Red Five Labs is attending CTIA 2009.

1-3 April 2009 sees the CTIA Wireless 2009 'mega' convention take place again at the Las Vegas Convention Centre.

Red Five Labs will be demonstrating Net60 to customers and partners at the show. If your company would like to arrange an appointment please email your details to info@redfivelabs.com

Today Red Five Labs released Net60 Version 2.1

The latest version of Net60 is available from our website for download. All previous evaluators of Version 2.0 qualify for another 30-day trial

Users new to using .NET to create S60 applications can watch our Web Demo for a great introduction.  Our Quick Start Guide and notes on Seeing Net60 in Action are two more fantastic resources to help you to run your .NET binaries directly on your S60 device.

What is new in Version 2.1?

• The main 'feature' added is touch UI support for S60 5th edition phones. This is partial support at present and we're expecting to have all touch aware Winforms controls supported in our next quarterly release.
• The new Red Five Labs Mobility Framework which provides managed cross platform support for messaging on S60 and Windows Mobile. The messaging layer supports sending, deleting and listing SMSs in your message folders. Many more managed APIs will be added to this Framework in future to make the lives of developers easier.
  
• An improved Net60 Launcher with folder navigation and a wait cursor which demonstrates that the .NET application is loading.
  
• Winforms look and feel has been dramatically improved and now integrates to 3rd party components.
  
• New -pkg editing functionality in Genesis enables developers to customise their SIS build.
  

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

We hope you enjoy Version 2.1; we look forward to include many more APIs and features in our next release. If you'd like to see some specific API included in the Mobility Framework please drop us a line at feedback@redfivelabs.com 

 

Regards

The Red Five Labs team

This web tutorial, an 'Introduction to Symbian Signing with Net60', will cover step-by-step how to use Genesis to Symbian Sign .NET applications for S60.

 

Genesis, a Visual Studio plug-in which comes with the Net60 SDK, greatly simplifies the Symbian Signed process for users and is a powerful tool to use once it has been mastered.

The web tutorial will also cover the following related aspects of Symbian Signed:

1. What Symbian Signed is and why it is necessary to distribute applications,
   
2. The five Symbian Signed options available,
3. A demonstration how to Open Sign applications, and
   
4. A demonstration how to Self-Sign applications.
   

Also covered briefly is the Net60 Launcher, which is a Net60 tool that practically bypasses Symbian Signed during the development phase. Net60 users are able to simply copy the .NET .exe onto the S60 device and run it within the Net60 Launcher. This rapidly reduces the build-deploy-debug cycle for devs.

 

Regards 

The Red Five Labs Team

 

 

Symbian Press have published ".NET Development on S60" - a booklet in their series describing how to create applications using the .NET framework on S60, expertly written by Paul Todd.

This Symbian Press booklet is a great introduction to .NET on S60 and covers advanced topics of how to extend application development beyond the managed .NET assemblies into native Symbian APIs using P/Invoke.

The Table of Contents, includes the following, amongst other topics:

• Using the .NET runtime: The basics
• Net60: Under the hood
• Comparing Windows Mobile and S60
• Building a simple application
• Genesis
• Extending the application to send an SMS (with source code).
  

Download the booklet now by clicking on the cover image below:

 

More details and links to relevant resources can be found on the Symbian Developer Wiki dedicated to .NET.

At the recent Microsoft Tech Ed EMEA Developers conference in Barcelona, Mike, our CTO was interviewed by Andy Wigley in the Tech Talk series.

In this talk Mike covers the use case of Net60 for customers, the depth of managed .NET technologies supported on S60 and the future development roadmap supporting the 5th edition touch UI SDK. The talk is available online directly from this link. (lo res)

If you would like to arrange a meeting with us at any upcoming exhibitions and conferences please email us.

Other MS Tech Talks are available from the Tech Ed Online portal.

 

The Red Five Labs Team

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.

 

Today, Red Five Labs is exhibiting on stand B11 at the Microsoft Tech Ed for Developers conference in Barcelona, from 10-14 Novemeber.

This coincides with the announcement of Net60 Version 2.0 which is now available for download. Net60 V2.0 is importantly compatible with Microsoft's .NET CF 2.0 implementation. A 30-day trial is available from company website.

If you are attending the event and would like to arrange a demo or a meeting with the company, this can be arranged by sending an email to info@redfivelabs.com

 

 

 

Red Five Labs will be exhibiting at the upcoming Symbian Smartphone Show. The exhibition is from 21st - 22nd October 2008 at Earls Court in London.

What will we be showing off?
We have a range of .NET apps which we'll have at the show demonstrating Net60's support for .NET CF 2.0 applications. Amongst them are:

• A Picasa client which allows you to take a photo and upload it automatically to your Picasa web album which demonstrates managed access to the camera using the camera dialog, secure http authentication and integration with the Google GData API.

• A enterprise grade mobile workflow solution incorporating time and attendance tracking which demonstrates use of the SQL database on the device and XML data binding.

• A managed implementation of Breakout, the popular console video game, which demonstrates use of OpenGL and the accelerometer API.

• The GoodHotelGuide client is a travel guide for smartphones which demonstrates an application created for Windows Mobile running on S60 based devices.

Our CEO, Dusan, will also be explaining the many benefits of .NET on Symbian in the panel session "Choosing the right technology - Runtimes". It is scheduled for Wednesday 22 October, 16:00.

Over and above the 120 exhibitors, 60 public seminars and 10 keynotes, Symbian have added the Mobile DevFest track which is the premier conference for developers to learn about the new technologies available on the Symbian OS.

Red Five Labs' CTO, Mike Welham, will be presenting a hands on session on "Running C# and Visual Basic applications on Symbian". The session is scheduled for Tuesday 21 October, 14:00.

