Nokia unveils new version of its Symbian OS development tools – Carbide.c++ v1.2

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) recently announced the availability of new developer productivity and cost-savings enhancements to its Carbide.c++ development tools for Symbian OS.

Carbide.c++ v1.2 brings significant productivity gains through enhancements that include:

• Improvements to Eclipse-enabled code browsing and code completion capabilities across the entire family of Carbide.c++ family of tools, plus enhanced project build functionalities, including new wizards for kit detection and project import, easier and more reliable project creation and editing.
• Improvements to the Performance Investigator tool in Carbide.c++ Developer and Professional Editions, including Power Optimizer and Memory Analyzer, providing capture and graphic display of on-device power consumption and memory usage for targeted software running on the device, leading to more efficient memory and power usage in development of high-performance applications for S60 and UIQ applications; and,
• New device creation features for Carbide.c++ OEM Edition, including simplified configuration support for JTAG device debugging, a new Crash Debugger interface that shows the debug context of the crash in the debug perspective, and the Symbian OS Data View that enables viewing of system processes, threads, chunks and libraries.

Carbide.c++ Developer Edition and Carbide.c++ Professional Edition are currently available for purchase for 299 EUR and 1,299 EUR, respectively, with free upgrades available for current Developer and Professional Edition customers. Carbide.c++ OEM Edition is available for purchase for 3,999 EUR; while Carbide.c++ Express is available for free download by developers, with no license restriction for commercial use.