The SymbianOne Monitor - January 12, 2007
"Keeping an eye on the Symbian ecosystem"
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 The market for UIQ 3 applications is growing fast
With the P990 smartphone, the M600 messaging device and the W950 Walkman(R), Sony
Ericsson is opening up important new markets for mobile developers focusing on
high end gaming and mobile productivity. The fact that most applications written
for one phone will run on the other two, the dedicated developer support and the
Sony Ericsson Application Shop are other reasons to develop for UIQ 3.
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The announcement of the Nokia N93i and N76 at CES has been somewhat overshadowed by the launch of Apple's much heralded iPhone. Views on the launch of the iPhone have varied from suggestions it will have a seismic affect on the mobile phone industry, to speculation it will be a flop, Newton style.
The iPod is certainly a design icon, however, as anyone with a large number of songs stored on one knows, being an icon does not necessarily mean usability is guaranteed. The iPhone is certainly trying build on the iPod's success and to do things a little differently; although it's not the first mobile phone to use the finger as the primary input mechanism - that honor may belong to Neonode.
Two things will govern the impact of the iPhone. The first is licensing. If Apple had licensed it's OS in the early days it would have been a serious challenger to Microsoft. Licensing an iPhone "platform" could create serious alternative to the current platform options. However, a licensing strategy seems unlikely.
The second issue is cost. While Steve Jobs believes the iPhone is 3 or more years ahead of the competition, there is a strong argument for it not being so. The smartphone market is no longer about $600 plus devices' it's about the midmarket.
Without third party device and devices positioned in the mid-market the iPhone will probably be a niche device, albeit (given the size of the mobile phone market) in a large niche. From it's niche the iPhone will help keep the traditional mobile phone vendors "on their toes", but overall is unlikely to have a significant impact on the mainstream smartphone market.
Do you have an opionion on the iPhone? Blast your thoughts to info at symbianone dot com - Oh, and a Happy & prosperous new year to all of our readers, sponsors, and their families.
 Sony Ericsson: Manager, Application Testing Services -
Looking for something new and fulfilling in the New Year? Sony Ericsson's continued growth has created a role for someone with an outstanding test management record and knowledge of the mobile industry. Richard Bloor finds out more about this strategic role from Mikael Nerde.
 SymbianOne Best of 2006 - Top Symbian S60 and UIQ Downloads -
A popular resource here at SymbianOne is our application and tool repository... a collection of more than 600 Symbian freeware, shareware, and trialware mobile applications and tools. The following is our annual list of the top apps downloaded by our site visitors... enjoy!
 Some Help in Getting Your Symbian OS Apps signed -
Over at the Symbian Developer Network Wiki there's a new thread providing some common reasons for applications failing the Symbian signed process... take note and make sure you bookmark the wiki. IS your application Symbian Signed? Please tell us about it!
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A New Walkman phone for everyone from Sony Ericsson -
A New Walkman phone for everyone from Sony Ericsson The appeal of the Sony Ericsson Walkman® phone broadens today with the introduction of the W200; a blend of easy-to-use mobile phone and the key features needed to make a first step into ‘music on your mobile’.
Unleash your story in video with the Nokia N93i - Nokia has introduced the Nokia N93i, a compact and stylish digital camcorder and multimedia computer in one. Boasting a host of advanced features - from DVD-like quality video capture to direct video uploads - the Nokia N93i enables you to record great quality video wherever and whenever you feel inspired.
Play Videos and DVDs with your Nokia mobile phone -
The Nokia Video Converter is a powerful and easy to use all-in-one video and DVD ripping software for your mobile. This high-quality software solution offers a smart user interface and support all popular video formats like AVI, MPEG, DVD, WMV, MP4, MOV, 3GP and ASF.
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 Create, View & Edit your Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files anytime,
anywhere on your smart- phone or PDA!
Quickoffice is pleased to offer its latest release of its award-winning solution,
Quickoffice Pro 3.1. This release includes many product enhancements and also
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Sybase iAnywhere Releases Additional Platforms and Languages for SQL Anywhere 10 -
In addition to Windows x86, x64 and Windows Mobile, Linux x86 and x64, Symbian OS, Palm OS, and Mac OS X for Intel-based machines, SQL Anywhere 10 supports Windows Itanium, Linux Itanium, Netware, AIX, HP-UX for Itanium and PA-RISC machines, and Solaris for Sparc and x64 machines.
