12 Mar 07 Good news for Mobile application Developers (.NET Compact Framework 1.0 for Nokia Symbian S60)

Since S60 does not support Java ME higer profiles (CDC/Personal Profile for example)
and Nokia seems to have forgotten about the availability of eRCP for S60 (that is being developed as is stated on the project website, but it is being developed since forever, it is almost a vaporware).

The Microsoft guis took it ahead and the long-time awaited .NET Compact Framework 1.0 for Nokia Symbian S60 smartphones has been released by Red Five Labs, with a no-royalties runtime.

red five labs The significance of this release is hard to deny, as it may bring more applications and developers to the S60 platform, which is known for its complexity. Furthermore, this may bring many of the existing Windows Mobile applications to the Nokia smartphones.

David Beers on its blog, Software Everywhere, has more information on the subject.

(original text from here)

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28 Jan 07 More development for Symbian

I think you do not know, but I`m a Java developer, and I like to develop applications for m cell phone …

I`m starting to write an application to just tell me “what time is it”.
But I`m not finding a solution for the TTS API (Text To Speech), and the only solution I have found is to record the strings (one o`clock, two …) and minutes in intervals of 5.

The talking clock would tel you some thing like: It is a little after two hours and five minutes.

The main idea behind this app is that I carry my N80 in my backpack, or hip-pocket depending on the day. and when I want to know what time is it, I need to open my backpack for example, and search for the phone, even if I`m already using it to listen to some MP3 …

And I want to just press the earphone button and say: what time is it?
and the phone should tell me the time.

What do you think about a simple app like this one?

well, I`m starting to write it. it will be a Java ME application.

If you want to know a litle more about Java ME, you can check ou this books:

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20 Jan 07 Ruby for Symbian

I had just found in web, that now you can use Ruby to program to your Symbian Smart Phone
You can find documentation about the language here, and some library docs here.

Now you can use this powerful scripting language to turbine your N80 too
You can find an example and the files for download here …

I loved the idea, because I do not want to learn Python, but it would be great to learn Ruby, after I learn it, I can program to my cell phone and can use Ruby On Rails for web programming

If you want to learn Ruby too, you can start with this books:

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18 Jan 07 More geeky news (POSIX for S60)

The Nokia Symbian consortium announced that they will port some of the POSIX libraries to the Symbian OS …
Why this is good news?
Because all Unixes today are POSIX compliant, and all the Unix/Linux developers today, know how to program to the POSIX libraries, and all that people will know how to program to Symbian after it become POSIX compliant too …
And I think it will make possible the port/migration of many well known windows, and linux applications to our cell phones running symbian …
What does it means to us? well, lots of news apps to full the phones memory (probably lots of freewares too) …
And a big new market for software developers …

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17 Jan 07 Lots of freewares, and a way to read Open Office documents in your Symbian (at least if you are geek enought)

In the nokia Open Source portal, there is a port of the Python scripting language for S60 devices (this means that you can run it on your N80 too )
you can get it here: http://wiki.opensource.nokia.com/projects/Python_for_S60
but the best thing, is that you do not need to know how to program in python to use it, there are lots of freeware applications already written for you enjoy …
the full list is here: http://wiki.opensource.nokia.com/projects/PyS60_applications
Here is a small list:

nA Cell Tax Tracker This small application get your current cell phone costs from supported telecommunication providers over a short message. It allows you to analyse your costs and get statistics. Written in python for S60.
PyS60Remote This set of programs enables you to use a Series 60 mobile phone to control your win32 PC. The two devices connect via Bluetooth. Mainly suitable as a wireless presenter or remote for your video player.
EasyEdit 1.44 for 3rd Ed
Fupper is a Flickr upload tool for PyS60. It also includes a full FlickrAPI implementation that is based on Beej’s Python FlickrAPI.
OpenOffice (odt) reader .. a basic ODT reader using pyexpat port of pys60. Supports basic formating: bold, underline, etc. and text colors
Tetris Lost code for Tetris has been reposted in the Forum at last
EasyEdit : a full-featured, simple, intuitive text editor by chetbox.
PyS60 Python editor 1.03 new editor for editing your scripts on your phone. application and source code v1.03
pyED : Python Editor for Series 60 is an sourceforge project for creating an open source Python source code editor, written in Python by CyKe64, for Series 60. Once you have Python for Series 60 installed on your phone, pyed enables you to edit your scripts directly from your phone. Very cool!
client ShoutCAST for pys60 Source code is under Creative commons licence. Now you can listen radio on internet (MP3) and also Real Audio if you have real audio playerHelix !
RemoteCamera A script to take photos and FTP them to a server of your choice.

There are many more apps out there, and if you are a programmer like myself you can create your own apps …
So, enjoy the freewares, and write some more if you can

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