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Thinking about what mobile phones can do except messaging and voice calls is one of my main interests. At the department of Mobile Computing at the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg (Austria), I can work on those ideas every day by collaborating with students, researching and - well - thinking.

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Andreas Jakl's Forum Nokia Blog

Category: General

Developer Events

Last week, I’ve been giving a talk at the first Austrian Android Developers Day (a2d2, organized by T-Mobile ) about Android as a mobile operating system . It has been a very interesting experience – is there something that Nokia can possibly learn from this event? ...

The Phone’s Compass as a Game Controller

CarChallenge is controlled through the compass of the mobile phone. The Nokia 6210 Navigator is the first device from Nokia that features a magnetometer. It allows using the phone as a compass – very important for pedestrian...

Accelerometers Redefine the Game Experience

Accelerometers fully integrated into the game design - turn your phone to change the gravity of the environment! Nearly nobody noticed the Nokia 5500 Sports , most likely the first phone equipped with an accelerometer that was accessible for...

Mobile Physics

Draw abstract objects on the screen; they will instantly get physical properties! Physics engines simulate behaviour and motion of objects in a virtual world. With the increased processor resources available on today’s PCs, almost every...

Mopoid Workshop - Your Own Arkanoid-like Game for S60

Develop a full-blown Arkanoid-like game - and play it! Probably the largest and longest free workshop for S60 development is now available in a completely rewritten and updated version. The unique aspect: everything is explained based on a...

Mobile Surveillance Tools

SpyPhone / BabyPhone is a Python-application that monitors the surrounding sound level. At the core of every mobile phone, there’s still the voice channel. Therefore, every phone is equipped with a microphone that’s...

Explore .sis-files Online

whatisinmysis.com analyzes the contents of your.sis files. Ever wondered what's inside your .sis files? Which certificate was used to sign it? Does it have the right capabilities? Of course there are utilities that can help you with...

Protect your Skis with your Phone!

TDS-S uses NFC technology to secure your skis. Near Field Communication (NFC) is mostly associated with micro payment systems or access solutions. These are the ideal use cases for rather slow, but contactless information...

Mobile Surround Sound

3D Sound on current mobile phones might mainly be a marketing gag – like the sound effects found on Nokia phones like the N95. It certainly does sound nice to have your ringtones swirl around and it works surprisingly well. But of course, it’s just simulated surround with two small...

Automatically Calling Back Saves Money

Auto Call Back can help you to save money. Starting with today, I'm now also on one of the hugely popular all-inclusive phone tariff plans. In Austria, every operator currently has a plan with a certain number of minutes (usually 1000 or...

Abandon your Privacy

CrystalMe explores offering all your private data to the public any time. When Nokia released the Mobile Web Server, we were always thinking, “There is more to this technology than is initially visible”. Just think about it –...

Efficiency Boost - New Carbide.c++ Panic Lookup Plug-In

Everyone who has spent at least a few hours developing in C++ for Symbian OS will know about Symbian OS system error and panic codes. No doubt one of the most “famous” is the KERN-EXEC 3 (null pointer exception). But what if you encounter an E32USER-CBase 71? What is the error -5?...

A new way of using the mobile phone for the visually impaired

Nowadays, more and more features are added to every new generation of mobile phones. It’d be hard to find a phone without camera, mp3 player or advanced games. However, sightless people don’t get a chance to experience these fascinating possibilities. ...

Freeware Symbian Signed: 2 Months+?

New title screen of "The Journey" - now based on pure vector graphis. Currently, I’m trying to release the S60 v3-port of the location based freeware game called “ The Journey ”. It uses the cell ids of the mobile phone network to determine the...

Mobile Morning (Plus: New S60 Text-to-Speech App!)

Yesterday, I had an especially hard time getting up in the morning. This made me think about available tools that can help – and how these can be integrated with mobile phones. After all, you hear from time to time that the alarm clock in a mobile phone is one of the...