Friday, October 03, 2008

S60 5th edition

Hello,

Nokia has announced the 5800 and with it a new SDK... and there was much rejoicing! The SDK is called S60 5th edition. [ Say, what happened to 4th edition!?!]

Let's take an initial look. Obviously, the UI has been extended to support the touch screen which the 5800 sports. Here are some other highlights.
  • The sensor API for:
    • Accelerometer to determine orientation and acceleration of the device
    • Magnetometer to determine the strength and direction of the magnetic field.
    • Tapping is also handled by this API
  • An API has been added to support the Toolbar.
  • Web Services and XML parsers have been greatly enhanced.
-jk

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