NS Basic Corporation has recently released NS Basic/Symbian OS 1.0, a new development tool for creating S60 3rd Edition and UIQ 3 applications, which will hopefully bring more cool apps to the platform(s). The product includes an Interactive Development Environment (IDE) with a graphic design screen, powerful code editor, compiler and installer generator. It is a complete development environment and no additional SDKs are needed.
Some of the features include:
- Easy to use, standard and structured BASIC
- Over a dozen built in screen objects
- Buttons, fields, popups and more
- TCP/IP communications
- Math and trigonometric functions
- Produces stand alone, signed installers
- Royalty free distribution of applications you create
- Lots of sample code, tutorials and tech notes
- IDE in English, German, French, Spanish and Japanese
NS Basic/Symbian OS 1.0’s introductory price is $199.95 (normal price is $299.95). Pro licenses, which allow for full application signing, are $499.95 (regularly $699.95). The toolkit runs on Windows 2000, XP and Vista and is available immediately from the company’s website.
[Via: AllAboutSymbian]