Archive for April, 2006

SymRAD - Symbian Rapid Application Development

Friday, April 7th, 2006

Early last year, I realised there needed to be a better way of creating applications quickly. Most applications I was writing were much the same with only about 5% to 10% being unique business logic. I was spending lots of time plugging together screens, controls and dealing with the usual Symbian nuances.
Existing solutions such as Appforge, OPL […]

First Series 60 3rd Edition Freeware

Friday, April 7th, 2006

One of the most-used Series 60 1st/2nd Edition freeware applications must be FExplorer. It’s especially useful for developers as it allows files and directories to be manipulated to, for example, change program settings and view log files.
I have been waiting for a Series 60 3rd Edition version of FExplorer for a while now. The author, Dominique Hugo, has promised […]

Frustration Over Centralised Control

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Marek Pawlowski at PMN came back from an evening seminar for the NOC and 160characters.org with some insightful conclusions regarding working with companies in the mobile value chain. You can find Marek’s post on the MEX blog.
Marek concludes…
"1) There is a considerable frustration among application developers and premium content providers when trying to bring their services […]

Netbeans Mobility Pack for CDC

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

Netbeans Mobility Pack 5.0 for CDC just became available from netbeans.org. As long as you stick to using AWT components in your form, you can use Project Matisse GUI Builder to  create your user interface.

This is a quick way to create UIQ 3.0 applications. Furthermore, you can use much of your J2SE code with little or no changes. […]

Importance of Content

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

IDC have a new study on the 10 smaller emerging wireless players that IDC analysts believe are worthy of highlighting to the broader wireless industry and that have the potential to make an impact in the larger wireless market.
"The 10 wireless players to watch, as selected by IDC, are: Adamind, Cbeyond, Enpocket, Kargo, Kodiak, LimeLife, […]

Nokia Pinouts

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

There’s a useful pinout description for 51xx, 61xx and 71xx phones at nobbi.com.
While you are there, check out the PC Phone Network Monitor, SIM reader and further utilities.
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