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On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:53:56 +0000 Shaun Orchard wrote: > On 16 February 2010 21:40, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Yep, I've found that, there seems to be quite a few versions of > > Symbian too, IIRC my phone is running Symbian S60 release 3 or > > something. ÂI've pretty much avoided adding apps to the phone > > (although I do have Putty and the Opera browser). > > > > Rob > > Just about every application that claims support for "S60v3" or S60 > 3rd Edition will work. Not exactly difficult, considering that has > been the version in use for many years now (you won't find much that > hasn't been recompiled to work) and all of Nokia's modern > non-touchscreen smartphones run it. There is S60v5, which runs on > touchscreen phones. v4 doesn't exist because the number 4 is > apparently unlucky in some parts of the world. S30 is found on the "grass roots" mobiles, those with virtually no features other than call making and SMS support - even MMS is lacking in some S30 phones. S40 is found in the "mid range" mobiles - quite popular but couldn't really be classed as "smart phones". S60 is found in Nokia's top-end non-Linux smart phones. S60v1 and S60v2 were binary compatible and there's an absolute tonne of S60v2 apps available, but alas you can't run them on S60v3. S60v3 is the 'standard' S60 around today, although some non-Nokia phones run the UIQ variant - most notably the Sony Ericsons that claim S60 support. S60v5 is essentially the same as S60v3 but with special support for touchscreens and wider/longer displays. > What doesn't help is that there is a "Symbian Foundation" that > controls a platform called "S60" which has its own version numbers and > runs on top of the Symbian OS with its own set of version numbers and > both combine as part of a firmware load which in turn has its own set > of random version numbers (My N95 jumps from v30 to v35 or something, > all in one update). Nokia tends to use God-only-knows how many different naming and numbering schemes all along-side eachother. My old N95, at the time of getting rid of it, ran S60v3v21.0.016... this was a specific S60v3 firmware for the RM-159 (aka N95-series-1). > I can't say I have a problem installing applications on my phone > (although, there is the minefield that is having to sometimes sign the > applications for them to install). The minefield of app signing can be awkward until you hack it. There are a bunch of different methods of hacking the phone - the latest that I recall involved replacing some of the files on the "Y drive". Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html