Beating the Samsung drum!

One of the most popular videos on our YouTube Channel is the G-Sensor Drumkit example which shows an i7710 and the i8910 both running our Percussion example application. The example uses the Samsung S60 GSensor API on supported devices to play sound samples when the phone is shaken.

Well someone asked for a copy of this neat app on the YouTube comment wall, and we thought, why not! (If you’re out there DannitPictures Hello!).

We’ve provided a SIS file signed by Samsung that should install on recent Samsung S60 3.2 and 5th Edition devices.

Look the code, install the file, and get playing now.

Accolades for i8910

If you haven’t already seen it, check out the review from Phone Arena for the i8910. These guys are thorough reviewers, covering every aspect of the phone’s hardware, software and UI. Fortunately (and if modesty permits, not that surprisingly) they love our first S60 touch-enabled device giving it a resounding yes vote with a score of 9.0 out of ten.

In addition to detailed explanations of the i8910’s features and specifications, they also have some great pictures, screenshots, and even a 360 degree view of our latest Symbian device.

i8910 DevPack and go for the weekend

The Symbian team at Samsung Mobile Innovator have even more reason than usual to celebrate the arrival of the UK long weekend…

Today after months of planning, coding and testing the first ever Samsung DevPack is is available to download, in Alpha version, from our website. The pack features everything you need to target our flagship Symbian device - the i8910 HD. This is also the first S60 based touch enabled device from Samsung.

We will be adding more functionality to this pack in the coming weeks, but for now the DevPack contains:

• Emulator for testing and debugging applications. The Emulator includes Samsung i8910 bitmaps (skins), key mappings, and customisations required to reproduce the i8910 look and feel and device behaviour on the Emulator (this version - alpha only)
• Example programs (this version - alpha only)
• Documentation (this version - alpha only)

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