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» 19 July 2010 Majinate welcomes Symbian DevCo.
» 14 June 2010 ASDAvailable in Chinese.
» 14 June 2010 Platomix are our new partner for China.
» 15 Feb 2010 ASD re-opens to new members.
» 12 Nov 2009 The current status of the ASD exam.
» 01 July 2009 ASD temporarily closed to new members.
» 31 January 2009 Majinate announce the launch of “ASD Approved Trainer Programme”.
» 19 January 2009 Futurice now offering Symbian Developer Accreditation in Northern Europe.
» 10 October 2008 The new ASD curriculum and exam V2.1 go live
» 01 August 2008 The ASD curriculum is being updated from October 2008
» 25 July 2008 Majinate will be participating at the Smartphone Show 2008
» 1 November 2007 2005-2006 Curriculum reaches end of life on 31st December 2007
» 29 October 2007 Majinate presented the ASD scheme at the Symbian Smartphone Show 2007
» 19 September 2007 GKR optimises job searches for ASDs
» 27 July 2007 Majinate announces the availability of the Symbian OS J2ME Exam
» 9 May 2007 London Metropolitan University offers smartphone development qualifications
» 12 Feb 2007 Nokia and Majinate launch the S60 Developer Accreditation programme at 3GSM
» 14 Oct 2006 Xenient to offer ASD exams
» 5 Oct 2006 Majinate and the British Computer Society announce partnership arrangement
» 27 Sept 2006 Accredited Symbian Developer Primer now available
» 28 July 2006 Supervised ASD Exams in Bangalore 4th August 2006
» 31 Mar 2006 Nokia supports the Accredited Symbian Developer scheme
» 24 Mar 2006 UIQ Technology supports the Accredited Symbian Developer scheme
» 22 Feb 2006 Meme Education Limited joins ASD reseller programme
» 17 Feb 2006 Majinate appoints Softspin as supervised exam reseller in India
» 17 Feb 2006 Majinate announces supervised ASD exam schedule
For news pre-2006, please visit the archive news page.
19 July 2010 - Majinate welcomes Symbian DevCo
Welcome to the latest Symbian Foundation Member, Symbian DevCo.
Symbian DevCo is a non-profit, independent organisation founded to raise the profile of individuals within the Symbian community and give them a full voice in the governance of the Symbian platform. Participants in Symbian DevCo, known as Associates, enjoy the same rights and benefits as employees of other member companies. Majinate's Founder, Ian Weston, is a member of the board at DevCo has said, " through DevCo, individuals can demonstrate that developer requirements come from a real developer constituency and not just a few vocal individuals or media pundits, and we can effect real and useful change to the Symbian platform and wider developer offering."
Find out more about DevCo, and join them, at www.symbiandevco.org 
. The organisation is open to all individuals and participation is free of charge.
14 June 2010 - ASD Available in Chinese
Beijing, San Francisco and London, 14th June 2010 – Majinate and Symbian today announced that the Accredited Symbian Developer (ASD) scheme is now available in both English and Chinese. By making the ASD examinations available in Chinese for the first time ever, Majinate aims to make the scheme much more accessible to developers in the region who want to gain a recognized accreditation in developing for Symbian and benefit from Symbian’s pre-eminent position in the smartphone market in China.
All employers of Symbian developers will benefit from this pool of accredited developers, helping them to identify the right employees for the task in hand.
For full details of the announcement, see http://www.symbian.org/news-and-media/all-symbian-news
14 June 2010 - Platomix are our new partner for China
Shanghai and London, 14th July 2010. Majinate announces that Platomix Technologies Co., Ltd. of Shanghai, China, are our new partner for delivering the Accredited Symbian Developer scheme in Greater China. Platomix have been awarded an exclusive contract to support the scheme in China, including the training of Symbian developers, the marketing of the scheme, engagement with academic partners and the production of supporting learning materials in Chinese. Developers wil be able to take the ASD exam (in Chinese) in supervised conditions at test centres throughout China, as well as continuing availability of the exam over the web.
We're delighted to have them on board!
About Platomix
Platomix成立于本世纪初，是中国最早进行移动应用开发的公司之一。作为诺基亚论坛PRO会员和诺基亚认证培训中心，借助诺基亚论坛丰富、全面的技 术资料和平台，Platomix在不断的学习中成长，建立了一支专注于移动终端平台的、具有优良素质的技术队伍,擅长于终端软件、移动相关服务器平台及内 容开发。主要产品有S60平台与Qt平台上的应用软件，移动应用和内容下载平台,移动微技,手机主题,本地化工具等。
Established in early 2000’s, Platomix is one of China's mobile pioneers for mobile application research and development. As a Forum Nokia PRO member they have embraced Forum Nokia’s rich and complete technical resources and platform. Platomix continues to grow and evolve, and has established a highly professional and competent technical team, specializing in mobile devices platform, content and application development. Our core products include applications on S60 and Qt, mobile application and content downloading platform,mobile widgets, themes, applications and software localization tools etc.
