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  • 2010
    • May
      • Symabook Launched!
        17/05/10
        After the alpha and beta phases are over, Symarctic has launched the first official Symabook application. Grab yours at Ovi Store.

        We want to thank you all the alpha and beta testers for your valuable feedback. It really helped us making the application better, thanks!

        For you

    • March
      • Thank you all alpha and beta testers!
        09/03/10
        Thank you all Symabook alpha and beta testers for your comments and ideas. The beta test phase of Symabook has ended and Symabook 1.0 will be released soon.

        Stay tuned for the first product release of Symabook!


        - Symabook Team

    • January
      • Symabook Beta 0.50.1
        31/01/10
        Thank you all Symabook alpha and beta testers for your comments and ideas. The beta test phase of Symabook has ended and Symabook 1.0 will be released soon.


        We are just little bit short of Symabook 1.0 release! We have made a new build for 0.50 beta version of Symabook. The new vers

  • 2009
    • December
      • Using ExtGPS with Android SDK
        15/12/09
        Here's a little tip for those of you who use different kind of GPS enabled software development tools. You can use ExtGPS to provide live GPS information for your development purposes.

        On Android development kit, there is a special text based protocol over TCP port 5554 which can se

      • Symabook Beta Release
        01/12/09
        Thank you all Symabook alpha and beta testers for your comments and ideas. The beta test phase of Symabook has ended and Symabook 1.0 will be released soon.


        Congratulations to all S60 3rd Editioners! Symabook now supports your phone. We pushed the S60 3rd Edition to its limits but w

      • Symabook Alpha test phase has been closed!
        01/12/09
        Thank you all, who has been testing our Alpha releases of Symabook application. Your comments and ideas has been great support to our development team.

        Currently we are pushing to the Beta release with S60 3.x support for 320x240 and 240x320 screen resolutions. For the S60 5th Edition use

    • October
      • Symabook Alpha 2 Release
        21/10/09
        We heard you! We made much anticipated upgrade to the Symabook, now titled as alpha 2, which includes lots of improvements here and there. Support for landscape orientation, comments feature and improved character support just to name a few. We were very delighted of your feedback for the previous v

    • September
      • Symabook Alpha feedback
        11/09/09
        We have received feedback from the users of Symabook Alpha. Thank you all for the feedback! We are addressing issues reported to us. We have had some nice reviews also:
        - App Preview: Symabook – “Best user interface seen on the N97 ever!”
        - Nokia 5800 App Review: Symabook Alpha by Symarcti

      • Symabook Alpha Released
        01/09/09
        Hi folks, it starts now! Grab your copy of Symabook Alpha and give it a test drive on your S60 5th edition mobile phone. We have tested it to run on Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and N97. Our pre-alpha testers have also reported Symabook to work on Samsung i8910HD (Thanks Tariq!).

        Download Symab

    • August
      • Symabook early technology preview released
        07/08/09
        This is early technology preview video of our upcoming Symabook application. Symabook is Facebook Platform application for S60 5th Edition and later for S60 3rd Edition mobile phones. Symabook features user interface that is not seen before in S60 devices. Available soon from http://www.symarctic.co

      • ExtGPS Platforms
        05/08/09
        Symarctic ExtGPS is created in somewhat platform independent way. Originally, it was only created in Nokia S60 devices in mind, but it should work on other platforms which provide MIDP 2.0 API, JSR-82 Blueooth API and JSR-179 Location API.

        However, there are some differences in some plat

  • 2008
    • February
      • Nokia N95 Positioning – How to establish a GPS connection efficiently
        22/02/08
        I was looking for information about E90's GPS antenna position, but instead I found this interesting document: N95_GPS_Connection_Guide_en.pdf

        It doesn't really tell me any real new information, but I think it can be useful for some of the N95 users. Here's a quote from th

      • HOWTO: Connecting ExtGPS to Mac OS X Leopard 10.5
        06/02/08
        Several users have asked how the Bluetooth setup process goes for OS X Leopard -here's how!

