Patrick just posetd this- “More than 200 applications for S60 3rd edition? Hmmm… I wonder where they may be hidden.I just browsed all of SymbianGear’s categories after restricting the search to the Nokia E61 device, and I’ve counted 195 applications so far, but this count includes themes & ringtones (there are only 20 of them though, so it’s not as if it would change the result completely), but also various editions of the same program (Light, Family and Professional versions are counted as three separate products, for instance, in some cases), or various languages are counted separately for a dictionary product.
And for complete acuracy, this list does also include applications which are incorrectly listed as compatible with the E61 when then actually are not, like MobiForms which doesn’t run on S60 3rd edition despite the compatibility list!
I know that for sure, I discovered this the hard way after purchasing the application - no trial available. The developer is nice, though, since it did accept a full refund, and this application seems promising, but it is definitely not compatible with S60 3rd Edition, and certainly won’t be in the future due to Nokia’s choices about Java virtual machines included in S60 3rd Ed.
Yes, I know, a lot of those 200 apps are probably either professional applications, not targetting the average end user and as such not advertized on SymbianGear, but I’d say that the number of actualy usable apps for S60 3rd Edition is closer to 100.
When compared to PalmOS apps, this is really nothing. Even when compared to Windows Mobile 5.0 applications (remember, WM5 was released not too long ago, and earlier this year I had a hard time finding apps that were compatible with this OS version) this is rather poor, and I think that the main culprit here is Nokia’s security policy (application signing, functions restrictions…) preventing the porting of quite a lot of existing freeware applications.
I had a quick look at the S60 3rd Ed. SDK, and from what I could understand, displaying the battery status, for instance, can easily be done by a self-signed application (i.e. without having to pay anything to Nokia) while displaying the carrier’s name or the cellular signal strength would require the application to have additional privilieges that must be, basically, purchased at a cost from Nokia… So no, I don’t think that developers are rushing to port their applications to S60 3rd Ed in a permanent state of utter happiness! :-(”
Have you tried to change the settings so that the E61 trusts ALL applications?
Comment by David Swe — September 9, 2006 @ 12:06 pm
Hi David,
Unfortunately, the various capabilities required by the different API involved in writing applications can’t be changed by modifying the setting you mention. This setting will basically let you install self-signed applications in addition to Symbian-certified (i.e. trusted) applications, but there are things that a self-signed application can’t do, like messing with general system settings or other application’s files…
Comment by Patrick Robbe — September 10, 2006 @ 6:54 pm
Nokia just added an SMS Accelerator for the E61, check the link below
http://europe.nokia.com/A4149167
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Is there a freeware for managing memory? My E61 usually runs out of memory while browsing. Thanks
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