15 posts tagged “symbian”

Thanks to those nice people at WOM I've just been lent a NOKIA E63 to evaluate for a couple of weeks.

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I first tried it with my nearest BT FON Wi-Fi hot spot discovering that FON now have a special .MOBI styled login page that makes it much easier for mobile users to login. Fring 3.36.15 also worked on the E63 now uses native NOKIA SIP services and still provides access to Skype, GoogleTalk & other VOIP and SIP services.

NOKIA have addressed a lot of the issues with the E61i now using a "standard" USB connector, "standard" 3.5mm audio connector and improved keyboard layout.

So now its an easy choice !

If I needed a mobile with GPS I'd buy a 6220c and if I needed WiFi,SIP,VOIP I'd buy a E63 !

Thanks to those nice people at WOM I've just been lent a NOKIA E63 to evaluate for a couple of weeks.

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I first tried it with my nearest BT FON Wi-Fi hot spot discovering that FON now have a special .MOBI styled login page that makes it much easier for mobile users to login. Fring 3.36.15 also worked on the E63 now uses native NOKIA SIP services and still provides access to Skype, GoogleTalk & other VOIP and SIP services.

NOKIA have addressed a lot of the issues with the E61i now using a "standard" USB connector, "standard" 3.5mm audio connector and improved keyboard layout.

So now its an easy choice !

If I needed a mobile with GPS I'd buy a 6220c and if I needed WiFi,SIP,VOIP I'd buy a E63 !

Symbian S60 Goodie Bag

NOKIA S60 SportsTracker and S60 NokiaviNe

• http://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts/download.do
• http://web.nseries.com/nseries/nokiavine/
  

NOKIA S60 PAMP (LAMP)

• http://opensource.nokia.com/projects/PAMP
  

NOKIA S60 Internet Radio
http://opensource.nokia.com/projects/s60internetradio/index.html

This is a reference implementation of HTTP Internet Radio streaming (Shoutcast) for S60 2nd and 3rd Edition devices. It is intended primarily as a learning tool for the S60 developer community. We also hope to stimulate the creation of innovative S60 audio applications.

The S60 Internet Radio reference application is a fully working example of an audio application developed for the S60 platform. The application supports SHOUTcast streaming audio playback. Currently, MP3 and AAC+ streams are supported.

See Also:

• http://europe.nokia.com/A41107005
• http://wiki.opensource.nokia.com/projects/Internet_Radio_FAQ
• http://www.shoutcast.com/
  

NOKIA have still got a lot of ironing out to do to their 6220 Symbian S60 GSM 850/900/1800 WCDMA 900/2100 mobile phone before it becomes usable !

For starters each App uses a different (or multiple keys/menus to Exit) !

• Exit menu, Red key, CANCEL key, Options | Exit etc etc

and I have already accidently disconnected Skype, GPS, Maps dozens of times !

Each App uses a different key to zoom in & out !

• Up/Down, */#, 1/3 etc etc

Have NOKIA heard of usability guidelines ?

It trys to be clever and turn on GPS when you use maps or the camera but the only way to turn GPS off (and the annoying blue light) after it has automatically come on is to go into maps and Options | Exit !

So when's the first service pack due ?

If you have a Series 60 mobile phone with GPS or bluetooth GPS such as a NOKIA 6220 you can help OpenStreetMap by uploading GPX tracks. First you need to upload some Series 60 GPS tracking software to your mobile then you can start posting your tracks to OpenStreetMap.

Devicescape is a web service that automatically connects your wireless devices to Wi-Fi hotspots wherever you go — cafés, airports, hotels, your home, and even your friends' homes! With Devicescape, you can forget about complicated wireless settings, usernames, passwords, and long security codes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmrLrCpmRvw

WebKit is an open source web browser engine. WebKit is also the name of the Apple Mac OS X system framework version of the engine that's used by Safari, Dashboard, Mail, and many other OS X applications.

WebKit is also used in:

• Adobe AIR
• S60WebKit is used as the rendering engine behind the Web Browser for S60.

Related Apple docs

• http://developer.apple.com/internet/webcontent/index.html
  
• http://developer.apple.com/referencelibrary/OpenSource/idxInternetWeb-date.html