WMC Awaits...

While Glenn convalesces after his medical emergency, Richard is currently somewhere over the Atlantic on his way to the WMC in Barcelona.

This is the first time SymbianOne has attended what is considered to be the premier mobile show of the year. We expect to bring you a daily show report as well as the key announcements as they are made. In addition Richard will be posting images from the show to the onSymbian photo gallery and hopefully video via qik.com.

So what will the big news items be? In some respect shows like the WMC can be a little disappointing when it comes to big news. This is however understandable. Everyone wants the best coverage for their news and releasing at the same time as a million other companies is not necessarily the way to go.

One way to prevent drowning is to offer a little teaser. For example, Motorola who has released a video on YouTube titled "It doesn't need to be this hard." This particular metaphor has already been done to death - remember to now famous wheelbarrow at an earlier Symbian Smartphone Show - but in a crowded event every little helps.

Less obtuse is new we have heard of an announcement from Orange, Nokia, and ACCESS. At a press conference on Monday Yves Maitre, VP Devices, Orange; Jyrki Rosenberg, Director Series 60 Operator Account, Nokia; and Didier Diaz, SVP Product Strategy Management, Access will be announcing a new developer program from Orange designed to build a standardized process across all platforms (Windows, S60, Linux, and eventually Java) to industrialize the application development process, cut costs and deliver economies of scale. This announcement could start putting Nokia's purchase of Troll tech into a proper perspective.

More on this and the rest of the WMC hoopla next week.

Finally, if you are attending the event and have something SymbianOne readers should really know about or just want to say hi, drop Richard a note at richard@symbianone.com

LogMeIn adds Symbian platform to award-winning Rescue+Mobile - LogMeIn, Inc., has released a preview of its LogMeIn Rescue+Mobile support service for smartphones running the S60 platform on the Symbian operating system – enabling organizations of all sizes, from the mobile phone carrier to the small business IT service provider, to deliver on-demand, custom remote support.

fring™ launches next generation offering ...it's fringing freedom! - fring™ has announced the launch of a new version of its popular free to download, free to use mobile phone application, packed with additional features which enable anyone with a compatible handset to talk, chat, and interact with other fring users (fringsters™) from their mobile phones.

Actimagine helping deliver high definition video to Symbian smartphones - Actimagine has announced that the company joined the Symbian Platinum Partner Program to support the growing market for Symbian smartphones by extending its video codec, Mobiclip™ to the Symbian ecosystem.

emoze Set To Grab Global Market Share in 2008 - Latest emoze launches revealed for 2008 Mobile World Congress, as over 300 million Nokia Nseries handsets are emoze ready with emoze push-communication software in the download folder.

Symbian News updates

• Acclaimed SlovoEd Express Reference Solution Now On S60 Smartphones


• HeroCraft Releases 4x Strategic Game: Revival


• Scalado partners with leading Japanese tech firm Macnica


• Nokia joins WWF Climate Savers with key energy initiatives


• Nokia to acquire Trolltech to accelerate software strategy


• NTT DoCoMo and Google to Partner in Mobile Internet Services


• World’s First Mobile Avatar Widget Presented by itsmy.com

LBS News updates

• New Data Compression Technology for GIS and LBS Developed


• 2007 reviewed by Sony Ericsson Developer World head


• Wayfinder reaches out to 22 new markets and customers with extended map coverage


• Cellular South Introduces Location Based Services with LOC-AID Technologies


• TeleNav Launches With T-Mobile UK

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

UIQ Invites Developers To Participate In Beta Test of Carbide.c++ UI Designer For UIQ
As Carbide.c++ continue to mature support for UIQ is being extended. In addition to the UI designer, on-device debugging in UIQ 3 is also coming in Carbide.c++ v1.3.

Developer Contest From Skyhook Wireless - Integrate Wi-Fi into your mobile app and win! Skyhook Wireless is holding a developer competition to promote their latest SDK... developer of the best Mac app using Skyhook's SDK will win an iPhone. The developer of the best Symbian app using Skyhook's SDK will win an N95.

Loopt Launches Location- Aware Developer Program - Launching as a closed beta, the Loopt Developer Program will give developers access for the first time to Loopt's live location feed so that developers can create new services that leverage location-based capabilities.

Reminder - Express Signed from Symbian Signed

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.

• Mobile Applications Specialist - C++ or JAVA - Cambridge Start Up to 50k - Mobile handset Applications / UI developer is required for this exciting Cambridge start up. We are very keen to hear from engineers who have previously developed applications using C++ or JAVA for mobile OS's such as Symbian.
• C++ and Audio / Video 3G Application - to 55k - We are looking for a solid C++ software engineer who also has strong development abilities using video and audio codec technology. Ideally you will have previously worked in C++ on the Symbian OS, however this is not essential, although an appreciation for mobile communications is. Further technical skills we will need to see include OO (Object Orientated) design, Real time and debugging.

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Symbian OS Software Applications for the Nokia E62

Suggested Application... Handy Tools Pack for S60 - All the functionality you could just imagine in your smartphone is now available in Handy Tools Pack. 4 brand new apps are finally included in your favourite bundle. 11 handy utilities

• WorldMate Professional for Series 60
• ProfiMail (Symbian)
• Handy Safe for S60
• Handy Weather for S60
• Advanced Call Manager

GSMA Mobile World Congress
GSMA Mobile World Congress is the largest, most significant and most successful global mobile event in the world. An estimated 52,000 visitors gathered last year in Barcelona to do business, to discuss the hottest trends in the mobile communications industry, and to participate in its future.
February 11-14, 2008, Barcelona

Attendee Choice Awards at CES 2008
Three consumer LBS application developers will be chosen to showcase their solution in the Tele Atlas booth at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2008, with live SMS voting on which applications the attendees like best.

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.

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