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Prgramming the 7650 - a TOTAL newbie question

2 replies · 1,847 views · Started 17 December 2002

My boss is interested in developing applications for our customers that run alongside their existing applications. For example a stock control program that can read information from the server via an infrared send, and then taken on the road, orders taken, then 'infrared' back to the server at the end of the day.

Because this is a TOTALLY new area for me (but having 15 years professional software development experience), what's the best set of tools I'd need to start programming the 7650? Is symbian a new language, do I need to learn C++, can it be done in Java, and where do I get the SDK, tutorials, examples, etc, etc, to help me on my way?

TIA

Forum.nokia.com is one of the places to get started, apart from the getting started guide on this forum 😉.. But to expediate a response:

The different options are Java MIDP (Mobile version of Java), Symbian C++ (C++ for symbian phones), (Of course that is only in the 7650 platform, if you want to try 9210 then there are more tools available like OPL, MobileVB etc)