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Qt Software becomes Qt Development Frameworks
Nokia has announced that, from today, Qt Software will be known as Qt Development Frameworks and its URL changes to qt.nokia.com. The reason behind the move? Nokia want to encourage the use of Qt by mobile developers and therefore decided to strengthen Qt's associated with the Nokia brand.
Symbian^4, Orbit and the compatibility break
In the last few days there has been considerable comment, in various media channels, on some of the changes that are set to be introduced with the Symbian^4 release, including the breaking of backwards compatibility due to the retirement of AVKON and introduction of Orbit, which we first reported on back in May. With Symbian starting the process of communicating the changes to developers, and with renewed discussion online, it is worth revisiting the subject. Read on for further details.
Symbian Foundation looking for comments on new Symbian Signed criteria
The Symbian Foundation have asked for input from Developers and interested parties on the newly drafted Test Criteria for Symbian Signed. The new criteria, v4.0.8, are still in draft (and developers should continue to follow the existing v3.0.3 criteria until told otherwise), but the Foundation "...believe that it's important to get as many eyes on this as possible as soon as we can."
Elements points the way forward for applications
Offscreen Technology have just released a touch enabled version of Elements, their periodic table application (it's available in the Ovi Store). Making best use of the letterbox screen size of the 5800, the app presents the always useful periodic table of elements, nicely colour coded to keep elemental groupings together, as well as allowing you to tap through on each element to gain additional information.
AAS Insight 81 - Ovi Files, Layer in Google Maps and more
In All About Symbian Insight 81 (AAS Podcast 143), we share the news that Ovi Files is now free to use and talk about its potential uses. We follow up with discussion of the latest Google software updates, the most notable being the addition of Layers to Google Maps. There's comment on Apple's recent result, Accenture acquisition of Nokia's Symbain Professional Service unit and answers to some listener questions. You can listen to AAS Insight 81 here or, if you wish to subscribe, here's the RSS feed.
Can You Bring Down A Tower With A Single Line of Code?
What if your phone could destroy an entire network base station with just a single command? Would you rework the OS so safeguards would be in place, or would you prefer to hold back every third party application, Canute style, hoping nothing gets through? The attitude of Apple and Symbian to this issue reflects the benefits of the open platform that Symbian and the upcoming Foundation promote, in my opinion. Read on.
Accenture buys Symbian Professional Services group: It’s not just about Symbian
Candid insight is hard to obtain during the initial phases of an acquisition. Accenture’s purchase of the Symbian Professional Services group from Nokia is no exception. However, a little digging does indicate that from Accenture’s perspective this deal is about more than gaining access to Symbian skills. Read on.
Creating a shortcut TouchWiz widget for the Samsung i8910
In this tutorial, Rafe explains how you can create your own shortcut widget for the TouchWiz-powered idle screen of the Samsung i8910. In this example, the widget links through to the AAS mobile site, but you'll have your own destination in mind. And, hopefully, will have your imagination inspired to create something more ambitious - and maybe even enter Samsung's competition to win some big cash prizes? See the bottom of the tutorial for full details.
AAS Insight 80 - Symbian Horizon, Nokia Surge and more
In All About Symbian Insight 80 (AAS Podcast 142), we discuss Nokia's Q2 results and the announcement of the Nokia Surge. We follow up with news of Symbian's Horizon program, before talking about the latest set of software updates for the N97. Finally we answer some questions from our listeners. You can listen to AAS Insight 80 here or, if you wish to subscribe, here's the RSS feed.
Accenture to acquire Nokia's Symbian Professional Services unit
Last Friday, Nokia and Accenture announced that they had entered in to an agreement for Accenture to acquire Nokia's Symbian Professional Services unit, which is 'responsible for Symbian OS customer engineering and customer support'. Effectively, the unit provides technical expertise, in the form of a service consultancy, to companies from across the ecosystem: mobile operators, silicon vendors and device manufacturers. Read on for more.
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