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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
UIQ have announced the launch of its new Developer Program to co-incide with the launch of the public SDK for UIQ 3 and the launch of the Sony Ericsson P990. The web portal (to be launched at the Smartphone Show) will allow free registration and enable access to content and services aimed at helping the UIQ developer. UIQ note that 'the web portal will offer all the information and services expected to support a developer community, such as news, development kits and tools downloads, documentation, references, tutorials and guides, knowledge base, Frequently Asked Questions, code samples, technical articles, tips, community events information, and, at a later stage, more advanced services such as development, marketing and business support'. We'll be talking to UIQ at the Smartphone Show to bring you more on this.
UIQ has announced the availability of the first public software development kit (SDK) for UIQ 3. This announcement conincides with Sony Ericsson's announcement of the P990 (which will be the first UIQ 3 phone to the market). A public download will be available on October 26th, but the first 500 people to sign up for UIQ's new development program, at UIQ booth at the Smartpone Show, will obtain a preview copy.
There's a huge number of exhibitors at The Smartphone Show (opening a week today), so rather than list them all, we've picked out a few highlights for you to think about visiting - including the All About Symbian team who'll be in The Media Zone.
Orange have made further details of thier upcoming Code Camp in Opio available. Developers will have a chance to get up to speed on the latest developments with sessions on Series 60 3rd Edition, UIQ 3 and the new Symbian security model is Symbian OS v9. With Symbian, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and UIQ are gold sponsors there will be plenty on offer for the Symbian developer. It is also a chance to talk to Orange about the Operator route to market, and met feelow developers.
One of the more popular applications on both the online stores and bundled with the device is Quickoffice. Craig Senick has been with the product for many years, and All About Symbian sat down with him to find out more about the Office Suite.
