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!
ROK Powers Vodacom Live and On-Demand Mobile TV Service
Written by ROK
Wednesday, 05 September 2007
Vodacom Mobile TV 'Playa' Streamed over 2.5G GPRS
London and Cape Town, 5 September 2007: Vodacom, South Africa's leading cellular network with more than 24 million customers, today announced the launch of “MobileTVPlaya”, its live and on-demand multi-channel mobile TV service, streamed over 2.5G GPRS cellphones.
Vodacom's “MobileTVPlaya” service is the first mass-market 2.5G mobile TV service to launched in Africa, and the content is powered by UK-based ROK Entertainment Group technologies.
“MobileTVPlaya” offers Vodacom customers a choice of 10 channels to receive on their 2.5G cellphone from a content portfolio of 22 channels ― to include national and international live news, sports updates, music videos, cartoons and comedies ― at a monthly cost of SAR29.00 (approximately £3.00).
“ ‘MobileTVPlaya’ is an African first," said Romeo Kumalo, Executive Director, Vodacom South Africa, "and we're confident of significant uptake amongst our customers who want access to live and on-demand information and entertainment content on their cellphones at any time, any place."
"We're delighted to be working with Vodacom in the deployment of streamed mobile TV across South Africa," said Laurence Alexander, CEO of ROK TV, "and we will be looking into adding increased functionality and interaction to the service, and even more relevant content in future, once we have a clear idea of the genres of channels that prove most popular."
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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 
