The SymbianOne Monitor - Oct 7, 2008
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An interesting announcement today as Samsung is the latest company to toss their hat in the ring, joining Sonny Ericsson and others as a major sponsor/supported of the NAVTEQ LBS Challenge. A very interesting move to help bolster the innovation that we've seen out of this fine Global competition, particularly as the event is put on by Nokia owned NAVTEQ, a Global leader in the LBS space. As a Global Sponsor, Samsung will provide comprehensive support to participants throughout the competition. Qualifying contestants will receive the Samsung INNOV8 (i8510) and software tools to enable the development of location-based services (LBS) applications. Reminder, see also Samsung's new developer portal for mobile innovators (see this list of Dev Programs). Gain access to a knowledge base, discussion boards, testing tools, and even submit business proposals using their new business development service.
Moving on to last week's main stories, seems that Nokia decided to jump into the spotlight with a number of BIG announcements from the Nokia Remix, London event - I think my invite got lost in the mail... ;0( - including the introduction of the way cool Express Music 5800, Symbian OS Touch UI device with the big selling option of bundling with the pioneering Comes with Music digital entertainment service which offers consumers a new way to discover and enjoy music - all for one low, annual fee - all the music you want for a year, you keep it, it's all yours! It's no wonder that Nokia is chasing the lucrative music marketplace as the company reported that with more than 10 million units sold globally since its introduction last year, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic is the best selling music phone in the world!
Perhaps most relevant in the news though is the fact that the 5800 is the first Nokia device released based on the S60 5th edition and boasts the way cool and much desired touch UI. Nokia notes that S60 5th Edition brings new, advanced multimedia and Internet experiences to devices with touch user interfaces and sensor technologies - S60 5th Edition SDK and tools available for software developers. The implementation of the S60 Web Runtime in S60 5th Edition adds support for S60 Platform Services, which enables creation of personal and context aware Web widgets. Platform Services gives these Web standards based applications access to numerous applications and features of the S60 platform, such as calendar, contacts, GPS, messaging, audio, and video.
To lower the barrier to entry for new innovation, S60 5th Edition is also expanding its support for open source technologies through integrated support for Open C++. This support brings the Standard Template Library and other popular platform-independent C++ libraries to the S60 platform, extending the Open C offering. It should be interesting to see the next-generation Symbian devices based on S60 5 rolling out over the next several months, no doubt a hot topic at the coming Nokia Open World event!
(Intro provided by Glenn Letham @glenn95 /Jaiku; @gletham / Twitter)
Images of the Nokia E71
Quickaccess - More than remote file access -
As smartphones become a common part of business life, ensuring the right files are available when out of the office is a challenge. Quickaccess is designed to eliminate that problem. Richard Bloor look at how this solution measures up.
Looking Ahead to Nokia World 2008, Barcelona -
A reminder, Save the date for this year's Nokia World 2008 event, December 2-3, 2008 in beautiful Barcelona, Spain. With thought-provoking seminars, informed keynote speakers and a wide range of interactive experiences, Nokia World 08 can inspire anyone and everyone with an active interest in the business of mobility.
Speak Your Mind! - Ping Your Social Networks using Voice to Text from SpinVox -
Ok, I'm excited about this one... now the cool gang at SpinVox has added yet another excellent feature... simply dial a number, leave a message, and your voice message will be saved and encoded as text to your favorite social networks (Blogger, Twitter, etc...) ... brilliant!
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Nokia launches pioneering 'Comes With Music' digital entertainment service -
At the Nokia Remix event held in London and Singapore, Nokia announced the debut of its pioneering Comes with Music digital entertainment service which offers consumers a new way to discover and enjoy music - also announced today and the Nokia N95 8GB and Nokia 5310 XpressMusic.
S60 5th Edition brings new, advanced multimedia and Internet experiences to devices with touch UI - Today sees the introduction of S60 5th Edition, the latest release of the world's leading, open smartphone platform, S60 on Symbian OS. The S60 5th Edition has the most advanced set of features that enable new innovations and new experiences for consumers that want to fully embrace the use of smartphone products.
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- Video - Nokia S60 Touch UI Express Music 5800 at Remix Event, London ... A first look at the Nokia Express Music 5800 Touch UI device as seen at the Global Launch Remix event, London (Source of Video: Nokia via Ovi share)
- Tip - iPhone UI on Symbian S60 Devices ... An interesting idea from Jibiao Infotech in this application that turns your S60 device into an iPhone UI... MyPhone powered by S60 OS, turns your Series 60 OS phone into an 'i'Phone. You can have a smart phone enhanced with TWO user interfaces.
- S60 Tip - Create / Embed your mobile QR Codes ... Here's a handy tip for anyone interested in creating their own QR code so others can easily scan your code and store your business card information... useful for anyone using a relatively new S60 device loaded with a barcode scanner.
- Are You A Nokia Pilot? ... Nokia is looking for some pilots... no, not to soar around in the corporate jet, rather, hardcore Nokia device users who are interested in helping shape the future of mobile by getting involved in the creative process..
- Bob Iannucci to step down as CTO of Nokia ... According to Reuters, Nokia CTO, Bob Iannucci will be stepping down as CTO of Nokia - recall Iannucci took this post in January .
- Nokia Photos 1.5 Update via Nokia Beta Labs ... Need help sharing your images via Ovi... I know I do! Over at the Awesome Nokia Beta Labs, a recent update was published to notify us of the availability of Nokia Photos 1.5. The application enables users to organize and geotag photos, and share them on the Ovi service.
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