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History of Symbian |
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| Symbian is an Operating
System aimed at wireless devices to provide enhanced usability and features
on mobile devices.
Symbian is also an independent
company which started in 1998 partly owned by Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola
and Psion. I was not until two years later the first symbian
phone, the Ericsson R380 handset went on sale to the general public. |
In 2001 the first GPRS Symbian
Handset phone was released called the Nokia 7650 (pictured top right).
The next year really sees a lift off in the Symbian
lift off. In 2002 the first 3G Symbian
Operating system was released only for it a year later to be implemented
on the first handset to inherit this technology, the Nokia 6600 (pictured
bottom right). After this point many new handsets became available making
Symbian one of the leading wireless
operating systems in the mobile industry.
Symbian is an independent company
whose head quarters are in the United Kingdom and offices in Sweden, USA,
Japan, India and other offices in the United Kingdom. |
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History
of Symbian
Where did Symbian originate from and by? When did it become available? |
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Symbian Operating System
The technical spefications and its features. What are the main
differences between old mobile OS's and Symbian. |
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Symbian Applications
What are symbian applications and what do they enable your mobile
to do. |
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Samsung Mobile Innovator - Win BIG with Wigets!
This year's Samsung IQ competition is now open with full details and support published to help you develop a Samsung Mobile Widget for the Samsung Omnia i8910 HD. There is a lot of excitement surrounding this device, particularly at the Symbian Foundation.
The best submission this year will take out a £15,000 first prize, while second and third place winners will receive £8,000 and £5,000 respectively. All winners will also have the opportunity to have their entry distributed through Samsung's MORE WIDGETS service. This feature is already included on the i8910 HD, but you'll soon be seeing it on a lot more Samsung handsets in the marketplace.
Why Samsung Mobile Widgets? Samsung IQ's purpose this year is to introduce Samsung Mobile Widgets and get you thinking about the opportunities they present to developers. You can find out more about Samsung Mobile Widgets from the Samsung IQ 2009 resources page in the Knowledge Base, but here are the highlights:
* Samsung Mobile Widgets follow the W3C draft standard for widget packaging and are delivered as WGT files.
* In the Touch Wiz UI, Samsung Mobile Widgets install to the home screen widget tray. They can be dragged from the tray to the home screen, and are launched and run directly on the home screen. This makes it possible to have multiple active widgets running simultaneously. The i8910 HD home screen supports up to three separate views, so that users can switch between different sets of widgets for different occasions.
* Samsung Mobile Widgets support multiple HTML pages. This gives you the opportunity to offer your users richer experiences by creating multi-view widgets, and makes it possible to provide fully localised content based on separate pages for each locale.
Like all widgets Samsung Mobile Widgets are based on standard web technologies including dynamic HTML, CSS, JavaScript and asynchronous XML requests. It is undoubtedly due to the relative ease with which these scripting languages can be mastered (compared to native languages), and the level of functionality that they offer the developer, that widgets have become so popular. This is evidenced by the numerous tools that have recently become available to assist mobile developers building widgets.
The possibilities for your Samsung Mobile Widget are limitless and that's why the choice of category is open and you're given complete freedom. The winning widgets will be those that provide an innovative solution to a current problem and improve the experience for the Samsung Mobile customer. They could even be widgets that you have already created modified to run on the Touch Wiz UI.
The only fixed thing is the deadline. All widgets must be submitted by Friday 14th August 2009 for judging. Winners will be announced in late August.
For more information and to submit your widgets visit the Samsung IQ website and the Samsung IQ 2009 Resources page.
[New] PhoneBAK GPS for S60
PhoneBAK GPS by BAK2u is an integrated solution ('Anti-theft', 'GPS Tracking' and 'Emergency') that lets users locate their friends, classmates, vehicles or family members to know their whereabouts. PhoneBAK GPS lets the parents see the location of their children mobile phones, employers to track their vehicles and also the whereabout of employees (journalists, agents etc) when carrying out their work. The "Antitheft" function immediately sends all details about the "new owner" to you once the SIM card has been replaced and is also capable of remotely performing hard reset or data wipout on your request. The "SOS Alert" funtion lets you 'single-tap' quick dial in an emergency to a configurable telephone number and also send out the latest GPS location to a pre-defined email address.
[New] FingerPrint for S60 5th Edition
FingerPrint Scanner for 5800 & N97 by ThinkChange simulates uses your fingerprint to unlock your phone, just for fun. Trick your friends into believing that your touchscreen phone really has a finger print sensor ;-)
Nokia Java Runtime 2.0 for S60 5th Edition
Nokia Beta Labs have released new, completely rewritten Java Runtimes 2.0 for Nokia S60 5th Edition. (5800, N97) smartphones, providing performance improvements and functionality enhancements (e.g. one-click installation, animation during application starting). From now on Java development will be carried out independently and new versions will be available via the "Software Update" application assuring that you can update your phone once new version has been released. Download the new Runtime from Nokia Beta Labs.
WWIGO - Webcam Wherever I Go for S60
Enjoy the freedom of wireless webcam with your mobile phone camera. WWIGO by Motvik stands for Webcam Wherever I Go. It converts every cameraphone into a webcam for desktop. WWIGO consists of two software components: mobile component that resides on phone and streams video to PC, and PC component that receives video over Bluetooth or WiFi.
[New] GoogaSync for S60
GoogaSync from Synble Oy is an extensive bi-directional synchronization solution for syncing your personal Google Calendar or hosted Google Apps calendar with your Symbian mobile phone. Supports all standard events, multiple calendars (BETA), appointments, recurring events, all-day events, birthdays and alarms. Secure and really easy to use, includes scheduled synchronization which keeps your calendars always automatically in sync.
Nokia N97 v11 firmware update:
Nokia has just released a v11 firmware update for the Nokia N97. Changes include USB detection error fix, widget support fixes and enhancements, UI transition error fixes, thumbnail generation performance increase, Mail for Exchange fixes, and general stability and performance fixes.
[New] My-Symbian InHand AppStore now available
Stay on top of the hottest apps with My-Symbian InHand. InHand is a free app you can load to your device that allows you to easily buy and download the latest, best-in-class content over-the-air. The app store offers easy access to great new products that will keep you organized, informed, or just plain entertained. With stellar games and new apps from some of the hottest names in the business, InHand is your one-stop shop for application downloads.
For easy shopping, each product in the InHand catalog includes a detailed description, user rating, and screenshot to help you decide what software best fits your needs and wants. Product delivery and purchasing are completed directly via the device, so you don't have to mess with sync cables and desktop software.
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