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How to get quickly apps for the P800 |
woaow
Joined: Jul 10, 2002
Posts: 95
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Hi guys (and girls...),
There is quite good information available for developers on the P800. I've found the following doc : "Porting NOKIA 9200 series applications to UIQ (P800)".
This will allow any 9200 series developer to get instantly a P800 compliant app... which is not so bad...
The link is the following : http://www.ericsson.com/mobilityworld/sub/open/technologies/epoc/docs.html
Many other useful docs are there. Here is the list :
- Programming the P800 SmartPhone training course
- Developing Java applications for UIQ
- Symbian UIQ style guide
- Product Information - P800
- Porting NOKIA 9200 series applications to UIQ (P800)
- Designing for UIQ
- Technical documentation - WAP Browsers
- Product information - R380
- Introducing UIQ
- Technical documentation - Symbian OS
UIQ is the graphical man-machine interface for the P800. BTW, you can see some generic screenshots of the Symbian OS 7...
I'm not a developer, and I'd like the EPOC developers (and others) to get access to this info. It might be useful, as our P800 will have even more value with tons of apps...
If you know some, this is the right time to help all of us... Nokia is already having some apps done for the 7650.
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faca
Joined: Jul 11, 2002
Posts: 192
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It would be more useful if we could have a free P800 SDK (right now it costs 1500$). The docs don't have much use if we don't have the SDK. 
You mentioned Nokia; they have a free 7650 SDK available for download. That SDK can also be used for developing applications for future Siemens and Panasonic Symbian smartphones (since they lincensed Nokia's Series 60 Platform used on 7650).
I have a feeling that there will be loads of apps and games for the 7650 but very very little for the P800 (and those will be expensive).
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KungKrille
Joined: Jul 10, 2002
Posts: 57
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This has been and will always be Ericssons problem - lack of support. They have had this attitude to their customers since the early days of mobile phones. They thought they were leading the development and had high prises. Then other brands cought up and could release high quality phones, but Ericsson still think they are so superior. No wonder they are close to bankruptsy. |
woaow
Joined: Jul 10, 2002
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Faca => I totally agree with you. I've already posted another thread about that, but we have to do everything we can do now, if we want apps, since I've understood SE might not change their minds...
It's why I think porting 9200 series apps to P800 is an easy way of having lots of apps quite quickly...
It's no use to say "they are so stupid" if they effectively don't change their minds. (Except if someone finds an idea to make them chaneg or to put pressure on them to get this SDK for free).
It's better to look for solutions...
[ This Message was edited by: woaow on 2002-07-11 17:54 ] |
KungKrille
Joined: Jul 10, 2002
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You are right! IŽll stop whining  |
ihudol
Joined: Jul 12, 2002
Posts: 19
From: Slovenia
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I think that the only mistake that SE made with P800 is that they didn't use Microsoft SmarthPhone 2002 OS. Yes I know what are you saying: "Microsoft, pfuufff....", but I think there will be more applications for SmarthPhone OS and the development tools are free. |
phanse
Joined: Jan 05, 2002
Posts: 7
From: Germany
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what about the Java2 Mirco-Edition (J2ME) ..isn't that free?
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mmort7
Joined: May 27, 2002
Posts: 119
From: Czech Republic
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But J2Me it too limmited for P800 (no usage of touchscreen ...)
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andrew99
Joined: Nov 29, 2001
Posts: 254
From: london
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Um, use microsoft smartphone software.. hmm... like the sendo, you know that phone that is so late to market they have had to delay it 4 times. And even sendo is getting pissed at microsoft and explaining that there are software incompatibilities.
I know it's got nice developer tools, but it's a microsoft version one product, and the golden rule is don't touch microsofts first version of anything. |
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Posted: 2002-07-11 16:59
