Nokia’s Mike Trujillo has just sent me a notification that a new beta of Carbide.c++ is available online. For all those of you who are new to the term, Carbide.c++ is an Eclipse derivate that can be used to create S60 and UIQ applications. Anyways, here goes:


The wait is finally over! We will make this message brief but we hope that you take the time to review all the material prior to downloading the Carbide product. There are many changes to the beta program that we hope will greatly improve your experience during the beta program.

A short summary of the changes:

  • We will be providing the beta builds every 2-3 weeks
  • We will also provide “development builds” each day.
  • Users are encouraged to log bugs into our bug tracking database (Bugzilla)
  • More information on the new beta program is found here.

Here is your step-by-step procedure for the beta:

  1. Watch the welcome video
  2. Read the release notes
    NOTE – We have not tested the BETA 1 release for all use cases. You may experience some problems in more complex projects. We recommend that you start with small projects and work your way up to larger ones.

  3. Learn about the new procedures for submitting bugs
  4. Download the product (links on the Google Group welcome page)

Please route all comments and suggestions to the Google Group –

http://groups.google.com/group/carbidecpp-beta