Sony Ericsson has already made a plug-in for CDC development available, and a plug-in for C++ development is also likely to be made available. The Eclipse IDE is also used by the Carbie.c++ Express developer tool and plug-ins are also available for other Symbian platforms.
"We have received many requests from developers to support open-source initiatives. Eclipse is language independent allowing us to cater for both UIQ 3 and Java™ Platform, Micro Edition developers. Eclipse has an active community with strong support, and its plug-in architecture makes it possible for companies like Sony Ericsson to extend its use and help further develop and refine it for the benefit of the global developer community," says Mikael Nerde, Head of Developer Program & Content Planning at Sony Ericsson.
More information is available on the Eclipse website and Sony Ericsson Developer World.
Developer Round Up
- September is the last month that the reduced cost (40% saving) Symbian Signing for UIQ 3 applications offer is available. Full details of this special offer are available here.
- The NetBeans Mobility Tool Pack has been officially been open sourced. This impressive developer tool allows for CLDC and CDC development on many phones. UIQ 3 support is especially good with support a visual UI designer (Matisse graphical layout system), device optimisation and on-device debugging.
- Sony Ericsson Developer World have posted an article listing five reasons to developer for Sony Ericsson UIQ based phones including expanding marketing share and improved routes to market.
- The P990 WLAN API has been made available in the form of an update P990 extension packs for the UIQ 3 SDK.
With both the M600i and P990 already publicly available and limited W950 availability less than a month away UIQ 3 phones look set to make a strong return in Q4 of this year. Further announcements are expected during the same period.