May 6, 2011 17:41 GMT  ·  By

Along with the availability of a new version of the Qt SDK development tool for its mobile phones, Nokia announced the availability of the Symbian^3 SDK in a final flavor, with brand new features and support for the delivery of appealing capabilities to users. The new Symbian^3 SDK 1.0 for Nokia Devices packs inside the installer for the version of ActiveState ActivePerl that is needed for the development of applications with the abld tool in all Symbian and S60 SDKs.

The new version 1.0 of the Symbian^3 SDK for Nokia devices comes with features like:

- VGA resolution screen support, to enable software development for the Nokia E6. - Support for Qt 4.7 and Qt Mobility 1.1 APIs. - Updated Browser, now at v7.3.1.1. - The Three Plane Comms architecture, offering improved data flow performance. - Stub implementation of Mobile Broadcast Service API for Handheld Terminals 1.0 (JSR-272). - Several additional Symbian APIs for features such as OpenWF support, SQLite 3, XML parsing, and others. - Support for Korean and Chinese languages in the SDK.

When announcing the release of the new final flavor of the SDK, Nokia unveiled that the all-in-one Symbian, S60 platform, and S60 device SDKs should offer the possibility to come up with applications using Qt, Symbian C++, Java technology, and web technology (Web Runtime - WRT).

The software development kits come with all the necessary resources to enable app building,including documentation, API reference, examples, and an emulator, although there is no IDE included into the mix.

All-in-one SDKs were made available for the following editions, feature packs, and devices: Symbian^3, Nokia N97 mobile computer, S60 5th Edition, and S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2.

Those who would like to learn more info on the new release, or to get started with the development of applications using the Symbian^3 SDK, should head to the Nokia Forum website here. One would have to register or sign into an existing account to download the tool.