Diva.
One of AAS's biggest friends, Arjen Broeze, has completed a big update of his free iDesk utility, which (and I quote) "provides customizable hotkeys for every internal function, application, file or folder, and contains a built-in task manager, task switcher, password manager and note taker". And it's all written in OPL, which is amazing. More info here.
This actually appeared a few days ago, but most people missed it. There's a Flash demo of the new next-gen S60 webbrowser over on S60.com. Pretty cool stuff and serves to demonstrate yet again the difference between what a true smartphone can do and a glorified WAP feature phone...
Steve's been sort of keeping you up to date on my journey to the USA at the start of this month, and one place I was at was the Portable Media and Podcasting Expo 2005. I've posted a report on the Expo on my blog, so if your keen to read some non-Symbian stuff, then head over to www.ewanspence.com.
As the subject says, here's the press release. The acquisition is mainly aimed at enterprise connectivity, but this is perhaps also a sync technology boost across the board? Comments welcome.
Yes it's off topic (but not as much as you think), but Infosync's review of Motorola's iTunes enabled ROKR phone makes interesting reading, given that this is the first phone to make a play for one of the big battlegrounds for 2006, the MP3 Music Phone. Summary? Good battery life, mediocre screen, and lousy earphones.
Opera has today released v8.5 of its advanced browser for many Series 60 smartphones. The highlight is the new zooming system which lets you zoom right in or out of text and images. Here are the Download and Changes pages. The new version is a free upgrade if your device came with Opera already bundled.
OK, so it's in an unofficial Nokia blog, but it's still good to see freeware applications get more exposure. See Tommi's blog for a really good plug for Series 60 freeware and a list of starting points.
Shameless self promotion (though it's only donationware), but I've ported my Hangman game for kids over to the Nokia 9300 and 9500. Great for long journeys. Here's the download page 8-)
