Symbian
Symbian Foundation and Nitobi today announced a collaborative open source is designed to simplify mobile application development. By integrating the Symbian web application creation tools and Nitobi’s PhoneGap ‘write once, run anywhere on the platform’, mobile developers can now easily create applications ready to shop for all major mobile platforms.
In addition, Nitobi has contributed PhoneGap for Symbian, which is included in the package ^ 3 Symbian platform extensions web. With these two developments in place, every web developer who knows HTML, CSS and JavaScript can now write mobile applications once and use it on multiple operating systems and devices. In addition, developers can access the native device capabilities such as telephone, contact, camera, accelerometers, location and orientation can be changed or improved to enhance end user experience and functionality of the device.
“PhoneGap committed to providing mobile web developers the ability to design fun, device-independent applications interesting and useful by using open standards,” commented Andre Charland, Nitobi CEO. “We have long standing relationships with community members and Symbian is very pleased to be able to work directly with these organizations to think like developers around the world to provide an easier way to tap in to the power of Symbian.”
