Getting started on a Symbian S60 smartphoneOur quick guide to the S60 software gives you a glimpse into the mobile operating system and what it can do for you.
Making the jump to a Symbian S60 smartphone There are different editions of S60, but the interface generally doesn't vary much from each other. The active standby screen gives the user quick access to user-defined applications and the main menu is usually presented in a grid format. Navigation on the other hand typically relies on a directional pad or touch-sensitive control. The software also supports multitasking and Flash Lite 3 which make the open source software (OSS) browser one of the more interactive ones currently in the market. While this guide is based on the S60 3rd edition software with Feature Pack 2, do note that certain software versions are slightly tweaked for selected devices. The Nokia Eseries is targeted at enterprise users (though that has started to change with devices like the stylish E71), while the Nseries is positioned as multimedia-centric handsets. On the software, Nokia's umbrella of services including Music Store, Maps, Mail, N-Gage, application store, etc, are branded under Ovi. The Finnish company has built more features to these services over time since it was announced in 2007, and Ovi will inevitably compete with Microsoft, Google and Apple in the same space. Did you know?Symbian is the operating system that runs on Nokia smartphones as well as a number of LG and Samsung devices. Series60, more commonly known as S60, is a software platform that is based on the Symbian OS. Other flavors of the Symbian OS previously included UIQ, Series 80 and Series 90.To get you started with your S60 smartphone, we've compiled a quick checklist of five things to know about the S60 software, along with details on how to install new applications, transfer multimedia content, surf the Web, send emails and work with Office documents. For the purpose of this article, we used the Nokia N85 based on software 11.047 as reference. As such, there may be slight differences compared with other S60 models and software versions. Tags: Smart Phone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Symbian Inc., Nokia Corp., multimedia |
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