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Event of Interest - Symbian Partner Event San Francisco - Innovation in action
Written by SymbianOne
Friday, 14 November 2008
For the first time the Symbian Partner Event (SPE) opens its doors not only to Symbian partners, but also to mobile developers, handset manufacturers, network operators, the Open Source Community and members of the press. Whether you are new to mobile or an experienced Symbian developer, SPE has something for everyone. The cost... Free? Of course!
Date
December 4 2008 - Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California
What is it?
SPE is a free, full-day event that will immerse you in the Symbian community. With an agenda featuring keynotes, seminars and panels from the leading minds in the global mobile industry, and an exhibition hall packed with the latest and greatest Symbian solutions, SPE is ‘dressed to impress´.
Speakers:
Welcome
Nigel Clifford, CEO, Symbian
Synergy with Symbian: An AT&T Assessment of the Evolving Mobile Landscape
Roger Smith, Director, Next Generation Services, Data Product Realization, AT&T
Nokia - TBA
Mozilla: the open source journey
Jay Sullivan, VP, Mobile, Mozilla
Succeeding in the US: the key factors
Michael Mace, Principal, Rubicon
Gregory Gorman, Principal, Tertuis Advisory Services
Moderated by David Wood, Symbian
SMP with Symbian
Jason Parker, Senior Product Manager, Symbian
FreeWay, beyond raw performance
Jonathan Webb, Principal Product Manager, Symbian
Ross Brennan, CEO, Cicero Networks Ltd
Taking Symbian OS multimedia to the next level
Anthony Newpower, Director, Product Area Management, Symbian
Symbian Foundation
Platform Architecture Overview
Charles Davies, CTO, Symbian
Symbian Foundation Overview & Closing Keynote
Lee Williams, Executive Director, Symbian Foundation
Symbian Foundation Q&A
Exibitors...
You can apply to become an exclusive group of exhibitors at the event to demo your latest and greatest Symbian solution or service. What will this cost you? Nothing - it's free-of-charge.
Fast Pitch Speakers...
Two slides, one presenter, one room; this is your time to shine! The Symbian Fast Pitch gives you five minutes of invaluable face time in order to pitch your product or solution to key decision makers from the world's leading OEMs, Operators and Symbian representatives.
Space is limited so register now to guarantee your spot!
Venue:
2 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California, 94105-3402
T +1 415 512 1111
F +1 415 543 0671
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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.
