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Thoughts on Smartphone Show 2008
I was at the Smartphone Show last week. It was much larger than previous years and there was more of a buzz about the place than before. I'm sure this had something to do with the soon-to-be-created Symbian Foundation .
One of the big news items from the show was the...
Python for Series 60 Community Edition!
Ever wanted to add modules to the core PyS60 distribution rather than having to find them from all over the place?
Ever wanted to build a single executable for your Python application that didn't need the interpreter installed separately or as an embedded SIS file AND have no clashes...
New Stuff for Symbian C++ Developers
I thought I'd write a quick post to highlight some of the things I've been up to lately.
First, there's Multimedia on Symbian OS: Inside the Convergence Device , which I co-authored for Symbian Press. It should be available next month. Lots of great stuff for...
S60 Under-engineered?
Having quoted a Nokia employee in my recent blog post , saying that open sourcing S60 was like spreading manure out on a field, I thought I'd share my latest insight with you. I'm reading "Refactoring to Patterns" by Joshua Kerievsky ; so far, it's excellent. While I...
Symbian Signed - a proposal
OK, so it's easy to criticise Symbian Signed but they have been improving things. I still think there's further to go so here's my simple proposal for the next step.
I'll call it Free Signed.
Free Signed is just like Express Signed except that it's free and there're no test...
Application Quality & Numpty Physics
In my last post I talked about a smart new S60 application and its implications for Symbian Signing and platform security. I said I'd talk about the other part of Symbian Signing, application quality, in my next post... so here it is already.
My personal opinion is that what...
Who will guard the guardians?
This is a dual purpose post. First I want to highlight the brilliant work of one of my fellow Forum Nokia Champions - Marco Bellino of Symbian Toys fame. His recently released application, Guardian , is really impressive and I strongly recommend downloading it to check it out...
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- Symbian Signed - a proposal
- Application Quality & Numpty Physics
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