Wirelexsoft, a company which developed VistaMax IDE 2.0 for UIQ 3, announced VistaMax Visual Express for S60 2.1. This product is Wirelexsoft’s most recent addition to its successful suite of Eclipse-based IDEs with RAD capabilities for Symbian-based platforms, as well as for Linux and J2ME. VistaMax Visual Express is a comprehensive C++ development environment geared…
Flash Lite Visual Example
There ware already some documentation about Flash Lite. This time Forum Nokia released an application – a collection of Flash Lite do’s and don’ts from the usability point of view. It contains real examples and animations of static examples that help you to see problematic issues in real life on a Nokia device. Visual Example…
Developing mobile music applications
Despite all the hype around Apple’s iPods, Nokia has sold more music-capable Series 40 and S60 phones. More precisely, while there are around 32 million iPods in use, the number of Nokia Series 40 and S60 devices is 46.5 million. As Nokia expects the total number of such devices to grow to 80 million by…
Symbian S60 3rd Edition technical support discount
Through its developer network (Forum Nokia), Nokia is encouraging companies to develop S60 3rd Edition compatible applications. Now they have a new offer, called S60 3rd Edition Technical Support, at a 50% discount compared with standard technical support. The price is 95 EUR ($120) per case and this offer is valid from July 1 to…
Nokia 5500 sensor API plug-in
Remember the Nokia 5500 Sport phone and its motion-sensitive features? It includes an internal sensor that provides a continuous output of acceleration values for the device’s three axes (X, Y, and Z). A specialized, pre-loaded application, called the 3D accelerometer, allows other applications to receive information on the device’s motion. The sensor API makes the…
Python for S60 3rd Edition source code available
It was some time from the Python source code release announcement by Nokia, when Nokia said they will contribute the core components of the Python for S60 to the open-source community. The time has come, and now we have the code. Unfortunately, it is not the final stable release, but what the heck – one…
Symbian OS v9.X SIS format documented
Symbian has recently added a new important tech paper documenting the Symbian OS v9.X SIS files. It was written by Symbian’s Security team and it describes the newly restructured and redesigned SIS file format introduced to complement the new security architecture of Symbian OS v9.1. If you’re a developer for Symbian platform, you’re probably aware…
Symbian implementation of .NET Compact Framework
A first public beta of .NET Compact Framework runtime with class libraries for Symbian OS powered mobile devices is about to be launched from Red Five Labs. It will be compatible with Microsoft’s 1.0 Compact Framework for smartphones, and will run on Symbian S60 emulators and devices. Developers are invited to participate in a beta…
UIQ Developer Community reorganized
In order to ensure finding information on the site is easier, UIQ Developer Community has recently done some reorganisations: For those familiar with the previous organisation, you will now find technical articles together with tutorial and guides in the Doc & Code tab. The short code samples and tips have been migrated with the FAQs…
S60 User Interface technical training course
The free, two-day technical training course for Symbian developers (Orange Partner members) will take place in Orange developer centre at Chiswick, UK, from 6-7 September 2006. The packed two-days will be run by professional trainers and will help developers who already have two to three months of coding experience on the Symbian OS to enhance…