Well since my Nokia N73 has a broken lcd screen, I was forced to get a backup phone. I wanted to give Symbian S40 a try, so I got a free Nokia 6126 from AT&T. It's a very simple phone with basic features. Yes Europeans, a 2 year contract gets you a cheap basic phone. I've seen some advertisements for a free Nokia N82 with a 2 year upgrade. That just boggles my mind.
Anyways, I decided I'll do a small review of this phone and my experience with the S40 platform. One of the main things I'll be looking out for are basic features that are missing in S60. I've already found a few and I've only had the phone for an hour. It seems that maybe with S60 Symbian is just too focused on the "smart" aspect of it, leaving out the simple.
If anyone has experience with S40 and knows of any cool tips or tricks please let me know. I'm already missing my 3rd party applications. Hopefully I can get my LCD replaced soon on my N73. In the meantime I'll be posting a little about this phone, while keeping you guys (and gals) up to day with the news and rumblings of the S60 & Nokia world.
Now to get some sleep after a long (not really) 2am-8am shift at the docks. Oh and check back later today or tomorrow for some more details about the future of S60 3rd Edition and Feature Pack 2.
you can install "Laxos OS" for symbian s40 nokia phones.. but it occupies 1.2 MB of memory (so you need at leadt 256 MB memory card, but you're not going to install it there).. I have the Laxos OS now on my nokia 6085 phone.. and while symbian s40 and s60 doesn't really support multi-tasking, Laxos OS does support multi-tasking with AMR support (AMR is the mobile phone processor)..
Laxos OS is a hybrid from Microsoft and Mac.. don't know where I can get you a link to download it..
Great bundled features like the sims 2, opera mini and a carrier support..
@author:
I think it's one if the biggest mistakes in mobile history: S40 is NOT Symbian based, only S60 is.
S40 is a proprietary OS by Nokia, like other manufactorers have on their phones too, so don't expect too much.
@anonymous:
S60 has full support for multitasking. You can switch through the programs by holding the menu key. And again: S40 is not symbian based.
hey thanks for the info man. i had no idea. that is really good to know. either way, s60 should still implement these functions, i'm pretty sure some of them will be on feature pack 2.
thanks again for the info.