-GPS dog-collar manufacturer Retrieva (www.retrievatracking.com) and mobile phone sat-nav specialists ViewRanger (www.viewranger.com) have unveiled new updates to their dog collar and software combination that allows you to track your dog on your mobile phone.

-The new features help you to predict where your runaway dog may be headed.

-The ViewRanger mobile phone software communicates with the Retrieva tracking collar via SMS text, and can show you the speed that your dog is travelling and the direction in which it is heading.

-The software automatically combines this with detailed street and topographic maps to give a visual indication of where your dog is likely to be.

-Other new features include global map coverage with street map and topographic basemap coverage and better reporting of the Retrieva collar status, including battery state, within the ViewRanger software.

-The update is included in new firmware within the Retrieva collars and within the latest ViewRanger sat-nav software. The ViewRanger software is included in-the-box with every Retrieva tracking collar.

-Pedigree breed dog owners, search and rescue dog teams in the UK, and working dogs in Scandinavia have all benefited from this co-operation.

-The Retrieva Tracking collars are available from www.retrievatracking.com RRP £199.99 and £9.99 per month to cover all network communications.

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More than 200 million smartphone users worldwide now have Skype at their fingertips Luxembourg and Espoo, Finland - Skype and Nokia today jointly announced the release of Skype for Symbian, a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform, the world's most popular smartphone platform. Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users worldwide to use Skype on the move, over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G). It is now downloadable for free from the Ovi Store, Nokia's one-stop shop for mobile content. Skype for Symbian enables Nokia smartphone users to: - Make free Skype-to-Skype calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world* - Save money on calls and texts (SMS) to phones abroad - Send and receive instant messages to and from individuals or groups - Share pictures, videos and other files - Receive calls to their existing online number - See when Skype contacts are online and available to call or IM - Easily import names and numbers from the phone's address book Skype for Symbian will run on any Nokia smartphone using Symbian ^1, the latest version of the Symbian platform. Skype will soon introduce this client to Symbian mobile devices from other manufacturers, including Sony Ericsson. "Symbian enables us to bring smartphones to more and more people and ensures scale for our solutions and compelling services, such as Skype.Leer más

Incluye la última versión de Ovi Mapas gratuita con navegación GPS en modo peatón y coche, y permite compartir la localización con los amigos de Facebook. Madrid, 02 de marzo de 2010. – Nokia presenta hoy el nuevo smartphone Nokia C5, un dispositivo que conserva lo mejor del diseño clásico de Nokia y que incluye la última versión de Ovi Mapas con navegación GPS gratuita en modo peatón y coche. Este dispositivo compacto con materiales de primera calidad, incluye acceso a los servicios móviles de Nokia y está optimizado para el acceso a redes sociales y para compartir contenidos. El Nokia C5 estará disponible en el mercado español previsiblemente a partir del segundo trimestre de 2010. El precio para España será comunicado más adelante cuando se anuncie su fecha de lanzamiento local. El precio estimado anunciado desde Global es de 135€ (antes de impuestos). El nuevo Nokia C5, además de la navegación GPS incluye gratis todos los mapas y sus actualizaciones, así como los contenidos premium: Guías Lonely Planet y Michelin de más de 10.000 destinos por todo el mundo, información de radares y de tráfico. Además, el Nokia C5 permite compartir también la localización con los amigos de Facebook. El nuevo Nokia C5 está optimizado para mantener a los usuarios en contacto con sus amigos y familiares, haciendo más fácil y sencillo compartir contenidos.Leer más

February 15th, 2010 - SPB Software, a leading mobile applications and games developer announces the release of SPB Mobile Shell 5.0, a major upgrade to the world’s bestselling mobile application, popular among both end-users and OEMs. Unlike all the previous versions of SPB Mobile Shell available exclusively for Windows Mobile smartphones with touchscreens, version 5.0 is to be released for Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian. Thanks to the new portable SPB UI Engine, SPB Mobile Shell is planned to be spread to more mobile platforms.

Major updates to the new version include a new 3D engine and an improved social networking integration. The former means support for new types of eye candy effects such as 3D Media Player, 3D Photo Viewer, 3D Weather, dynamic 3D widgets and more, while the latter involves message, contacts, photo and status sync with popular services, namely Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

One important innovation in SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 is the Natural Interaction Engine which includes support for G-sensor and multitouch, a dedicated Feedback Engine providing realistic visual and haptic responses, and a Physics Engine responsible for the real-world behavior of all objects.

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Mobile World Congress 2010 (Hall 2, Stand 2C37) – Barcelona, Spain – 15^th February, 2010 Streamezzo announces version 3.0, the latest release of its mobile application development platform already adopted by the world’s largest operators, handset manufacturers and application providers around the world. Today’s announcement empowers developers to create and run the same single source code application on any operating systems (OS), finally breaking the “1 source code for 1 OS” paradigm.

The 3.0 release includes new features and enhancements of each of the three components of the platform required to create, test and publish applications: Workbench (Streamezzo’s authoring tool), the Rich Media Server (a J2EE-compliant carrier-grade middleware for managing and upgrading applications) and the Rich Media Client (a powerful, cross-platform runtime engine available for all major operating systems, including: Android, BlackBerry, Brew, iPhone, Java, Linux, Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile).

Version 3.0 introduces a set of key innovations that combine tools to improve the application development life cycle and also allows developers to unleash their creativity.

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Como la mítica canción de John Paul Young, Love is in the air, y está por todas partes. No sabemos cuándo ni dónde. Cupido es caprichoso. Por ello, tenemos que estar preparados para un día tan señalado donde las flechas del amor se multiplican y vuelan por doquier.

Nokia propone algunas formas románticas para poner tu móvil a punto para El Día de los Enamorados con aplicaciones disponibles en Ovi Tienda:

Love Guru.- Domina el juego del amor con tu Gurú personal. Basta con hacerle una pregunta y te contestará con la sabiduría de un verdadero Gurú del amor. ¿Quieres saber si alguien es la persona perfecta para ti? Pregúntaselo a tu Gurú y el determinará si permaneceréis juntos para siempre. Pero eso no es todo, el Gurú del amor te ayudará a escribir el SMS ideal para esa ocasión tan especial. Ir por delante de los designios del amor es muy fácil con esta aplicación disponible en Ovi Tienda por 2,08€ (IVA incluido).

The Love Calculator.- Averigüe si su amor es verdadero. Indique su nombre y el de su pareja o amor secreto y la Calculadora del Amor lo determinará mediante una puntuación. Disponible en Ovi Tienda por 1,04€ (IVA incluido).

Cita o Plantón.- Tanto para chicas como para chicos, este simulador de citas mide tus habilidades de seducción. ¿Te atreves? Esta aplicación está disponible en Ovi Tienda por 3,12€ (IVA incluido).

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Espoo , Finland - Nokia has today announced that since the 21 January 2010 launch of the new version of Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation, there have been over 1.4 million downloads. The one million mark was reached just one week after the launch.

"We’re averaging a download a second, 24 hours a day," said Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President, Nokia. "When we announced free walk & drive navigation we knew it would be a game-changer. The number of people now using their Nokia for navigation, and as a result looking for more location-aware software, is growing faster than even we predicted."

The success of the new version Ovi Maps is a key part of Nokia’s strategy to lead the market in mobile maps, navigation and location-based services. By leveraging its investment in NAVTEQ, Nokia has been able to remove the costs associated with navigation for drivers and pedestrians and is quickly activating a massive user base to which it can offer new location features, content and services.
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