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Introducing Carbide for Nokia Series 60 Development

Categories: Applications
By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006 at 6:24 PM

Carbide.c++ is available in three versions: Carbide.c++ Express is
free, while Nokia charges for Carbide.c++ Developer and Carbide.c++
Professional. The first is intended for casual Symbian developers, and
has everything you need to create and package an application. If you’re
looking for a GUI designer, on-device debugging, or the ability to
target specific CPUs, you need to purchase Carbide.c++ Developer. If
you’re looking to support unreleased devices, or are actually building
Symbian-based devices, it’s wise to invest in Carbide.c++ Professional,
which includes support for R&D devices, system-level on-device
debugging, and a performance investigator to examine resource use
on-handset.

While perhaps not a replacement for Borland or Metrowerks full-blown
SDKs for Symbian, Carbide.c++ Express is a much-needed overhaul of the
previous tool chain offering from Nokia. A bona fide IDE built atop
Eclipse, Carbide.c++ brings together the cumbersome command-line tools
necessary for Symbian developers on a budget.

Source: Devx

It is true that the tools for building applications on a platform will make or break its success. Palm was the PDA leader for a long time until smart phones came out. The market then segmented but the loyalists still swear by Palm and its MASSIVE software library. What can Nokia do to make people love Symbian as much as other people love Palm? I admit when I was mobile phone shopping the decision was hard, Treo 680 or Nokia E61. I’ve been using Nokia phones all my life, and all the reviewers were trumpeting the E61′s magnificently sized keyboard. I don’t regret my decision at all.

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Markus Ahonen

    Hi, DevX wasn’t entirely accurate so I figured I’d highlight a couple of things.

    Carbide.c++ is a direct replacement of CodeWarrior for Symbian OS. In a way, it’s CodeWarrior for Symbian OS, version 4; We simply changed the name at the same time we changed the entire underlying IDE architecture. The core parts — debugger engine, on-device debug agent — are the same as CodeWarrior had. From a functionality viewpoint, Carbide.c++ 1.1 Professional goes beyond CodeWarrior 3.1 Professional, and provides vastly improved extensibility capabilities and available plug-ins.

    As for the E61, I’m hoping to get one myself! With a 5 megapixel camera, it would be the ultimate mobile blogging tool…

    Cheers,

    //markus
    Product Manager, Carbide.c++

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    Thanks for clearing that up!