Symbian OS goes open source four months early

The Symbian Foundation’s announced that it would make its code open source in 2008 and has now completed the move. It means that any organisation or individual can now use and modify the platform’s underlying source code “for any purpose”. Symbian has shipped in more than 330m mobile phones, the foundation says. It believes the move will attract new developers to work on the system and help speed

Sharp, Opera, others join Symbian

Mobile leaders of the Symbian Foundation just announced that several new companies have joined them. The foundation’s new members are including Sharp, Opera and Korean Telecom, as well as a few other companies. Since June 2008, 40 companies have joined the group, including all major mobile phone maker like Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola and NTT DoCoMo.Indeed, the foundation has became more

emTube

what is emTube?- emTube is an application for Symbian S60 3rd edition phones that allows you to:- Search and browse videos on YouTube.- Download selected videos onto your phone.- Stream FlashVideo files directly from YouTube.- Play local FlashVideo files.Other features:- Audio and position control during playback.- Normal and full screen (portrait and landscape mode) video playback.- Ability to

One kickass Sony Ericsson P3 concept

This is one really nice P3 concept by S4k1s from esato. He posted the front of the phone before but now he added the back. The phone is Cyber-shot branded and has a 6 mega pixel camera with xenon flash and a Vario Tessar lens by Carl Zeiss. Nice!

Release dates for all of Sony Ericsson's unreleased phones

According to the online Sony Ericsson shop in the UK here are the release dates of the latest phones.AugustT650K530SeptemberZ250OctoberK850W910DecemberW960

fring mobilizes ICQ voice and chat

Do you also have ICQ withdrawals when away from your PC? Fear no more! Now your ICQ buddies are in your pocket at the beach, pool, countryside… anywhere you have 3G, GPRS, EDGE or Wi-Fi coverage!ICQ functions just like our other fring-integrated IM services, integrating all your ICQ buddies into your fring contact list together with your Skype, MSN Messenger, Google Talk and regular phonebook

Softbank 911T by Toshiba unboxed and put against the Nokia N73

I just get all excited when I stumble upon some unboxing of a Japanese phone since it's so rare. These unboxing pics feature the 911T for Softbank made by Toshiba. It is a slider with a huge screen, 3.2 mega pixel AF camera and is DVB capable. Just looking at the screen makes me drool...the phone is gorgeous in it's ceramic white and despite it's overwhelming size...I am willing to neglect.

Nokia N77 pics

Long time I haven't seen this phone. This is Nokia's second DVB capable phone and like the N92...I have yet to see someone use it. The phone's design looks a lot like the N73's and the back has similar styling to new N81. I didn't notice this before but on the N77 it says Nseries on the back and now the N81 will be the second phone to have that.Pics from sogi

Video footage from Long Way Down

About Long Way DownEwan McGregor and Charley Boorman will take to the road together once more as they bike through Europe and Africa taking the Long Way Down. Along the way they will stop to experience African culture, meet local people and visit UNICEF sites. Starting at John O'Groats and finishing in Cape Town, Ewan and Charley plan on going down the East coast taking in such countries as

Sony Ericsson W950 with camera concept

Some more concepts from alexandra from esato. This time a camera was added to the cameraless W950.

Girl posing with the Nokia N95

Pity they didn't give her a real N95...

Sony Ericsson K800 vs P1 pics

Here are a nice set of pics where the P1 is facing of against the K800. They both possess 3.2 mega pixel AF cameras. The K800 being Cyber-shot branded and released almost a year ago and the P1 released just recently. Obviously the P1 is not focused as a camera device but as a business device but I must say that the pictures it takes are actually quite good. It's definitely better than the

Yet more Sony Ericsson P1 pics

There is a huge Sony Ericsson P1 pic gallery over at it.com.cn. Check it out here.

Tons of Nokia E90 pics

There 2 huge pic galleries over at mobile01 of the Nokia E90. If you would like to check it out then click here and here. Enjoy!Pics from mobile01

Some really nice Sony Ericsson P1 pics

I see that the P1 is a very popular phone with tons of people buying it everywhere. It certainly looks attractive and a lot more sleek than the aging P990. Check out these great shots of the device and there are even some pics comparing it to the M600. Enjoy!

Nokia E50 hands on video

Here is a brief review the lowest end Nokia Eseries phone. It is S60 powered and is in the candybar form factor. I must say, I have never seen this device in real or anyone owning this device.

Devicescape Adds Support for World’s Leading S60 Smartphone Platform

Download for Nokia Nseries and Eseries Devices Enables Automatic Connection to Wi-Fi Hotspots and Municipal Networks SAN BRUNO, Calif.-- Devicescape Software today announced that it has added support for Nokia Nseries and Eseries phones, which are based on the world’s leading S60 smartphone platform. With this support, Devicescape continues to expand access to its technology and can now make

P1i the master of multitasking

Here is a video showing the Sony Ericsson P1 in action. the title of this post is the title of the video. The p1 sure makes my P990 look like turtle slow. The screen also looks way more crisp.

New firmware for Sony Ericsson P990 and W950

Just like Sony Ericsson promised after the whole ruckus last month. They have released a new R6E28 firmware for both the P990 and W950.DETAILS ON P990 R6E28: PDA software version: CXC 162036 R6E28 Phone software version: CXC 162037 R9GA001 Bluetooth software version: CXC 162058 R5A01 CDA version: CDA 162007/1 R6E28I just updated my P990 and don't see anything significant besides the fact that

New firmware for Sony Ericsson P990 and W950

Just like Sony Ericsson promised after the whole ruckus last month. They have released a new R6E28 firmware for both the P990 and W950.DETAILS ON P990 R6E28: PDA software version: CXC 162036 R6E28 Phone software version: CXC 162037 R9GA001 Bluetooth software version: CXC 162058 R5A01 CDA version: CDA 162007/1 R6E28I just updated my P990 and don't see anything significant besides the fact that