This week I’m joined by Jure Sustersic, Product Manager for Native
Development Environments at S60, and he’s on to discuss Open C on the
S60 platform. What it means for consumers, what it means for
developers, what it means for enterprise users, what it means for
operators, and what it means for the open source community. You might
Jure from Barcelona a couple weeks ago where he showed his Open C demo on YouTube.Enjoy the podcast!
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Notes I took while listening:
Open C will let people write applications in straight C as opposed to using Symbian C++
"The main target of this release is for developers."
What this means for end users is more S60 applications should be developed. Makes porting easier.
"Open C is opening up S60 even more."
Open C has the same performance as Symbian C++, some functions however perform better.
Phil: What are the advantages of using Open C over Symbian C++?
Jure: Open C is meant to compliment Symbian C++. It’s an extension. It’s not meant to be a replacement.
Phil: What will this mean to the open source community?
Jure: People can start building their current applications for S60. It is easy and a lot code can be reused.
Phil: Availability?
Jure: A part of S60v3FP2. It will be also be compatible with every S60v3 and S60v3FP1 device via a plugin. Plugin will launch at the end of March. Summer time is the expected time frame to see applications using Open C.
<Lots of talk about how this will benefit the enterprise. Applications people are used to on their desktop could be ported to their S60 phone.>
Phil: What will Open C mean for operators?
Jure: Operators will be able to enhance their devices even more then they previously could with just S60 alone.
<Lots of talk about Open C road show>
Jure: forum.nokia.com is where you need to go for more Open C info.
Road show will also be in Brazil, China, Europe and Asian regions.
Jure: I’m going to the road show in Brazil.
Have fun Jure! Bring the sun screen.