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Nokia Smartphones: Tips and Tricks
Rahul Srinivas, May 14, 2009 1244 hrs ISTTechtree gives you tips to optimally use your Series 60 phones
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Symbian Series 60, better known as S60 amongst the smartphone buffs is akin to the Windows XP amongst mobile Operating Systems. While it has been snubbed for its general "uncoolness", plain-jane UI and doubts regarding its security, it has unceremoniously held the crown for the most used smartphone OS for as long as we can remember.
Now, here is the catch. While there is no doubt about S60's popularity, what makes it's market share interesting is the fact that most S60 users' are blissfully unaware that their phones actually are capable smartphones which can do much more than making calls and sending the occasional text message!
A reason for this lack of knowledge has partly to do with the Nokia strategy of flooding the market with such phones. In fact most Series S60 phones were bought, not because they were smartphones - but because they were good value for money.
Many a times, it has left me worried how little people actually manage to 'tap' out of an S60 phone and how little people know about the actual capabilities of the little gadget lying in their pocket possesses. Before you start blaming me for "acting too geeky", let me reaffirm that this piece is just an attempt to help a "normal" user get the most out their mostly unused features of a normal S60 handset. This guide is purely for the uninitiated, newbie who is looking for a way to "kickstart" his love-affair with a Series S60 mobile phone.
Introduction:
To start with, I am using NSeries handset from Nokia -- N85-- a latest Series 60. As mentioned in the beginning, S60 is an Operating System which has been licensed by the Symbian Foundation.
While there is no doubt that Symbian Series S60 is synonymous with Nokia, there are quite a few phones from Samsung and LG (amongst others) too which use Series 60. The N85 I am using here for reference runs the latest version of Series 60 Third Edition with Feature Pack 2. Feature packs are additions to existing OS versions, quite similar to the Service Packs you associate with Windows. The Series 60 Third edition, which was released back in 2005 has now reached the FP2 edition which gives the OS a fresher, rounded look and packs in a lot of other improvements as well which we will discuss later.
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