noika phone series

What does all the nokia phone type numbers mean? Is Nokia 3589 a 30
series phone (with the 30 series sdk), is Nokia 6610 a 60 series phone
(witht the 60 series sdk), and so on?

Thanks,

ff

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no, the starting prefix of the number does NOT preclude the series ..

while, 6600 is series 60, the 6100 and 6800 are both series 40, as well as
many other examples ..

nokia's website is about the only reference to what model is what ..

"f" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What does all the nokia phone type numbers mean? Is Nokia 3589 a 30
> series phone (with the 30 series sdk), is Nokia 6610 a 60 series phone
> (witht the 60 series sdk), and so on?
>
> Thanks,
>
> ff

f wrote:
> What does all the nokia phone type numbers mean? Is Nokia 3589 a 30
> series phone (with the 30 series sdk), is Nokia 6610 a 60 series phone
> (witht the 60 series sdk), and so on?


Series 30/40/60/80/90 are user interface (UI) categories which define the
minimum hardware, software and user interface features and requirements,
such as screen resolution in pixels, different kind of menu and other
buttons, navigational controllers, ITU-T standard keypads or a QWERTY
keyboard, minimum memory requirements and so on.

Nokia describes for example the Series 60 from the UIQ aspect this way:

"With a full-color, 176 x 208 pixel screen, Series 60 displays eight lines
of text in messaging applications and full QCIF images. Browsers can have up
to seven lines of text, while other applications have six plus a
header/status line. Series 60 has extra keys to facilitate application
management and alphanumeric entry. These include the standard dual softkeys,
as well as an application key and a Clear key. Because the display allows a
true menu grid and sophisticated applications, navigation may also include
the use of five-way, joystick-like scrolling. Series 60 supports a full
personal information manager and a variety of user-specific
personalizations."

In short, I'd describe different Serieses this way:

- Series 30/40 are meant for small devices with a small colour screen and
support for Java applications. Screen size minimum is 128 x 128 pixels.
- Series 60 is Nokia's smartphone platfrom built on the Symbian OS
(operating system). Screen resolution is 176 x 208 pixels minimum and there
are plenty of other requirements for S60 devices too. Symbian devices
support more sophisticated applications than Series 30/40 devices. Although
it could be possible that one day Nokia has a Symbian device with the Series
40 UI.
- Series 80 is the Nokia Communicator (currently 9210/9290/9500 models)
user interface with 640 x 200 pixels screen size and QWERTY keyboard. This
is also built on the Symbian OS.
- Series 90 is currently the media terminal UI for the Nokia 7700 which is
based on a touch screen user interface and 640 x 320 pixels screen size.
This is built on the Symbian OS too.

The model number of the phone does not tell it's UI category. Current Series
60 models are at least Nokia 3650/3660/3620/6600/6620/7650/N-Gage.

If you want to learn more, Forum Nokia is a good place to start searching:

http://www.google.com/search?q=UI+Se...orum.nokia.com

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