The third Symbian Platform (after the Communicators and Series 60) can now support OPL. Following a quiet development process, the OPL-Dev team is pleased to offer not only an OPL Runtime and SDK for UIQ, but a full suite of OPX Language extensions, providing access to almost every facet of the UIQ Platform.
Thanks also go to UIQ themselves, who have announced OPL at the annual 3GSM jaunt to Cannes., and have generally been really supportive of getting OPL onto devices such as the Sony Ericsson P900 and the Motorola A920.
More details can be found at the OPL Sourceforge Homepage.
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Developers receive free development environment for UIQ based mobile phones
3GSM World Congress, Cannes, France, February 23, 2024 - UIQ Technology today announces the introduction of OPL (Open Programming Language) for the UIQ user interface platform. OPL is an interpreted pogramming language similar to BASIC and purpose-built for Symbian OS.
OPL for UIQ is made available through the effort of the open source developer community and was made possible through Symbian’s decision to make OPL available as open source.
With the availability of OPL, developers can now chose to develop their applications, services and content for UIQ based mobile phones in C++, Java, Visual Basic or OPL, further strengthening the already vibrant developer community for UIQ based mobile phones such as the Sony Ericsson P800 and P900, Motorola A920 and A925 and BenQ P30.
"We're very happy to see the open source developer community at work and appreciate the availability of another programming language for the UIQ user interface platform. The availability of OPL for UIQ further increases the options for developers to chose the most suitable programming language for the task at hand, and proves the value of an active developer community", Peter Wikström, Marketing Program Manager for Developer Relations at UIQ Technology, said.
Rick Andrews, Project Manager at Symbian said "Releasing OPL for UIQ makes UIQ phones programmable by a larger community from developers to business professionals to hobbyists." said Rick Andrews, Senior Technical Consultant, Symbian Software Ltd and co-maintainer of the OPL project. "OPL as an open source project has the support of the Symbian OS community".
"With the UIQ release of OPL, not only do we open up the UIQ platform (by providing it with a powerful language with a shallow learning curve), but the OPL project can begin to show the "write once run everywhere" nature of OPL over the entire Symbian OS range of devices. Ewan Spence, OPL documentation maintainer and OPL application developer, said.
The OPL environment consists of a runtime and development tools. Being designed for Symbian OS, OPL is simple to extend to offer access to the rich functionality of Symbian OS.
OPL consists primarily of the following components:
* The runtime that runs on Symbian OS phones
* The translator that runs on Symbian OS phones or as a PC-based tool
* OPLTools that run on a PC
* TextEd that runs on Symbian OS phones to allow for on-target development
* DemoOPL is a comprehensive OPL example application
* OPXs are extensions to OPL written in C++ which run on Symbian OS phones
* OPLRSS is a language localization tool which runs on a PC
OPL for UIQ is entirely free to download, use, and develop with.
To download the OPL runtime and / or development tools for UIQ, please visit: http://opl-dev.sourceforge.net or http://opl.symbiandiaries.com/
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About UIQ
UIQ is a user interface platform for Symbian OS, especially designed for advanced, media rich mobile phones. UIQ is designed to offer easy access to the wide variety of data services in 2.5G and 3G networks. UIQ based smartphones are powerful and give access to enterprise applications, email, multimedia clips and web pages. Excellent interaction and graphical capabilities also provides support for advanced gaming possibilities.
About UIQ Technology
UIQ Technology AB develops and licenses world-class user interface platforms for Symbian OS and supports bringing enchanting mobile phones to market. UIQ Technology AB, established 1999 in Ronneby, Sweden, is a fully owned subsidiary of Symbian Ltd.
UIQ Technology has licensed UIQ to the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers including Motorola, Sony Ericsson, BenQ and Arima. Publicly announced products based on UIQ include the BenQ P30, Motorola A920 for 3, Motorola A925 and Sony Ericsson P800 and P900 Smartphones.
For further information about UIQ Technology, please visit www.uiq.com