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Monday, August 9, 2010

S60 (software platform)

The S60 Platform (formerly Series 60 User Interface) is a software platform for mobile phones that runs on Symbian OS. S60 is currently amongst the most-used smartphone platforms in the world. It was created by Nokia, who made the platform open source and contributed it to the Symbian Foundation. S60 has been used by mobile device manufacturers including Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic and Samsung.[1] Sony co-created the software with Nokia. Symbian is the most popular smartphone OS on the market by 47% of the sector’s total sales, with 17.9m handsets sold in Q4 2008.[2]
In addition to the manufacturers the community includes:
S60 consists of a suite of libraries and standard applications, such as telephony, PIM tools, and Helix-based multimedia players. It is intended to power fully-featured modern phones with large colour screens, which are commonly known as smartphones.
The S60 software is a multivendor standard for smartphones that supports application development in Java MIDP, C++, Python[1] and Adobe Flash. Originally, the most distinguishing feature of S60 phones was that they allowed users to install new applications after purchase. Unlike a standard desktop platform, however, the built-in apps are rarely upgraded by the vendor beyond bug fixes. New features are only added to phones while they are being developed rather than after public release. Certain buttons are standardized, such as a menu key, a four way joystick or d-pad, left and right soft keys and a clearkey.                                           
 
S60EDITION
 
S60 5th edition idle screen. Bottom left "button" brings up a virtual number pad, to compensate for removal of actual numerical keys.
There have been four major releases of S60: "Series 60" (2001), "Series 60 Second Edition" (2003), "S60 3rd Edition" (2005) and "S60 5th Edition" (2008).
In Series 60 1st Edition, the devices' display resolution was fixed to 176×208. Since 2nd Edition Feature Pack 3, Series 60 supports multiple resolutions, i.e. Basic (176×208), and Double (352×416). Nokia N90 was the first S60 device to support a higher resolution (352×416). Some devices, however, have non-standard resolutions, like the Siemens SX1, with 176×220. Nokia 5500 Sport has a 208×208 screen resolution, and the Nokia E90 with its wide 800×352 inner display.

S60 3rd Edition
(S60v3) uses a hardened version of Symbian OS (v9.1), which has mandatory code signing. In S60v3, a user may install only programs that have a certificate from a registered developer, unless the user disables that feature or modify the phone's firmware through third-party hacks that circumvent the mandatory signing restrictions. This makes software written for S60 1st Edition or 2nd Edition not binary-compatible with S60v3.
In 2006, a "Designed for S60 Devices" logo program for developers was launched. The logotype can be used with conforming programs (Symbian or Java).

S60 5th Edition
In October 2008, S60 5th Edition was launched. (Nokia decided to move from 3rd Edition directly to 5th Edition "as a polite gesture to Asian customers"[3], because the number four means bad luck in some Asian cultures). S60 5th Edition runs on Symbian OS version 9.4. The major feature of 5th Edition is support for high-resolution 640×360 touchscreens; before 5th Edition, all S60 devices had a button-based user interface. S60 5th Edition also integrates standard C/C++ APIs and includes Adobe Flash Lite 3.0 with S60-specific ActionScript extensions that give Flash Lite developers access to phone features like contacts, text messaging, sensors and device location information (GPS).
The S60 5th Edition is the last edition of S60. Its assets along with Symbian OS, UIQ and MOAP(S) have been used as a base for Symbian, an open source operating system being developed by the Symbian Foundation. The first edition of Symbian, Symbian^1, uses S60 5th Edition on top of Symbian OS 9.4 as its base.

[edit] S60 versions and supported devices

Many devices are capable of running the S60 software platform with the Symbian OS. Devices ranging from the early Nokia 7650 running S60 v0.9 on Symbian OS v6.1,[5][6] to the latest Samsung i8910 Omnia HD running S60 v5.0 on Symbian OS v9.4.[7]. In Symbian^3 the version of the revised platform is v5.2.
The table lists devices carrying each version of S60 as well as the Symbian OS version it is based on.
S60 edition S60
version number
Symbian OS
version number
Devices[5][6][7]
S60 1st Edition 0.9 6.1
S60 1st Edition,
Feature Pack 1
1.2 6.1
S60 2nd Edition 2.0 7.0s
S60 2nd Edition,
Feature Pack 1
2.1 7.0s
S60 2nd Edition,
Feature Pack 2
2.6 8.0a
S60 2nd Edition,
Feature Pack 3
2.8 8.1a
S60 3rd Edition 3.0 9.1
S60 3rd Edition,
Feature Pack 1
3.1 9.2
S60 3rd Edition,
Feature Pack 2
3.2 9.3
S60 5th Edition
(Corresponds to Symbian^1)
5.0 9.4
Symbian^2 5.1[citation needed] 10.0[citation needed]
  • DoCoMo F-07B
  • DoCoMo F-08B
  • DoCoMo F-06B
  • DoCoMo SH-07B
Symbian^3 5.2[8] 11.0[citation needed]
Symbian is now progressing through a period of organisational change to metamorph into an open source software platform project. As an OS, Symbian OS originally does not provide a user interface (UI), the visual layer that sits on top of the operating system. This was implemented separately. Examples of Symbian UIs are MOAP; Series 60; Series 80; Series 90 and UIQ. This separation of UI from underlying OS has created both flexibility and some confusion in the market place. The Nokia purchase of Symbian was brokered with the involvement of the other UI developers and all major user interface layers have been (or have been pledged to be) donated to the open source foundation who will independently own the Symbian operating system. The new Symbian Foundation has announced its intention to unify different Symbian UIs into a single UI based on the S60 platform. (Announcements made in March 2009 indicated this would be the S60 5th edition with feature pack 1).




