The S60 Belvedere (formerly Series 60 User Interface) is a software belvedere for adaptable phones that runs on Symbian OS. It was created by Nokia, who fabricated the belvedere accessible antecedent and contributed it to the Symbian Foundation. S60 has been acclimated by adaptable accessory manufacturers including Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Samsung,1 Sendo,2 and Siemens mobile. Sony co-created the software with Nokia. Symbian (all Symbian products) is the a lot of accepted smartphone OS on the bazaar by 37.6% of the sector’s absolute sales, with 111.6m handsets awash in year 2010.3
In accession to the manufacturers the association includes:
Software affiliation companies such as Sasken, Elektrobit, Teleca, Digia, Mobica, Atelier.tm
Semiconductor companies Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics, Broadcom, Sony, Freescale Semiconductor, Samsung Electronics
Operators such as Vodafone and Orange who advance and accommodate S60-based adaptable applications and services
Software developers and absolute software vendors (ISVs).
S60 consists of a apartment of libraries and accepted applications, such as telephony, claimed advice administrator (PIM) tools, and Helix-based multimedia players. It is advised to ability absolutely featured avant-garde phones with ample colour screens, which are frequently accepted as smartphones.
The S60 software is a multivendor accepted for smartphones that supports appliance development in Java MIDP, C++, Python4 and Adobe Flash. Originally, the a lot of appropriate affection of S60 phones was that they accustomed users to install new applications afterwards purchase. Unlike a accepted desktop platform, however, the congenital apps are rarely upgraded by the bell-ringer above bug fixes. New appearance are alone added to phones while they are getting developed rather than afterwards accessible release. Certain buttons are standardized, such as a card key, a four way joystick or d-pad, larboard and appropriate bendable keys and a bright key.
In accession to the manufacturers the association includes:
Software affiliation companies such as Sasken, Elektrobit, Teleca, Digia, Mobica, Atelier.tm
Semiconductor companies Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics, Broadcom, Sony, Freescale Semiconductor, Samsung Electronics
Operators such as Vodafone and Orange who advance and accommodate S60-based adaptable applications and services
Software developers and absolute software vendors (ISVs).
S60 consists of a apartment of libraries and accepted applications, such as telephony, claimed advice administrator (PIM) tools, and Helix-based multimedia players. It is advised to ability absolutely featured avant-garde phones with ample colour screens, which are frequently accepted as smartphones.
The S60 software is a multivendor accepted for smartphones that supports appliance development in Java MIDP, C++, Python4 and Adobe Flash. Originally, the a lot of appropriate affection of S60 phones was that they accustomed users to install new applications afterwards purchase. Unlike a accepted desktop platform, however, the congenital apps are rarely upgraded by the bell-ringer above bug fixes. New appearance are alone added to phones while they are getting developed rather than afterwards accessible release. Certain buttons are standardized, such as a card key, a four way joystick or d-pad, larboard and appropriate bendable keys and a bright key.
