Hello again from SymbianOne as some of us gear up for CTIA. Not much pre-conference hype coming our way, other than the usual bombardment of emails from pretty much every one of the 3500 exhibitors! Symbian once again has a fairly visible presence at the event and I'm also told that we can expect Symbian to have some exciting news during the week so stay tuned for more on that one! For many, the week will kick off with the annual Smartphone Summit. This year the keynote will be presented by Symbian CEO Nigel Clifford and Symbian EVP Marketing, Jorgen Behrens. Following that will be a day jam-packed with presentations touching on subjects like Mobile Web 2.0, Smartphone Enterprise Devices, Wireless Security, Smartphone Push E-mail, Social Networking, and more. CTIA kicks off with keynotes from 2 former Presidents - Busch (Sr) and Bill Clinton. After that the CTO Roundtable looks quite appealing to me, after all, when else can you get CTOs from leading mobile tech firms like Sun, Nokia, Ericsson, Nortel and others all in one room? Also at the same time is a Developers panel where industry leaders will look at topics that are typically troublesome to the developer... this one is also a must try to attend on my list. Finally, I'll also try to get the skinny on the annual Wireless Innovation Contest. Winners will be announced at CTIA and many of the developers should be in attendance. On Wednesday the North American winner of the LBS Challenge will be announced with one lucky company getting their application thrust into the spotlight and almost assuring acceptance by the industry and hopefully securing a deal with a major carrier. Honestly, I don't understand why there aren't more than 1,000 entries in this fantastic event, however, given the success of the recent European Challenge and last year's challenge there will no doubt be atleast 300+ applications submitted to the judges... how would you like to judge that one?

Moving forward, Nokia has started shipping the highly anticipated N95 (sorry North America, not yet for you) with the big selling point being what else? mapping & integrated GPS (think Smart2Go / Nokia maps). The device also boasts a 5 Megapixel camera, integrated GPS, support for high-speed data transfer, and all the bells and whistles we've come to expect in a mobile multi-media computer... ok I'll stop there because I'm drooling over this one! Speaking of sweet devices, our own Richard Bloor has been really busy "getting down" with a Sony Ericsson W950. Our spotlight features will collectively serve as a "how to" for the W950 owner, covering every aspect of discovering, downloading, and managing your mobile music library - in my mind this trilogy should ship in the box with the device - hey, that's not a bad idea!

Nokia N95 multimedia computer starts shipping - Nokia today announced that the Nokia N95 started shipping in key European, Asian and Middle Eastern markets, with expanded shipments to other markets in those regions in the coming weeks.

NAVTEQ Announces 2007 Global LBS Challenge Semifinalists (The Americas) - By creating this unique forum for developers to gain exposure and access to industry experts and decision makers, 6 previous LBS Challenge participants have received venture capital funding and 8 past LBS Challenge winners have launched commercial applications on major wireless carriers.

Symbian OS News updates

• Nokia Leading Smartphone Market with 56%, While Symbian’s Share of OS Market Is Set to Fall


• Trend Micro to ship New Version of Smartphone Security


• ClassifEye’s Secure Biometric Solution Joins the Symbian Smartphone Ecosystem


• Phone blacklist and currency converter for Symbian S60 smartphones


• Nokia Receives Frost & Sullivan's 2007 North American Mobility Award for Mobile Device Management


• Announcing eLeader.Mobile 4G solution for 3rd edition Nokia Series 60 (S60)


• Nokia Sports Tracker - GPS based activity tracker for S60


• The style and feel of Sony Ericsson’s WALKMAN phone adds a touch of class to your communicatio


• fring the First to Publicly Launch 3rd Party VoIP Application on S60 2nd and 3rd Edition on Symbian


• What the users want, the users get: New My Opera Community site released

LBS News updates

• Differentiate your products with Tele Atlas ContentLink


• MicroTRAK GPS and Land Rover Launch New Product Into Dealer Network


• Tele Atlas to Power Next Generation in-Car Navigation Systems


• Nokia and Telenor Pakistan sign network expansion and managed services frame agreement


