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There’s a new version of NS Basic available with included support for Symbian S60 5th Edition. What this means is that developers can make touch-enabled apps optimized for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and the upcoming Nokia N97 smartphones. As a result, we’re hoping more apps will be released for Nokia’s touchscreen platform in the coming months.
Aside from adding support for touch, NS Basic for Symbian OS 1.1 improves screen rendering and gradient buttons, and adds Italian language support.
As a reminder, it’s worth repeating that NS Basic has a Visual Basic-like look and feel, featuring easy to use, standard and structured BASIC; over a dozen built-in screen objects such as buttons, fields and popups; TCP/IP communications; math and trigonometric functions; royalty free distribution of created applications; and lots of sample code, tutorials and tech notes.
NS Basic/Symbian OS 1.0 runs on Windows 2000, XP and Vista and normally costs $149.95 for a single user, with an introductory special of $129.95. Pro licenses, which allow full application signing, are $299.95.
[Via: SymbianFreak]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
