Red Five Labs News

News and updates from Red Five Labs

Net60 Version 2.0 (CF2.0 compatible) released

Net60 Version 2.0 is compatible with Microsoft's .NET Compact Framework 2.0.

The latest version of Net60 is available from the company's website as a 30-day trial which is downloadable after simply supplying an IMEI number and email address.

Users new to .NET on Symbian, and the benefits of creating S60 applications in Visual Studio, will be able to quickly get up to speed by reading our Quick Start Guide to create S60 applications in Visual Studio. 'Seeing Net60 in Action' is another guide to running .NET binaries directly on your S60 device.

What is new in Version 2.0?

  • The main 'feature' added is CF2.0 support. This includes support for generics.
  • Managed access to the camera
  • A new paddle game (breakout implementation) which demonstrates use of the accelerometer API
  • Self Sign capabilities in the Genesis Visual Studio plug-in. (Users no longer need supply a UID or Symbian Certificate)

S60 Touch Screen Support Planned

Devices such as the Nokia 5800 which run the S60 5th edition UI includes a touch screen user interface. Net60 will support this touch UI in the next quarterly release.

Net60 Version 2.0 Specifications

Device support:

  • all S60 3rd edition devices ( Nokia E & N series, Samsung i450, Samsung Innovate and all other S60 devices)
  • Symbian OS 9.0, 9.1 and 9.2+

Development environments supported:

  • Windows XP, Windows Vista
  • Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008

More information about the product can be found in the downloadable datasheet.

Hear what Net60 customers have to say:

"Net60 was the logical choice for leveraging our .NET development effort", said Suzy Paddock, Director, Co-ordinate Limited, makers of TravelGuides ToGo.

 

Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!
Published Monday, November 10, 2008 4:18 AM by adrianoi