Symbian created a new partner program this week, the Symbian Partner Network (SPN). This will replace the existing Symbian Platinum Partner Program. Why have Symbian done this and what does it mean for developers?
The SPN will…
"make use of a range of technical, marketing and business development tools and resources, including the Symbian OS Binary Access […]

‘Quick Recipes on Symbian OS‘ has just been published.
It’s often the case developers with no Symbian experience are asked to produce an application yesterday. The aim of the book is to get these people up and running as quickly as possible. Quick guidelines how to set up the IDE and SDK, a summary […]

Dean Bubley’s latest post on Operator-specific vs. Vanilla handsets describes how Dean has spotted Carphone Warehouse selling vanilla rather than operator branded handsets.
An anonymous comment from a CPW employee says this is…"because it is easier to carry and not sell out of a generic handset also that economies of scale are realised fully when we […]

There are some interesting comments around on the Symbian Foundation.
Michael Mace’s Symbian changes everything, and nothing has some excellent observations. Much in the same way Michael said Mobile Applications, RIP , he now says "UIQ is dead". Do I spot a theme here Michael?
More seriously, he asks "How does Nokia differentiate its software?". I […]

While it’s easy to speculate on why Nokia, Symbian and it’s shareholders have done this (my original Symbian 10 Years Old post three weeks ago gives some thoughts), I thought so many people will be talking about this that I’d instead talk more about what it probably means for developers and those considering the platform.
The […]

With all the buzz about Web runtimes, the new Sybase runtime, AOL open platform and Nokia/Trolltech/Qt it’s easy to assume that runtimes and frameworks reduce development fragmentation. However, if you look at history, it’s possible to see that runtimes can actually make the situation worse.
Take a few examples involving Windows Mobile and Nokia S60.
Windows Mobile. […]

Symbian Developer Network has a great new booklet on ‘Getting To Market‘. Even if you don’t develop for Symbian there are plenty of hints and tips on how to go about releasing your application.
One thing I am curious about is why Symbian included the following chart…
 
The placement of the chart not only seems out of […]