成立10年来，借助诺基亚论坛的推广平台，公司与一些著名厂商、运营商建立了业务合作关系。公司本着“客户第一”的原则，针对不同客户的需求，提供不同的 产品和服务。我们主要提供以下服务：
For the past 10 years, with the help of Nokia promotional platform, Platomix has established business relationships with various companies and operators. Our Moto is “Customer First”, based on different customer’s requirement, we seek to provide and offer various product and services namely,
提供针对移动应用和服务的全面解决方案:Symbian C++/Qt/Android/Mobile Widget
Provide a complete, specialized mobile application and service solution on Symbian C++/Qt/Android/Mobile Widget
Symbian 培训和咨询
Symbian Training and Consultation
Symbian 相关技术资料的翻译
Symbian related technical resource translation
专业的移动应用本地化与测试
Professional mobile application localization
Testing
Including QA testing and SymbianSigned-specific testing
移动业务相关的WEB 服务和主机托管
Mobile related WEB services and hosting
未来，Platomix将在软件研究、产品开发、市场拓展、客户服务等方面投入更多的精力和资金，为社会提供更丰富、更优良的产品，为实现远大梦想，将 platomix塑造成为在移动技术服务领域的、专业的、全服务提供商!
Platomix will continue to invest more resources in software research and development, to provide better and richer quality product in the coming future, to realize our vision as one of the best companies in this arena, shaping us to be a successful and trustworthy company, offering technological, professional and total solution and services.
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Contact Information:
Platomix Technologies Co., Ltd.
Unit 1701, Bldg. No. 1, 1029 Kongjiang Rd., Shanghai 200093, China
Tel: +86 21 35120708
Fax: +86 21 65316888
Email: service@platomix.com
15 Feb 2010 - ASD re-opens to new members
After a rather long holiday, we're back in our new Symbian Foundation livery. The ASD exam programme has now been restarted and we are ready to welcome new members on board.
12 Nov 2009 - Update on the current status of the ASD exam
We've had a lot of enquiries about the exam and when it will restart. We've summarised here the answers to questions that we've had recently about restarting the ASD exams.
What will be tested?
The published curriculum may be amended in the near future, but we've set the new exam up so that you don't need to learn anything different for the time being. So no need to worry about getting any surprises in the exam if you concentrate on Curriculum v2.1 and use the ASD Primer as your study guide.
What changes are there?
Most of our changes are to remove or renew individual questions, not the learning points they address. And at the same time we are going through a re-branding exercise with the intention of aligning with the Symbian Foundation branding.
When?
We had hoped to be up and running on 1st November, but the approvals process is taking longer than we had expected (we have several partners that need to collectively agree and approve the changes).
Anything else?
We're moving to a not-for-profit model, which means the exam pricing will come down. To do this, we need a sponsor to cover the operating costs of the exam infrastructure. Getting that finalised is the main task to complete before we can restart the exams.
Thanks for your patience, and sorry about the delay.
01 July 2009 - ASD temporarily closed to new members
Now that we're working closely with the Symbian Foundation we're developing plans for some exciting updates to the ASD scheme. While these are being formalised and implemented, the ASD exams will be suspended and we will temporarily close the scheme to new applicants. The ASD exams will not be available either on-line or through our partner networks. All existing accreditations will of course remain valid, and all other activities are unaffected while we work on the transition. We expect to have the system re-vamped in time for a re-launch announcement at SEE 2009 at the end of October.
31 January 2009 - Majinate announce launch of ASD Approved Trainer Programme
This programme differentiates and increases the standing of Symbian OS training organisations by showing that they have a higher level of commitment to formalised Symbian OS training, embodied by our Code of Practice, and leading to recognised professional qualifications. The scheme is open to commercial and academic organisations: more details coming soon.
19 January 2009 - Futurice now offering Symbian Developer Accreditation in Northern Europe.
Futurice Ltd, a Finnish professional software services company, announced today
that in association with Majinate Ltd, Futurice is now offering the Accredited Symbian Developer (ASD) exam in Helsinki serving Finnish and other North European Symbian developers.
Symbian OS™ is the market-leading open operating system for mobile phones. With mobile devices' increasing capabilities, growing market penetration and continuous flow of mobile innovations, the market for Symbian smartphones is experiencing a rapid growth. This generates a high demand for skilled Symbian developers. Thus, it has become very important to develop means to support the growth of advanced Symbian programming skills.
