With its new powerful features, Nokia N95 brought many things for the developers as well. First of all, unlike any previous Nokia device, N95 use Symbian OS v9.2 S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 (FP1). Oren Levine from S60 Multimedia Blog compiled a short list of the most important additions of N95 for S60 developers.…
Sony Ericsson's Developer Pub @ Symbian Smartphone Show
Take this chance to meet other prominent developers, down a beer or two and have a good time celebrating UIQ 3’s first birthday. As space is limited, only the first 100 members to register can attend. You’ll also be able to listen and talk to some of the driving people behind Sony Ericsson’s position in…
Mobile JUnit application testing framework for Java ME released
Sony Ericsson Developer World announced the release of a new, best practice framework for improving application quality on Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME). Sony Ericsson Mobile JUnit 1.0 for Java ME Connected-Limited-Device-Configuration (CLDC) phones offers professional wireless developers easy-to-use, automated testing of mobile applications. The announcement underscores the commitment of Sony Ericsson Developer World…
Carbide Development Tools updated
If you’re still not familiar with Carbide, it is new generation of mobile development tools from Nokia based on the open Eclipse framework. Nokia has introduced Carbide.c++ Developer Edition and Professional Edition, the latest additions to the Carbide.c++ family of mobile development tools. Carbide.c++ Developer Edition features a UI Designer that enables developers to quickly…
Porting to S60 discussions
I’ve already posted that Forum Nokia has created a separate category on it Developer Discussion Boards dedicated to the porting to S60 issues. Well, the discussion is heating up with addition of two subjects – “Porting to Native Symbian, Key Issues” and “Migrating to S60 3rd Edition“. Once again, I use this opportunity to invite…
MobiForms 3.02 released
The latest release of the mobile development tool MobiForms now includes improved networking functionality using serial, USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi or mobile phone connections. Integrated file and data transfer commands make it even easier to synchronize mobile data back to financial or field service systems. This latest release complements the existing features in MobiForms such as…
AppForge releases Crossfire 6.5
A leading mobile solutions company, AppForge, Inc., yesterday announced Crossfire 6.5, the latest version of its famous mobile application platform optimized for developing and delivering customer-facing mobile applications. Responding to a rapidly changing customer environment, AppForge has significantly enhanced Crossfire’s unique ability to put applications on the widest array of mobile devices, regardless of language…
More than 200 applications for S60 3rd Edition available
Nokia reports that the developers are delighted how the migration to the S60 3rd edition platform is easy, and they find the device compatibility and security improvements a plus. Early adopters say that it’s obvious S60 3rd Edition will be a hit. So far, according to Nokia, developers have released more than 200 applications for…
Forum Nokia S60 3rd Edition Challenge 20 finalists
Forum Nokia S60 3rd Edition Challenge Jury members have selected the finalists of each of the 4 competition categories. The Jury consisted of representatives from each of the Nokia BU’s sponsoring the competition, as well as Adobe, TP and Forum Nokia. Applications were judged according to: overall concept: novelty & innovation, mobility support usability: follow…
Getting Started with Flash Lite
Sony Ericsson Developer World brought us the tutorial (515 KB, ZIP file) which introduces Flash Lite technology. The author – Chris Petty, Communications Director at BlueskyNorth Ltd (a Smashing Ideas company) – is a developer for the latest Flash-enabled mobile devices. He guides us through setting up a small magazine application (MyWorld) in nine steps,…