Beatnik, a provider of audio software for mobile devices, and Metrowerks have made available a Software Development Kit that enables developers to integrate Beatnik polyphonic audio into their Symbian applications.

According to the companies, the Beatnik Audio Engine, built into a number of Symbian-based mobile phones, allows developers to integrate high fidelity sound into applications requiring real-time audio for multimedia messaging, user alerts, game soundtracks and special effects.

Beatnik said its technology provides the audio subsystem for a wide range of mobile devices, including Symbian OS v6.1 phones, and forthcoming Symbian OS v7.0 phones. It supports playback of industry standard mobile phone audio formats, including MIDI, SPMIDI, RMF, WAV and raw PCM audio, allowing developers to integrate a wide possible range of audio content in their applications.

The Beatnik SDK is initially available for download from the Metrowerks Codewarrior website and is slated be incorporated in version 3.0 of Metrowerks' Codewarrior for Symbian OS toolset, expected to ship in the second quarter.