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OCTOBER 27, 2009 (UPDATED)

Engage with Satio™ and Sony Ericsson at SEE

See our video reports from SEE 2009 at the Developer World YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/sonyericssondev. We used a Satio™, naturally.

Symbian Foundation and Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson is one of the Symbian Foundation’s founding members. We strongly believe in the benefits of open source as a means of developing software for mobile phones and driving innovation. With the launch of our first Symbian Foundation phone, Satio™, 2009 marks a significant new stage in Sony Ericsson’s long association with Symbian and Symbian developers.

 

Sony Ericsson at SEE 2009

Sony Ericsson will be showing the new Satio™ phone, running speed meeting sessions for developers and presenting a speaker session. At our booth we will have lots of demonstrations, a competition and Developer World staff on hand to discuss opportunities for Symbian developers to earn money with Sony Ericsson’s channels to market.

 

Get up close to Satio™

We will be will be showing off the new ‘Communication Entertainment’ phone, Satio™, our first phone based on the Symbian Foundation platform. Satio™ is a multimedia powerhouse, with a 12.1 Megapixel camera, a large 3.5 inch 16:9 format screen and access to PlayNow™ arena movies. Satio™ is based on Symbian S60 5th Edition and the standard SDK from Symbian can be used to develop native applications. Satio runs S60 5th Edition apps unmodified, and therefore represents a significant new market for developers. Our one-stop content store, PlayNow arena, has been open for submission of games and apps for Satio™ since it was launched in July.

Satio also supports OpenGL® ES 2.0 and we’ll show off not just the amazing gaming capability, but also how the graphics acceleration can make for an easier and more involved user experience.

At the Sony Ericsson booth we will be presenting a range of cool applications and offering the chance to get hands-on with Satio™.

 

Win a Satio™

Come to the Sony Ericsson booth, take part in our Fastest Fingers competition and you could win a Satio™ phone or an accessory. There are three Satio™ phones and two accessories to be won on each day of the show.

 

Buy a Satio™ - Exclusive Sony Ericsson Offer for SEE 2009 delegates

Buy the stunning Satio™ for only £479.99 and receive two FREE Sony Ericsson accessories worth £64 - Snap-on Speaker Stand MS410 and VH-300 Bluetooth™ headset.

 

Speed Meetings – show us your applications

We will once again be running our ‘speed meetings’ – a chance for developers to meet with Sony Ericsson, identify opportunities and discuss requirements.

Each meeting lasts 15 minutes and we manage the time slots strictly, so please think about your presentation and questions ahead of time. Places are limited, so please come to our booth early to book one of the slots that we are holding for on-the-spot booking.

 

Panel & Speaker Sessions:

Panel Session: App Store Showdown

• Who: Balbir Blugan, Application Acquisition Manager, Developer & Partner Engagement, Sony Ericsson
• What: Multiple app stores talk about the opportunity for developers.
• When: Tuesday 27 October at 13.00; Workshop theatre

 

Speaker Session: Shortening the path from code to cash

• Who: Srikar Kasarla, Partner Manager in Sony Ericsson’s Content & Services team
• What: “Shortening the path from code to cash,” covering why open source is the future in an unpredictable global marketplace, nascent mobile content markets and ways in which Symbian developers can position themselves to capitalise on their growth.
• When: Tuesday 27 October at 16.30; Track: Open Source Business Models
  

Panel Session: Open Innovation, the Collaborative Evolution of Symbian

• Who: Bengt-Arne Molin, Head of Symbian Platform, Sony Ericsson
• What: “Open Innovation, the Collaborative Evolution of Symbian.” Leading handset manufacturers Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Sharp and Fujitsu are all evolving the Symbian platform. Together, through the Symbian Foundation, along with other major ecosystem players like AT&T, Orange, Vodafone, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments, they are collaborating in an open environment to accelerate innovation on the Symbian Platform to produce next generation devices that meet the ever-increasing demands of mobile customers. Come listen to these senior executives as they discuss the Symbian platform movement issues, the benefits and challenges of the open collaboration model and how each is contributing to the vision of Symbian becoming the most used software platform on the planet.
• When: Wednesday October 28 at 11:00; Main Stage

 

 

More information:

• Visit the SEE 2009 website>>
• Download the Satio™ White Paper>>
• Read about developing Symbian applications for Satio™>>
• Find out more about PlayNow™ arena Applications>>
• Read more about OpenGL ES and Satio™>>