Accredited Symbian Developer (ASD) is an industry-standard qualification with an exam that assesses an individual's understanding of the fundamental aspects of Symbian C++ software development. For the first time in Finland, supervised Accredited Symbian Developer exam is made available for all interested developers. Together with Majinate, Futurice arranges the assessment sessions in Helsinki and accredits developers on passed exams.
Mr. Tuomas Syrjänen, CEO at Futurice said: "Delivering great mobile innovations often requires good programming skills. Symbian being the leading mobile platform, we at Futurice are excited in supporting the growth of Symbian programming expertise in Finland and in other North European countries."
About Futurice
Futurice is a provider of high-end mobile and internet software development services. We specialise
in software solution development projects requiring strong technical expertise, speed of delivery
and end-to-end responsibility. Our customers worldwide rely on our skills and commitment to deliver
successful projects. We are located in Helsinki, Finland.
For more information, visit www.futurice.com or send email to accreditation@futurice.com
10 October 2008 - The new ASD curriculum and exam V2.1 go live
Every year, the ASD curriculum is reviewed, and where necessary it and the associated exam are changed to reflect current practice in Symbian OS development. This year's review resulted in the release today of V2.1 of the ASD exam. As of today, all new exams will use version 2.1 unless specifically requested by the candidate. V2 will be completely withdrawn on 22nd October.
Alongside the changes in the curriculum (see here), the following changes have been introduced:
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All candidates now receive a display of their results upon completion of the exam. This can be compared immediately with the pass mark (see here) avoiding the need to wait for notification from us or your supervisor. Exams now have a simpler pricing structure, see http://www.majinate.com/takeexam.html.
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Supervisors will deliver an analysis of results broken down by sub-topic on completion; unsupervised candidates will receive this via email.
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All certificates will now carry an identifier with the version of the exam that the candidate passed
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The Majinate web site now carries a section showing which versions of the exam are still valid: see http://www.majinate.com/faqs.html#twentyseven
These changes make the ASD exam an even more useful tool for targeting training and identifying the most able developers in any team.
01 August 2008 - The ASD curriculum is being updated from October 2008
We review the ASD curriculum every year to make sure it is up to date with changes to the operating system and 2008 was no exception. The changes are minor this year and accreditations will not need to be renewed as quickly as usual as a consequence: this is reflected in the new version numbering scheme as well. You can find more details at the new curriculum. The exam to reflect these changes will be released on 1st October 2008. Accreditations under exams v2 & v2.1 will be valid until at least January 2010.
25 July 2008 - Majinate will be participating at the Smartphone Show October 21st to 22nd
With this year's show focusing again on developers, Majinate is working with Symbian to ensure that the ASD scheme is once again well represented at the event. There'll be a chance to meet the people who run the scheme, to find out what you need to know to pass the exam, take an appropriate training session and to sit the exam either at the show or shortly afterwards. Find out more here .
1 November 2007 - 2005-2006 Curriculum reaches end of life on 31st December 2007
If your accreditation predates the v9 curriculum you will need to renew your accreditation to cover important changes such as Platform Security. Take advantage of the special renewal offer to ASDs in the members' area.
29 October 2007 - Majinate presented the ASD scheme at the Symbian Smartphone Show 2007
19 September 2007 - GKR optimises job searches for ASDs
GK Recruitment, the specialist in UK mobile software recruitment, is sponsoring qualified ASD applicants to make the best vacancy and applicant matches. Read more...
27 July 2007 - Majinate announces the availability of the Symbian OS J2ME Exam
To complement the existing portfolio of Symbian and S60 exams, we today announce the availability of a new exam to test Symbian OS J2ME.
12 Feb 2007 - London Metropolitan University offers a smarter mobile future with smartphone development qualifications
New postgraduate course provides professional, industry-recognised smartphone development qualifications in collaboration with Symbian.
London Metropolitan University today announced a new course in Mobile Applications Development (MSc) to teach Symbian OS™ principles in designing and developing mobile applications. Scheduled to begin in September 2007, Mobile Applications Development is supported by the Symbian Academy and prepares graduates for the Accredited Symbian Developer (ASD) examination, the industry-standard assessment of individuals' knowledge of Symbian OS development. The London Metropolitan MSc aims to provide students with relevant skills for developing cutting-edge technology for smartphones and create a wider talent pool of professionally-accredited mobile application developers.
