Device Description

The Nokia 5250 is a S60 5th Edition device with a resistive touch screen and tactile feedback. The device has a 2.8“, bright nHD (640 x 360 pixels and 16:9 aspect ratio) display with a customizable home screen. Input methods include full screen QWERTY, alphanumeric keypad and handwrite recognition. Other features include a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, and USB 2.0 High-Speed.

Tools

The Tools Centre page (www.developer.nokia.com/Resources/Tools_and_downloads/) provides links to details about all the Nokia Developer tools & SDKs.

Carbide.ui is a family of tools that enables the creation of themes for Symbian and Series 40 phones. Carbide.ui provides professionals and hobbyists alike with an easy to use tool that can customise almost every aspect of the look and feel of a phone's UI.

Carbide.c++ is an IDE for developing Symbian C++ and Open C/C++ for Symbian devices. Version 3.2 is available, offering support for S60 5th Edition and Symbian^3 software development, a lightweight installer, and extension plug-ins for additional features.

Recommended SDK(s)

The S60 5th Edition SDK for Symbian OS enables the creation of applications using Qt (with the Qt Libraries for Symbian), Symbian C++, Open C/C++ (with Open C/C++ plug-in), Java™ technology, web technologies, and Python (with the PyS60 plug-in). The SDK includes support for the development of touch based application. The SDK includes the all key resources needed for application development (documentation, API reference, examples, and an emulator), excluding an IDE.

Now including the final 1.0 version of the Symbian Belle SDK, the all-in-one SDKs enable application development using Qt, C++, Java™ technology, and web technology. Each SDK includes all the key resources needed for application development, such as documentation, API reference, examples, and an emulator. An IDE is not included.