        Make sure ExtGPS is runnning on the phone. Open Bluetooth panel from System Preferences. If you have not yet paired your phone, press the plus (+) button, otherwise you can click on the aste

    • January
      • Video Tutorials
        28/01/08
        In addition to the few screenshots I've posted, at least a couple of tutorial videos are found in the web. These show you how to connect ExtGPS and Nokia N770/N800/N810 devices:

        Nokia Users: ExtGPS - Internal GPS Sharing for S60v3

        The Mobile Gadgeteer: Use your Nokia N95

      • Screenshots
        26/01/08
        I just realized that I have not uploaded any screenshots at all. Here's some basic screens of ExtGPS, taken on E90.

        Firstly, the Bluetooth permission screen. If Bluetooth is not enabled, this is skipped and you will only get the Bluetooth error screen.


        Positioning

      • NMEA-0183 sentences outputted by ExtGPS
        17/01/08
        If you are more into GPS navigation, you might also know that there's varying levels of navigation statements outputted by different GPS devices. In case you are pondering if ExtGPS on S60 device is suitable for your application, here's a sample NMEA data as outputted by Nokia E90.
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  • 2007
    • December
      • ExtGPS and power consumption
        02/12/07
        Recently, Forum Nokia released a new developer tool for measuring S60 application's power consumption (Nokia Energy Profiler) Here are some results and conclusions about power usage while using ExtGPS on Nokia E90 communicator.

        The biggest power hog is the screen backlight. Alone,

    • November
      • HOWTO: ExtGPS and Linux BlueZ
        05/11/07
        To make our series complete, here are the instructions how to setup ExtGPS for Linux applications, using Bluetooth serial port.

        Unlike the other howtos, this one is command line based. Probably suits better for Linux enthusiasts :-)

        Make sure ExtGPS is up and running and your

    • October
      • ExtGPS with A-GPS on E90
        31/10/07
        New firmware version, 07.40.1.2, enables A-GPS also on E90 using ExtGPS v0.31. You can update software yourself using Nokia Software Updater (www.nokia.com/softwareupdate).

        Just a word of caution, when I updated the phone, the Updater reported "Connection to Phone Lost". At th

      • ExtGPS v0.31
        17/10/07
        This version changes criteria for used locationing method, allowing location method to cost (for sending data). In effect, this enables A-GPS (network assisted GPS) positioning on N95's latest firmware upgrade.

        Download ExtGPS

      • ExtGPS Future improvements
        01/10/07
        Beta version of ExtGPS is now publicly available. I'm collecting more features for upcoming versions, feel free to post your suggestions here.

        Currently under planning/evaluation:

        - Satellite information
        - Dummy NMEA data while obtaining satellite fix
        - USB conn

    • September
      • ExtGPS v0.3
        25/09/07
        New ExtGPS version is available. Symarctic ExtGPS allows you to share phone's built-in GPS module to laptop via Bluetooth. It is mainly targeted for Nokia N95, E90, 6110 Navigator handsets, allowing you to use existing, more sophisticated GIS applications. Free for personal, non-commercial u

      • HOWTO: Connecting ExtGPS to Microsoft Windows Vista
        20/09/07
        Before you can use ExtGPS in your Windows applications, you need to connect it using a Bluetooth serial port. Here are the instructions for Windows Vista, using the built-in Bluetooth stack. In Windows XP (or 2000), the process is similar, but depends on the Bluetooth stack your system is using.
      • HOWTO: Connecting ExtGPS to Mac OS X
        19/09/07
        First, you make sure you have Bluetooth enabled on your S60 phone, start ExtGPS and accept both security dialogs (for positioning and Bluetooth connectivity).

        Now, open Bluetooth devices from System Preferences. If you have not yet connected your phone to OSX, go through Set Up New Devic