There’s an interesting development reported at Symbian Freak…
"In short, ROMPatcher makes the S60 platform truly and finally open to anything, this is the amazing piece of code, application allowing patching the ROM"
There are already two patches available to enable showing of hidden menus and allowing the install of unsigned applications.
The only limitation I can […]

Following on from my post on the deficiencies of the Symbian/S60 emulator and subsequent comments at Nokia Forum, it appears that the Carbide.c++ team are considering changing the emulator.

One of the difficulties of creating your first Symbian Signed application is knowing how to code your application in such a way that it is compliant. The test criteria just say how your application should behave - they don’t give any clue as to what extra code you might need to pass the tests.
Hence, it’s […]

I am seeing more and more people coming to me with requirements for Windows Mobile applications. I actually started programming for mobile under Windows CE (’Pegasus’) when it first came out in 1996. Since then, in Europe at least, fewer companies have been looking for Windows Mobile development and more have wanted Java ME and […]

If you develop or are thinking of developing for UIQ, you should check out the forthcoming UIQ Developer Fast Track Events in Boston and San Francisco. The Fast Track provides both technical and commercial content to accelerate your understanding of UIQ.
When people think about UIQ they often just think about programming Symbian and C++. […]

Symbian have a useful new paper comparing native and Java development. The paper covers application startup, installation, APIs, portability, fragmentation, security and tools.
In practice, most companies I work with find the choice of programming language (and platform) is driven mainly by…

the features provided by the API

the number of shipped devices in the target geographic region

Assessing […]

It seems that Symbian Signed has been hacked yet again.
Given by the number of emails I receive about signing freeware, I have concluded that many end users just don’t understand the new signing processes. Some people are asking me to sign freeware applications that I didn’t even author (which I don’t do). Others are […]