Standing down today and retiring from his role as Chairman of Psion Teklogic is the spiritual Grandfather of Symbian OS, Dr David Potter. He founded Psion in 1980 with £70,000 of his own money, and over the next twenty years grew it to be one of the leading mobile computing companies, and in the process laid the Foundations for the current smartphone with the spinning out of Psion Computers as Symbian in 1999.

His retirement was announced earlier this year, and John Hawkins will now become the chairman of Psion Teklogic. And if you're looking for some weekend reading on Britain's Last Computer, then The Register's Psion retrospective from 2007 is a great read, and has an interview with Dr Potter at the end of the article.

And I know we go on about the Psion heritage and legacy here at All About Symbian (you mean why can't it be like it was in the old days? - Steve) but I'm sure we can have a legitimate "why did you like Psion" appreciative comments thread over the weekend... just this once!

Source: allaboutsymbian.com

Law Enforcement and Corporate Security Forensics Goes Beyond Data Acquisition
and Reporting
IRVINE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Susteen, Inc. today announced Secure View 2 with svProbe, a comprehensive
forensics solution which enables law enforcement and corporate security
consultants to acquire, analyze and report cell phone data. This software
release is a step up of Susteen`s leading Secure View for Forensics and the
first cell phone data acquisition solution to incorporate a true analytical tool
set, namely svProbe, which significantly automates, speeds up, and reveals
critical cell phone data during the forensic investigation phase.

The svProbe offers unique functionalities currently not included in any of the
competitive offerings to the law enforcement and corporate security market:

* Data Discovery and Bookmarking - search data after acqusition for relevant
information with ease and bookmark results for quick and painless access during
the investigation process.
* Link Grap - establish interdependencies between received calls, dialed
numbers, sent/received SMS and MMS.
* Activity Map - snapshot of the cell phone activity volume within a predefined
timeframe to identify how and when cell phone has been used
* Prime Number report - to determine the phone number with the most activity
within the cell phone report, as well as to display the specific activity
associated with the number.

The Secure View 2 also enables law enforcement and corporate security to merge
multiple reports generated from diverse cell phone forensics solutions into one
report. No need to browse through different formats - Secure View 2 will
aggregate the necessary cell phone data into a central location.

The Secure View 2 builds upon the existing strengths of the Secure View for
Forensics including, but not limited to, wide phone support (over 2,000 phones
supported), OS agnostic solution (Windows Mobile, iPhone, Blackberry, Symbian,
or proprietary operational systems), software ease-of-use and reliability, and
data validation by means of HASH signature.

"Our product strategy to innovate in the newly emerged cell phone forensics
field brought to the market the first ever data acquisition tool with analytical
capability. Secure View 2 with svProbe fills in the missing link in an
investigation process after acquisition, which is data analysis. It empowers law
enforcement and corporate security to make inferences of cell phone use besides
mere data acquisition and reporting," said Hiroyuki Maruyama, President and CEO
of Susteen, Inc.

For more information about Secure View 2 with svProbe visit us at
www.mobileforensics.com and/or contact our sales department at
lesales@susteen.com.

About Susteen, Inc.

Susteen, Inc. is an international design solution provider, specializing in the
area of data communications and mobile computing. Susteen strives to enhance
data communications through multi-level applications, and to develop products
that provide convenience to the client through technological innovations.
Susteen's vision is to ascend to the position of worldwide dominant player in
the seamless data management software industry through the ongoing enhancement
of product quality and complete satisfaction of the stakeholders involved.
Susteen is based in Irvine, California.



Susteen, Inc.
Bogdan Mosteanu, 949-341-0007 



Copyright Business Wire 2009

 Source :reuters

What is?

This application enables the user to control the changes of the profiles easier. The user can configure the application to change from a profile to another in a certain delay time or in a certain GPS location as the user wishes.

Why should I use it?

If you’re at a meeting you don’t want you cell ringing on the room but also, you don’t want it in silent after the meeting. Forgot to change profile after the meeting? This application helps you with this.


If, at work, you want your profile always in Silent but, at home, in General, this application do it for you.

This is a BETA version! In this version some functions are not available. Also the graphics has not been finished.

