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Week of March 17, 2002
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Feature: Symbain Developer Expo 2002
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Symbian will be holding a Developer Expo in London on April 23rd and 24th. This represents an opportunity to find out more about the Symbian OS and various Symbian OS devices and related technologies. This feature gives you a guide to what will be happening at the Expo and you can find out what 3rd party things will be on display in the first of our sub features.
More information:
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Macromedia announces Flash for 9200
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Macromedia has released more information about the support for Flash MX on the Nokia 9200 Communicator series. It is as yet unclear when a download will become avialable. However both the Nokia 9210i and the Nokia 9210 will be supported.
Full Press Release:
MACROMEDIA FLASH PLAYER SUPPORT ANNOUNCED FOR THE NOKIA 9200 COMMUNICATOR SERIES
Macromedia Flash MX enables developers to create rich device content and applications
CeBIT 2002�Hannover, Germany�March 13, 2002�Macromedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MACR) today announced that Macromedia Flash Player support will be available for the Nokia 9200 Communicator Series, an integrated device for mobile professionals that combines a high-resolution color display with multimedia capabilities. Macromedia Flash Player is the leading rich client for Internet content and applications across the broadest range of platforms and devices. Macromedia Flash MX, which will ship on March 15, contains new features and templates that will enable rapid creation of content and applications for Internet-enabled devices. For more information on Macromedia Flash MX, please visit www.macromedia.com/go/flashmx.
"Macromedia Flash is the standard for delivering rich, interactive content to leading devices and platforms. Macromedia Flash MX enables developers to be more productive when creating content and applications that target existing versions of the player for mobile carriers and service providers," said Beth Davis, general manager, Macromedia. "With the Nokia 9200 Communicator Series, Nokia is making mobile devices even more useful for the mobile professional by delivering a device that serves as a phone, Internet terminal, and organizer in one connected handset."
Zoomamap has been using Macromedia Flash to develop a rich location-based mapping application for the Nokia 9210 Communicator and is already seeing the benefits of using proven technologies to create rich front-ends to applications.
"For industry players to generate meaningful revenues from the new generation of wireless applications, consumers must be shown compelling advantages over existing technologies. To drive consumer adoption, these applications should provide a richer, more visual experience, improved ease of use, and excellent performance over today's networks," said Jean-Marc Holder, CEO, Zoomamap. "Thanks to Macromedia Flash, we were able to create such an application, integrate content from a variety of sources, and be up and running on the extremely popular Nokia 9210 Communicator, in a matter of days."
Developers and content providers save time and gain additional market opportunities for their content and applications by delivering Macromedia Flash content that can be created once and used across Internet-enabled devices including wireless handsets and PDAs, as well as on the web or desktop PC. Many consumer electronics manufacturers, mobile carriers, and service providers are using Macromedia Flash content as a value-added service to differentiate themselves from their competitors by ensuring their customers have engaging content specifically tuned for their devices, which also increases customer retention and adds potential new revenue streams.
Content and applications can be easily created in Macromedia Flash MX to run on devices that support earlier versions of Macromedia Flash Player. The Macromedia Flash Player 6 SDK, available for device manufacturers later this year, will enable them to build support for the latest player into their devices and platforms.
Macromedia Flash Player 5 is expected to be available in the second quarter for Nokia 9200 Communicator Series including the new Nokia 9210i Communicator and the Nokia 9290 Communicator, available in late 2002 in the Americas. Communicator owners will also be able to download Macromedia Flash Player for the Nokia 9200 Communicator Series from the Nokia web site.
ABOUT MACROMEDIA
Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) is passionate about what the web can be. Its award-winning products empower designers and developers to efficiently create and deliver the most engaging experiences on the web, and enable innovative Internet business applications. Headquartered in San Francisco, Macromedia has more than 1,400 employees worldwide and is available on the Internet at www.macromedia.com.
