Announced on May 18, 2006, couple of new W850 and W710 extend the Walkman® Line of Sony Ericsson mobile phones. Most interesting , from developers point of view , will be support Sony Ericsson’s Java Platform 7 ( new version of JP-6 with the addition of AMS(JSR 234) Advanced Multimedia Supplements for enhanced camera and image handling.

The W850 is the first slider Walkman phone and is a UMTS and tri-band GPRS . The W710 is a quad-band EDGE/GPRS clamshell with applications and accessories targeting an active and sporty lifestyle.

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An on-device debugging feature is being included in the next release of Carbide.j, Nokia’s free software development tool for the Java™ Platform, Micro Edition (Java™ ME), formerly the Java™ 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME™). On-device debugging lets a developer troubleshoot code while it is running on a phone, a big improvement over testing on an emulator that may not always match the phone’s precise operation. To use the new on-device debugging feature, a developer will install a small debug agent on the device, then evaluate and control the phone’s software from a PC. The new debugging feature supports Series 60 3rd Edition phones, including the Nokia E60 device, Nokia N80 multimedia device, and Nokia 3250 phone. Developers who use the new on-device debugging feature can benefit from reduced development times, lower costs, and faster time to market.

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Nokia Makes S60 Web Browser Code Open Source

Nokia today announced the Web Browser for S60 3rd Edition and said it will release the source code for S60 WebKit, the browser’s engine, to the open source community. Nokia’s contribution of the S60 WebKit source code includes key mobility enhancements that make WebKit easier to port to different mobile platforms. This aims to reduce fragmentation in the next generation of mobile browsers, simplify content development for the mobile Web, and accelerate adoption of mobile browsing by millions of smartphone users worldwide.

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.mobi is a new top-level domain already approved by ICANN. It will be restricted to mobile devices and mobile sites. It is financed by a association of companies such as Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, Syniverse, 3, Ericsson, GSM Association, T-mobile, Telefonica, TIM and Vodafone. Read more … »

Join Adobe and Nokia for this free seminar on how to develop mobile applications with Flash Lite. Learn how to create and monetize your content, plus find out which Nokia devices are shipping with Flash Lite. A must attend event for Flash and mobile content developers.
This is a one day event being held next Thursday (25 May) and there will be people from Adobe, Nokia and Smashing Ideas presenting a variety of topics that you may find interesting.You’ll learn:
• How to develop mobile applications for Nokia devices with Flash Lite
• Which Nokia devices are planned to ship and when
• How to create and monetize your content
• Go-to-Market strategies