Nokia Series 40
Nokia Series 40 is a user interface for mobile phones based on Nokia OS based. 1.5 billion phones with the user interface have been sold to date. All Series 40 devices are based on an ARM processor core and support a large number of different cellular standards, such as: B. GSM , UMTS and CDMA2000 . After Microsoft took over Nokia's mobile phone division, Series 40 was no longer developed in July 2014 and its maintenance and support was completely discontinued at the end of 2015.
General
Series 40 uses a simpler operating system than the smartphone interfaces S60 , Series 80 and Series 90, which are based on the multi-tasking operating system Symbian OS . Series 40 devices differ from Symbian-based platforms in that they do not support true multitasking and do not have a native code API for other manufacturers, which means that only MIDlets written in Java can be installed. The lack of multitasking means that the Series 40 user interface is more responsive and faster than other Nokia platforms, but it is much slower to run additional installed applications.
In the past, Series 40 devices were limited to smaller screen resolutions such as B. 128 × 128 pixels . With the introduction of the Nokia 6270 and Nokia 6280 (and with them the third generation of the Series 40 surface), screen resolutions of up to QVGA (240 × 320 pixels) became possible. The last 6th edition of the Series 40 even enabled display resolutions of HVGA (320 × 480 pixels). Since the introduction of Series 40 6th Edition Feature Pack 1 on the Nokia X3-02, the Series 40 interface also supported touchscreens.
From 2011, Nokia Asha mobile phones were equipped with the “S40 Platform” and this was managed as the “Asha Platform”. To this end, the interface has been fundamentally revised and features familiar from smartphones have been added. Asha devices are therefore referred to by Nokia as smartphones, but this is controversial because the Asha platform still does not have full multitasking and no native apps can be installed. The devices form an intermediate category between smartphones and feature phones. Target markets are developing countries in Africa, Asia and South America and the low-price sector in western countries as entry-level smartphones.
Editions
The Nokia Series 40 has developed steadily since its introduction and has been divided into chronological editions. Another distinction in the range of functions is reflected in the form of feature packs (FP). In addition, slimmed-down editions with reduced functionality are marked as Lite or Limited Edition (LE).
- 1st Edition (Series 40 Developer Platform 1.0)
- 2nd Edition (Series 40 Developer Platform 2.0)
- 3rd Edition (3rd Edition FP1; 3rd Edition FP2)
- 5th Edition (5th Edition LE; 5th Edition FP1; 5th Edition FP1 LE; 5th Edition FP2; 5th Edition FP2 LE)
- 6th Edition (6th Edition LE; 6th Edition FP1; 6th Edition FP1 LE; 6th Edition FP2; 6th Edition FP2 LE)
Ultimately, the Series 40 6th Edition was replaced by the Nokia Asha Software Platform .
software
Standard applications are an XHTML browser and an e-mail program with POP3 and IMAP support. The XHTML browser can access most web content through the mobile operator's XHTML / HTML gateway.
One limitation is the lack of a link between the e-mail application and other applications; selecting an e-mail address from the address book or clicking on an e-mail link on a website does not open the e-mail program. Some models even have two email applications; the "real" IP / GPRS -based and a pseudo e-mail client that tries to send the message via the SMS / SMTP gateway of the service provider.
Support for SyncML synchronization with services from external PIM applications is available. Many Series 40 devices must receive these synchronization settings through a text message with configuration settings. Manual editing is not possible for all parameters.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Software data of an S40 telephone . In: Forum . Nokia. Archived from the original on September 4, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 28, 2008.
- ↑ press release . Nokia . Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- ↑ Volker Briegleb: Series 40 and Asha: Microsoft stomps Nokia's cell phone division. Heise.de , July 18, 2014, accessed December 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Data of the Nokia X3-02 . In: Forum . Nokia. Archived from the original on August 18, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
- ↑ (title unknown). (No longer available online.) Nokia , archived from the original on September 3, 2013 ; accessed in 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Oliver Völker: Nokia brings new Asha cell phones with touch screens. (No longer available online.) Big-screen.de, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; accessed in 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Nokia Series. Overview. nokiaport.com, accessed December 5, 2017 .
