Possible new E- series device?

Jah spotted this thread over at mobile-review regarding a possible new E- series device. If the picture is anywhere close I am on it like a shot!

“The new Communicator will be S60 3rd Edition (3.1 precisely) based. The internal screen will be VERY HUGE, and the external screen will be S60 as well - thanks to S60 3rd Edition’s scalable UI. The keyboard will be large and comfortable, too. That’s all for now but more info will come as soon as I know something.”

Mobile users can now access Oracle® Applications from Nokia E61 and Nokia E62 devices

New York, NY, USA -Nokia today announced the certification and availability of several Oracle® mobile enterprise applications on the Nokia E61 and Nokia E62 devices.  These applications include Oracle Mobile Field Service and Oracle’s Siebel Wireless, which are supported on the Nokia E61 and Nokia E62 devices. The certification enables mobile field service, field sales, and mobile professionals to use one device to access these critical business applications, as well as voice communications, while out of the office.

Oracle Mobile Field Service enables mobile access to relevant work schedules and job information, allowing field service dispatchers and their service representatives to collaborate more closely as work requests are created, updated and subsequently completed.  “By bringing our enterprise application expertise to Nokia Eseries business devices, we are delivering a mobile solution to organizations worldwide that enables mobile professionals to make informed decisions more quickly, offer better customer service, and more importantly enhance the productivity and experience of the mobile worker.” said Anand Subbaraman, Director, Field Service Product Strategy at Oracle.

Oracle’s Siebel Wireless Applications for Sales, Service, Partner Relationship Management and eService using the Nokia device to connect to the Internet allow mobile users to view, edit and create information in their companies’ Siebel Enterprise database. “Oracle’s Siebel Wireless Applications and the Nokia E61 and Nokia E62 provide a critical market differentiation for enterprises seeking to gain a competitive advantage through mobile CRM deployments” said Guy Waterman, Senior Director, Mobile Product Strategy at Oracle.

“Nokia and Oracle are now able to deliver essential mobile solutions to professionals: the ability to access real-time customer information. This is critical for executives, sales professionals, and field service personnel that spend a majority of their time away from their offices” said Chris Fletcher, Director of Alliance and Solutions Marketing at Nokia.  “The combination of access to critical Oracle applications, combined with the best of class enterprise voice capabilities provided by the Nokia E61 and Nokia E62, make for a compelling mobile enterprise solution.”

The Oracle and Nokia solutions will be exhibited at the Nokia stand at Oracle OpenWorld this week, October 22 - 26, 2006, at San Francisco’s Moscone Center.

E61 Emulators

I was looking at Speccy today (the Spectrum emulator) and stumbled upon 3 other emulators for the E61- MasterGear, ColEm and VGBA. If you like retro gaming these have to be worth a look…

Emulators are programs that run software written for old computers or videogame consoles on the new hardware. Essentially, an emulator makes old software “think” that it is running on the original hardware, while it actually runs on your computer. I am creating emulators since 1993 and have made quite a few of them. For those who would like to try making an emulator on their own but do not know where to start, I have written a short introduction into the craft.

Originally, I developed emulators for PCs and Unix workstations. With time though, even mobile devices such as PDAs and cell phones became capable of emulating older hardware. Thus, at this page you will find my applications for Nokia Symbian-based smart phones and instructions on how to set them up.

If you work for a game company that would like to run its legacy games on mobile phones or other hardware, and need help…

Windows Live Messenger For Nokia E61

Head on over to E-Series and check out Windows Live Messenger For Nokia E61- great news! “Windows Live Messenger is available as a download from Microsoft China. The Nokia E61 isn’t listed as one of the supported devices but it works great with the Nokia E61.”

Symbian Smartcards- geek games

The review of Symbian Smartcards at All About Symbian made me laugh- one for the true geek “Every year, on leaving the Smartphone Show, Rafe, Steve and I pick up the Symbian pamphlet of all the published phones, and joke that this is the year that we would sit down, write some Flash code, and create a Top Trumps game, where people could compare the properties of each phone on a programmed playing card – winner takes both cards, and another round is played. Keep playing until you have all the cards.

Well, this year, we didn’t have to do that. Whether someone in the Symbian Press/Wiley Publishing marketing department has been paying attention, or simply smoking something interesting, once we jumped on the DLR to get back home, we each had in our hands a box of ‘Symbian Smartcards’. Yes, 52 actual playing cards, with all the stats.

Who needs flash when you have cardboard?”