Jason Dunn
01-16-2004, 08:06 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/communications/0,39001141,39164795,00.htm' target='_blank'>http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/communications/0,39001141,39164795,00.htm</a><br /><br /></div>"Nokia is changing the way it deals with software developers, in what is widely seen as an effort to stave off a growing challenge from Microsoft. The world's largest handset maker will soon introduce "tiering," a process by which developers get faster and wider access to Nokia's proprietary cell phone operating software, the more they pay, Lee Epting, a Nokia vice president, said in an interview on Thursday. <br /><br />The Finnish company is also revamping developer access to application programming interfaces (APIs) and is joining forces with other handset makers and Sun Microsystems to streamline software certification for products."<br /><br />Are there any developers here who program for both Symbian and Windows Mobile? How would you characterize the differences in development for each platform?