Motorola Makes Program Development Better

[cash7c3]

Motorola's latest moves to attract software developers are making Motorola look a little less dead. Today in the mobile phone market it is important to have a community of developers creating applications that run natively on phones. In the past Motorola's motodev (http://developer.motorola.com/) center offerings have been limited to basic java applications.

Motorola is now making changes to help developers create great programs to run on motorola devices easier.

They have updated MOTODEV Studio, an integrated development environment based on an open framework with tools for the Symbian UIQ, MOTO Z8 and MOTO Z10 (http://www.modmymoto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150641) handset platforms, the JSR248 mobile service architecture subset, and the MOTO Z6w (http://www.modmymoto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68747) which is build on Motorola's linux os.

Future updates are expected as soon as June to support the Symbian platform of the Motorola Z8 (http://www.modmymoto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41401) and Z10 (http://www.modmymoto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150641). The beta developer program named MOTODEV Studio for UIQ will allow development of programs in C/C++ which will lead to more powerful and refined program offerings.

Also coming soon will be MOTODEV Studio for Linux which will offer C/C++ programing for the MOTOMAGX platform (read Motorola V8 and Z6 (http://www.modmymoto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42017)).

Here's hoping to developers hop on board to create some awesome applications to run on our Motos

[via internet news (http://www.internetnews.com/mobility/article.php/3745821/Motorola+Looking+to+Lure+Dev+Talent.htm)]

[Skrilax_CZ]

They also give developer certificates to anybody. Useful for extended Java Permissions on phones which has no RSA crack.

[RATI_DV]

it's nice movement ;)
hope appears cool apps :)

[Xitiz]

thats news for C++ developers like me. All this while they'd concentrated on Java developers.

[ferrarix]

I want to learn a programming language this summer. Still debating between Java or C++ or C#. The only language I know right now is the old, obsolete Pascal :D.

Do you have any idea whether old phones will be supported by this move? I mean, something for the V3x or V6 for example?

[Skrilax_CZ]

Yes good news for C++ developers :) although I wonder how the API will look like.

I suggest you don't start with C++, too 'dizzy' and pretty difficult to start with.
I think is applies only for MOTOMAGX phones.

[SuperJoker]

Yeah, Linux only. Open source.