Symbian OS is the market-leading operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones known as smartphones and is licensed by the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers. During 2006, 51.7 million Symbian smartphones were sold worldwide bringing the total number of Symbian smartphones shipped to 110 million. The Symbian Academy is designed to provide support and materials to establishments wishing to teach the knowledge and skills associated with Symbian OS software development.
Mobile Applications Development (MSc) is the brainchild of Course Leader Dr Yanguo Jing, from London Metropolitan's department of Computing, Communications Technology and Mathematics. He created the course in conjunction with the Symbian Academy program, so students can enjoy a professionally-recognised academic award and certification. Graduates that complete the course and pass the ASD examination will be able to demonstrate to potential employers that they have Symbian C++ development knowledge via this industry recognised accreditation.
12 Feb 2007 - Nokia and Majinate launch the S60 Developer Accreditation programme at 3GSM
Until 28th February, Forum Nokia is sponsoring all S60 accreditation candidates who pass the exam by refunding £40 of the exam registration fee for S60 exams, and £65 of the registration fee for combined S60+ASD exams. Register now to obtain the discounted price – more details
14 Oct 2006 - Xenient to offer ASD exams
Majinate Limited and Xenient Corporation announced today that Xenient now offers the Accredited Symbian Developer (ASD) exam in conjunction with Xenient's training services.
Symbian OS is the operating system of choice for today's smartphones, powering an established base of over 80 million phones worldwide from the 12 largest phone manufacturers representing 70% of the smartphone market. This market is undergoing rapid growth, creating high demand for competent Symbian OS engineers.
The Accredited Symbian Developer programme provides the key differentiator in identifying engineering competency and Majinate continues to roll out local training and accreditation representation in all markets.
"The United States is an important market for Majinate, particularly as Symbian OS adoption is accelerating rapidly with the recent introduction of devices such as the Nokia E62." said Ian Weston, Founder, Majinate. "Xenient is an established Symbian Training Partner with an excellent track record in delivering services int this market, and we're glad to be associated with them as we deploy this industry-wide standard accreditation scheme."
Regan Coleman, Xenient said: “We're excited to offer the ASD exam to complement our on-site and scheduled public SymbianOS classes and consulting in the US, Canada, and Latin America, and will be available to students of our one-week SymbianOS training Nov 6-13 in Austin, TX, USA. The exam is a useful tool and represents a significant step in the maturation of the Symbian ecosystem”.
For enquires contact Kirsten Jenkins at kirsten_jenkins@xenient.com. Xenient: +1 (512) 370 9515
5 Oct 2006 - Majinate and the British Computer Society announce partnership arrangement
Majinate and the British Computer Society today announce a partnership arrangement whereby the BCS recognise that on completion of the relevant exam those involved will be considered for BCS membership at the appropriate grade. "The Accredited Symbian Developer (ASD) scheme is designed to promote and reward best practice in software development in the mobile space," said Ian Weston MBCS CITP and Founder, Majinate. "With today's announcement, the scheme achieves recognition from the UK's Chartered Professional body, further demonstrating the value of the exam and the accreditation."
The BCS is 100% focused on IT, setting standards and promoting best practice across the profession. By joining the BCS you will be demonstrating a commitment to raising your professional standards and will gain industry recognition of your skills and experience. You will receive professional development at every stage of your career and have the platform to become a chartered IT professional (CITP).
27 Sept 2006 - Accredited Symbian Developer Primer now available
The Accredited Symbian Developer Primer, written by leading experts Jo Stichbury and Mark Jacobs, explains the content tested in the Accredited Symbian Developer exam. It breaks down the examined subject areas and describes each as a series of exam objectives, also providing references to other sources of information.
28 July 2006 - Supervised ASD Exams in Bangalore 4th August 2006
Due to local demand, Majinate is pleased to announce an additional supervised examination date in Bangalore on 4th August 2006. Majinate's partner Softspin will be supervising exams the whole day. To reserve a place please email asd@softspins.com.
31 March 2006 - Nokia Supports ASD Scheme
Nokia supports the mobile developer ecosystem through Forum Nokia, an online resource for all the programming platforms used in Nokia phones. This includes the Symbian OS based Series 60 and Series 80 platforms. Recognising the value of formal accreditation, Nokia now supplies information on the ASD scheme in both the Training and Symbian C++ sections of the web site.
"Nokia is pleased to support the Accredited Symbian Developer programme which provides a rigorous, industry-standard assessment of individuals’ knowledge of Symbian OS C++. The programme will help businesses to improve the efficiency of mobile software development by presenting potential employers with objective insight into a job candidate’s skills relative to those of the industry as a whole."
Lee Epting
Vice President, Forum Nokia
Nokia provides online course material that will help to prepare a candidate for the ASD exam.
