On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Quim Gil <quim.gil(a)nokia.com> wrote:
On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 15:30 -0700, ext Brion Vibber
wrote:
Indeed, it seems like the main problem on these
sorts of things is
that we Americans have no idea where or how to get them. No sales
channels, no seeing them in use on the street, no access to test
devices. :(
True. Series 40 devices are typically sold unlocked through retailers,
getting the data plan from them or somewhere else. This is quite normal
in Europe, Asia and Africa, but not at all in the USA. Still you can get
them at least through
nokiausa.com or Amazon.
Aho, and indeed there they are hiding. :D We should make sure we've at least
got one in the SF office here. (Tomasz do you wanna look into that or shall
I just order one on a whim? They're cheap! :D)
As said, if someone needs a Series 40 developer device
for testing I can
help. The SDK is free:
http://www.forum.nokia.com/Develop/Web/
Spiff, we'll see if there's an SDK emu for now...
-- brion
--
Quim
-- brion
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Quim Gil <quim.gil(a)nokia.com> wrote:
Summary: I can get a couple of Series 40 developer devices for
contributors of Wikimedia mobile projects for this platform.
Most of the discussion about Wikimedia mobile projects tends
to default
to high-end devices. We definitely need to address those, but
we
shouldn't forget about Internet enabled devices pointing to
lower price
points.
A good example of this distortion is Nokia Series 40. It's the
platform
selling by far more mobile devices in the world (hundreds of
millions),
yet it hardly gets a decent page in Wikipedia ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_40
Anyway, there are some good developer news coming from this
platform:
Ovi Browser - a proxy browser for efficient data usage
http://www.forum.nokia.com/Develop/Web/Ovi_Browser/
Series 40 Web Apps
http://www.forum.nokia.com/Develop/Web/Series_40_web_apps/ &
http://www.forum.nokia.com/Develop/Web/
Our work in the new mobile gateway should pay attention to
this browser
and Opera mini, the main choices of Series 40 Internet users.
It would
be also great if web developers (HTML/CSS/Javascript) would
step in with
ideas for mobile apps targeting Series 40 (this morning I was
thinking
how trivial would be to develop a Wikinews app).
If you have a convincing plan I can help you getting a
developer device
for your work.
For those of you not knowing Series 40 check this gallery:
We are talking about devices with mobile browser, many of them
location
aware, equipped with camera, with support for dozens of
languages also
in Asia and Africa, able to play music and video (Ogg support
might be
tricky though). The price range is very diverse but to give
you an idea
the price of the Internet enabled devices goes around 100€
(full price,
no contract). For many people these devices are the first (and
frequently only) tool to access the Internet.
Nokia plans to sell a billion Series 40 Internet enabled
devices, and
other companies (most Europeans and Americans have never heard
of) are
also incresing the sales in this competitive segment in
countries like
India, China and surroundings. The good news is that (with
some tuning)
your web apps will probably work on those as well, as well as
on the
higher end platforms.
--
Quim
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