Looking for a job? Then Amazon is looking for someone to manage their Wireless and Computer & Video Game business. With a large number of software distribution sites (from the behemoth of Handango to smaller sites like The Games Kitchen) it was only a matter of time before the really big boys got involved. One to watch for developments (via Monster)
UK Network "3" (a 3G network, offering, amongst other phones, the Symbian OS powered Motorola A920) has decided it's controversiall "walled garden" approach of deciding what can be downloaded will remain (reports New Media Zero). "Anyone in their right mind who tries to do anything on the Internet with a screen that size has to be nuts" says Gareth Jones, CEO. Perhaps he hasn't seen Opera's small screen rendering in action on the A925?
Well, we are almost through the summer, so it's about time we had a Summer Photo Contest (taken on a Symbian Phones). So please upload your best Summer photos to the Photo Contest 15 page. Vote will start on 5th September 2004 to pick a winner. Winners Photo is displayed on Main Gallery page and can select next category.
Here's a nice report from GameDev.net on how Venture Capitalists are waking up to Mobile Gaming. Some interesting numbers on IPO's... JamDat Mobile (makers of Lemonade Tycoon) recently raised $44 million in their first round funding. If you want to see where your £3 download fee goes, here's part of the answer.
Hardcore MobitopiansRuss Beattie, Matt Croydon and Erik Thauvin have released LifeBlogger, a tool to allow Nokia's LifeBlog application to post to your own Blog using the common XMLRPC interface. Worth checking out, before Nokia's official plug-in arrives.
Ewan's had that same thought he has every month. "If Brian May can loose his PDA, so can I," as he performs his regular back-ups. And he's wondering out loud what's more important. The Phone? Or the information on the phone? Read On.
In this photo contest, we want to see your most Unusual Photos (taken on a Symbian Phone). So please upload your Unusal photos to the Photo Contest 014 folder. Vote will start on 8th August 2004 to pick a winner. Winners Photo is displayed on Main Gallery page and can select next category.
Over at The Register, Colly Myers speaks very candidly. Right from the start, he pitches the idea that an all-in-one device might not be the nirivana everyone expeects. "You end up with a 'spork' - a combination of a spoon and a fork. It's no good as a spoon and no good as a fork."
Canalys have published the latest marketsare figures from the EMEA mobile device market. In it the figures show 94% marketshare for Symbian OS. Nokia have sold 1,351,400 units, Sony Ericsson 149,500 and Siemens 61,490. Nokia currently represents 85% of all Symbian devices sold.
It's a tough world out there for mobile phone users, carriers, handset vendors and OS (writes John Lettice at The Register). Lettice has a very lengthy piece on Digital Rights Management, looking at the OMA spec that is carried by Symbian.
Hobbies Photo Contest vote is open. You now have 3 photos from which to pick you favourite(s). *View Photos & Vote by Clicking Here* Poll closes on 26th July 2004! & Good Luck to all who entered.
