Wednesday 05 August 2009

Symbian^4 Ready to Break S60 App Compatibility    [ 05-08-2009 16:02 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: Engadget     Translation by: Administrator     

Recent platform released from the Symbian Foundation amount to pretty much S60 5th Edition with extra funcionality and thus all those lovely apps that are installed on S60 handsets all over the world need not worry their pretty little heads. However, after 5th Edition we'll basically see the end of the line for S60 as we've come to know it. In a interview with David Wood, Catalyst and Futurist at the Symbian Foundation, TamsS60 asked about what lay in store and was told that after 5th Edition there will an almost totally new development stack. The Avkon API is going to be replaced by Qt, a UI toolkit. This is the important part because it means that current apps for S60 that rely on the Avkon API are going to break. The only things not using Avkon are pretty much low level stuff so this is likely to affect the majority of current S60 apps. The change will take place around the time of Symbian^4, which should be sometime in the second half of next year. Its probably not going to be pretty and it seems risky given how much importance is now placed on increasing a handset's functionality through apps, but at the same time it's probably best to get it done and out of the way so that Symbian can move forwards in an ever more competitive platform environment.

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Android to Woo Business Customers    [ 05-08-2009 15:42 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: http://tamss60.tamoggemon.com     Translation by: Administrator     

Google Android platform has been doing pretty well given that there are currently only three handsets available that actually use it. There are more in the pipeline of course, but Google has been working hard to try and attract users and as part of that has been looking to take the best bits of other platforms and incorporate it into Android. It's been trying to get the app numbers ejoyed by the iPhone; be the same practical platform that WinMo has been, and gain the reach and volume of Symbian. One area where Android is sorely lacking though is business functionality. Well that looks to be about to change according to Andy Rubin, Director of Mobile Platforms at Google. Rubin is saying that by the end of this year Android will incorporate all the necessary business functionality needed to entice business users away from rival platforms like Blackberry. Rubin did put his comment in context though when he said that the availability and support of such features would be down to the handset manufacturers. It will certainly be interesting to see whether Android can take on another layer, but probably the most likely outcome is that business orientated Android handsets will be kept apart from more general consumer handsets by the manufacturers.

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Ovi Files Now Working for Mac Users    [ 05-08-2009 15:11 ]

Author: Serge Novikov   Source: IntoMobile     Translation by: Administrator     

Ovi Files, the rebradged Files on Ovi, now works on Macs. The service is basically a cloud storage system that allows the user to access their stored files from any computer, and of course any mobile, whereever they may be (as long as there is a data connection of course). It's not as if Mac users have been without options all this time though, having had access to services like Dropbox, Box.net and of course Apple's own MobileMe service. The main adavantages of these cloud based services is obviously that you don't have to carry around USB sticks or external drives and you can gain access to your data any time any place. Nokia haven't seemed terribly Mac friendly of late, the N97 in the UK comes bundled with software for the PC, but not for the Mac although Nokia are saying they are looking to rememdy this situation soon. This, at least, appaears a step in the right direction.

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