Metrowerks supports developers targeting Nokia Series 60

By Alun Williams

Posted on 6 Mar 2003 at 12:25

Metrowerks, the software development tools specialist is to provide an all-in-one developer kit for Nokia's Series 60 Platform. It has extended its venerable and well-respected Code-Warrior environment to support Nokia's platform for smart phones.

Included in the new CodeWarrior Wireless Development Kit for Symbian OS, Nokia 3650 Edition is the newly released Series 60 SDK for Symbian OS, as well as a Development Studio for Symbian OS v2, Personal Edition. The Series 60 SDK was jointly developed by Metrowerks and Nokia's developer programme Forum Nokia.

For your money you also get a version of Nokia's newest Series 60 mobile, the 3650 tri-band phone. . The kit is sold exclusively online at $1,150.

'The Series 60 is a powerful multimedia platform that can support a new generation of mobile applications - from interactive games, to multimedia messaging, to location-based services,' said David Clifton, VP of marketing at Metrowerks. 'This special kit equips developers to quickly and easily harness the power of the Series 60 Platform.'

Running on top of the Symbian OS, the Series 60 supports the use of Java, C++ and XHTM.

You can find more info about the latest CodeWarrior on Metrowerks.com.