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Category: S60

Shake your music with Python

I was preparing demos for the next Forum Nokia Tech Days, to be held in São Paulo, Brazil next week, and it came to mind I should do something with the sensors using Python. Here is the result: Sensor-powered music player for Nokia N95 . Nothing too sophisticated, but it goes...

Python, S60

Which technology should I use? Round 3: Python

The comic above pretty much sums it up: Python is a refreshing look at the world of programming. Being so easy to learn and use, it has gained lots of attention from the developer community and it's used for several different purposes such as: web development, desktop apps,...

General, Business Opportunities/Services, Entertainment, Games, Location Based Services, Python, S60

Which technology should I use for development? Round 2: C++

 The Holy Grail, according to Monty Python   So let us talk now about the Holy Grail of mobile development in Nokia platforms: Symbian/S60 C++. It is the language in which the operating system is developed (about 95%), it is the language that allows developing all...

General, Business Opportunities/Services, Enterprise, Entertainment, Games, Location Based Services, Messaging, Open C, S60, Symbian C++, Web Run-Time (WRT)

Which technology should I use for development? Round 1: Java

If I had just made a dollar each time I heard this question...  * sigh *. With the availability of so many different development technologies in Nokia's platforms today, sometimes is hard to decide which of them we should use to build our application, isn't it? There's Java,...

General, Enterprise, Entertainment, Flash, Games, Java, Open C, Python, S60, Series 40, Symbian C++, Web Run-Time (WRT)

Want a sexy UI in your Java MIDlet? It's now possible with LWTUI! (with video)

Sexy UIs are all the rage today, right? FlashLite apps, WRT Widgets, WidSets, all of them have distinctive user experiences which differ greatly from the way we interact with native S40 and S60 applications. More colors, more animations, better usability, all making up a great way for...

Java, S60, Series 40, eSWT

Follow-up on the Symbian 9.2 Platform Security hack

I have tested it as promised in my last post. After some initial trouble, I managed to get the Symbian 9.2 Platform Security hack working on my N95 with 20.0.015 firmware. It does work, as long as you don’t reboot the phone, as you can see in the screenshots I have posted on my...

S60

Symbian 9.2 Platform Security hacked (or jailbroken)

At least that's what says this story run by Engadget Mobile : App certificates have long been a bane to S60 users and developers alike, causing pain, frustration, and an almost obligatory cash outlay to get your hard work certified to run on the very platform Nokia is so ...

S60, Symbian C++

Make your widgets and Flash Lite applications fly!

As I mentioned in my last post , I have been thinking a lot lately about how to extend applications that run on sandboxed environments, such as Java ME, Flash Lite and Widgets, using some powerful native technologies such as C++, Python and Mobile Web Server. I did my...

Browsing, Entertainment, Flash, Python, S60, Web Run-Time (WRT)

My first post, and it comes fully loaded with Python!

Hello all, This is my first post at Forum Nokia's Blogs, and certainly won't be the last since I like to talk a lot.  I have been working with Forum Nokia since 2005 and with Nokia technologies since 2000, and it's been a pleasant journey I can say. I am based in Sao Paulo,...

Event, Python, S60

 
 
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