Friday, August 6, 2010

samsung Corby ; A new funky tool in the communication market


Samsung Corby Pro is new upcoming mobile phone from the house of Samsung. This is new technology device which comes in a great funky and wonderful looks that attracts the people at its first looks. This a new touch screen handset which is packed with a wide 2.8” TFT touch screen that renders 16M color at 240 x 320 pixels resolution. However, come to its keyboard, it is equipped with soft touch and slide out QWERTY keyboard that allows their user too smoothly and rapidly text their message without any hassle. This handset is packed with an amazing sixe and weight that can be easily fits and slipped in any sized pocket.
Furthermore, for capturing your desirable moments, this handset is fitted with a great 2 Mega Pixel camera along with Zoom, Auto Focus, Video Editor, Photo Editor and several additional features that help to store you’re unforgettable, still and moving moments with a great resolution and quality. For connecting with other compatible device, this new born technologies device offers an in-built GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 3G and Bluetooth technology etc that allows their users to quickly and wirelessly transfers their favorite files with in the range of 10 meters without any distortion.
Beside all this, this gadget provides you an in-built 150 MB memory which can be extended further up to by simply inserting micro SD memory card up to 16 GB. This memory facilitates their user to easily save their enormous number of songs, movies and other data files without any hanging problem. Well for music lover, it is a good opportunity as this handset is fully equipped with FM radio with RDS technology and music player that cherish your mind throughout the day. Comes to its battery back-up, it offers you a tremendous response without any disconnection problem etc.

SMART PHONE E5


Nokia E5 is designed for those that want to be productive in both their professional and personal lives. The Symbian-based Nokia E5 follows the successful blueprint of devices such as the Nokia E72 and Nokia E63. The Nokia E5 combines high quality business features with all of the personal networking and entertainment capabilities that a busy professional expects from a smartphone.

The Nokia E5 is perfect for managing busy schedules with a variety of productivity applications available in the Ovi Store. And with direct access to over 90 percent of the world’s corporate email through Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler, it’s simple to keep in contact from anywhere.

Estimated price of the Nokia E5 is EUR 180, before taxes and subsidies, with expected availability in the third quarter of 2010.

NOKIA HAS LUNCHED ADVANCED MOBILE PHONE

NOKIA5030
NOKIA5330

 Nokia has lanced this year three mobile phones: Nokia 5730, Nokia 5330 and Nokia 5030Xpress Radio. These three Nokia mobile phones are centered on the music player’s functionality. These new models have an elegant design and pleasant colors. These Nokia mobile phones from the Xpress Music series will be available on the market in the second part of this year. The prices of the latest Nokia mobile phones will be of $45 without TVA for Nokia 5030, $160 without TVA for Nokia 5330 and $270 without TVA for the most advanced mobile phone, Nokia 5730.

LATEST MOBILE PHONE

latest-mobile-phones
The Mobile Phone Congress from Barcelona, the biggest borough of mobile phone from thee entire world, which takes place every year in the period between 16-19 February, presents the latest mobile phones. More than 1280 of exposits and almost 30 speakers were at this special congress. Among the most expected mobile phones at this Mobile Phone Congress from Barcelona were the ones from Nokia, LG, Samsung and many others.

One of the most intriguing mobile phones presented at this congress was the Nuvifone G60 from Garmin and Asus. Garmin is the global leader of the portable navigation systems and Asus is the leader of portable computers. Nuvifone is an all-in –one device, small which offers all the functions offered by the mobile phone premium including Internet access. This mobile phone will function thanks to the Linux operation system. Among this, there’s also the Hikaru mobile phone from Sony Erickson. This one is considered to be one of the mobile phones with the biggest memory and with one of the most performed foto capacity. This touch screen mobile phone is one of the most attractive terminals from this year.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Nokia N97


Nokia N97

Nokia N97 Deals - The Nokia N97 is one of the most desired Nokia mobile phones and it comes with a mammoth internal memory of 32 GB and you can add more memory up to 16 GB in the microSD card slot. QWERTY keyboard is also available to type the text rapidly. It has 5 camera with excellent features like LED flash, video light etc. Compare and buy Nokia N97 deals on Orange, t mobile, three, o2, vodafone, talk mobile direct from your nokia stores in Nepal.
Key Features

Camera  : 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash, video light
MP3  : MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ music player, WMV/RealVideo/MP4 video player
Memory  : Internal 32 GB , microSD, up to 16GB
Display  : TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors ,360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches
Ringtones  : Vibration; MP3 ringtones
Bluetooth  : Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
GPRS  : Class 32
3G  : HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
Addons  : HSCSD, EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Video Recording
Weight : 150 g
Talktime : Up to 9 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G)
Standby  : Up to 432 h (2G) / 408 h (3G)