Topic: Symbian Software Ltd.

Layar Gets Fresh Funding, Promises Multiple Realities

Layar, the augmented reality app that lets you see where stimulus money is being spent, among other things, has just gotten a fresh $1 million cash infusion from European investors. The Dutch company, which makes iPhone and Android ...READ»

Could the 8-Megapixel N86 Boost Nokia's U.S. Fortunes?

Despite Nokia's global success it's performance in the U.S. market has been lackluster. Can the arrival of the N86 to America, with its Symbian-smartphone and 8-megapixel-camera powers help turn that situation around? The phone was ...READ»

Samsung Readies 8MP Cameraphone

Not to be outdone by Sony Ericcson's [NYSE:SNE] new 8-megapixel phone, word has it that Samsung [SEO:005930] is formulating a competitor dubbed the i8510, complete with -- you guessed it -- an 8-megapixel camera. The phone will run ...READ»

Google's Android and Nokia's Symbian to Combine?

As the release of Google's [NASDAQ:GOOG] Android mobile phone operating system nears, speculation abounds. But here's a new rumor, fresh from the research firm J. Gold Associates: they say that Android and Nokia's Symbian will ...READ»

Symbian Demo's Touch-Screen OS

Topping off a week full of touch-screen smartphone news from Apple, Samsung and Nokia, Symbian today released a short video demonstrating some of the features and aesthetics of their touch-based operating system, dubbed S60. Symbian ...READ»

Nokia Says No to Android Smartphone

The world's largest cellphone company won't be making a Google Android-powered Smartphone. But Nokia's recent partnership with Intel means a new OS is inevitable.READ»

Hacking Windows Mobile

iPhones aren't the only Internet-surfing phones that have gaping security weaknesses waiting to be exploited. In fact, all smartphones -- that includes Windows Mobile, Symbian, and Blackberry devices -- can be easily commandeered by ...READ»

Under the Radar Conference Preview: Palringo

As popular as instant messaging is on the desktop, it hasn't quite taken off the same way on mobile devices. Palringo is trying to bring a smarter brand of IM, designed from the start for handhelds, to our mobile world.READ»

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Bada, Samsung's New Open-Source Operating System: What's the Beef?

This week's big mobile news is the launch of bada, Samsung's own-brand operating system. In the few days since the news hit, however, there's been an awful lot of rumors, disinformation, misinformation and general blather. Does the ...READ»

Nokia Planning More Touchscreen Phones?

Consumers that checked out a Nokia [NOK] podcast on its new S60 Symbian operating system this week might have noticed that it featured press photos of an as-yet-announced touchscreen device. On the heels of the release of the Finnish ...READ»

Office Chatter: Microsoft-Nokia Deal in the Works

The Internet rumor fairies have been sprinkling their magic news story dust around again, and have given us a rather intriguing suggestion this time: Nokia and Microsoft are due to announce an alliance today. According to the ...READ»

Metaio's Augmented Reality Trick Lets You Metatag the Real World

Augmented reality and smartphones are a techno match made in heaven, and the whole idea is about to take a fascinating turn thanks to some new software from Metaio: It'll let you metatag real-world objects. Sounds confusing? It ...READ»

Android Smartphone Sales Predicted to Explode: 900% Growth in '09

It's clear that smartphones are going to pull market share away from dumbphones, and that Google's Android operating system is going to appear on many more handsets in the months ahead. But a new report is predicting 900% growth in ...READ»

RIM and Apple Battle for the $79 PC Market

Interesting article in the Times today about the battle between Research In Motion (RIM) and Apple for dominance of the smartphone market. Smartphones are becoming so capable these days I call them $79 personal computers. As the ...READ»

HTC's Android Phone Delayed

A couple of weeks back, we reported on this very blog that HTC's [TSE: 2498] new open-source phone running Google's [NASDAQ:GOOG] Android operating system was indeed on track for its Q4 release date. Now reports are surfacing that ...READ»

Meet mIQ: BestBuy's Free Clone of Apple's Mobile Me

Apple's MobileMe is variously reviled and applauded in different corners of the Net, but it's hard to argue that it provides a pretty comprehensive service. So comprehensive that Best Buy has just cloned it--and made it available for ...READ»

Technology: Mobile Apps Are Where It's At

Travel is changing even as travel has slowed. But actually that is typical for economic downturns — recessions are times when the pressure to innovate becomes most critical. Some of our greatest technological strides were made ...READ»

Nokia Debuts Cheap iPhone Competitor, Misses the Point

Nokia's continuing its XpressMusic charge with a new smartphone--the 5530 XM. Unlike its 5800 predecessor, the 5530 is designed to be a cheapy touchscreen smartphone. While that sounds cool, Nokia's dropped the price by ditching the ...READ»

Nokia "Tube" Coming October 2

Without a true finger-operable touchscreen phone, Nokia [NOK] has been a little bit behind the industry eight ball. The company has made repeated promises to release an iPhone competitor called the "Tube," but it's been ...READ»

Sony Ericsson Thinks Different about Cell Phones

Sony Ericsson's position as one of the first handset makers to provide and encourage open platforms and the development of add-on applications for its phones gives the company a strong position against competitors who opt for primarily closed platforms (iPhone, anyone?).READ»

Nokia Expands Email Abilities; Buys OZ Communications

Around the smartphone industry, RIM [RIMM] is traditionally known as the email specialist. Now it appears that Nokia [NOK] might be trying to gin up a little competition for the Canadian Blackberry-maker by purchasing OZ ...READ»

Watch the XPERIA X10's Rachael Interface in Action

In case you missed it, the XPERIA X10 got official overnight. Besides the 1GHz Snapdragon processor and big 4-inch capacitive touch display, it's Sony Ericsson's beautiful Rachael interface sitting on top of Android that impresses. ...READ»

Sony Ericsson To Launch An Android Phone

T-mobile's G1 cellphone was the first handset to use the Google-friendly Android open-source OS, but now the Open Handset Alliance has gained a powerful new member in Sony Ericsson.The electronics giant confirmed it had joined the ...READ»

Soon Your Phone Network Will Be a Vanilla Data Channel

Nokia just revealed it won't let phone networks apply any proprietary customization to its hot little MID/smartphone the N900. It's another sign that in the future your cell-phone network will be way less important than it thinks it ...READ»

Samsung's TouchWiz App Development Kit Hobbles Into the Light

Samsung's a big player in the smartphone game, some might say surprisingly so since it's not really grappled the whole smartphone apps-equals-success meme. Until now that is: Its TouchWiz software development kit is out. And it's... ...READ»