DataViz, Inc. today announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for smartphones based on Symbian OS^TM. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the global industry standard operating system for smartphones, to the world's leading handset manufacturers. As a Platinum Partner, DataViz is extending Documents To Go?‚ÂŽ and RoadSync^TM?‚ to the Symbian OS ecosystem. With smartphones based on Symbian OS, users have secure and wireless access to corporate e-mail, calendar, contacts, attachments and other office documents using innovative DataViz technology.

Handango, the leading provider of mobile downloads, announced it is offering Symbian Signed certification to mobile application developers.?‚ Symbian Signed is an industry adopted testing program to ensure Symbian OS(TM) applications meet industry standards.?‚ This offering extends Handango's platform and delivers a complete end-to-end go-to-market service package to mobile operators, device manufacturers, portals and brands delivering content for over 32 million Symbian OS phones in the market. Symbian Signed testing with Handango costs $200 USD for members of the Handango Software Partner Program.?‚ Re-signing updated applications and retesting are also available at similarly discounted rates. Handango lowers barriers for developing on Symbian OS by offering a flexible approach to funding the signing either up front or as an advance in royalties.?‚

Nokia, the global leader in mobility, today announced that its global developer community, Forum Nokia, has now passed the 2 million mark in registrations, reflecting the surge in interest in building applications for mobile devices. Nokia's global developer program also announced that its Forum Nokia PRO program has concluded its first year, with more than 400 member companies receiving advanced levels of technical and business development support.

Last week we looked at Project Professional, an application which used the Sony Ericsson P910i's Java support for project management. Sony Ericsson have a comprehensive Java strategy, from their Symbian OS powered phones down. This paper from Sony Ericsson explains the strategy.

Sony Ericsson has adopted a Java platform strategy for its mobile phones which we believe is key to supporting content developers in their struggle to create applications for a multitude of phones. Currently, there are five Java Platform versions used for Sony Ericsson feature and mass-market phones, and two for Sony Ericsson smartphones. By making Sony Ericsson's Java Platform Strategy public to the developer community, our aim is to help developers concentrate on enhancing the game-playing experience for the end-user instead of spending all of their time on porting issues. When new Java Platform versions are introduced in the future, we plan on making these public also.