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ZDNet Symbian to ease app building for China Mobile
The Symbian Foundation and China's biggest mobile operator will provide a streamlined way for developers to submit apps to China Mobile's store and will promote the TD-SCDMA standard

ZDNet Qualcomm targets open source with new subsidiary
The Qualcomm Innovation Center will focus on the hardware optimisation of technologies such as Android and Symbian

All About Symbian Rafe's SEE 2009 walkabout (part 2)
SEE 2009 (Symbian Exchange and Exposium) is Symbian's annual big show. In part 2 of my walkabout video you can join me on a amble around the show floor at SEE 2009. I share my impressions and analysis in an unscripted, one-take, walk and talk. Part 2 covers the remaining stands and concludes with some general thoughts on SEE 2009.

All About Symbian Personalising your apps and the mystery of the missing apps

If your smartphone is all about personalisation, why is it that we are left with the manufacturer's default choice of applications in the firmware? Years ago you checked the memory size and radio frequencies, now it's interrogating the firmware load-out. It's a given that no matter what Symbian OS product comes out, there are caveats in the review as to why application (a) was left out while application (b) made the cut. With the example omission of Podcasting from Nokia's r...

GPRS News Fring Arrives on Android, available for download now
fringsters also make calls to regular phone lines via Skype-Out and hundreds of popular SIP services over 3G, GPRS or Wi-Fi internet connection. In addition to Android, fring is supported worldwide on thousands of Symbian S60, iPhone, iPod touch,

InfoWorld Symbian Foundation faces up to challenges
What was billed as a roundtable discussion for members of the new Symbian Foundation turned into an opportunity for them to lay out the challenges and threats to their fledgling group.

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