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Re: Symbian^3 on N900

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Originally Posted by onion (Post 851485)

Not so crazy, even the Symbian forum talks about it.
http://developer.symbian.org/forum/s...ead.php?t=5008

Second the motion,...

It might be a useful port
Not for me, but I can imagine a number of things it may be useful for anyway.

Re: Symbian^3 on N900

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Originally Posted by onion (Post 851485)

even the Symbian forum talks about it.
http://developer.symbian.org/forum/s...ead.php?t=5008

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Originally Posted by ivgalvez

I do find myself extremely useful to be able to boot Symbian on the N900.

We are here because we love to do all kind of nerd thing with our N900, such as booting Ubuntu, Fedora, Meego, NeoPwn, Nitdroid,....

Why not Symbian?

Now, trying to return to the subject... has anyone tried to compile latest Symbian from sources?

Good question - can be Symbian^3 compiled from the repositories?

Now we know 3 things:
1. Symbian^4 will not exist as a separate version because all the GUI / UX changes will be part of an upgrade to Symbian^3
2. Symbian^3 will be native Qt and will not have other new UI - this means it will be a good platform for developers to test their Qt applications
3. Europe invests $33 Millions in Symbian, its smartphone OS of choice:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/...oice/?news=123

This means Symbian^3 will be a powerful version / BASE version - with many upgrades coming - but with no segmentation because Symbian^4 which broke the compatibility is off - which is GOOD.

Did anybody try to compile Symbian^3 on N900?

Thank you,
Architengi

Re: Symbian^3 on N900

S3 is made to run on nHD (640x360 I think) screens, the N900's screen is 800x480. There wouldn't be a good-looking way to fabricate that.

Would love an S3 port none the less.

Re: Symbian^3 on N900

Is there anyone with interest to complete this porting??
I really hope.

Re: Symbian^3 on N900

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Originally Posted by HangLoose (Post 848356)

You are just saying this cos you are quite young around here.... :P

I feel bad for those who joined on the 770 times...

Thanks... :-P

Re: Symbian^3 on N900

i would like to be able to run some of the symbian apps available.

there are many decent apps out there which will never be ported to the n900.

nokia should help build an emulator for maemo.

Re: Symbian^3 on N900

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Originally Posted by maemo5 (Post 839341)

symbian (s60v5/^3/^4) didn't support screen res more than
640x360

Hello,
The phone Samsung i8910 is a device based on TI OMAP 3430. It runs Symbian S60v5. It is the same hardware as N900 except for the keyboard. The screen resolution is also WVGA.

Would it be feasible to u-boot a firmware from that phone from the microSD card?

I migrated from Symbian to Maemo but I would like to dual boot.
Thanks in advance for your time.

Best regards,

Re: Symbian^3 on N900

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The screen resolution is also WVGA.

I could be wrong, but I'm 99% sure the i8910's resolution is 640x360. I memorized it's specs a while back because I always wanted one back then, for the camera, display, and speed. It's one of the best S1 devices.

Edit:
Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 360 x 640 pixels, 3.7 inches

That's from GSMArena. Thing is, the i8910's display is 16:9, so WVGA isn't feasible for that device.

Re: Symbian^3 on N900

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Originally Posted by blackskyel (Post 912419)

S60v5 isn't open source.

Symbian (formerly known as Symbian^3) is open source. (The OS that is on the N8)

Re: Symbian^3 on N900

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Originally Posted by elie-7 (Post 840017)

but it feels good to have the fastest twin turbo car on the roads.
i know nokia did cut our road, but the maemo5 tweakers here got us the best road we can ever have.
yes bringing symbian to the n900 is what needed to prove that its the best mate.

Twin 3071's now we are talking!!!