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I've been poking my nose in mobile software development since 2000, starting on what was then the ER5 and Ericsson's R380. Since then I've been doing a bit of everything on the S60 Platform, from learning its bits and pieces to helping others find their way trough the maze.

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Lucian Tomuta's Forum Nokia Blog

Category: SDK

Load your application in a running emulator

Everybody loves to hate the Symbian SDK emulator. The first reaction to it usually is: "It is slow, really slooooooow, it takes ages to start it" ;) Yes, it is true, the emulator is slow, but considering the task it has to perform and the complexity of the system it emulates such...

Build without an SDK, test without a device

How many SDKs do I need? Which SDK is best for me? For a newcomer to the Symbian development world those are among the first questions asked. There are many S60 SDKs on offer, some with feature packs and plugins, some with compiler specific binaries and on top of that many plug-ins....

S60 development on Windows 7

One of the first comments to my S60 SDK and tools on Windows Vista - a success story article was that we should hurry up with making the tools compatible with Vista because what do you know, Windows 7 is around the corner and we will be again trailing behind ... :) ...

How about a new version of the GCC compiler?

Last time I've asked my colleagues from Symbian about updating the compiler used in the Symbian/S60 SDKs the answer was something like ... it's on the list, we're looking into it. I don't know what the status is now but it seems we no longer need to wait for an official release (ok, it depends...

A few reminders

I want to remind you a couple of things about the S60 5th Edition SDK: The current version is 0.9 and that shoud indicate that it is a beta SDK. We are still descovering problems with it and trying to fix them when possible even before the next SDK release. To save youself from some...

The S60 SDK emulator: faster if you do not start it

Just now I've run across a thread in the Forum Nokia's Discussion Boards promising an 1000% improvement of emulator's startup time. Two things came to my mind seeing this thread: a paradox attributed to Zeno of Elea and ... the S60 3rd Edition SDK, supporting Feature Pack 2....