Phil Northam: Samsung's Mobile InnovatorSamsung Mobile Innovator is the latest developer support program from a Symbian OS licensee. Richard Bloor caught up with Phil Northam, the program's Global Marketing Manager and one of its founding members, to find out more.
A note from Nokia reps this week informs us that the Nokia viNe application will be rolled out of Beta soon... possibly even this week. viNe is a web service that enables users of the application to share their journeys, along with media collected along the way. As a long-time Sports Tracker user, N95 enthusiasts, and evangelist of all things mobile and geospatial, I was provided with a pre-release version of viNe - details and a complete "How To" install and use the application are provided... enjoy! Enter Nokia viNe 101
It was back in June 2008 that the E71 was officially released to the public - the selling points for the E71 were a sleek, stylish do-it-all device that came with Mail for Exchange mobile email client - pre-loaded with the Nokia E71. Actually, the device boasted much much more than these attributes as you'll see below in my findings after having the pleasure of making the E71 my main device for 3 weeks... enjoy the recap, the images and the videos!
Sony Ericsson Developer World added two new code examples for UIQ 3 during June. These examples show how to record audio and find information on the MMF plugins.
Recording Audio in UIQ 3
The simplest way of recording in UIQ 3 is to use the CMdaAudioRecordUtility class. This will allow any developer to do a simple recording from the microphone and save the outcome in a file.
This example application demonstrates a simple way to record audio from the microphone on a UIQ 3 phone and saves the result in the "music" folder if using a real device or in the "audio" folder if using the emulator. The file created is called MyRecFile_X.
This example uses the CMdaAudioRecorderUtility class for recording. The source for the recording part can be found in the CMyRecUtility Class. The recorded file is called MyRecFile_X
List MMF controller plugins and supported formats, UIQ 3
This application shows how to list information about all MMF controller plugins from the ECOM registry on Sony Ericsson's UIQ 3-based phones. A controller is a MMF plugin that supports playing and recording one or several multimedia formats. Most MMF audio and video interfaces use the multimedia controller framework to provide functionality to read and write audio and video data. For more information see the MMF Client Overview document from Symbian>>
Additional controller plugins can be implemented and installed to a phone to extend it's functionality. For more information see the How to Controller guide from Symbian>>
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