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Access NetFront Browser to be on Symbain
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Access the leading provider of microbrowsers for NTT DoCoMo�s i-mode� phones, today announced it will offer a complete embedded browser solution, NetFront v3.0 Wireless Profile, using Texas Instruments high-performance, ultra-low power OMAP1510 application processor for 2.5G and 3G wireless phones and the Symbian OS.
Full Press Release:
Access delivers next-generation microbrowser for 2.5G, 3G mobile devices using TI's OMAP� processors and Symbian OS
NetFront� v3.0 wireless profile on OMAP evaluation board to be exhibited
in Access' booth at CTIA (Booth 3327) & CeBIT (Booth Hall 12, Stand B69)
Tokyo, Japan / Fremont, CA, USA / Oberhausen, Germany � March 12, 2002 � Access Co., Ltd., the leading provider of microbrowsers for NTT DoCoMo�s i-mode� phones, today announced it will offer a complete embedded browser solution, NetFront v3.0 Wireless Profile, using Texas Instruments, Inc.�s (TI) high-performance, ultra-low power OMAP1510 application processor for 2.5G and 3G wireless phones and the Symbian OS. Access will demonstrate its new browser solution for the first time at CeBIT 2002 in Hannover, Germany, March 13-20, and at CTIA Wireless 2002 in Orlando, Florida, USA, March 18-20. Access participates in TI's DSP Third Party Program and TI Japan, Ltd. is a member of Access' Advanced Alliance Program. Access will strongly support OMAP processors worldwide.
"We're very pleased to unveil our next-generation embedded Internet browser, NetFront v3.0 Wireless Profile, leveraging TI�s digital signal processor (DSP)-based OMAP1510 processor to enable 2.5G and 3G mobile device users a way to more easily access multimedia-rich wireless applications without compromising battery life. With the new capabilities of 2.5 and 3G communication infrastructures, the functionality of mobile devices will become more diversified, resulting in ever expanding browser requirements. Wireless device manufacturers will now be able to take advantage of the compelling microbrowser functionality of our unique embedded Internet browser, on mobile devices powered by TI�s OMAP1510, which we believe is one of the best solutions in the market," stated Toru Arakawa, President and CEO, Access Co., Ltd.
"By providing the state-of-the-art microbrowser features of NetFront v3.0 Wireless Profile with the performance of TI�s DSP-based OMAP1510 application processor, wireless device manufacturers are able to offer a scalable microbrowser in a resource constrained environment," said Paul Werp, worldwide marketing director for TI�s OMAP platform. "We are excited to work with Access to quickly provide 2.5G and 3G wireless device manufacturers with this unique functionality."
"NetFront v3.0 Mobile Browser is another clear demonstration of how Symbian enables capable next-generation applications to be built on top of the open, modular operating system for mobile phones" said Timo Bruns, Strategic Product Manager, Symbian.
About TI�s OMAP Platform
Wireless device manufacturers, carriers, high-level operating system (OS) providers and applications developers worldwide are aggressively working toward delivering 2.5G and 3G applications and services, and TI supports them with its OMAP family of advanced wireless modem and application processors for 2.5G and 3G mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and advanced mobile Internet appliances. Based on more than 10 years of wireless system expertise, OMAP processors deliver unparalleled processing performance and battery life so that consumers can enjoy a wide range of compelling wireless products and services such as multimedia messaging, streaming media, secure m-commerce, location-based services and interactive gaming in a sleek wireless PDA or phone. TI�s OMAP processors have been widely adopted by leading wireless device manufacturers including Nokia, Ericsson, Sony, Palm, HP, HTC, LG and Sendo.
Access� Next-Generation NetFront v3.0 Browser
NetFront v3.0, Access� next-generation microbrowser, is a modular, scalable browser designed from the ground up to meet the unique requirements of resource constrained consumer information appliances. NetFront v3.0�s modular architecture allows for custom configurations for specific target hardware. This unique scalability allows NetFront to cover a broad range of appliance profiles from mobile phones to Digital TVs.