To use the delay time mode:

- Click on “Options > Timer Mode” to set the delay time as active mode

- Click on “Options > Set Time” and type the delay (in minutes)


- Click on “Options > Set Profile” and type the number of the profile (0 = General, 1 = Silent, etc.)

- Clicl on “Options > Activate” and done! When delay time is over, your profile will change to the profile that you selected!

To use the GPS mode:

- Fisrt of all, if this is the first time you’re using this mode, you’ll need to create a spot. This spot is the place where you want to change the profile (i.e. if you’re at work and you want the cell phone on silent mode always when you there, you add a spot when you’re there)


- Click on “Options > GPS Mode” to set the GPS mode as active mode

- Click on “Options > Add Spot” and set the radius and the deafult profile in that place. The radius is the range os the spot, in meters.

- Click on “Options > Activate” and done! You can add more spots in another places as you wish

Note: Once added a spot, you don’t have to add again when reopen the application. The edit/delete functions of spots are not implemented yet.

Note: Don’t close the application! Just minimize it.

Download: ProfileEnginee

Source :OpenC Effort

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MyPhone for Symbian has been updated to V2.30 with a ton of improvements to the theme. If you've ever wanted to turn your device into an iPhone without getting an iPhone, nows the time to do it.

MyPhone V2.30 enhanced with auto-start, iStyle SMS interface, unlimited MySettings, RSS Reader, Weather Forecast, more wallpapers and more improvements include the ideas from users. More functional, more steady and more speedy!

MyPhone powered by S60 os, it turns S60 OS phone into MyPhone UI. You can have a smart phone enhanced with TWO user interfaces. Best launcher ever!

Change log in V2.30:

1. Set MyPhone start automatically when power on.*

2. Support Landscape mode for iStyle SMS.

3. Set lock screen on/off by yourself.

4. More 3rd-party icons added.

* Auto-start needs special certificate. To enable auto-start, you should email to us to apply. We will make it for you in 4 working days.

Tips & info:

1. Use any of the 12 dial keys to quick launch the relative app on each page


2. You can rearrange the icons as you wish. When in doubt, read our help pdf file for detail information (Old models like 5700 XM, 6124 Classic, 6110 Navigator, 6120 Classic, 6121Classic, 6290, E51, E61i, E61, N71, N73, N75, N77, N91, N92, N93, N93, N93i do not support icon moving due to the limit of phone memory.)

3. For some 3rd party apps, you can add it into menu by 'MyApp' function, or use 'Search' for quick launch, or switch back S60 UI to launch.

4. This app is based on the Flash Lite platform, so it is based on the S60 UI with system limitations, eg, if you open contacts, it will go to original S60 contacts.

5. In the MyPhone like SMS conversation model, your sending out sms can only in in real time sms progress, when you quit the conversation, your sending message will not display in the conversation list again. It means, MyPhone can not list your sent box's message in this version. The MyPhone like SMS conversation model can read all the incoming SMS, but can not mark it already read status.

Features:

1. Fully emulate MyPhone UI in outlook, move icons, changes icons

2. iStyle SMS conversation, you can schedule the SMS with senders list, easily to read or delete SMS. (only for S60 5th os)

3. Add 3rd part icon by pick through list, no needing self input anymore. (only for S60 5th os)

4. Worldwide Weather


5. RSS Reader, with seamlessly reading data method

6. SMS and Call notifier

7. Customized wallpapers

8. MMMOOO Premium Service

9. Fully functional, all operations can be done via MyPhone

10. You can switch MyPhone UI into S60 UI and the other way round seamlessly

11. Sketchpad (only for S60 5th os)

12. Alternative List Mode (only for S60 5th os)

13. Auto-lock (only for S60 5th os)

Minimum Requirements:

for s60 3rd

s60 3rd

for s60 5th

s60 5th

Price: $12.99

Special Price: $6.99 until Oct 1

You save: $6.00 (46.19%)

for s60 3rd (Symbian OS v9 (3rd edition))


for s60 5th (Symbian OS v9 (5th edition))

Source :morninpaper.com

The Nokia N97 gives you an amazing total entertainment experience . . . and is still a completely capable quad-band mobile communicator. The 3.5-inch LCD screen brings photos, video and web content to your eyes with brilliant color and clarity. Symbian OS S60 5th Edition accepts a good deal of compatible software for broad functionality.