We're stand #92. (see the floorplan) Please send an email to info@redfivelabs.com should you wish to set up a dedicated meeting time. We look forward to meeting you there.

You can click here to register for the show!

Red Five Labs has released an update of its popular Net60 framework for the Symbian OS.

Seeing Net60 in action is easy!

It is now much easier to evaluate Net60 running on the device. Simply install the Net60-debug.sisx to your S60 device and use the newly released Net60 Launcher to execute .NET assemblies on your device. It's easy to do if you follow these steps.

What’s new in Net60 Version 1.1?

The latest  release of Net60 includes:

• support for Visual Studio 2008 (CF 2.0 Smart Device Projects).

• the Net60 Launcher tool used to execute .NET executables directly from device.

• RedFiveLabs.Mobile.dll providing managed APIs for SMS, telephony, audio, GPS & vibration.

• managed support for OpenGL (suitable for game development).

• new WinForm controls such as DateTimePicker, DataGrid & a WebBrowser control.

• a wizard to assist with configuring Genesis settings.

• snapshots in the Log Viewer, along with a call tree view of the stack trace and a phone selector.

Images of Net60 in Action

 The images below show a comparison of each of the new WinForms controls included in Net60.

 

DataGrid on Windows Mobile		DataGrid on Net60
DateTimePicker on Windows Mobile		DateTimePicker on Net60
WebBrowser Control on Windows Mobile		WebBrowser Control on Net60

Red Five Labs has launched its own MVP program.

The free MVP licence entitles participants to create multiple IMEI-linked licences using the Red Five Labs website.

Please visit this link to participate: http://www.redfivelabs.com/net60/MVPRegistration.aspx

As this MVP channel develops we plan to add access to most recent builds, Net60 feature requests and other internal tools and documentation.

The Net60 development roadmap is largely customer needs driven. Our next October 1 release will include partial CF 2.0 support (generics), a date time picker, a DataGrid class, OpenGL support and telephony support.

We'd love to hear from you and how you plan to use Net60 (http://www.redfivelabs.com/forums/default.aspx).

Regards

The Red Five Labs Team

Net60 Version 1.0.1 is released
Net60 is the defacto .NET framework for Symbian devices. Version 1.0.1 now boasts a Visual Studio plugin to build and sign Symbian SIS installers. It has never been easier to build .NET applications for Symbian S60 / Nokia smartphones!

Sign up for an online demo of Net60 in action with Red Five Labs' CTO
Forum Nokia hosts our CTO Mike Welham in an informative webinar that will show you how to leverage your .NET CF applications onto the S60/Symbian platform.

Sign Up! for the online event here.
[ Start time: 07/10/2008 9:00 AM (GMT-08:00)]

Get a 30-day trial of Net60 immediately
All visitors to our website will be able to download an immediate trial of Net60 by following this link.

 
Evaluate Net60 now!

Net60 Version 1.0 is now available!

With Net60 mobile application developers can now use the familiar .NET Compact Framework 1.0 to develop applications targeting the broad range of S60-based Nokia smartphones. The current version supports all S60 3rd edition devices such as the popular Nokia smartphones.

Net60 benefits System Integrators developing mobile solutions as it enables multiple platform support through one codebase, .NET code re-use and offers customers the flexibility of chosing the Nokia E & N series range of smarphones. 

Software vendors gain the possibility of targeting the vast market of the S60 smarphone with their .NET code that was purely written for the Windows Mobile platform with little further investment. Sell more applications to a broader audience!

Being able to code faster using tools such as Visual Studio reduces the time to market thereby increasing company productivity. Increase revenue and reduce the cost of development!

A 30 day evaluation license is available. Please visit this page and complete the application form to request a Net60 trial.

Managed support is provided to evaluators on support@redfivelabs.com  

We look forward to hearing from you! 

Best regards,

The Red Five Labs team 

1-3 April 2008 sees the CTIA Wireless 2008 'mega' convention take place at the Las Vegas Convention Centre. Red Five Labs will be exhibiting Net60 alongside Symbian on booth number 4855 at the show.

Net60 is a .NET framework on the Symbian OS which now allows .NET developers to write applications for the popular Nokia S60 range of smartphones.

The team will be available for customer meetings and demonstrations at the convention. If your company would like to arrange an appointment please email your details to info@redfivelabs.com 

 

Beta 3 has been refreshed. The timeout expiry date is now set to 28 May 2008.

Whilst the team is busy preparing a great release with many fixes and improvements for the Version 1.0 release, these weren't QA'ed in time for the necessary replacement of the existing beta which times out over the weekend. In this way, beta testers will still be able to use Net60.

Support for the current Beta of Net60, including the download and installation process, is available from support@redfivelabs.com. 

Best regards,

The Red Five Labs Team

Red Five Labs releases Net60 Beta 3, the .NET Compact Framework for S60. We have received great input from the community thus far and we're really pleased to be engaging with such top class software engineers. Thank you to you all!

The download is available as usual from http://www.redfivelabs.com/beta/BetaDownload.aspx or through navigating the 'Beta Download' menu drop down when signed in. This beta evaluation version will remain active until 29/02/2008

Full managed support for Net60, including the download and installation process, is available from support@redfivelabs.com.

The QuickStart Guide is a great resource to consult to get up and running as quickly as possible. The use of the tools shipped with Net60 such as Genesis is described in the guide which shows how .NET applications are installed directly to the S60 applications menu.

Please let us know how you intend to use Net60 so that we may best develop it to your needs. For all licensing information and use case feedback please contact Stephane Landier by email on slandier@redfivelabs.com or by phone on +33 253 358 309.

Best regards,

The Red Five Labs Team