NetFront v3.0 Wireless Profile is the successor to Compact NetFront and Compact NetFront Plus, the most popular i-mode browser in the world. It supports enhanced features such as Dynamic HTML, ECMA Script (JavaScript), DOM (Document Object Model) and SSL (Secure Socket Layer), in addition to the standard WAP 2.0 Specification. NetFront v3.0 Wireless Profile provides support for the most important standards for mobile phone Internet access: XHTML Mobile Profile; WML 1.3 used in legacy WAP phone; and CompactHTML (CHTML) used in i-mode phones. NetFront v3.0 Wireless Profile provides native support for these standards so mobile phones can seamlessly display content in any of these formats. In addition to the Internet protocol stacks (HTTP and WTCP/IP) part of the WAP 2.0 specifications, it provides a WAP 1.x legacy stack option to give a clear transition path to 3G wireless Internet services while maintaining investments in today�s services. JV-Lite2, J2ME compliant Java runtime environment and MMS client will be available also as optional modules.
About Access Co, Ltd.
Access Co. Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4813) is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with Access Systems America, its US subsidiary, in Fremont, California, and with Access Systems Europe, its German subsidiary, in Oberhausen, Germany. Access is a leading global provider of software and services for IP-based consumer electronic devices. Access� embedded NetFront� and Compact NetFront� browsers power over 150 different commercial products worldwide including mobile phones, digital televisions, set-top boxes, game consoles, PDAs, car navigation systems, web phones, kiosk terminals and intranet terminals. Access' Compact NetFront microbrowser is most widely deployed in phones for NTT DoCoMo's popular i-mode� service. To date, more than 53 million Access software licenses have shipped from more than 40 major Internet device manufacturers. Access was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market on February 26, 2001. More information is available at www.Access.co.jp/english/.
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Psion CEO is new Symbian CEO
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Last week Symbian announced its new CEO. David Levin will take over as Chief Executive Officer from April 8th. He is currently the CEO of Psion. Looks like Symbian are happy to keep appointments within the family. The announcement comes at a key time for Symbian with the next year being crucial to future sucess.
Symbian look to be in strong position with the recent Nokia 9210i, the Sony Ericsson P800 and the Nokia 7650 all due for release in the next six months. Meanwhile upto 5 more Symbian devices are rumoured to be in the offing.
Press Release from Symbian:
Symbian appoints Chief Executive Officer
March 14th 2002 - The Supervisory Board of Symbian announces today that it has appointed David Levin as Chief Executive Officer. The appointment takes effect from 8th April 2002.
Symbian is creating a mass-market for Symbian OS mobile phones. David Levin will lead Symbian through the commercial roll-out of its technology and launch of new commercial products from its licensees.
Mike Zafirovski, President of Motorola's Personal Communications Sector, said: "David Levin is an excellent choice to lead Symbian as market acceptance and momentum for the Symbian OS build. David is a seasoned executive with a solid understanding of the opportunities in our industry. As Symbian continues to roll out world-class OS solutions, David will provide the guidance and vision necessary to continue to build the organisation into a world-class software provider."
David Levin said: �I am delighted to be joining Symbian as it enters a new phase in its development and to take up the baton from Colly Myers who has made such an important contribution to the development of Symbian and its world-leading technology. Two thirds of the industry have chosen Symbian OS as the standard operating system for their advanced 2.5G and 3G mobile phones. I look forward to working with Symbian�s shareholders and licensees to help fulfil Symbian�s enormous potential.�
David Levin is currently Chief Executive Officer of Psion PLC. He has been a non-executive director of Symbian since September 2000. He joined Psion as Chief Executive in February 1999 after five years with Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, where he was Chief Operating Officer from 1996-1999. Before that, he spent four years with Apax Partners and five years with Bain & Co. in Asia and the United States.
