Symbian OS Community Newsletter - May 17th, 2005

SCN #38 - First Symbian OS v9 phone announced

- bringing the Symbian community the latest news and resources for Symbian OS.

Symbian OS phones

[00] N70 - a small 3G phone packed full of features
[01] N90 - camera phone with Zeiss optics
[02] N91 - first Symbian OS v9 phone announced

Features

[03] Symbian OS shipments rise 180% to 6.75m
[04] A seriously cool time to be a mobile developer
[05] Top five selling Symbian OS products in Sony Ericsson’s application shop

Library

[06] Extending the reach of MIDlets: how MIDlets can access native services
[07] What’s new for UIQ
[08] What’s new for Series 60 and Series 80
[09] Creating an MP3 decoder with MAD

Tools

[0A] SymScan - checking for compliance
[0B] Panix - debugging tool
[0C] BoomslangBT - a Bluetooth serial API library
[0D] New version of SymbianOSUnit - now supports UIQ
[0E] EzBoot updated - with added Series 80 support
[0F] CodeSourcery - GNU tool chain for Symbian OS

Tech Tips

[10] General tech tips
[11] C++ tech tips
[12] Java tech tips

Training

[13] Symbian OS training in London, Dallas and Santa Clara and Bangalore

Other Info

[14] Coming in SCN #38