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!
While it may be more the season of "sea" than "C", there is no time like the present to prepare for Nokia's Open C Challenge. We outline some of the resources available to get you started.
Open C offers non-Symbian developers the opportunity to take advantage of both the power and success of S60. In the process $10,000 could be yours, along with an travel and accommodation for attend this year's Symbian Smartphone Show in London in October, by entering the Open C Challenge
If you have not previously worked with any of the S60 development tools the video Getting Started with Open C should be the place to start. This video explains how to find the essential components for your development environment, how to put them all together, and build one of the Open C example to run on a S60 device.
While one of the benefits of Open C is that developers don't need to learn Symbian C++ to build an application engine, creating a UI for your application might still be a challenge. One option is to create a UI using Python for S60. This method is illustrated in the example Open C: SMS Crypto Example (with Python UI) v1.1 with full source code showing how a S60 UI has been added to an SMS encryption/decryption application.
You can also find another fully working example, with a native S60 C++ UI, in the Open C: FTP Client Example.
Additional resources for Open C development, including links to the documents that introduce S60, can be found on the Forum Nokia Open C page. The Open C Challenge is not yet formally open, however you can register to receive details when it does open by emailing
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Samsung 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 
I’ve been a long-time fan and user of Nokia Sports Tracker. In fact, I’ve considered it to be one of the best location-aware mobile apps anywhere… hands-down! Now it's even more fun, more useful, and easier to share with others... 
It was almost a year ago at 
While it may be more the season of "sea" than "C", there is no time like the present to prepare for Nokia's Open C Challenge. We outline some of the resources available to get you started.
