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Developers prefer to develop for Apple iPhone

Jaiyant Cavale — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:15:36 +0000

If you ever wondered why such strong competition exists between software developers when it comes to developing for the Apple iPhone, then let mobile phone applications developer, Larry Borsato, enlighten you. Borsato turned his back on...

Symbian Partner Network to facilitate more development for the OS

Jaiyant Cavale — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:14:28 +0000

Symbian seems to be all geared up to please its customer and business partner base. The company is looking at building a partnership network through which Symbian can coordinate with its business partners, shareholders and customers as well. The...

Nokia's take on Android: Symbian to go Open Source

Nishant — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:26:41 +0000

No matter what Nokia said in the past about Googleâ€™s Android but it was quite clear that Googleâ€™s move to enter mobile OS market had left Nokia worried about the future of Symbian. As a result Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DOCOMO...

Nokia to buy rest of Symbian, free its software

AP — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:57:54 +0000

Nokia Corp. is buying the consortium that makes the software for its phones and making it available for free to other manufacturers, in hopes of blunting the influence of competing software...

S60 3rd Edition phones can now be modified

Jaiyant Cavale — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:31:12 +0000

A Spanish â€˜modderâ€™ has devised a way to hack Symbian S60 3rd Edition phones. This provides a user unlimited access to the file system of the Symbian phone helping him/her to modify or alter the phoneâ€™s original features. The OS of a phone...

UIQ 3.3 announced and available for manufacturers

Nishant — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:54:52 +0000

UIQ Technology today launched the UIQ 3.3 for the manufacturers. UIQ 3.3 is based on Symbian 9.3 and is one of the major OSes used for touch based cell phones. It is not being touted as anything out of this world but company says that it...

Google Maps to work on non GPS mobiles

Nishant — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:59:07 +0000

Google recently revealed the second version of their mobile application ‘Google Maps’. Newly added feature is that it can trace your position based on the information provided by the mobiles. This “My Location” feature makes...

Symbian releases two graphics architectures to make mobile phones faster

Ritu — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:27:49 +0000

Known for its smartphones and advanced, data-enabled mobile phones, Symbian is coming up with two new features, which will make smartphones faster and richer in graphics in the future. The first technology, called ScreenPlay is new graphics...

Mobile computing! It's one step ahead with Nokia

Mahua — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:20:22 +0000

Nokia released E90 Communicator equipped with better processing, more memory and enhanced features supporting all modern mobile technologies. This smart-looking device is well comparable with the laptops of the not-so-far past. Based on...

Rok Talk: A unique mobile application with conference-calling features

Bhagaban — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:54:20 +0000

It is not Google Talk. I am talking about the Rok Talk, a new mobile conferencing-calling application launched by Rok Entertainment. It is a unique application in the sense that it blends GSM, VoIP and Text features. Rok Talk enables users...