Should I start learning Open C?

hartti — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:03:27 +0300

I just got an email in my inbox about Forum Nokia's Open C Challenge. There seems to be cash prizes totaling more than $20,000 in this competition, which is a mobile application development contest aimed at encouraging open source and freeware developers to use Nokia's Open C as part of their development tools.

I immediately started thinking of participating, which of course would mean that I would need to start learning the Open C. ... Unfortunately I am ineligible as a Nokia employee... (might be a good thing too - as an average coder I might embarrass myself badly and also I might end up sleeping too little during the contest.)
Also the submission deadline is mid-September, so I would not even have any time to get my application ready.. In fact, my colleague noted to me that this is just a reminder of the competition we announced some months ago. Apparently I have had way too many things in my mind which has caused me to forget this altogether. Or then I am just getting too old and too forgetful in general. Oh boy.

Anyway, for those who are still interested. The competition has two categories. Porting an existing application and creating a brand new application. Registration for the contest is here.

Event notice: Open source apps to S60 platform

hartti — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:02:34 +0300

If you are attending the LinuxWorld in San Francisco on August 6-9 (and interested in porting an open source application to smartphones), it might make sense to pay a visit to Forum Nokia Open Source event on August 9th organized in Nokia San Francisco offices quite near to Moscone Center.

The agenda is not online yet, but it is a half-day event (I was told 8am to 1pm) about porting open source applications to S60 smartphones using the Open C plug-in available for S60 devices.

Not to worry, I am not going the speak in there, as the speakers are real experts on Symbian C++ and Open C :-)

Hartti Suomela's Forum Nokia Blog

Should I start learning Open C?

Event notice: Open source apps to S60 platform