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Category: Symbian C++

Browser as an application platform

I've read the following analysis from ARCchart with great interest. I'm already familiar with the idea of writing applications for mobile browsers and that it can be considered as a real alternative for mobile software development. WidSets and Widgets are all around us, not to mention...

True emulation for Symbian development - when?

Though I've already heard that Windows Mobile SDK offers true phone emulation , however, only now have I got to the point that I ask for your opinion: why cannot we do the same during Symbian software development? Note that you might have also heard that iPhone developers can also rely...

Another hack for Symbian Platform Security

One of my articles that has gained lots of attention was written about hacking Symbian Platform Security . Although it turned out that reproducing the workaround found by Symbiaali is laborous, requires strong technical knowledge and its wide-spread use is very unlikely, it clearly showed...

Tilt-O-Mania, also known as Nokmote

Have you ever felt that your idea is stolen and "Damn, I wish I had been faster in doing it"? Now I feel exactly that way. The first time I heard that another Nokia phone, N95, has a built-in accelerometer I started wondering why on Earth ? Why on Earth is it worth for Nokia to put...

Android SDK is out - first impressions

After watching the video about the introduction of Android for developers , I'm convinced that the new phone will generally be as useful and user-friendly as e.g. the-also-newcomer iPhone . Well, it came as no surprise to me, I'm just expecting a lot of innovation from the new...

Symbian Platform Security - hacked?

Well, 3:00am has already passed and I'm tired and sleepy. One thing doesn't let me sleep, though. I've just stumbled upon these articles ( Exploring S60 with AllFiles and Goodbye S60 Platform Security, Hello CAPABILITIES! ) and I can't believe my eyes: Platform Security...

Symbian Signed is not an anti-virus software

The Register reported today that a new spyware for mobile phones had appeared on the horizon. It's harmful for S60 phones, too, 3 rd Edition devices included. And what causes the stir in the water is that it's a Symbian Signed application . There's a general misconception here, I'm afraid....

Design patterns in Symbian

This time my post will be a short one. :) You know, I've been thinking about writing some posts on various design patterns applied in Symbian OS core components. My motivation is first that I enjoy reading/using code that has been carefully and nicely designed. Second, I wanted (and I still...

Protecting APIs - a different approach

I have been wondering lately if the current is the most optimal way of protecting APIs in the S60 (or Symbian in general) C++ SDKs. It must not come as a surprise to any programmers that there are far more features in these SDKs than what we can use with the publicly available functions. But...

Here is my program, sign it yourself!

I've bumped into the following blog today. This is exactly what I was thinking about a few weeks ago! I asked myself if developers could distribute their apps freely ? Of course, the bottleneck is that they have to sign their apps properly, which is time-consuming and costly. But if one...

Symbian vs iPhone

I've found a link (thanks, Peter, for sharing) to an interesting article that details why iPhone's (and Apple's) OSX is better than Symbian OS and how it's going to beat it. I have some thoughts about the author's arguments, let me share them. In most regards, Symbian's reputation as a...