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Symbian kernel now open source

2009-10-21T15:15:07+02:00

Just a short note to give some great news. Right before the annual Symbian event SEE, the Symbian Foundation just announced they're making the kernel and related tools available as open source.

For more details, just read the proper announcement and press release

Interesting times coming!

Symbian Foundation's dev website (beta) now open to all

2009-06-02T20:31:32+02:00

To those interested, the Symbian Foundation's developer website (beta) is finally open to all

http://developer.symbian.org/

Software patents in Europe

2009-02-01T22:04:51+01:00

Few weeks ago the FFII and other organizations launched a new campaign to stop software patents. Should you wish to participate please sign up here.

In case that terms like software patents and copyright sound analog to you, please follow these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent_debate

If you're a software developer, ISV, etc. and want to know how this could affect you, just take a look at the following patents granted by the EPO (European Patent Office):

Webshop

Order by mobile phone

Get key via SMS

Generate different web page depending on detected device

Reduce page loading time by automatically reducing image quality

'Nuf said..

Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors

2009-01-14T18:33:26+01:00

Just a short note to raise awareness of this list published a couple of days ago.

In my opinion, everyone serious about programming should give it a good read, or better yet be already familiar with concepts such as race conditions, sql injection, buffer overflows, etc.

Google's Android mobile OS announced

2007-11-05T19:57:05+01:00

At this pace, mobile application development is probably bound to become one of the most fragmented software activities.

Today Google announced Android, "the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices.", following the (quiet) acquisition of the company ( http://www.android.com ) two years ago.

Besides Google's name (as if that weren't enough), 34 other companies (forming the Open Handset Alliance) are involved in the platform: T-Mobile, HTC, Motorola and Qualcomm, just to name a few.

Besides the initial buzz, this will probably bring some interesting news in the next few weeks.

More info:

http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/android_overview.html

3GSM 2007

2007-02-11T13:12:43+01:00

3GSM starts tomorrow. Besides the usual stuff, new devices announcements (E90 maybe?) and launchings there will be many interesting news and events for developers: S60 3rd ed. feature pack 2 will be demoed, there will be a technical explanation on PIPS from the Symbian guys at the WDF, among other things.

Symbian itself will have an engagement zone and lifestyle lounge, definitely having a stronger presence than in the last year's show. Stay tuned through their 3gsm page:

Symbian 3GSM home
Symbian at 3GSM blog
Nokia 3GSM

If going to Barcelona, make sure you get an AmiGO (a free LBS application from Symbian)