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Psion has a long history of using Symbian OS, and several leading PDAs still use Symbian<br />

OS v5. Current products include the netBook and the netPad. Developers can make use of<br />

Symbian OS v5 SDKs and SDK extensions to target Psion PDAs in C++, Java or OPL.<br />

Other SDKs and SDK extensions<br />

OPL<br />

OPL is a BASIC-like language designed to allow rapid application development, with<br />

provision for on-target application creation. OPL was included in all open Symbian OS<br />

products up to and including Symbian OS v5 and is now open source for the Nokia 9200.<br />

OPL development for Symbian OS v5 requires the v5 OPL SDK. The SDK includes<br />

documentation, tools, example code and a Windows emulator for testing. No further tools<br />

are required. If you are already familiar with OPL, you can begin developing on Symbian OS<br />

v5 directly using the supplied program application.<br />

For Symbian OS v6.0 phones (i.e. the Nokia 9200 Series Communicator), OPL is supplied<br />

as an unsupported add-on by Symbian. End users can download the runtime, which allows<br />

them to run OPL applications. OPL developers can download a development kit and the<br />

necessary tools and example code required to create OPL applications. A program editor for<br />

the Nokia 9200 Series is also supplied.<br />

Visual Basic<br />

A Visual Basic development environment is available from AppForge. You will need the<br />

MobileVB Mobile Application Development Software, which integrates with Visual Basic 6.0.<br />

To deploy and test your application you will need to download AppForge's free Booster<br />

software. The Symbian OS download provides versions that can be installed onto the PCbased<br />

phone emulator provided with Symbian OS SDKs and onto the Nokia 9200 Series.<br />

Intel PCA Development Kit<br />

The Intel DBPXA250 Development Platform is a tool aimed at software developers, system<br />

integrators and OEMs targeting Intel PCA processors. Board support packages are available<br />

for Symbian OS.<br />

Texas Instruments Innovator Development Kit<br />

Texas Instruments' Innovator Development Kit for the OMAP platform is a tool aimed at<br />

software developers, system integrators and OEMs targeting TI's OMAP processors.<br />

Support is available for Symbian OS v6.x and v7.0.<br />

Developer support<br />

For updates and links see http://www.symbian.com/developer/support.html Symbian<br />

DevNet offers two types of support forum:<br />

� support newsgroups<br />

� support forum archive<br />

Symbian DevNet's partners also offer support:<br />

Ericsson Mobility World

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