At Microsoft TechEd 2005 Europe, DataViz, Inc., leading provider of Office compatibility solutions for over 21 years, today announced that its new RoadSync solution for Symbian UIQ smartphones is shipping. Based on the Exchange ActiveSync protocol licensed from Microsoft, RoadSync is the first commercially available software solution to provide secure, wireless and direct synchronization with Exchange Server 2003, thereby extending the existing mobile benefits of Exchange Server 2003 to reach non-Microsoft devices. RoadSync for Symbian UIQ offers full mobile access to corporate Outlook e-mail, attachments, calendar and contacts, making the popular Sony Ericsson P900/P910 series smartphones the first non-Microsoft devices to support the full Exchange ActiveSync implementation.

Apps for phones announce today the availability of Version 2 of the leading RAD tool for creating applications for phones and other wireless devices that support the J2ME Standard. The apps for phones RAD tool enables software developers, whatever their skill set, to build applications for mobile phones. The visual designer allows for a "drag and drop" development process and the automatic separation of UI from business logic simplifies the complex issues associated with porting J2ME applications between different phones. It provides easy integration with Web Services, which enables developers to integrate legacy systems and Internet servers.?‚

The SymbianOS SDK is built to run on a WIN32 system. It consists of 2 toolchains. One for building the code for the Epoc32-Emulator on Windows (called the WINS target) using one of the commercial C++ compilers from Borland, Metrowerks or Microsoft.A second one, using gcc for the so called MARM target which is the phone itself (e.g Nokia 6600 or SE P910). Symbian released the modified gcc source together with the source for 4 important tools, which makes it possible to build C++ programs without a Windows emulator.
Alternatives:
It is possible to get the second chain running on Unix. There are more alternatives, which are different in how the makefiles are built: The one described in this document, where you use makefiles directly. Bulding console C/C++ programs (.exe), shared libraries (.dll) or C++ applications (.app) is supported. There are even builtin rules to build a complete sis file (i.e. installation file), so you do not need to fight with the .pkg file syntax. GnuPOC, which takes the "Symbian" way, using makmake to generate makefiles from "makmake project" files (.mmp). 

SCN LTD, a leading creator of VoIP Wireless LAN technology, today launched Truphone, the world's first fully converged solution - allowing people to make VoIP calls on the Series 60 Platform. Developed by Nokia, Series 60 is the world's leading smartphone platform, with millions of devices already in the market. Truphone allows you to carry only one phone for both fixed and mobile use - seamlessly roaming between Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G - connecting via SIP to the public phone system. The Series 60 smartphone architecture provides users with all the basic and advanced cellular phone functions in a compact device characterized by a large color screen, rich communications and enhanced applications.