One problem I come up against on nearly every project is the provisioning of end users’ phones with Internet access points. Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola (needs registration) have online wizards that send configuration messages to your phone. With other manufacturers things get more tricky as settings often have to be configured manually on a […]

Tommi on the Nokia Beta Labs blogs asks what can and can’t be classified as beta software. He concludes with a list of types software that probably aren’t suitable for releasing as beta.
As I have commented before, companies should be careful labelling working software as beta as it can actually dissuade (mass market) people from […]

Aalborg University have emailed me about their Mobile Developer Days 2008 (MDD08) in Berlin…
"The main idea of the MDD event is to create a platform where developers, network operators, service providers, and mobile manufactures can exchange their ideas and visions in the field of mobile communication."

One of my contacts on LinkedIn, Abraham Joseph founder of the Device Management Forum, emailed me about a question he has posted in the Wireless section of LinkedIn: Answers. Abraham asks a few questions regarding Luxury phones but the key question is…
"Vertu’s success aside, will there really be a big market for luxury phones […]

There’s an interesting development reported at Symbian Freak…
"In short, ROMPatcher makes the S60 platform truly and finally open to anything, this is the amazing piece of code, application allowing patching the ROM"
There are already two patches available to enable showing of hidden menus and allowing the install of unsigned applications.
The only limitation I can […]

Following on from my post on the deficiencies of the Symbian/S60 emulator and subsequent comments at Nokia Forum, it appears that the Carbide.c++ team are considering changing the emulator.

One of the difficulties of creating your first Symbian Signed application is knowing how to code your application in such a way that it is compliant. The test criteria just say how your application should behave - they don’t give any clue as to what extra code you might need to pass the tests.
Hence, it’s […]