At Last N97 has a firmware update

Hello All,

Yes after a long wait the v20 firmware for Nokia N97 is now available via NSU i.e. Nokia software updater. The new firmware is available for the both europe and NAM variant.

The v20 updated was awaited since we all got the update hint from the nokia world 2009 at stturtgart Germany.

The new firmware is expected to have kinetic scrolling, increase the phone memory size upto 48 Mb. There will be also good updates in the OVI map, OVI store and Nokia messaging applications.

I havent updated my device yet but as soon as i does that, will surely post the feedbacks. Apart from that do keep in mind to get the beck up of your important data before before upgrading the firware.

Regards
Gargi

PyS60 PDF documentation

Hello PyS60 fans,

We all know that PyS60 team in the new PyS60 1.9.x releases have preferred a html based document over pdf document, which was the case in the earlier and stable PyS6o 1.4.x releases.

So if we observe there are many requests at the forum nokia Python discussion boards about the docs to be in Pdf, but that was not implemented yet by the Team.

No worries now one of the PyS60 aspirants Hitesh Tailor aka the86Hitman has converted the html based docs into a pdf one so that you can easily and comfortably go through that.

You can download the pdf based docs from the following links:

1.Link 1
2.Link 2


Hope you all will like that.

Cheers,
Gargi

Calling All Innovators Finalist

Hello Mobile Application developers

You might me aware of the famous Calling All Innovators competition from Forum Nokia. Calling All Innovators is a global competition for mobile application developers which aim at generating applications which enhances the use of Nokia based devices in the world and make mobiles ready to face some real time problems.

Yesterday the Forum Nokia Developer Community announced the names of finalist for the all categories listed below:

• Internet Innovation
• Flash
• Emerging Markets and Mobile Necessities
• Apps on Maps

The Prize money in this competion was more than $250,000, moreover the top three in the mentioned categories will get cash prize and there application will be placed at the Nokia's OVI store. Morethan this all of them will get a chance to showcase their application in the upcoming Nokia World.

You can know the details of the winners at the Calling All Innovators website and you can also vote for your choice.

My Heartliest Congratulations to the winners.

Regards
Gargi

pyinfobox extension module

Dear all

As clear from the title Pyinfobox is an PyS60 extension which has been developed by Thomas a.k.a treitmaier.

PyInfobox is a very simple, yet very effective extension as it displays a scrollable text dialog in a S60 device. Basically Pyinfobox is a wrapper for symbian C++ function.

Currently Pyinfobox is developed only for PyS60 1.9.x releases but back porting it to PyS60 1.4.5 will be difficult. Pyinfobox works fine with both S60 3rd edition and S60 5th edition devices.

You can know more about the Extension Module at Home Page of the Extension and if you have any problems during installation and working of the extension feel free to post your query at the forum nokia discussion boards.

All Credits to Thomas for developing such a good and simple extension.


Enjoy Pythoning
Gargi Das

Poster Of the Month

Hello friends

Its a long time i have penned something, so i thought why not to do it with a good and valid reason.

The reason is i was declared Poster of Month by the prestigious Forum Nokia Developer Community. I was given the honor because of my splendid contribution in the forum nokia discussion boards during the july month.

Thanks to forum nokia for recognizing my contribution and i promise to continue that with the same dedication .

You all can visit the forum nokia announcement link for more details.

Best Regards
Gargi Das

PyS60 1.9.6 is Here

Hello PyS60 Fans

Its been a long time i have blogged something and here i am back some with good news. :)

PyS60 Team at Forum Nokia yesterday announced a new PyS60 version which is 1.9.6 this is again a experimental release for testing with a aim of getting an efficient final product i.e. 2.0.

Now lets list out some features of the PyS60 1.9.6 as said by tvijayan of the PyS60 Team:

• Support for a virtual 4-way directional pad is added for Canvas and text widgets. This D-Pad is displayed at the bottom of the screen and this feauture is enabled by default on touch enabled devices. Currently, this is supported only in the portrait mode and landscape support will be available in a future release.
• The size of the sis created using the application packager will reduce as the modules in the base runtime is more refined.

• A new chapter is added in the PyS60 documentation (Extending and Embedding PyS60), that is an end-to-end tutorial for creating 3rd party extention modules and distributing them. This one is my favorite as this is a Official documentation for creating your extensions.

The above listed are the major changes from the past 1.9.5 release.

PyS60 releases can be downloaded from maemo garage where you can also file bug reports and write some feature requests.

Happy Hacking
Gargi Das

hello all

Sajid Ali Anjum one of my best freinds and the developer of SajiOS for S60 V2 has updated the wonderful application for S60 3rd edition devices.

After a period of two months , Sajid is able to release the 5th version of my masterpiece SajiOS supporting all 3rd edition phones having resolution 240x320 .

SajiOS is a powerful GUI shell designed for the people who are bored of one type of interface. It provides a number of features , Some of them are as under :

On first time run , it asks your username , user icon and password .Now, you can protect SajiOS by your own password + set your own username & user icon. Log-In Screen Added.

Themes Feature Added. Now , you can customize SajiOS with different themes . Sajid will try to make some themes when he gets some free time and upload it on my site & try to post here too. BTW 3 themes included by default.

A vista style sidebar is created with alpha transparency + clock + calendar + media player + notification alerts for unread messages , profile and miscalls.

You Can Add Your Own Icons and Wallpapers..You can add 12 icons in SajiOS Fl 2 version .26+ common icons are included by default.

You Can Make Calls by SajiOS Phone Pad..Just press * key at desktop and Phone Pad Appears.

Icon manager is created . So , one can easily add icons on the desktop , submenu apps and startmenu shortcuts. As icon manager automatically detects installed apps and No need to remember the paths any more.

Media Player In the sidebar with file manager to open files.

A more flexible SajiOS control panel is added to change wallpaper/themes and different settings.

KeyPad lock feature added. Now, you can lock your keypad by holding * key in SajiOS .

You can switch b/w profile silent/general by holding # key.


You can download the application from this place.

And don't forget to sign the application before installing it in your phone.

Regards
Gargi Das