Lightning Look at 5 Mobile Touch UIs - iPhone 3G, Samsung Behold, G1, Blackberry Bold, Nokia 5800So, you want a touch UI mobile device.I’ve been checking out some of the latest touch UI mobile devices lately, curious to see who’s coming out with what and what features are being offered. To date it seems it’s tough to find that one touch device that offers everything. I’ve looked at 4 touch UI devices (+ the Nokia 5800) this week, some of the quick observations made follow:
Top Symbian Features and Spotlights at SymbianOne for 20082008 was a busy year for the Symbian ecosystem. Many noteworthy moments took place including the arrival of the Nokia N95 8GB in the USA, the release of comes with music, the Samsung INNOV8, a new look for Forum Nokia, the 10 year celebration of Symbian, a shift towards open source and the launch of the Symbian Foundation - read on for a recap of Symbian OS related features highlighted here at SymbianOne this past year - enter Symbian 2008, a recap...
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Symbian event Promises Change to US mobile market - report from event + AT&T insightsI recently returned from a day in San Francisco, CA where I had a chance to attend a special Symbian Partner event - interesting timing for this event as just this past week the Nokia purchase of Symbian became final (the ink wasn't even dry yet). Also of interest was the presence of keynote speaker Roger Smith from AT&T, coincidentally, just last week AT&T had announced the company will be reducing about 4% of their workforce - they also officially announced that they would be carrying the Nokia 6650 - an entry-level S60 3rd Edition, FP 2 Symbian device (flip) - it's a start!
Samsung Opens for Mobile Innovators
Written by Richard Bloor
Sunday, 07 September 2008
Samsung has launched a beta of its S60 developer support site with content and the first Samsung specific S60 SDK plug-in.
Samsung has extended its commitment to the S60 platform with the beta launch of the innovator.samsungmobile.com Web site.
Currently the site contains a selection of Symbian OS and S60 documentation along with the first Samsung specific S60 tool: the Touchwheel API SDK plug-in that enables developers to take advantage of the touch wheel on the Samsung SGH-i450 music orientated phone.
While the site is in beta there is no option to register, which means the discussion boards, Market.dev (a mechanism for proposing application to Samsung), and Lab.dev (a mechanism for accessing a range of Samsung device over the Internet for testing purposed) are not yet live.
The launch of the full site is expected at the Smartphone Show in October.
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So, you want a touch UI mobile device.I’ve been checking out some of the latest touch UI mobile devices lately, curious to see who’s coming out with what and what features are being offered. To date it seems it’s tough to find that one touch device that offers everything. I’ve looked at 4 touch UI devices (+ the Nokia 5800) this week, some of the quick observations made follow: 
2008 was a busy year for the Symbian ecosystem. Many noteworthy moments took place including the arrival of the Nokia N95 8GB in the USA, the release of comes with music, the Samsung INNOV8, a new look for Forum Nokia, the 10 year celebration of Symbian, a shift towards open source and the launch of the Symbian Foundation - read on for a recap of Symbian OS related features highlighted here at SymbianOne this past year - enter Symbian 2008, a recap...
Have you been to the new Symbian Developer Network (SDN) yet? This is a top resource to access the latest tips, tools, docs, and information for mobile developers creating apps and services to run on the Symbian OS.
Symbian Partner Event took place in San Francisco, CA early in December (Dec 4, 2008 to be exact). We heard from and met execs from Symbian, Nokia, Symbian Foundation as well as the Foundation's sponsors and supporters. The following were items of interest that were mentioned at some time during the one day event and got my attention - enjoy these lightning notes from SPE.
Samsung has launched a beta of its S60 developer support site with content and the first Samsung specific S60 SDK plug-in.