In particular, we recommend the Symbian OS Basics workbook v2 (course number 04300).
24 March 2006 - UIQ Technology supports the Accredited Symbian Developer scheme 
Ronneby, Sweden, March 24, 2006 - UIQ Technology, the supplier of the UIQ 3 software platform for mobile phones, and Majinate, the operator of the Accredited Symbian Developer (ASD) program, have today announced their collaboration to make ASD exams available to members of the UIQ Developer Program through the developer portal for UIQ developers. On top of this, UIQ Technology also announced an exam that specifically tests UIQ competence and knowledge - to be released later this year as part of an ASD Pro scheme. UIQ Technology will be a launch partner of ASD Pro and the UIQ exam will contribute towards Professional level Symbian accreditation.
The main benefits of the ASD scheme are that developers can receive an industry recognition of their knowledge and skills, which is important proof of their competence to employers, recruiters, peers or themselves; and potential employers have the reassurance that they have a candidate with an independently verified standard of Symbian OS knowledge, qualification and experience. The scheme ensures a common framework for the assessment of Symbian OS skills, based on a central curriculum that is defined and maintained by Symbian and kept up to date with the latest releases of the operating system.
UIQ Technology today announced its endorsement of the Symbian Developer accreditation examinations that are run by Majinate Ltd. Majinate operates the Symbian accreditation scheme on a worldwide basis, and this agreement will help increase coverage and accessibility in key markets, highlighting its applicability to the successful UIQ platform, which is based upon Symbian OS.
"Our aim is to offer the ASD scheme worldwide to every segment of Symbian development, from academics to niche specialists, and to bring a recognized professional qualification into the ecosystem. We are delighted that UIQ Technology has elected to actively support this initiative," said Ian Weston, Founder, Majinate.
"UIQ Technology is pleased to support and take part in the ASD program" said Elisabet Melin, VP of Marketing for UIQ Technology. "By actively participating in the development of the Symbian accreditation program, we are able to rapidly bring together key UIQ and Symbian OS knowledge, services and tools to benefit developers. The ASD exam now enables an independent verification of developer skills to be demonstrated to potential employers and colleagues."
As a further demonstration of the commitment to the ASD scheme, UIQ Technology will be selecting the most helpful developer posting on the UIQ developer portal forum on a regular basis with the reward being a sponsored accreditation exam.
UIQ Technology supports developers through the provision of advice, tools and technical and marketing support. For more information, see http://developer.uiq.com
22 February 2006 - Meme Education Limited joins ASD reseller programme
LONDON, United Kingdom and VANCOUVER, Canada: February 22 2006: Majinate Limited today announced the appointment of Meme Education to administer the Accredited Symbian Developer (ASD) examination programme in North America.
Symbian OS is the operating system of choice for today's smartphones, powering an established base of over 60 million phones worldwide and supported by over 250 network operators. This extraordinary growth is fuelling high demand for competent Symbian OS engineers in all mature and developing phone markets.
The Accredited Symbian Developer programme provides the key differentiator in identifying engineering competency and Majinate continues to roll out local training and accreditation representation in all markets.
"There is great pent up demand in North America for Symbian OS skills, driven by the giants of the internet and traditional computing making a dash for mobile, many of whom have operations on the West Coast." said Ian Weston, Founder, Majinate. "Meme Education is ideally suited to support this growing market through the provision of local high quality training that leads to independently verified competency using an industry-wide standard."
Mark Jacobs, Founder, Meme Education said: “Having assisted in the creation and ongoing development of the ASD exam, Meme Education are well-placed to work alongside Majinate in providing the emerging North American Symbian ecosystem with a proven method of assessment of Symbian OS development skills.”
17 February 2006 - Majinate appoints Softspin as supervised exam reseller in India
Majinate Limited today announces the appointment of Softspin Services Pvt Ltd as authorised ASD exam reseller in India. Softspin is currently the sole provider of exams in India, and conducts supervised exams both at client premises and their own facilities .Softspin is currently offering supervised exams in Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad.
Softspin, headquartered in Pune, was founded in 1998 and has over 75 professional staff spread across India, the UK and US. This team is engaged in software development, testing, consulting and mobile computing services. Softspin’s mobile computing practice devotes itself to architect Symbian based products in infotainment, smart utilities and enterprise applications.
17 February 2006 - Majinate announces supervised ASD exam schedule
Majinate today announces the following supervised exam schedule. To arrange to sit the exam, please contact the appropriate supervisor:
Mumbai | Pune | London | Chennai | Bangalore | Hyderabad | Paris | Helsinki
**** February registration now closed ***