The 5MP auto-focus, auto-exposure camera with Carl Zeiss lens captures high-quality images and videos. Shoot all your scenes and save them to the built-in 32GB internal flash memory, and a microSD card slot is integrated for additional storage. Built-in 802.11b/g WiFi connects you to both home networks and your on-the-go hotspots. Integrated GPS makes sure you can find your way back home. Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR manages your handsfree connections and provides stereo music streaming. Getting a SIM card from your service provider will complete your connectivity wherever you stray.

Easy to use in just one hand, the N97 gives you a portable platform that will bring both ease and pleasure to your business and recreation, by giving you immediate access to your news, communication and multimedia wherever you are!

Source : newegg

CorePlayer™ Mobile is at the center of the CoreCodec™ Universe for manipulating multimedia content on your desktop, mobile phone, portable media player, PDA, GPS, or convergence device. CorePlayer is designed to be a next-generation multimedia platform that will extend upon what you thought were limits in playing back fluid multimedia, with its simple yet extremely powerful interface and features that is designed to empower the CoreCodec Community.

Technology Bullet points

• Built-In YouTube Support
• Bluetooth ready!* (A2DP and AVRCP)
• Support 22 Languages
• Podcast, Enhanced Podcast, CoreCaster Ready
• GPU support: Intel 2700g, ATI Imageon, QTv (Limited Support) , Marvell Monahan Processors (more coming soon!)
• Operating System Support: Symbian (all), CE (3.x - 4.x), Windows Mobile/Smartphone (5.x - 6.x), Palm. (Linux for OEM only)
• CPU Support: ARM9, ARM11, MIPS
• CoreUI 'Universal skins' Widget. Allows you to create a unique custom user interface exactly how you want it!
• Best in Class audio and video codecs like CoreAVC our High Definition H.264 video decoder
• CoreTheque media library allows for easy management of your playlists and bookmarks

Audio formats
MP3, MP2, AAC, MKA, WMA, Midi*, WAV, OGG, Speex, WAVPACK, TTA, FLAC, MPC, AMR, ADPCM, ALaw, MuLaw, G.729, GSM

Video formats


H.264 (AVC), AVCHD, MKV, MPEG-1, MPEG-4 part 2 (ASP), DivX, XviD, WMV*, Theora*, Dirac*, MJPEG, MSVIDEO1

Image formats

JPEG (420, 422, 440, EXIF Headers)*, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF, MJPEG

Container formats

Flash/FLV, Matroska, ASF, ASX, AVI, PS, M2TS, TS, 3GPP, MOV, MPEG-4, OGM, NSV*

Streaming formats


HTTP, UDP, UDP Multicast, UDP Unicast, RDP, RTP. RTSP, RTCP (keep alive), ASX, ASF, Multicast, HTTP Tunneling


Source : persian-forums

BlackBerry OS? iPhone OS? Symbian OS? These are all perfectly viable mobile platforms, but they still don’t offer the same kind of utility that you’d be able to extract from a true desktop operating system. That’s why ITG has decided to create a new smartphone that is powered by a full build of Windows XP. That’s right. It’s ditching that whole Windows Mobile nonsense.

The appropriately named xpPhone comes from In Technology Group (ITG) of China and it really does run a complete version of Windows XP. This phone was on display at Computex a few months ago, but it seems that ITG is now ready to take preorders on the potentially groundbreaking device.

As you may or may not recall, the ITG xpPhone comes with a 4.8-inch touchscreen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard (strangely complete with a numeric keypad), integrated GPS, an AMD Super Mobile processor, GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 3G connectivity, 1.3MP camera, and VGA output. Looking at the pre-order page, you can take your choice of 3G, including a version that is happy with AT&T’s HSDPA/HSUPA.

Given the massive display and the bulky slide-out keyboard, the ITG xpPhone is anything but small. You can probably expect it to be about the same size as something like the Nokia Internet tablets, so I’m not sure how much “phone” use you’ll be getting out of it.

ITG hasn’t come forward with an official release date or pricing yet, but you can place a pre-order and hope for the best. I guess they’re taking a “wait and see” approach.
Source : Gizmodo