VC240 – Is It Hack-Worthy?

Windows Mobile 6.5.3 is actually a decent piece of software. I would not have been able to reach this conclusion without the good people of XDA-Developers, and especially @NRGZ28, who cooked the EnergyROM I’m now using. Let me explain: with most of the phones that you buy today, you are not limited to the OS supplied by the manufacturer and any updates released for it – courtesy of your friendly internet hacker. You can download tools to hack your device (read more...)

By Ran Arad  |  June 30th, 2010  |  Filed under Development
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A New GA is Born

[Ofer Goren is the pen name I choose... no, he's the guy I hired... you see, I'm on hiatus... (Sigh) I should really start writing in my blog. This time we get a glimpse into the process of turning simple code into the products we all know and love.] We’ve just released a new version of the SIP Developer Suite. In the following post, I will try and describe the different steps required for such a miracle to happen. After (read more...)

By Ofer Goren  |  March 31st, 2010  |  Filed under Development, SDKs
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Writing code for human beings: IN, OUT and INOUT

Checking the searches that lead people to this blog revealed that they search for “Radvision INOUT”. Thus, on public demand, I will explain the super-secret-non-more-secret parameter guidelines. From RADVISION’s common type definitions: /* Some "empty" definitions that we can use for readability of the code */ #define IN #define OUT #define INOUT What this simply means is these words are replaced by nothing; they are just indications for the reader, not the compiler. I think mini-comments may be the best (read more...)

By Ran Arad  |  May 8th, 2008  |  Filed under SDKs
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Logs + Scripts = Ownage

At times, I like to keep scores between Development and Customer Support (CS). If a problem is on the customer’s side, a point is awarded to development and if the problem is with our code, a point is awarded to customer support. Then there are the many special cases, for example problems with documentation (points for CS), problems with API design (more points for CS), problems fixed for another customer already (points for Development) problems which are already fixed in (read more...)

By Ran Arad  |  April 14th, 2008  |  Filed under SDKs
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