At least in the Mobile Phone Browser Wares, Opera is winning by a 10 to 1 margin (see this interview with Opera in Business Week). As well as talking about mobiles, there's some nice numbers for the Desktop Market as well. 50% growth on PC's? Nice!
Steve Litchfield has added a page of Series 80 freeware to the popular 'Symbian Freeware' section of the 3-Lib site. The idea of this page is to help you find software that's free, of course, but it's more than a simple matter of keeping costs down. Using freeware means you can share it around as much as you like and it means not having to worry about requesting new reg codes when you swap machines.
Do the manufacturers give too much control of the look and feel of their phones to the carriers? That's something The Feature is asking. With the Operators asking for more customisation, and services such as Club Nokia being closed down, are the networks asking too much, or are the manufacturers backing down to get the sale?
Not everything is tied to your UID number! Steve Litchfield has compiled the Good Freeware Guide over on 3-Lib. Along with Rafe's Guide To Freeware here, you should be able to outfit your smartphones without lightening the old wallet!
SymbianOne's Richard Bloor takes a look at the Sony Ericsson P910i. His excellent review covers the thumboard, the new software, and other updates with an emphasis on using the P910i for business. SymbianOne is also currently carrying extensive Expo coverage.
In this CBR Online article the future of email and calendar components are discussed. At the recent Nokia Enterprise summit Andrew Moran, outlined some of the future plans which include built in support for both push and browser based email, better groupware functions and better support for vCard and vCalendar and support for iCalendar and iTip. The article concludes with an interesting discussion of Symbian's relationship with developers.
11 applications, all open source, are all vying for first place in NewLC's Open Summer Developers Contest. All About Symbian are on the judging panel, and we've got a strong selection of apps to choose from. Try them all out yourself, and watch out for the winners.
Water, Water everywhere and not a drop to drink! It's time for your best Water related photos (taken on a Symbian Phone). Please upload your photos to the Photo Contest 16 page. Vote will start on 3rd October 2004 to pick a winner. Winners Photo is displayed on Main Gallery page and can select next category.
Opera may be seriously underestimating their market position with the announcement that one million copies of Opera for Symbian OS have been downloaded (says Opera's Press Release). They're not counting all the copies of Opera that come pre-installed by manufacturers, nor are they counting downloads from sites such as Handango or any of their partners. Congratulations guys!
George Samenuk, CEO of McAfee, is talking up mobile viruses to corporate buyers and their IT departments (The Feature reports). "What choice do users have? Do you want your business or government to go down because you didn't spend money protecting PDAs or 3G phones... This is a bet-your-job environment. You will lose your job if you don't have comprehensive, layered security solutions." So yet again, we have the Anti-Virus companies talk up the fear, uncertainty and doubt of handset viruses, with no word yet from any virus writers. Are we really on the brink of armageddon?
DemoMobile, the biggest "look at my company, please invest!" show in the world has finished for another year, and there have been a number of good products on show designed for the mobile phone. There was the tilting screen as a cursor, the number buttons as a touch pad, the take a picture of an advert and we'll scan online shops for it... the list is endless, but the problem is the same. They need support from carriers and handset manufacturers. The Feature rounds everything up.
Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson are looking at ways to bring the Broadacasting Services to you through your mobile phone. 'TV-Like' and Multimedia Content would be covered under the 'Mobile Broadcast Services,' work which started out under the OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) previously.
