The Problem with Symbian OS

Bruce Stewart points out the Problems with Symbian. This follows concerns voiced by Mike Rowehl when he wrote S60 Platform Dying. Developing for the Symbian OS is no “walk in the park”; Java development truly is a breeze when compared to the Symbian OS; this is a truism, unless your name is John Kern, Symbian … Read more

On Symbian OS (and Java ME)

I have been playing with Symbian OS S60 recently. It has been a while since I did. And this exercise has reminded me that the Symbian OS is pretty neat and well thought. Symbian OS is a C++ / Object Oriented OS from the “ground up”. Its programming model is obviously OO using C++, and … Read more