The SymbianOne Monitor - September 25, 2007
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Test your UIQ 3 applications live at the Symbian Smartphone Show
There's never been as many UIQ 3-based phones available on the market at one time as in Q4 2007. This year's Symbian Smartphone Show (October 16-17, 2007) gives you the chance to run your UIQ 3 .SIS files on UIQ 3-based phones and use the available technical support teams to get any programming issues resolved.
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Optimized or Full – Which is the best Web?
The latest offering from Sony Ericsson, the P1i, arrived in SymbianOne’s offices last week. As with all new devices, one of our first jobs was loading it up with the information we have come to rely on, such as news feeds in the built-in RSS reader.
Several of the feeds on our P990 were for specific search terms in Google news, such as (you guessed it) “Symbian”. Originally these had been created by loading news.google.com in the P990’s Opera browser, searching for news and then choosing the RSS feed option to add them to the P990’s RSS reader. We fully expected to be able to do exactly the same on the P1.
However, this no long seems possible. If you access Google news from the P1’s Opera browser you no longer get the “desktop” news page, but an “optimized” mobile version. In this version, when you search Google news, the resulting page is devoid of the RSS feed option.
So we checked out the P990’s browser and then the Web Browser for S60, on a couple of S60 devices. All produced the same result. Closer inspection showed that all the Google pages we tested redirect to m.google.com.
Now we are sure Google will see this as “optimizing” the experience for mobile users. However, both Opera and the Web Browser for S60 are designed to display the same web pages we see on our desktops. While it is understandable that some users would prefer a mobile version, with lighter content and lower data costs, many may want the full desktop functionality. (It is a little ironic that RSS feeds are probably the ultimate light weight, low data traffic solution.) Why can’t Google at least give us the choice? You have this option with the standard Google search page, by selecting the “Classic” option.
Both the Opera and Web Browser for S60 browsers make compromises in offering the “full” web on mobile devices. This means optimized pages would best serve the mobile user. The clear challenge for Web designers is finding the right compromise between ease of use and functionality, something Google News has not done - yet.
 10 Free, Must Have Mobile Apps For Your GPS-Enabled Nokia N95 Symbian Smartphone -
he Nokia N95 is in my mind one of those must-have devices. Sleek, powerful, packed full of memory, GPS-enabled, a 5 megapixel camera, high quality video recording, Bluetooth enabled, I could go on and on. Ideal for the outdoor enthusiast, a dream device for the business user. The Nokia N95 is now available to North American users and may finally be positioned to start making headlines... do you want one?
 Test your UIQ 3 applications live at the Symbian Smartphone Show -
There's never been as many UIQ 3-based phones available on the market at one time as in Q4 2007. This year's Symbian Smartphone Show (October 16-17, 2007) gives you the chance to run your UIQ 3 .SIS files on UIQ 3-based phones and use the available technical support teams to get any programming issues resolved.
 Nokia Labs Threads Your Conversation -
New from "The Lab"... Conversation is a messaging application that allows you to follow your conversations, organized by individual contacts. In addition, the application provides an easy way for replying to messages, and to continue the conversations.
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Fax, print, or view documents quickly and easily
The Premium Services from Cortado provide you with a reliable and speedy fax service, allowing you to send faxes with your Nokia E90 Communicator and other Symbian smartphones while on the go. You can also view e-mail attachments and other documents as data-minimized preview or send them to a printer or notebook display. Visit www.cortado.com/nokia
Nokia E90 users can test Cortado 60 days for free! See www.cortado.com/e90
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NTT DoCoMo Adds i-mode to S60 devices -
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. has today that it has begun providing a mobile solution based on a DoCoMo-developed application to enable mobile devices based on S60 3rd Edition and Symbian OS® to use i-mode™ services like e-mail and web browsing, and also including other advanced services such as i-appli™ Java-based applications and i-channel™ news-headline push service.
 New Developer World Wiki competition: Win a W910 Walkman phone - Sony Ericsson's Java™ Platform 8 (JP-8) supports Mobile Services Architecture (MSA), the next-generation Java umbrella standard (JSR 248) and this opens up a myriad of exiting possibilities for developers.
