Simon Tatham's Open Source SSH Client for Series 80 devices (9210 and variants, 9300 and 9500) has been updated to v1.3.2. Web Admins all over the world can now happily do all their site repair work while in the local pub. Which should make Rafe happy...
A spokesman at Sophos, the largest anti-virus company in the world, was quoted yesterday: "Some of the anti-virus vendors have been very busy hyping up the Symbian virus threat. The simple fact is that Sophos has never received a single report from any customer hit by one of these things - it seems they're mostly spreading by anti-virus researchers sending them to each other."
QuodRings is an Ogg music player with a twist. It allows you to use your music files as ringtones. You can set general ringtones as well as well as custom tones for individuals in your address book. The program currently supports only ogg vorbis files, but it does have an extensible plug in architecture which will allow more formats to be added in the future.
Tomoe : Massacre at Shinano is a new RPG style game from Evious which allows you to step into the shoes of the Samurai Tomoe and take part in the five year long Gempei war.
Congratualtions to Platycus for winning An N-Gage Christmas. He walks away with the N-Gage QD and 7 Top MMC titles. Runners up are HPJ545 and Lonewolf who win some N-Gage merchandising and 512mb MMC cards. Thanks to Allack, N-Gage User and Nokia for their support. We'll have another prize competition in the next few weeks.
Handset manufacturers will pay $1 per device that has the OMA DRM standard installed on the handset (which is pretty much every single Symbian handset) and when you purchase any locked-down music, video or media files from your operatoir, they'll pass over a percentage to the OMA (reports The Register). The Register have explained the OMA DRM in depth previously - refresh your memory.
On behalf of the editorial team, Rafe peers into the crystal ball to see what awaits the Symbian world in the next 12 months. "The mists are clearing, I can see..." Read his predictions here.
Ewan reverts back to a two-box solution with his in-depth review of the Freedom keyboard for Series 60 and UIQ smartphones. And Palm OS and Pocket PC and....
Legacy, the RPG game, well known from other Symbian and Mobile platforms is available for Series 60 along with several add on packs too extend playing time. It is the classic RPG style with action, sounds, intense combat, and cunning puzzles. Add on packs include Legacy the Legend, Legacy Expansion Pack, and Legacy Revenge.
Samsung is showing off the D720 as part of their CES presentation. The D720 is a tri-band GSM and GPRS Series 60 phone with a 1.3 megapixel camera, support for Bluetooth, USB and IrDA. It is 101 x 51 x 24.1 in size and supports multiple media types including AAC+, Real and MP3 in stereo. More information as it emerges.
NTT DoCoMo customes can now pick up the FOMA powered F901ic, making this the seventh Fujitsu powered phone in the Far East. Vodafone KK are also starting to ship the 702NK, which is a rebadged Nokia 6630. More details from Symbian.
British Telecom has publicly announced the BT Callwise scheme for mobile users in the UK. With a Series 60 or UIQ Client, you load up your account with call credit, and save close to 80% on the regular international call rates from your handset. More information on BT.com
Pure N-Gagea has a short interview with Domi Hugo, creator of the ever popular Fexplorer for Series 60. What's interesting is not the delay to version 1.12, but that Domi is working on a shareware version of one of the most popular freeware applications for Symbian to include an FTP Manager as well.
Just got a new device and looking for some information? Then look no further as Steve Litchfield and Ewan Spence throw a few pointers into the air on where to get things for your shiny smartphone. Find out more About Your New Symbian Phone, be it UIQ, Series 60, or a Communicator.
