Archive for October, 2005

Symbian Smartphone Show

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

I have just returned from the Symbian Smartphone Show in London. There’s lots of news about the new Sony Ericsson P990 and Symbian OS 9. You can find more information in my post for PMN.

Mobile Telemetry

Monday, October 10th, 2005

At the recent Orange Mobile Data Forum there was an inspirational session on mobile telemetry. Telemetry is the use of mobile data for remote information gathering.
Special hardware containing phone hardware or in some cases conventional phones ’strapped’ to sensors can be used to implement a wide variety of systems from tracking vehicles to implementing Orange Wednesdays.
The […]

Lots of Great Ideas without Funding

Saturday, October 8th, 2005

My feasibility study service attracts a lot of entrepreneurs with ideas that span devices, operating systems, vertical application areas and even countries. People tend to come to me at a very early stage of invention and I help refine and map their ideas onto real phones and technologies.
Things that tend to be common to them all are…

Ideas […]

Nokia Series 60 3rd Edition Platform Security

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

Following on from my previous post on Symbian OS 9 Platform Security, Nokia have now publicly released the Beta for the Series 60 Third Edition SDK for Symbian OS. If you install the SDK and look in the Series60Doc directory you will find lots more information on Nokia’s specific implementation of the new Symbian platform security.
Remembering the […]

Roaming Tariffs

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

The European Commission has put together a new site comparing mobile roaming tariffs across EU countries. Their aim is to make tariffs more transparent so that consumers can compare and choose the best network operator for their needs.
In the FAQ it states that for the high roaming charges, "the European Regulators Group has pointed out that […]

Orange Mobile Data Forum

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

This week I attended the Orange Mobile Data Forum in London. It’s a popular event with over 1300 registrations across the six UK locations in October. Orange gave a compelling presentation on why enterprises should consider Orange as their sole network operator. There was also a very interesting technical presentation.
Some snippets…

2005 is seen by Accenture and […]