 WINBC Announces Call for Entries for Wireless Innovation Contest 2007 -
The Wireless Innovation Network of BC (WINBC), along with its key sponsors Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia and TELUS, announces today they are accepting entries for the fourth annual Wireless Innovation Contest (WIC’07)
Key Players In The Linux and Open Source Industry Sign On As Sponsors For LinuxWorld OpenSolutions - AMD, EMC, IBM, Dell, Novell, Google Among the Many Companies On-Board to Sponsor the Inaugural Event
Bluetooth SIG Announces 2nd Annual Best of CES Contest Winners - Thirty-three member companies of the Bluetooth SIG submitted Bluetooth enabled products
Read Your Favorite Mobile Technology Blogs, News, and RSS Feeds - Looking for more news, tips, commentary, and blogger discussions? Check out these excellent feeds for more on wireless technologies and mobile application development. Got a feed to share? Please tell us about it
From Sony Ericsson Developer World...
New at Forum.Nokia...
New in the SymbianOne Downloads...
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 Do Better: Add Quality - QualityKit by SysOpen Digia
QualityKit by SysOpen Digia is a solution for automated test creation, execution
and management designed for the Symbian Smartphone environment. QualityKit is
a market-proven tool for test automation. It enables high quality end to end delivery
and provides data for successful product development.
- average productivity gain: 40%
- average UI test automation ratio: 70%
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Have you visited the SymbianOne Symbian Freeware Repository Yet?
More than 140 Apps & Growing!
Link to SymbianOne.com - have you added a link to SymbianOne from your web site yet?
To make things a bit easier for you, we've included a small graphic [below] that you are welcome to use. 
Software Applications for the Sony Ericsson W950
Suggested Application... Advanced Call Manager for Sony Ericsson P990/M600/W950 - Advanced Call Manager unique feature is the ultra-fast recognition of remote callers which allows personalized replies (SMS, mute, reject, accept, divert) to be attributed within a part of a second leaving the caller unaware of your current availability.
Five reasons to develop for Sony Ericsson UIQ 3-based phones - UIQ 3 is maturing fast. The platform took a major step forward during June and July 2006 as the first, eagerly anticipated UIQ 3-based phones are now on the market: the Sony Ericsson P990 and M600. The "wait and see" phase is over. Here are five reasons why developing for Sony Ericsson's UIQ 3-based phones is a smart business move.
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 UIQ Open
UIQ Open is an application competition where participants submit UIQ 3 applications
in five different categories, with the purpose of demonstrating the creativity
of the developer community and the capabilities of the UIQ platform. The winners
will receive a UIQ phone, marketing and commercial packages, and their application
featured in the UIQ Demo Suite 2007.
Submit your application today.
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Internet Telephony Conference & Expo East 2007
January 23, 2007 - January 26, 2007
Ft. Lauderdale, FL US
Wireless Innovation Contest (WIC 07)
The Wireless Innovation Contest focuses on driving wireless adoption in North America. We are looking for wireless excellence, innovative solutions for real issues in today’s diverse world for work, play, and our communities. We would like to showcase real solutions, with leading edge technologies robustly in action – simple and easy to deploy.
Winners to be announced at CTIA Wireless, March, 2007
Where 2.0 2007
Its still a few months away but heavy into the planning stages already. If you want to catch THE event on creating value in your business from location and location enabling technologies then Where 2.0 is a must attend.
May 29-30 ,2007
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ETel
Technologists, CTOs, chief scientists, researchers, programmers, hackers, business developers, entrepreneurs, and other interested parties are invited to lead conference plenary sessions and workshops at ETel 2007. Topics will be centered around the innovations and projects occurring in open source telephony, wireless mobility, mobile telephony, wi-fi VoIP, telephone networks as platforms, and the intersection of VoIP telephony with web services.
Feb 27 - March 1, 2007 - San Fran.
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