Symbian�s shareholders are Ericsson/Sony Ericsson (21%), Matsushita/Panasonic (8.9%), Motorola (21%), Nokia (21%) and Psion (28.1%). In January 2002 Symbian announced that it had secured additional funding of �20.75 million from its shareholders to take the company through the next phase of its development.
Symbian has secured mobile phone manufacturers representing over 70% of the world�s market as Symbian OS licensees, focused on delivering Symbian OS phones. Recent product announcements based on the Symbian OS include the Nokia 9200 Communicator series, the Nokia�s 7650 imaging phone and Sony Ericsson�s P800 smartphone.
Symbian
Symbian is a software licensing company, owned by wireless industry leaders, that is the trusted supplier of the advanced, open, standard operating system for data-enabled mobile phones. Symbian's mission is to create a mass-market for Symbian OS mobile phones by enabling our licensees to build winning products. Open Symbian OS phones announced by licensees include the Nokia 9200 Communicator series, the Nokia�s 7650 imaging phone and Sony Ericsson�s P800 smartphone. Symbian's website can be found at www.symbian.com.
David Levin biographical details
David Levin, aged 40, joined Psion as Chief Executive in February 1999 after five years with Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, most recently as Chief Operating Officer and previously as President, Institutional Investor Inc. based in New York. Before that, he spent four years with Apax Partners and five years with Bain & Co. in Asia and the United States.
He graduated from Oxford University in 1983 and was awarded an MBA from Stamford University in 1987.
David Levin was born in 1962 and is a British national. He is married with three children.
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Nokia 9210 MDIP beta updated at Forum Nokia
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A new version of the beta MDIP software for the Nokia 9210 is now available via Forum Nokia. MDIP is a java subset that allows the running of small programs. It is supported on many phone types. Software can be downloaded from Forum Nokia (free registration required) to run and make these small programs.
More information @
http://www.forum.nokia.com/javaforum/main/1,35452,1_0_20,00.html
What is MDIP?
The Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) is a set of Java Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) which, together with the Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC), provides a complete Java application runtime environment targeted at mobile information devices--including cellular phones. The applications for MIDP Java devices must be written in MIDP Java. A PJava application does not work in MIDP Java devices.
Difference between Personal Java and MDIP?
PersonalJava provides a runtime environment based on the Java 1.1 platform. It is not Java 2 platform like J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition), which is tailored for consumer and embedded devices, like mobile phones. In other words Personal Java is an older and bigger environment than J2ME but it also provides richer development platform
The Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) is a set of JavaTM Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) which, together with the Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC), provides a complete J2METM application runtime environment targeted at mobile information devices including mobile phones and entry-level PDAs.
What is MIDlet?
MIDlet is a MIDP application and runs on devices that support MIDP. MIDlet uses only the APIs defined by the MIDP and CLDC specifications. It is also an interface in the MIDlet API package of MIDP.
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Real Player One now available for download
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Real Player One, the new version of Real Network's player for the Nokia 9210 is now available for download from the Real website. The new software allows the playing of both Real Audio and Real Video and supports 3GPP media formats. Real and Nokia has also announced a strategic alliance.
Real Player One was part of the recently announced improved Nokia 9210i package. With this release it means that part f the benefits of the 9210i are now available to 9210 users.
Full Press Release (from Symbian website):
Nokia and RealNetworks announce comprehensive alliance to bring audio and video to mobile users worldwide
RealOne Player to be standard media player on Nokia's Symbian based mobile devices and on the Nokia Series 60 Platform; Nokia to resell RealSystem Mobile as its media delivery solution
CeBIT, Hanover, GERMANY, March 12, 2002 - Nokia (NYSE: NOK), the world leader in mobile communications, and RealNetworks�, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), the global leader in Internet media delivery, today announced a long-term alliance to integrate RealNetworks' digital media technology on Nokia's mobile devices and mobile operator network solutions. Working with their mobile carrier and media company partners, RealNetworks and Nokia will enable millions of mobile consumers worldwide to enjoy live and on-demand access to digital audio and video for information and entertainment.
