Ruby, the programming language, is now available for UIQ 3 phones following on from its early availability on S60. Ruby is currently in the proof on concept stage and is gradually being developed in response to feedback from interested parties, the next update should be available in February. Thanks to augeas for the heads up.
Symbian has announced the forthcoming availability of P.I.P.S. (PIPS is POSIXon Symbian). This allows the running of POSIX libraries on Symbian OS. It is aimed at allowing developers to more easily port existing applications and middleware to Symbian by providing standard POSIX C APIs on Symbian OS.
I see Python for S60 just received a big update, now to v1.3.17, quoting "access point selection support, added documentation for GLES and a few bug fixes". Also new is an API for the camera viewfinder, though it's reported as not fully featured yet.
AAS chief Rafe Blandford weighs in with his official predictions and challenges for 2007, along with an assessment of what he got right and wrong from last year's predictions piece. Essential reading for anyone in the industry or who is interested in where the Symbian OS world is going. Plus, a bonus preview of the front cover of Symbian magazine, Dec 2007...
In audio podcast no.8, Ewan Spence interviews PsiLoc and Bitween, two long time developers working in the Symbian OS world. Applications featured include Remote Control, Wireless Presenter and Mobile Fax.
Well, that's saved you an air-fare and taxi/hotel. All the presentations from the whole of the Nokia World event are now online in PDF form. Some very interesting stuff here and you get to view content from all the streams, not just one. Here are the PDFs for day one and day two.
Thanks to Andrea Trento for an interesting roundup of Flash Lite news - it seems that the latest all-singing, all-dancing release of this multimedia-centred mini-app system is now out and is free - with downloads for all S60 2nd and 3rd Edition smartphones, although you do have to register your details to get the player... If you've an idea for an application, this is now an avenue well worth exploring.
Ewan provides over a dozen pointers for would-be successful hobbyist programmers and small developers who'd like to create successful applications and games.
In another interview culled from the maelstrom that was the Smartphone Show, Ewan chats to Mimmis Olsen from Sony Ericsson Developer World about UIQ 3, developers, phones and more, in AAS audio podcast number 5.
Sony Ericsson has added JSR 226 to its Symbian Java Platfrom version 3 which is used in the P990, M600 and W950. The W950 ships with JSR 26 support while the P990 and W950 can be upgraded via firmware. JSR 226 adds support for the use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG Tiy).
Ewan has put his thinking kilt on and ponders whether the problem of the illegal software scene can be solved by a white knight - Symbian Signed. It is a controversial area and amongst the AAS team there are a range of opinions.
You may know John Holloway as the guy behind ZingMagic (and before that Purple Software), but he actually goes back to the very beginning of the Symbian story, working at Psion. Ewan caught up with him at the Smartphone Show and covered a huge range of issues and anecdotes. Great stuff, catch it all in AAS podcast number 3.
Sony Ericsson Developer World has just announced the release of a complete package for Web Services development, enabling over-the-air access directly from Sony Ericsson mobile phones to web server based solutions using C++ or Java. As well as UIQ 3 support, there's a new development tutorial. Press release follows...
