Symbian’s Social Mobile Framework puts ’social’ in the operating system

Symbian is embracing social mobile services in a very big way as James Aley of the Symbian Foundation explains in detail in today’s video. They’re essentially building support for social services such as Twitter, Facebook and so on right into the operating system — so, as a developer, you can simply make a call to the OS for a list of currently active friends irrespective of what actual service they’re using. The possibilities of this are pretty substantial. Expect, for example, to see a whole array of applications using social services with ease. James elegantly explains the concept in this video. If you’d like a little more detail, Rafe produced this related article on All About Symbian. Have a watch!

You can also view the Symbian Wiki Social Mobile Framework pages for more information.

Via : mobileindustryreview

Gravity Adds Google Reader Support

Gravity now supports Google Reader but keep in mind this functionality is new and does not support the boat load of the Twiter side of Gravity.

Options Available Now

1. Saving as a favorite is the equivalent of starring in Google Reader

2. Post to Delicious is also there – which is very nice indeed

3. Updating the general timeline of newsfeed

4. Marking all items as read

You can download the alpha version here

Sync Your N900 Contacts With Twitter And Facebook With Hermes !

Hermes was the god of communication. On Maemo, he'll make sure your contacts have photos, birthdays and other meta data from your friends on the Internet.

As you'll see, you can choose the information providers in Hermes' accounts dialogue.

Facebook will open in the browser to authorize the app (and your account) before Hermes can continue.

Contacts view after Hermes has run.

Via : flickr

Upcoming : Gravity 1.24 with experimental GPS support for S60v5 and Facebook UI changes !

In case you didn't know, a new version of the awesome twitter application Gravity (v1.24) will include a GPS support for S60v5 and some Facebook UI changes !

EXPERIMENTAL
- Gps for S60 V5 (Tools -->GPS to clipboard)
Fixed
- FB images loaded on demand
- FB comments sorted correctly
- Temporary fix for empty tweets browser
- Facebook login bug
- Open URL in web browser

If you want to test it, download it and drop some comments over here ;)

TuneWiki Develops Social Media Player for S60v5 and Announces Lyrics Search for Nokia Devices

TuneWiki, Inc. announced that it has completed the development of its award winning social media player for the Symbian V5 series with full functionality and exciting new features. The player is being revealed today at DEMOfall 09 on Nokia's recently announced X6 handset. TuneWiki is now supporting all five of the operating systems used by Nokia in its wide array of mobile devices. TuneWiki Lyrics Search is currently available at the Ovi Store by Nokia for all S60 devices, and is expected to be available for S40 devices in early October.

"We are thrilled to be releasing Lyrics Search and supporting the entire line of Nokia mobile products," said Amnon Sarig, President of TuneWiki, Inc. "Nokia is the world's largest handset provider, and we know its customers will be delighted by the way TuneWiki enhances their mobile music experience. The new X6 is a phenomenal handset with strong processing capabilities that will allow users to enjoy the extensive functionality of the TuneWiki player. TuneWiki will make lyrics, one of the top searches on the internet, easily accessible to Nokia users in a way that has not been seen before."

The Symbian S60v5 Touch TuneWiki music player for the Nokia X6, N97 and 5800 handsets offers all the favorite functionality of the iPhone and Blackberry platforms and more. It is the first version to offer a "Follow Me" feature that allows a user's social network to see what that user is listening to. The player also allows music videos to be viewed with subtitled lyrics, and the user can "blip" a link to his or her social networks to display the music being played.

About TuneWiki

TuneWiki is the internationally award-winning social media music player with the largest legally-licensed lyrics database in the world. TuneWiki is revolutionizing the mobile music experience by combining subtitled lyrics with music and music videos, lyrics translations into over 40 languages, real-time mapping, geographical charting and social networking. TuneWiki's proprietary technology combines lyrics with the music you play whether from your locally stored library or a streaming internet source. It also allows the TuneWiki community to contribute to and update lyrics and translations. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in the British Virgin Islands and has offices in Los Angeles, California and Bellbrook, Ohio. To learn more, please visit www.tunewiki.com.

Via YahooFinance

Lifecast with Ovi to share memorable moments with your friends on Facebook

Today Ovi introduces a new feature, lifecasting, at Nokia World 09 in Stuttgart, Germany. With Ovi, you can now share with your Facebook friends where you are and what you are doing in a new way. All you have to do is simply add the Ovi lifecasting widget to the home screen of your Nokia N97.

Ovi lifecasting can open up new ways for you to share your memorable moments with your friends.

This is an exclusive preview for the first early birds. Download the Ovi lifecasting widget now to make sure you are one of the first exclusive beta users!

Your Nokia N97 detects your real life location through GPS/A-GPS or network positioning. You can share the street address you are at, a meaningful location from the nearby places of interests, or even a favorite place saved on your Ovi Maps^Beta. To capture the moment and make it more memorable, you can take a photo and attach it to your post.

Source : betalabs

Ovi Maps Beta for S60 5th Edition gets Updated : New Services & Content

Ovi Maps for S60 V5 Touch Devices (like the Nokia 5800, Nokia N97, etc) just got a slightly major update.

The first new change is that the new starting screen giving you “one touch access to a variety of new content and services“.

The built in Car Navigation “Drive” now comes with text-to-speech feature for voice guidance including street names during navigation. The Pedestrian “Walk” navigation now has voice guidance with voice instructions including street names during navigation. Sweet !

There’s also now real-time Weather information including a 5 day forecast for your current location or the one you go next.

You can also check out “Events” for movies, concerts and venues around your location or other places you have found with the help of the Find places functionality.

And for Travelers, there’s now premium editorial travel content by Lonely Planet and Michelin for over 1000 destinations.

Definitely worth updating to eh ? You can download the update over at the Ovi Maps Page on BetaLabs.

Here’s a video introducing the new Features in Ovi Maps Beta :