Nokia has released a new Platform intended to compete
with MS recent mobile oriented OSs. The OS will be
open for licensing:
From the Nokia Press:
Designed for high-end mobile devices with high-resolution,
touch-sensitive color screens - the largest ever available on a
Nokia handset - Developer Platform for Series 90 is a complete
and feature-rich development platform providing an excellent
environment for media consumption, mobile services and a
true Internet experience. The first device based on Developer
Platform for Series 90, the Nokia 7700 media device, was
also announced today in a related press release
Java(TM) 2 platform, Micro Edition (J2ME(TM)) with MIDP2.0,
CLDC1.0, Wireless Messaging API, Mobile Media API and
Java(TM) APIs for Bluetooth
XHTML browsing over TCP/IP
MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) with SMIL
OMA Digital Rights Management (DRM)
- forward-lock
OMA Client Provisioning support
Symbian OS 7 native APIs - Symbian OS installation file
"SIS format" for native applications
Included in Series 90 is an intuitive new touch-screen graphical
user interface (UI) based on a 640x320 pixel screen with
65536 colors. The UI features interactive onscreen components,
such as handwriting recognition and an Onscreen/Virtual
keyboard, enabling the user to control a device with a stylus
or hardware keys. Series 90 also features customizable skins,
allowing users to easily change the entire graphical look
of their device.
http://press.nokia.com/PR/200310/922404_5.html
Received on Tue Oct 28 14:03:10 2003