Quickoffice and Sony Ericsson Extend Agreement for Symbian UIQ

“Quickoffice today announced a multi-year agreement with Sony Ericsson that includes the Quickoffice software platform on all future Sony Ericsson smartphones. Customers will have easy access to their native Microsoft Office files and will be able to open, view, edit and create documents directly from their Symbian UIQ smartphones. In addition to the view-and-edit version of Quickoffice Premier, Quickoffice will also provide Quickmanager, which allows users to upgrade their on-device software over-the-air, and provides mobile consumers and business professionals with the latest applications. This agreement will also allow both companies to collaborate on future new and innovative productivity solutions for mobile professionals.” via slashphone.com

ACCESS Releases Technical Preview of NetFront Browser v3.4 for Win Mobile

“ACCESS CO., LTD., a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile and beyond-PC markets, today made available the latest technical preview version of NetFront Browser v3.4 for Windows Mobile 5.0.In addition to the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), a U.S. government block cipher encryption algorithm, the latest technical preview version of NetFront Browser for Windows Mobile for the first time also includes Camellia, a high-security, high-performance international standard cipher jointly developed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. By supporting both Camellia and AES, the latest technical preview version of NetFront Browser v3.4 for Windows Mobile offers much needed choice and greater security to mobile Internet users.NetFront Browser is designed to provide high performance in resource-constrained environments characterized by limited memory or CPU capability, making it an ideal Internet browser for consumer electronics and mobile terminals, such as PDAs and smartphones. There are currently more than 440 million NetFront product deployments worldwide.” Check it here: