I had a great chat with Di-Ann Eisnor of Waze back at Mobile World Congress over a month ago then we got to hang at CTIA and I’m just now getting around to putting up my content from the trip.  I really like what Waze is doing and if you haven’t checked them out be sure to do so.  It’s an amazing social mapping program that creates the maps from the trips it’s users take.

Thanks for your time Di-Ann and best of luck with Waze.

Here’s a video I took at MWC showing the new Skype client working Symbian.  It was a huge scoop when I took this video.

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.

Mobile phone and brand app stores have reinvigorated the internet and it looks like a small version of what it was before the bubble burst.  I was just reading Ewan Macleod come back story (great guy by the way) and I’m thinking about his Mobile Industry Developers TV and I’m thinking, it’s back to the little guy again.  People are building widgets in coffee shops and I recently watched an interview the BBC did with a developer building his app on a MacBook Pro in his kitchen.  That’s it, we are back in business and apps are what’s going to save the mobile industry until it can catch up to where I feel it should be.  I just realized it.  Apps are it.  People like Jan Ole Suhr @JanOle who created Gravity the single best Twitter app for S60 has the number 1 spot on the Ovi store right now.  Jan Ole developed the app all by himself.

Janole is a great example of how apps are going to revolutionize the net, yet again.  We are going to have a big swing back to guys grouped together in a coffee shop whispering and typing like mad on their computers.  It will be like 1997 all over again but instead of being all about apps for your computer that sits on a table it will be for your mobile phone that is almost able to everything an average desktop can.  We are seeing a revolution started when Apple opened the iPhone app store.  There are many many people that I never figured to be mobile phone app developers cranking out their inspirations.  Out of work developers/programmers are finding inspiration and evening and weekend developers are doing it to.  We are going to see a controlled “Wild West”.  Controlled by the app stores but hopefully open to all kinds of apps.

I’m hoping it gets really wild and that the app stores support their developers who make the stores stores.  Give them a good revenue model and give them the freedom they need.

On your marks get set GO!  It’s a gold rush mixed with the wild west and we are all going to witness it, don’t miss it.  Good luck developers and make us some useful apps.

I don’t have all the details just yet, but I got an IM the other night telling me that Truphone (mobile VOIP) is now set up to receive calls on the iPhone.  Previously users could only place calls, which is nice but a little restrictive.  Now having Truphone on your iPhone is like having 2 phones built into one.  Truphone will give you the ability to make and receive calls at a much reduced rate when roaming outside your home area.  I use Truphone on my Nokias every time I travel out of the country.  It has been the cheapest and easiest way for people to reach me and gives me the opportunity to reach out.

Check out the Truphone website to get all the details, I’m still a little vague on how it works on the iPhone but I do know that these guys have a really useful app that is now available on at least 3 platforms, iPhone, S60, and Blackberry.

Great news for the S60 enthusiasts out there, like myself.  Nokia has gotten the 6650 in AT&T stores starting tomorrow.  It has been a while since we in the the US have had access to a Nokia Symbian smart phone from a mobile service provider.  The 6650 is not tricked out and laden with extras but on paper it seems like a pretty good phone.  You can read about it more here on the Symbian-Guru blog.  I’m hoping to play with it as soon as it gets into the store.