My good friends and the heros to developers around the world WIP (Wireless Industry Partnership) are stepping up their game.  They aren’t just helping the thousands of developers who can attend a WIPJam or a “Muther of all Hackathons”, they are doing 1 better and bringing knowledge to the folks who may not be able to travel, they are hosting a webinar series, from August 29 – September 9.  The theme is Android ABCs and you’ll find out the secrets to making great apps.  I can’t promise you you’ll get new letters after your name but you might just come away with the knowledge to create the next Angry Birds.

Here’s a link to all the information you’ll need, if you’re a developer I really suggest you check this out.  http://www.wipconnector.com/wipjam/entry/back_to_school_webinars

For transparency sake I rented a bed from them last February at their gorgeous MWC ’11 Barcelona headquarters.

The following post is from Kkndka over at Bright Hub.  He wrote one of the best step by steps I’ve ever read covering emoze Exchange OWA installation and I just had to republish it.  It’s part of a series he’s writing and I’m very impressed.  Kkndka please contact me, I’d love to chat with you Jeb at emoze.com.

Anyway, please enjoy and if anyone has any questions I’m here to answer them for you.

Ever wanted to have push email functionality on your phone just like Blackberry users? You can experience push email on your Symbian phone with Emoze. Read on to find out how to configure Emoze to work with your office email.

Introduction

Microsoft Exchange Server has a component called Outlook Web Access (OWA) that allows you to check your mail anywhere from a web browser. It requires a stable network connection to operate. Emoze can use OWA to push emails to your Symbian phone. Emoze provides end to end security using AES 128 based encryption and authentication.

Read on to find out how you can configure Emoze to work with your workplace email.

How To

Step 1 : From the main screen of Emoze, select Add Account.

Step 2 : Emoze will check for all available account types and display them on the main screen, choose the Office option.

Step 3 : You will need keep the following OWA details ready for the next step – username, password, OWA URL and windows domain name.

Step 4 : Fill up the user name field, password field, your OWA domain which is your windows domain name , and OWA URL. These field are vital and are required for getting your office ail, contacts, email and calendar data. You may need to get some of these details from your System Administrator.

Your windows domain can be obtained by selecting Alt+Ctrl+Delete on your windows terminal. The OWA URL is the URL of the exchange server. It cannot be behind a firewall or VPN.

Step 5 : Select Next and choose the folders which you want to synchronize. For example, you can choose Calendar and Inbox.

Step 6 : Now choose Settings and select Account info. Specify the folders which you want to push. You can specify Active Days which decides on what days the application will synchronize your emails.

Step 7 : You can enable Power Saving mode to increase the synchronization period to save your Symbian phones’s battery life. During this time the application will check for mails with longer gaps. In the Active From and Active To fields, you can enter the duration for the power saving mode.

Step 8 : If you want to specify an access point which you want to permanently use with Emoze, you can enter it under the Settings menu. The Statistics option will display the connection details, so you can track your data usage.

This was part 2 of 3 from kkndka of Bright Hub. Part 3 is coming soon.  Stay tuned to learn how to set up emoze to check Gmail, POP3 and IMAP email.

A writer over at Bright Hub named kkndka (I’m trying to get his real name) wrote a great 3 part piece about how to set up emoze on Symbian S60 handsets.  Part 1, below is an explanation on how to get the emoze app on your phone.  Part 2 which I’ll publish soon is about setting up Outlook Web Access (OWA) email in emoze.  I’m quite excited to find out what part 3 will be.  Anyway read on if you need help getting started with emoze.  

Ever wanted to have push email functionality on your phone just like Blackberry users? You can experience push email on your Symbian phone with Emoze. Read on to get started.

Introduction

Emoze is an application that bring the power of push email to any Symbian phone. Push email is a service that allows you to receive your emails in real time. As long as you are connected to a data service, messages are automatically ‘pushed’ to your Symbian phone. There is no need to connect or disconnect from a service in order to download and view your messages. Blackberry users don’t have to be the only ones with push email functionality any more.

Push email functionality provided by Emoze is secure; all data is encrypted and directly pushed to your device when it is ready to accept. Your mails are not stored on a third party server.

In this guide you will learn how to install Emoze and enjoy secure push email functionality on your Symbian phone.

We will be using the free edition of Emoze which has the following features -

• Receive and send email
• Download attachment of up to 100kb in size
• Synchronize your PIM

The free version is more than adequate for day to day usage but if you need to send larger attachments or sync with Microsoft Exchange server at your workplace, you can consider upgrading to the pro version.

Installation

You can get Emoze on your phone using 3 methods -

• Download it to your PC -

Go to Emoze.com and click on Get Emoze. You will need to enter your phone manufacturer and model. You will get a SIS file which you must transfer to your phone using the Nokia PC Suite or Bluetooth. Install this SIS file from your file manager.

• Direct Download from the Internet -

Using a mobile browser such as the Series 60 browser or Opera Mini navigate to http://m.emoze.com and select Download emoze Mobile client , accept any security or warning messages and install the application

• Get it via SMS -

Navigate to emoze.com and enter your country and telephone number. Fill in the authentication code and you should receive the download link via SMS.

Conclusion

Continue reading this article series to find out how you configure Emoze to work with your email service. Emoze works with standard POP3/IMAP email, Gmail and your workplace email using OWA/PC Connector. You can have multiple accounts with each service.

Stay tuned for the next iteration in a few days, if you have any questions feel free to email me or ping me on Twitter.
Email: Jeb@emoze.com
Twitter: @JebBrilliant or @emozepushemail

By the way kkndka if you read this please contact me.  Thanks.

I put together this short video showing you how to install emoze mobile push email client on to a Nokia S60 smart phone, also known as Symbian.  emoze is best 3rd party email application (I may be slightly biased because they are a client of mine), they are not just the best 3rd party email app they are also a push email application.  There’s a free version and a paid version.  Visit emoze.com for details and to get the application, or go to emoze.com on your mobile browser to download it directly.

I can be reached with any questions about Emoze at Jeb@emoze.com or on Twitter at @EmozePushEmail.