Developers can download the new Open C SDK Plug-in for S60 to add POSIX, OpenSSL, and other libraries to their S60 development environments. The SDK easily extends the Carbide.c++ IDE, and is compatible with other environments, as well. Open C for S60 on Symbian will make porting Linux and other open source projects to Nokia S60 devices easier than ever. Because Open C is based on popular open-source projects, it offers a fast, flexible, and familiar development environment that is easier to learn than native Symbian C++.

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All S60 3rd Edition applications must be signed. Developers can “self-sign” certain applications. To be eligible for self-signing, an application must meet two conditions:

- It must use user-grantable capabilities. User-grantable capabilities are: LocalServices, ReadUserData, WriteUserData, UserEnvironment, and NetworkServices.

- The application UID must be in the nonprotected range — that is, from 0×8000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF.

For a self-signed application to be installed on an S60 3rd Edition device, the user does not need to change any settings. In the Eseries devices, however, the user must allow the installation of self-signed applications. This can be done by allowing all installations at: Application Manager > Options > Settings > Install software.

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The Nokia WSDL-to-C++ Wizard for the S60 platform is a tool that helps developers create C++ proxy code for accessing Web services. The wizard generates the proxy code from the definition in a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file. The generated proxy code uses simple device-resident method calls to provide access to a Web service provider from a Symbian application. This approach shortens development time by significantly reducing the effort needed to implement a Web services client application.

Learn more and download the tool

Symbian have announced Symbian Academy, a program to provide free support to universities teaching knowledge and skills associated with developing software for Symbian OS. Symbian Academy is designed to make it easy for universities to create courses that teach Symbian software development and to integrate a Symbian component into existing computer science courses. University lecturers affiliated with Symbian Academy will receive free course materials, training, technical support, development literature, expert Symbian lecturers and exposure to Symbian’s industry partners.
( http://www.symbian.com/news/pr/2006/pr20068005.html)

Just a few general tips for Symbian UIQ 3 development

When developing UIQ 3 C++ applications for Sony Ericsson UIQ 3 phones, the following should be considered:
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