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По традиция по това време на годината в Испания се събират световни и не дотам познати, малки и големи компании, които показват на света докъде са се развили мобилните комуникации и какви са най-новите тенденции.
И докато допреди една година изложението се наричаше 3GSM World Congress и на него виждахме главно мобилни телефони с GSM и 3G поддръжка, от 2008 Конгресът разширява мащабите си и се прекръсти на Mobile World Congress... Nokia and ... others
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S60 Platform
The S60 Platform (formerly Series 60 User Interface) is a software platform for mobile phones that uses Symbian OS. S60 is currently amongst the leading smartphone platforms in the world. It is developed primarily by Nokia and licensed by them to other manufacturers including Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic and Samsung.
In addition to the manufacturers community includes software integration companies such as Elektrobit, Teleca, SYSOPENDIGIA, Mobica,
Independent Software Vendors such as Sasken, semiconductor companies Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics, Broadcom, Renesas, Freescale
software developers and operators Vodafone, Orange who develop and provide S60 based mobile applications and services. 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++, and Python[1]. An important feature of S60 phones is that they allow new applications to be installed 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.
These are a few common features in S60:
It supports Java (J2ME MIDP 2.0 commonly, but varies from phone to phone) applications and Symbian C++ applications.
Certain buttons are standardized, such as left and right select, Menu, Clear, and Input Settings.
There have been three releases of S60: "Series 60" (2001), "Series 60 Second Edition" (2004) and "Series 60 3rd Edition" (2005).
In S60 1st Edition, the devices' display resolution was fixed to 176x208. Since 2nd Edition Feature Pack 3, S60 supports multiple resolutions, i.e. Basic (176x208), QVGA (240x320) and Double (352x416). Nokia N90 was the first S60 device to support a higher resolution (352x416). Some devices, however, have non-standard resolutions, like the Siemens SX1, with 176x220. Nokia 5500 has a 208x208 screen resolution, and the Nokia E90 with its wide 800x352 inner display.
It is noteworthy that software written for S60 1st edition (S60v1) or 2nd edition (S60v2) is not binary compatible with S60 3rd edition (S60v3), because it uses a new, hardened version of the Symbian OS (v9.1).
In 2006, a "Designed for S60 Devices" logo program for developers was launched. The logotype can be used with conforming programs (Symbian or Java).
It is expected in 2008 that the 5th edition of S60 will be announced, the major feature being touch support. There will be no 4th edition due to the fact that the number 4 in some Asian countries sounds similar to the word death.[citation needed]
The most obvious advantage of S60 over S40 is the multi-tasking capability. You can open several applications at the same time.
 S60 offers experienced software developers powerful ways to create standalone applications that make peoples’ lives easier and more enjoyable. Symbian C++ offers deep access to the rich features of the S60 platform, and allows for close integration with other applications and services on S60 devices. Open C and Open C++ add platform-independent interfaces to the native environment, opening up new opportunities to benefit from the skills and creativity of open source developer communities. More information on C++ »
Java Mobile Edition (Java ME) offers developers the opportunity to create portable applications that can reach beyond S60 devices to the 700 million Java-enabled devices currently in the market (Ovum, June 2005). More information on Java for S60 »
Python for S60 is a powerful open source scripting language that encourages creative and unpredictable innovation, and offers an efficient way to prototype new application and service concepts. Currently PERL and Python environments are available as downloadable run-times for S60 devices from the Nokia open source site ».
Easy and creative environments for experienced designers
S60 offers experienced designers easy, creative environments that let them express their design vision, create innovative experiences, and deliver Internet services.
Flash Lite on S60 accelerates the delivery of engaging mobile content and applications, leveraging excellent Adobe tools to support rapid development of graphics-intensive applications and service clients. More information on Flash Lite »
The S60 Web Run-Time changes the economics of software development, giving designers and even consumers the means to create rich mobile applications quickly and easily using standard Web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and Javascript. More information on Web Run-Time for S60 »
Recommended eLearnings:
- S60 On-device Debugging Setup (20 min)
Open Sources
S60 works with different open source communities on different projects. Examples of this include the browser for S60, included in S60 3rd Edition feature pack 1, which is based on open source components that are also used in Apple’s Safari browser. Part of the code for the browser for S60 is also available as open source.
Further information about existing open source projects for S60 can be found on the Nokia open source pages ». Information about other projects can be found on open source community web pages.
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Y!Phone
Over the last few months I’ve been thinking about how Yahoo! might be able to leverage its assets in order to better compete with Google. In another publication, I recently discussed the “What if” scenarios if Yahoo! were somehow able to escape a Microsoft acquisition, and defy the iron grip of Google’s popular web API’s and viral adoption of its competing services by joining forces with a major mobile handset vendor – such as a Motorola or a Nokia, and create a truly Open Source smart phone that leveraged the power of Yahoo’s assets, such as Flickr, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance and Yahoo! Mail.
Such a device, with a completely open API and open OS, and one that was highly subsidized by mobile telecommunications carriers, could seriously challenge iPhone and the BlackBerry for mobile smart phone device dominance, under the right economic conditions and successfully executed marketing campaign.
But as it becomes increasingly inevitable that a Microsoft and Yahoo! merger is going to occur – this despite the most recent rumblings of a possible AOL/Yahoo! merger or Google acting as an ad partner spoiler for the final MicroHoo consummation – I think it will be highly unlikely that I’ll ever get to see my dream Open Source iPhone and BlackBerry killer anytime soon, Android devices notwithstanding.
That being said, I would be willing to be satisfied by the next best thing, a Windows Media-Powered “Y!Phone” that incorporated the features of the Zune portable media player, Wi-Fi connectivity and integration with all the Yahoo! and MSN/Microsoft online assets, built-in camera, integrated slide-out keyboard and HSDPA 3G data service with secure corporate email connectivity and ability to run third party Windows Mobile applications. This, at a corporate volume price point of less than $300 with carrier incentives, could be the device that everyone truly wants.
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