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All About The Orange Code Camp
Every 6 months Orange run a developer event which is a mixture of technical sessions, networking and fun. Rafe reports back from the most recent event at Opio, France on what the Camp offered to the attendees.Posted by Ewan Spence at 10:48 UTC, October 25th || 0 Comments
The Long Tail Hurting Mobile Software Developers
Tom Hume's posted some interesting thoughts on the downside of the long tail (a business model particularly suited to internet and software - more info here). His job involves a large amount of working porting applications to mobile phones, and the cardinal rule of "always test on actual hardware" is the problem. As Hume puts it " 'Write once, run everywhere.' Stare into the mirror and say it's name three times - it doesn't appear, it's just a fairytale."Posted by Ewan Spence at 9:11 UTC, October 25th
Go-DB Lite reviewed - easy form-based Series 60 development?
Steve gets down and dirty with Go-DB Lite and finds a Series 60 app development system with a lot of promise but more than its fair share of rough edges.Posted by Steve Litchfield at 12:31 UTC, October 21st || 0 Comments
Mobile Innovation acquired by Macromedia
Mobile Innovation, a leading technology consultant and integrator for the Symbian OS, has been acquired by Macromedia. Mobile Innovation have been directly or indirectly involved with many of the Series 60, Series 90 and UIQ smartphones currently on the market.Posted by Rafe Blandford at 10:31 UTC, October 20th || 2 Comments
Nokia's Platform Security and Symbian Signed overview
Over on Forum Nokia (PDF link), there's a useful overview of how the new security system in Symbian OS 9 will work. Interesting reading for those with a technical bent.Posted by Steve Litchfield at 9:21 UTC, October 20th
Symbian security roundup
Here's a summary of the security discussions at The Smartphone Show, courtesy of Symbian's in-house 'Insider'.Posted by Steve Litchfield at 8:54 UTC, October 19th || 0 Comments
TRY now available for Series 60 3rd Edition
Mobile Innovation have announced that their TRY testing tool is now available for Series 60 3rd Edition. TRY allows developers to speed up, automate, and improve the quality of their testing process.Posted by Rafe Blandford at 9:56 UTC, October 11th
Symbian announces multiple developer initiatives
The story of the Smartphone Show is that this year developers and their needs are to the fore. After the announcements of the new multi platform developer tools in the new Nokia Carbide series, and the UIQ Developer program and tools, Symbian have announced a range of their own initiatives. These include free developer certificates, a free Symbian Signed route to market for freeware and opensource, free Symbian Signed testing tools and memebrship of the Eclipsse Foundation.
Posted by Rafe Blandford at 9:37 UTC, October 11th || 0 Comments
Nokia introduce Carbide.c++ Developer Tools
Nokia today introduced the Carbide.c++ family of development tools. There are three editions: Professional - for device developers and high performance application, Developer - offering a new graphical Rapid Application Development for advanced level application developers, and Express - an entry level tool available for download at no cost based on the Eclipse IDE.Posted by Rafe Blandford at 9:03 UTC, October 11th || 2 Comments
Whoopah! Freeware support from Symbian
Symbian in conjunction with Forum Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and UIQ has announced the Symbian Signed Freeware Route to Market, sponsored and paid for by Symbian and the supporting companies.Posted by Steve Litchfield at 9:53 UTC, October 10th || 6 Comments
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