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Archive for February 2009

NFC contest

Posted by: Symbian Freak on: February 9, 2009

Enter the NFC Contest. Have you developed an innovative commercial or research solution using Near Field Communication, the short-range wireless connectivity technology that offers simple, intuitive, and safe communication between electronic devices? If so, consider entering the 2009 NFC Forum Global Competition. The competition, conducted by the NFC Forum (itself co-founded by Nokia), offers finalists [...]

Nokia N97 soon to be launched in India

Posted by: Symbian Freak on: February 9, 2009

Look at the features: 1) It features a 3.5 inch (360 x 640 resolution) touchscreen with haptic feedback, 5 megapixel camera (with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash), A-GPS and compass sensors, comprehensive connectivity options (WiFi, tri-band HSDPA, Bluetooth and USB), and 32GB of internal flash memory. 2) Runs S60 5th Edition. However, the [...]

Features of s60 5th edition symbian

Posted by: Symbian Freak on: February 9, 2009

Key highlights of S60 5th Edition: Based on Symbian OS 9.4, which brings a host of OS level improvements, which should increase performance and battery life. The OS is also the enabler for many of the technologies described below. Adds touch enablers and tactile feedback to S60. The UI is designed to be used with [...]

Toshiba’s first phone in mobile segment with Windows Mobile 6.1

Posted by: Symbian Freak on: February 5, 2009

Toshiba entered into mobile segment by launching its first phone “TG01 i-Killer” on windows mobile 6.1 OS. This phone has largest screen ever mobile phone screen 4.1-inches with WVGA(800X480) resolution touch screen display. i-Killer has 3.2 megapixel camera, internal GPS with A-GPS,EDGE/GPRS AND 3G with HSDPA support and it also support DivX video playback.

Emerging mobile technologies in 2009

Posted by: Symbian Freak on: February 4, 2009

Research firm Gartner has identified eight mobile technologies that will evolve significantly through 2009 and 2010, impacting short-term mobile strategies and policies. “All mobile strategies embed assumptions about technology evolution so it’s important to identify the technologies that will evolve quickly in the life span of each strategy,” said Nick Jones, vice president and analyst [...]

US companies welcome plans for symbian foundation

Posted by: Symbian Freak on: February 3, 2009

At the Symbian Partner Event , the initial board members of the Symbian Foundation welcomed the latest supporters of the Symbian Foundation initiative. More than 500 delegates are in San Francisco to learn more about the future of Symbian OS and its associated ecosystem, including plans to establish the Symbian Foundation. “Global support for the [...]

10 years of symbian in mobile world

Posted by: Symbian Freak on: February 3, 2009

Ten years of innovation and milestones 2008 Symbian celebrates its 10 year anniversary and surpasses the 200 million unit sales mark. The Symbian Foundation is announced along with Nokia’s intention to acquire Symbian 2007 Symbian announces new technologies for the future of converged device development including FreeWay, ScreenPlay and Symmetric Multi Processing (SMP) 2006 100 [...]

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Enter the NFC Contest and download form from forum nokia

Posted by: Symbian Freak on: February 2, 2009

Have you developed an innovative commercial or research solution using Near Field Communication, the short-range wireless connectivity technology that offers simple, intuitive, and safe communication between electronic devices? If so, consider entering the 2009 NFC Forum Global Competition. The competition, conducted by the NFC Forum (itself co-founded by Nokia), offers finalists and winners cash prizes, [...]

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QT is coming for s60

Posted by: Symbian Freak on: February 2, 2009

Qt [cute] is a cross-platform application framework. Using Qt, you can develop applications and user interfaces once, and deploy them across many desktop and embedded operating systems without rewriting the source code. source: QTsoftware.com

How to get ringing volume of active profile in symbian 2nd edition

Posted by: Symbian Freak on: February 1, 2009

Header file – SettingInfo.h Library – PlatformEnv.lib CSettingInfo* ptrSettingInfo = CSettingInfo::NewL(NULL); CleanupStack:: PushL(ptrSettingInfo); TInt volume; User::LeaveIfError(ptrSettingInfo->Get(SettingInfo::ERingingVolume, volume)); CleanupStack:: PopAndDestroy(ptrSettingInfo);


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