Along with S60 3rd Edition FP2, Nokia has just announced the availability of something great called Open C.
I believe this could be a big thing. Huge.
Let me explain.
Question: Why is it so great?
Open C is great basically for three reasons:
- It makes S60 development easier for current S60 developers
- It makes starting S60 development significantly easier for the millions of C++ developers out there
- It makes porting existing applications (e.g. open source and desktop apps) to S60 significantly easier
I think Open C effort has a fighting chance to increase the number of active S60 developers by an order of magnitude. Consequently, I think we’ll see truckloads of interesting new S60 applications in the future.
Question: oh my god, are you breaking (again) the S60 compatibility?
No. Applications developed with Open C will work in all S60 3rd Edition devices. If I understood correctly, the Open C parts can be included with some kind of plugin in the sis package, so that they work in older devices.
Question: Yay!! What should I do now?If you are developer, read more from Forum Nokia. (I’ll update this page when the page is up and I find the link)
If you are a blogger, please spread the word!
If you are "just a regular" S60 user, answer this: Which open source project would you like to see ported to S60?
Everybody: what do you think about the whole thing? The team behind Open C initiative is eagerly waiting for your feedback …
Source: Tommi’s S60 blog
Bring me VLC and GAIM and I’ll do backflips!