The UIQ Developer Community at the Symbian Smartphone Show 2007 - Join UIQ Technology, Motorola and Sony Ericsson at the Symbian Smartphone Show. Don't miss the biggest smartphone event of the year with the opportunity to experience the future of mobile direct from the industry's most forward-thinking players.
Symbian OS News updates
LBS News updates
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Announcing Quickoffice Premier 4.0 for S60
Create, View & Edit your Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files anytime, anywhere on your Smartphoneor PDA! With our award winning Quickoffice Premier 4.0 you can create and modify business plans, sales presentations, financial reports and all your other Microsoft OfficeSuite documents right from your smartphone! Our v4 is the most advanced mobile office suite on ANY platform and offers complete viewing and editing of Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents plus so much more!
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NAVTEQ Launches Fifth Annual NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge in The Americas - Registration Open through December 7, 2007 at www.LBSChallenge.com - The contest challenges developers to build location-enabled applications that work with mobile phones and/or wireless handheld devices using dynamic positioning technology and NAVTEQ® map data.
Save The Date - Nokia Tech Day - October 10 and 11: Miami, Florida
- Join Forum Nokia in Miami for an intensive, two-day developer conference focusing on emerging technologies and new channel opportunities. Whether you are a web developer, open source developer or prosumer, you will find technical and business information you need to leverage the power of Nokia platforms and technologies.
Maps In Apps 2007 - A contest from Tele Atlas - the mobile space, in particular, the LBS marketplace, has always had some great developer opportunities in the form of contests. Typically, the contests offer up developers a chance to access free tools, SDKs, and data. Add to the the opportunity to get some great recognition, your app on a deck, and maybe even some cash... lots of cash!
Carnival of The Mobliss #92 - The Carnival of the Mobilists midway is rolled out this week by Abhishek Tiwari in Santa Cruz, California.
From Sony Ericsson Developer World...
New at Forum.Nokia...
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.
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. 
Symbian OS Software Applications for the Nokia E60
Suggested Application... Handy Tools Pro for S60 - Handy Safe software for S60 smartphones is a perfect assistant for secure and convenient data managing. Keep your mind free from countless numbers and letters. Have all of your important information in one place, safe, easy to access, and always with you with Handy Safe software for S60.
The AllAboutSymbian (AAS) Pub Meet
Join Rafe, Ewan et all at the annual AAS Pub Meet, Monday 15th October 2007, The Crosse Keys Pub, London (City)
MOBILE INTERNET WORLD 2007
The development of the next generation of the Mobile Internet has only just begun. Over the next decade, the expansion of the Mobile Internet will represent the single largest definable growth marketplace in the communications industry. The Mobile Internet World Conference & Expo will, for the first time, bring together all the key players in the emerging mobile internet ecosystem. Mobile Internet World is poised to be the defining event for this industry. November 14-16 2007 - Boston, MA USA
Smartphone Enterprise Solutions 2007' Conference
Smartphone Summit Presents 'Smartphone Enterprise Solutions 2007' - An exclusive conference event at The Moscone Convention Center, dedicated to bringing you the top Smartphone mobile/wireless based Enterprise Solutions from all Smartphone OS platforms including Symbian, PalmSource, Microsoft, RIM, Apple and Linux. The targeted attendee demographic includes both enterprise users as well as developers and I.T. professionals. Throughout the conference attendees will be given the inside track on the ways their business can benefit from the latest Smartphone technologies, solutions, hardware, software, and accessories. October 22-25, 2007 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - USA
The NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge – Europe
This global program challenges application developers around the world to build innovative location-based services (LBS) that work with mobile phones and/or wireless handheld devices using dynamic positioning technology and NAVTEQ maps.
deCarta DevCon 2007
deCarta's devCON'07 is a unique opportunity for you to get first-hand perspective and information from the technologists and industry experts who are bringing new capabilities, technology and "magic" to this booming market.
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