At MobileFocus this evening, we popped by the Swype stand and had a look. We first saw the Swype founder Cliff Kushler demonstrate a really alpha version of the text input system back at CTIA in 2008 (See the end of this video). Fast forward a year and a half and it’s not integrated into [...]
Episode 73: Lee Williams announces Symbianˆ3
The Symbian Foundation’s Executive Director, Lee Williams, tells us about the launch of Symbianˆ3. You can find out more details of this version at Symbian.org.
Episode 72: Symbian’s sensor framework used in Sony Ericsson Vivaz
We were pleasantly surprised to see the Symbian sensor framework being used on the all new Sony Ericsson Vivaz. In this video, we should you how the Sony Ericsson team have integrated it into the background display to brilliant effect.
Episode 71: Dan Carter and Kinny Cheng on Sony Ericsson’s launch
We caught up with Dan Carter of CoolSmartPhone and Kinny Cheng of Mobique.com to give us their perspective on Sony Ericsson’s ‘fab five’ (i.e. 5 devices) launch.
Episode 70: Stefan Constantinescu on Sony Ericsson’s launch
What did Stefan, one of the key contributors over at IntoMobile.com, make of the Sony Ericsson launch event and their news? Stefan’s never one to hold back or keep his thoughts to himself, so enjoy…
Episode 69: Hands-on with the Symbian Sony Ericsson Vivaz
Rafe and I caught Dan Carter with an all new shiny Sony Ericsson Vivaz at the Sony Ericsson launch party this evening. Dan is normally blogging over at CoolSmartPhone, but has been helping out with the official Sony Ericsson blog. Which is why he came to have the Vivaz about his person this evening. We [...]
Episode 68: John Malloy of Blue Run Ventures (Part 1)
I spent an hour on Monday with John Malloy of Blue Run Ventures in Menlo Park this Monday. Blue Run Ventures are one of the foremost mobile (and tech) venture capitalists on the planet. John and I had a wide ranging discussion about the mobile marketplace as well as the firm’s background and current investments. [...]
Episode 67: Making a Symbian phone from off-the-shelf parts
Following on from the sit-down interview we did with Arunabh regarding the Symbian ‘Wild Ducks‘ programme, it’s now time for the meat! In this video we’ll show you an array of off-the-shelf parts being strung together to actually run Symbian (in this example, Symbian v2). If you’ve even the slightest interest in Symbian, I recommend [...]
Episode 66: Arunabh of Symbian’s Wild Ducks programme
Wouldn’t it be good if you could run Symbian on any device? Well, you can. You just need to get the hardware in question talking to Symbian. That’s not necessarily too complicated, as Arunabh Ankur of the ‘Wild Ducks’ team from Symbian discusses in this video. (Coming shortly we’ll show you the hardware they’ve been [...]
Episode 65: Symbian’s Social Mobile Framework
Symbian is embracing social mobile services in a very big way as James Aley of the Symbian Foundation explains in detail in today’s video. They’re essentially building support for social services such as Twitter, Facebook and so on right into the operating system — so, as a developer, you can simply make a call to [...]

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