SNAP Mobile, Nokia's end-to end solution for connected mobile gaming in Java technology, has today announced its latest Software Development Kit (SDK 2.0). After several years of market deployment and continuous technology development based on developer feedback, the SNAP Mobile SDK 2.0 has evolved to make game development even more intuitive with a simpler API, faster emulation and testing tools. The SDK is free of charge and available through Forum Nokia, the largest mobile development community worldwide with 3.4 million registered members.

Microsoft introduced two new products to help photographers manage their digital photos in a new way using location data, a process known as geotagging. Geotagging is an new way to organize your digital photos that was previously available only to those with technical expertise. Microsoft Software makes geotagging available for all photographers and can be downloaded for free at the Microsoft Website. Microsoft also released Expression Media 2, which is part of the Expression family of products for creative professionals. It's designed to help reduce the amount of time required by photographers to manage and organize large collections of photos and other digital media, and it includes geotagging functionality.

Het aantal downloads van de Facebook applicatie voor BlackBerry smartphones heeft de één miljoen overstegen. Dat meldt Research In Motion (RIM). De BlackBerry softwareapplicatie biedt snelle en eenvoudige toegang tot de populaire netwerksite Facebook. De applicatie maakt hierbij gebruik van de pushgebaseerde BlackBerry systeem architectuur en van het Facebook platform. RIM lanceerde de applicatie tijdens de CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment-show. Sinds de initiële lancering heeft RIM de Facebook-applicatie voor BlackBerry-smartphones beschikbaar gemaakt in het Frans, Duits en Spaans. De softwareapplicatie is gratis te downloaden.

Apple previewed its iPhone 2.0 software, scheduled for release this June, and announced the immediate availability of a beta release of the software to selected developers and enterprise customers. The Apple iPhone 2 software beta release includes both the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) as well as new enterprise features such as support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to provide secure, over-the-air push email, contacts and calendars as well as remote wipe, and the addition of Cisco IPsec VPN for encrypted access to private corporate networks.

iTookThisOnMyPhone, a leading mobile phone photo sharing company, announced its wireless mobile photo transfer application is now available on Windows Mobile smartphones. A complete list of supported Smartphones is available on the company website. Since its launch, iTookThisOnMyPhone has proven itself to be a popular and extremely easy to use application with an ever expanding user base in more than 80 countries. The launch of the Windows Mobile version expands iTookThisOnMyPhone beyond its existing service on BlackBerry 8100 and 8300 Series wireless smartphones.

Adobe Systems Incorporated announced that major content providers, including MTV Networks, the Nasdaq Stock Market, eBay, Reuters, Dolce & Gabbana and others are using the company’s Flash Player compatible mobile products and solutions to extend their brands to the handheld market. Leading companies are adopting Adobe Flash Home, a new mobile application for rich, dynamic home screens, and Adobe Flash Cast 2 technology, the next generation offline portal solution, to deliver high-impact user experiences and provide instant access to data services.

Your Nokia N95 Multimedia Mobile phone can do so many great things, but so can you. Here's your chance to update your Nokia N95 cell phone with the latest improvements - making your connected life just that bit smoother. Available directly from the Nokia Software Updater (NSU), the latest software for the Nokia N95 mobile phone will elevate performance levels even further, thanks to added features. The new improvements from this software version touch those experiences that make your life more enjoyable: music, maps and games - and supported in even more languages than ever before.

While more and more children use wireless phones to communicate with parents and each other, parents are growing concerned regarding the potentially harmful web content available on mobile phones. To assist parents in controlling their child’s mobile internet usage, Alltel Wireless, America’s largest wireless network, providing coverage across the nation, has teamed with Bytemobile, the global leader in mobile internet solutions for network operators, to announce Alltel Parental Controls, a content filtering application available free of charge beginning in February 2008.

1stWorks announced the immediate availability of Files2Phones 2.0 - a powerful desktop application that enables your iPhone to function as a real time remote control for your computer - securely, encrypting your data in transit. Any application or file type, documents, presentations, spreadsheets, CAD drawings, even custom applications- any application that can be opened on your own desktop can now be viewed and controlled remotely from your iPhone. To set up F2P, simply drag and drop the local directories, applications or files you want to access remotely into public, private or guest folders on your desktop PC or Mac.

Nokia continues to implement innovations for S60 on Symbian Operating System, to develop the best mobile user experiences. S60 will introduce features that enhance the experience and enable manufacturers, developers and operators to design new types of mobile phones, applications and services. The touch user interface in S60 smartphone software offers the opportunity to develop smartphones with a variety of input methods, whether it is a touch screen with normal keypad, touch screen with a qwerty keyboard or just a touch screen alone, supporting both finger or stylus optimized input, in addition to the range of access options that already exist.