Under the alliance, Nokia will include the mobile version of the RealOne� Player as a standard feature on all its mobile devices that use the Symbian operating system, which is Nokia's operating system for 2.5G and 3G mobile devices. The RealOne Player, with support for 3GPP media formats, RealAudio�, and RealVideo�, will be included as a standard feature on the Nokia Series 60 Platform, the best-of-breed mobile device software platform available for license to other mobile device manufacturers. Nokia Networks will provide integrated media solutions to mobile operators as an authorized reseller of RealSystem� Mobile, RealNetworks' standards-based media delivery platform.
"Today's announcement is a significant landmark for the mobile industry," said Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President, Nokia. "It is a continuation of our fruitful relationship with RealNetworks that has already brought audio and video to the Nokia 9210 Communicator. As the mobile industry standardizes around open mobile architectures, RealNetworks' strength providing consumers with great audio and video experiences make them a natural partner for Nokia. We are confident that our joint efforts with RealNetworks will enrich the mobile consumer's experience while offering revenue generating services for our mobile operator customers."
"We believe the industry will look back on this announcement as a major milestone in the development of digital media services for mobile consumers," said Rob Glaser, CEO and Chairman, RealNetworks, Inc. "Our two companies will accelerate deployment of mobile media services by offering field-proven, standards-based technology as well as total business solutions to mobile operators and content owners. By extending the reach of the RealOne Player into the market-leading Nokia mobile phones, we are enabling consumers to enjoy digital media wherever and whenever they want, and content owners to gain access to new distribution opportunities."
The companies have agreed to a joint technology and business roadmap to enable enhanced media experiences for consumers and scalable business solutions for mobile operators.
This includes:
working together to enable consumers to quickly and easily transfer audio and video from the RealOne Player on their PC to their Nokia mobile devices
addressing digital rights management issues jointly, and
ensuring robust 3GPP capabilities and compliance in mobile device and network products.
The alliance brings together the leader in mobile communications with the leader in Internet media delivery. Nokia is the number one manufacturer of mobile devices with the installed base of its mobile phones exceeding 440 million, and Nokia Networks is a leading supplier of 2G and 3G mobile networks. RealNetworks is the leading provider of digital media technology for the Internet, with more than 250 million registered users of its media player products including its new RealOne Player. RealNetworks' systems products are used by major content owners, broadcasters and distributors throughout the world to create, deliver, and protect digital media.
Availability
RealSystem Mobile, RealNetworks' complete end-to-end software solution for mobile operators, was announced last month at 3GSM World Congress and is now available. Nokia is offering RealSystem Mobile as part of a comprehensive infrastructure solution to operators in the second quarter, 2002.
The mobile version of the RealOne Player will be included with the Nokia 9210i Communicator, which Nokia plans to make available in Europe, Asia, and Africa in the second quarter of 2002, and the Nokia 9290 Communicator, scheduled to be available for the Americas in the second quarter of 2002. It will also be available for the Nokia 7650 later this year.
A demonstration of the RealOne Player on Nokia handsets will be showcased at CeBIT in the Nokia Stand (hall 26, stand E68).
Note: The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is an organization formed by recognized standards bodies for the production of globally applicable technical specifications for third generation (3G) mobile systems.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed broadband and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on six major exchanges.
About RealNetworks
RealNetworks, Inc., based in Seattle, is the global leader in Internet media delivery. It develops and markets software products and services designed to enable users of personal computers and other consumer electronic devices to send and receive audio, video and other multimedia services using the Web. Consumers can access and experience audio/video programming and download RealNetworks' consumer software on the Internet at http://www.real.com. RealNetworks' systems and corporate information is located on the Internet at http://www.realnetworks.com.
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