SCN March 2007
Bringing the Symbian developer community the latest news and resources for Symbian OS.
In this edition
Symbian at the ACCU Conference 2007 Symbian at the Open C Roadshow Find out about Eclipsecon 2007 Smarter Strings for Symbian OS Learn Symbian OS in the US with Xenient UIQ Unleashed: An Interview with Johan Sandberg Wiley publishes a new Symbian book New Czech book on Symbian OS New paper: Runtime Environments - The Concept System models of Symbian OS architechture System documentation for Symbian OS v9.2 now online What's new on the P.I.P.S. page Read the latest FAQ - P.I.P.S. special Partner and community updates
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Symbian at the ACCU Conference 2007
Symbian joins the industry luminaries at this year's ACCU conference in Oxford, UK. This year's conference features speakers such as David Wood, Jo Stichbury, John Pagonis and Charles Weir who will talk about Symbian OS programming alongside presentations from other renowned software engineering personalities.
More informationSymbian at the Open C Roadshow
Symbian representatives took part in Forum Nokia's American Open C Roadshow in Santa Clara, CA and Cambridge, MA. Find out more about these events.
More informationEclipsecon 2007
Symbian's Thibaut Rouffineau attended this year's Eclipsecon in Santa Clara, CA. Find out what he had to say about the event.
More informationSmarter Strings for Symbian OS
RStringBuf is a new string class for Symbian OS that improves the stability of your software.
While the Symbian OS descriptor library provides excellent safety from buffer overflow security problems, it will panic the program when a buffer overflows. RStringBuf avoids this problem by managing its own storage and extending its buffer as required. "It's particularly useful in our core business of porting code from other programming languages," commented Charles Weir, Managing Director of Penrillian.
RStringBuf is available to downloadLearn Symbian OS in the US with Xenient
Xenient are running the following exams and bootcamps across America:
- April 16 - Supervised ASD exam - New York City, NY
- April 19 - Supervised ASD exam - Santa Clara, CA
- April 23 - 27 Symbian OS bootcamp (both S60 and UIQ) - Santa Clara, CA
- May 7 - 11 Symbian OS bootcamp (both S60 and UIQ) - New York City, NY
UIQ Unleashed: An Interview with Johan Sandberg
Richard Bloor at SymbianOne.com found out from UIQ CEO Johan Sandberg that the purchase of UIQ by Sony Ericsson means more than just a change in the company's shareholder register, it promises to unleash UIQ to deliver more to licensees, users, and developers.
Read the interviewWiley publishes a new Symbian book
"Programming Mobile Devices: An Introduction for Practitioners" is a practical book introducing the reader to programming mobile systems.
More informationSymbian OS C++ for Mobile Phones, Volume 2 now in Czech
The first Symbian Press book to be translated into Czech is now available. Find out how you can buy a copy.
More information
New on SDN
New paper: Runtime Environments - The Concept
This is the second instalment of Mobile Runtime Environments, the column that gives developers, technical leaders and technical decision-makers an insight into the various development platforms available for Symbian OS.
The focus of this month's article is the Runtime Environments concept - what is a Runtime Environment and what are the different parts of a Runtime Environment?
Read the paperSymbian OS system models
The System Model is a high-level graphical overview of the Symbian OS architecture. The components of the OS are grouped in hierarchical entities to show their relationships to each other.
More informationSystem documentation for Symbian OS v9.2
Browse the definitive documentation for Symbian OS v9.2 and the associated C++ examples.
View the documentationWhat's new on the P.I.P.S. page
Read the two new white papers on how we evaluated the effectiveness of porting TightVNC with and without P.I.P.S. Check back regularly for further updates.
More informationThe Latest Symbian FAQs - P.I.P.S. special
FAQ1469
Is there a P.I.P.S. architecture overview?FAQ1470
What do I need to start P.I.P.S. application development?FAQ1472
How do I Fork without Exec and Exec without Forking?FAQ1473
Why can't P.I.P.S. support POSIX signals?From our Partners & Community
Forum Nokia
Open C Introduction for Experienced S60 Developers
This video introduces Open C for S60, including POSIX libraries. The presentation assumes some Symbian OS development experience.
More informationOpen C Introduction for New S60 Developers
This video introduces Open C for S60, including POSIX libraries. The presentation assumes no Symbian OS development experience.
More informationNokia Test Criteria for Symbian C++ Applications v1.8
This updated document describes the test cases that are applied to Symbian OS native applications. All such applications that will be embedded in Nokia devices must be tested according to these test cases in addition to Symbian Signed test criteria.
More informationUIQ
UIQ 3 tutorial series: Part 2, UIQ SDK and tools setup
Sony Ericsson Developer World's new tutorial series covers all aspects of creating applications for the UIQ 3 platform and Sony Ericsson's UIQ 3 phones, the P990, M600 and W950. Part 2 explains how to set-up a UIQ Symbian OS development environment, giving an overview of how everything fits together and troubleshooting tips incase things don't go to plan.
Read the tutorialJoin the UIQ Developer Fast Track
The UIQ Developer Fast Track events provide mobile application developers with technical and commercial information. They provide a unique opportunity for developers to learn how to get started with UIQ development and why they should target UIQ 3.
The next two events are in Boston, MA (10-11 May) and San Francisco, CA (14-15 May).
You can also meet the UIQ Technology team at the Smartphone Summit and CTIA (26-29 March, Orlando, FL) and the Orange Partner Camp (16-18 Apr 2007, Cape Canaveral, FL).
Register for the UIQ Developer Fast TrackAre you looking to do a rapid prototype?
Then SymRAD may be a useful tool for you. It is a free rapid application development tool for developing user interface-based applications. You develop your application - as an XML file with Javascript functions - within a text editor, copy it to the phone and it is interpreted directly by SymRAD.
Find out more about SymRADStay tuned
The next month's SCN...
- The third paper in our Runtime Environments series
- Additional P.I.P.S. files
- News, views and events from Symbian and our affiliates
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