Hi Giacomo, The wiki... good info on seting up and configuring and creating standalone applications http://wiki.opensource.nokia.com/projects/Python_for_S60
A few tutorials... http://www.mobilenin.com/ The book... http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470515058/ref=ord_cart_shr/026-2184014-4381252?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE The forum... http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=102 I haven't done much other than install and a few basic scripts. Cheers On Oct 19, 11:26 pm, "Giacomo Lacava" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, shall we crosspost PNW? :) > > I installed Python on my S60 phone... unfortunately, I don't have > bluetooth on my laptop, and I didn't really tried to write any scripts > yet because moving stuff around from linux to the phone is a bit of a > pain via usb (there's a serial driver which is slooow). > > But to be honest, for this idea I always thought about j2me, because: > 1) when it comes down to availability on devices, j2me is the only > realistic option. I love S60, but I wouldn't bet my life on only one > platform... > 2) the mobile app itself would have very, very simple requirements, > for which the j2me api is quite enough (I've already built a > prototype). > 3) I'm not sure about how you could deploy python scripts without > forcing the runtime to be installed as well, which sounds complicated. > At a first glance, it looks like pyS60 has to crack that chestnut > before it can be considered for real-world scenarios. > > I really wish things will change in a few years, and I'd love to be > proven wrong on any of these points, but this is how I see it at the > moment. > > and Richard, I'm not smart enough to go in the hardware biz ;) > > cheers > Giacomo > > On 19/10/2007, Michael Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Friday 19 October 2007 17:38, Giacomo Lacava wrote: > > > The app I want to > > > build is something very simple, something that a company would install > > > on all its handsets, to streamline some internal processes > > > If you want to get started playing with software on mobiles, python for > > series > > 60 mobiles is pretty fun to work with. > > > If you're using linux, then presuming you have bluetooth its quite simple to > > get started: > > > ~> sdptool add-channel=27 SP > > ~> rfcomm listen /dev/rfcomm0 27 > > Waiting for connection on channel 27 > > > Connection from 00:11:22:33:44:55 to /dev/rfcomm0 > > Press CTRL-C for hangup > > > Connect using btconsole.py on phone > > > On different console on linux then type > > ~> minicom -s -m (set device to /dev/rfcomm0 ) > > > You'll then have a python console in your window that's running on the > > phone. > > You can send SMSs, pick up cell id, take photos, draw pics, sends messages > > over SMS, etc. We've run a version of Kamaelia on mobiles in the past for > > (_very_ simply) proof of concept previewing of PVR content on a mobile using > > python, so there's certainly scope for producing some interesting apps. > > > Michael > > -- > Giacomo Lacava --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Feeds available at http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west/feeds For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
