Inevitably at a show dedicated to a mobile operating system, there were a raft of announcements at the Symbian Smartphone Show about new products and services launching on the platform. Heres a round-up of some of the main ones.
Sling Media announced that its SlingPlayer Mobile software was now available in the UK for selected Nokia Nseries and Eseries handset running S60 3rd Edition software. The software, in conjunction with Sling Medias Slingbox, which sits in the users house, enables users to enjoy all the TV programming they can access at home, out and about on their mobile phone, pver a 3G or wi-fi connection.
EQO Communications announced plans to release a native Symbian C++ version of of its EQO mobile VoIP, text and Instant messaging (IM) application that offers free and reduced rate international calls from mobiles. EQO also revealed that it had joined the Symbian Platinum Partner Program in order to engage more closely with Symbian and its ecosystem of technology developers and service providers.
ALK Technologies announced that its CoPilot Live mobile phone navigation system will be available for  S60 and UIQ (User Interface Quartz) Symbian Smartphones, including those with buil-in receivers. CoPilot Live offers turn-by-turn directions, route calculations, comprehensive address entry, and detailed street maps.
Social Music service Social.FM said that it would bring its service to the Symbian platform, with a native C++ version of Social.FM that will support S6 and UQI devices. Social.FM enables users to access music libraries stored on their PCs, as well as the socially-connected libraries of friends and family members.
MobiMate, which provides travel services for mobile devices, used the show to announce the release of the free version of its WorldMate Professional solution for Symbian UIQ and Windows Mobile Smartphones. Describing itself as the Swiss Army Knife for road warriors facing the unpredictability of travel, WorldMate is a mobile tool that enables users to overcome the challenges presented by flight delays, schedculing conflicts and other daily hassles.
Russian company Epocware released its Handy Calendar application for Symbian S60 3rd Edition handsets. The company describes Handy Calendar as a mobile personal assistant that assumes control of the users information, appointments and tasks and guarantees that nothing will be missed or left behind.
And finally, Symbian itself unveiled two new technologies at the show, Screenplay and Freeway, to power the future of mobile computing. ScreenPlay is the new graphics architecture in Symnbian OS. Symbian says it is designed to power the richest visual experience available on a mobile phone to date and gives users big screen effects in their pockets, while ensuring long battery life.
ScreenPlay is designed for mobile devices with user interfaces which integrate high definition video content, life-like games and animations. According to Symbian, it  significantly enhances content presentation in versatile, yet simple new ways – by using transparency and overlays, for example. ScreenPlay offers high performance in a scalable fashion, says Symbian, working purely in software on mid-range devices and taking advantage of hardware acceleration when present on high-end devices. The enhancements are delivered without compromising the devices battery power efficiency.
FreeWay is the new IP networking architecture in Symbian OS, providing broadband speeds in the users pocket. On mobile broadband networks, says Symbian, FreeWay delivers the capability for super-fast download speeds, high quality audio/video streaming and crystal-clear VoIP calls. FreeWay supplies high bandwidth that is suitable for Super3G/LTE, WiMax and beyond – ensuring performance high enough to allow users to download an MP3 file in seconds. The technology also guarantees users smooth switching between connection types and networks so that they can remain mobile at all times. A key feature of FreeWay is its compatibility with existing applications such as web browsers, allowing these to take advantage of the benefits of FreeWay without any additional development.
Theres still time to get down to the Symbian Smartphone Show, which is on today at Londons ExCel exhibition centre in Docklands until 5.30pm.