• Motorola Initiates Project to Create Open Source Operating Environment


• Location-Enabled Mobile Search

Interested in more LBS news and resources? Visit our friends at LBSzone.com

UIQ Technology announces the winners of the UIQ Open developer competition - UIQ Technology has announced the winners of the UIQ Open, a developer competition aimed at finding and showcasing the most innovative, useful or entertaining third-party applications on the UIQ software development platform

Get Started With Essential UIQ - The Symbian Press "Essentials" series of booklets offer developers an incisive introduction to key aspects of Symbian OS. For developers thinking of creating UIQ application "UIQ Essentials - Getting Started" is a must.

Coverity Extend Enables Easier Creation of Custom Source Code Analysis Checkers Developers - Mobile phone software leader Symbian uses Coverity Extend to help with code quality and code review while improving engineering productivity

Glide OS 2.0 Beta Opens Its Doors To The World: Free OS, Desktop and Mobile Application Suite - Glide OS 2.0 Beta Opens Its Doors To The World: Free OS, Desktop and Mobile Application Suite; More Online Storage; Easy Registration

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 tutorial, creating game music for Java ME phones - Describing how to create music and sound for Java™ ME games, this new tutorial introduces the subject area, gives an overview of the MIDI file format and MIDI creation tools, and using an arcade-style Java ME game example, guides you through how to create and use an accompanying MIDI track
• UIQ 3 SDK Configuration Plug-in for Carbide
• UIQ 3 tutorial series: part 3, application integrity and security
• Getting started with sound in Macromedia Flash Lite
• Themes Creator tool in Chinese

New at Forum.Nokia...

• MIDP: Location API Example - Tourist Route
• Symbian OS Basics - Lab Exercises v3.0
• Symbian OS Basics - Lab Exercises v2.0
• Symbian OS Basics - Lab Exercises
• Carbide.ui S60 Theme Edition 3.1 for Symbian OS
New in the SymbianOne Downloads...
• Nokia N95 Support Site
• Nokia Maps
• NOAA Marine Charts for mobile
• MobileDVD
• skyexplorer_2ndEd_1.0.sis

The SymbianOne Career Center - Browse the current opportunities available for wireless developers and symbian programmers. Don't see a job you like? Looking for a developer? Send details to us at SymbianOne and we'll list your announcement right here in the newsletter... best of all this is a FREE service.

• Partner Account Manager, UIQ Technology - UIQ Technology is working at the forefront of mobile phone technology together with some of the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturers, for example Sony Ericsson and Motorola. We are now looking for talented people, who share our passion for mobile evolution, to join our team.
• Content Developer, UIQ Technology - In this role, as part of the Developer Community team you will create content to help independent software developers be more productive on UIQ 3. Content ranges from articles with code samples to full code examples. You will review articles and code examples commissioned externally, and you will also contribute to the public UIQ discussion forums.
• Flash Actionscript Professionals - Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG)
• Urgently required Symbian C++ Developers - Paris, London, Berlin, Nuremberg, Helsinki
• C++ Symbian/WinCE/Windows Mobile Application Developers - Berlin, Germany
• Symbian C++ Application Developer - Berlin, Germany

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Symbian OS Software Applications for the Nokia E61

Suggested Application... SmartMovie (Symbian) - SmartMovie is a video player for your mobile device, with counterpart PC converter utility. With the converter, you may prepare any video clip for playback on your mobile device.

• Ascendo Fitness for Symbian
• A-Z London Atlas S60 3rd edition 1400603
• Handy Alarm for S60
• Advanced Call Manager for Nokia S60 3rd edition
• Handy Tools Pro for S60

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.

SmartPhone Summit
Several lucky pre-registered attendees will once again win brand new smartphones from top wireless sponsors and speakers of the Smartphone Summit!
Orlando, FL
March 26-29, 2007

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
San Jose, CA

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