Gargi Das' Forum Nokia Blog

Gargi Das' Forum Nokia Blog http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/gargi-das-forum-nokia-blog A Forum Nokia Blog gaba88 2009-11-23T03:59:36Z Firmware v20 for N97 http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/gargi-das-forum-nokia-blog/2009/10/28/firmware-v20-for-n97   <div style="text-align: center"> <img src="http://shafiq.pk/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/nokia-n97-original-picture.jpg" alt="nokia N97" width="227" height="168" /> </div> Hello All After a prolong waiting its time of some good news for Nokia N97 users, as there is an firmware update available via NSU i.e. nokia software updater. The v20 firmware reports to have good scrolling effect and new looks of OVI Maps and store is also expected. I have just updated the device and following are some of my observations: <ul> <li>The touch UI response has improved fairly and that is what we all were waiting for.<img src="http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/js/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" /> </li> <li>I observed some improvements in the default music player which are same like my good old nokia N95 8gb.</li> <li>The new OVI Maps has a great improvement with the 3D maps.</li> <li> I was expecting some improvements in the phone memory optimization but sad to say i didnt find any optimization.</li> </ul> Please feel free to post your comments and feedbacks.   Regards Gargi         General 2009-10-28T09:08:52Z gaba88 PyS60 1.9.6 is here http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/gargi-das-forum-nokia-blog/2009/07/01/pys60-1.9.6-is-here Hello PyS60 Fans PyS60 Team yesterday announced a new PyS60 version which is 1.9.6 this is again a experimental release for testing with a aim of getting an efficient final product i.e. 2.0. Now lets list out some features of the PyS60 1.9.6 as listed by tvijayan of the PyS60 Team: <ul style="font-weight: bold"> <li>Support for a virtual 4-way directional pad is added for Canvas and text widgets. This D-Pad is displayed at the bottom of the screen and this feauture is enabled by default on touch enabled devices. Currently, this is supported only in the portrait mode and landscape support will be available in a future release.</li> </ul> <ul style="font-weight: bold"> <li>The size of the sis created using the application packager will reduce as the modules in the base runtime is more refined.</li> </ul> <ul style="font-weight: bold"> <li>A new chapter is added in the PyS60 documentation (Extending and Embedding PyS60), that is an end-to-end tutorial for creating 3rd party extention modules and distributing them. This one is my favorite as this is a Official documentation for creating your extensions.<img src="http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/js/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /></li> </ul> The above listed are the major changes from the past 1.9.5 release. To read more and to post your comments on the release please have a look at the Forum Nokia PyS60 <a href="http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=102">discussion board</a>.<img src="http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/js/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /> PyS60 releases can be downloaded from <a href="https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=854">maemo garage</a> where you can also file bug reports and write some feature requests. Happy Hacking Gargi Das Python 2009-07-01T11:29:43Z gaba88 Its Two more from Bhavnagar http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/gargi-das-forum-nokia-blog/2009/02/26/its-two-more-from-bhavnagar <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000"> <div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; width: auto; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left"> Hi all, <div> </div> On 24th of this month Forum Nokia Announced  some new Forum Nokia Champions. I am very pleased to say that as usual this time also there are two FNCs from my city Bhavnagar. The two names are my Prof. Mehul Jajal and One of my best freind Chintan Umraliya. </div> <div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; width: auto; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left"> <a href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/User:James1980" target="_blank"> Mehul Sir</a> was recently announced as the wiki contributor of december and january months. Sir has contributed a variety of articles at the forum nokia wiki on the recently announced Qt for S60. He is also very active at the forum nokia Qt Dibo. </div> <div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; width: auto; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left"> <a href="http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/ckumraliya.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Chintan</a> was earlier announced as the runner up in the forum nokia wiki widget competition and was involved with me in the development of the recently announced <a href="http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/gargi-das-forum-nokia-blog/2009/02/03/calls-nfo-v1.0.0" target="_blank">call!nfo</a>. Chintan is also active at forum nokia discussion boards and contributes regularly at forum nokia wiki. </div> <div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; width: auto; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left"> Thanks to forum nokia for rewarding their activities and contribution. I am sure this will motivate some more students to learn mobile application development and actively participate in forum nokia related activities. </div> <div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; width: auto; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left">   </div> <div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; width: auto; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left"> Congrats to Mehul sir and Chintan.  </div> <div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; width: auto; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left"> Best Regards Gargi Das , One of the FNCs from Bhavnagar </div> General 2009-02-26T18:10:48Z gaba88 Python for S60 1.9.2 released with new Sensor Module http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/gargi-das-forum-nokia-blog/2009/02/24/python-for-s60-1.9.2-released-with-new-sensor-module Hello allIts the time for another minor realease of Python for S60 1.9.x series.:)This time its the Python for S60 1.9.2. There are not many changes with respect to the earlier releases but there is a very important addition and that is the brand new Sensor Module. The recent release of Python for S60 has a very new Sensor Module which supports S60 3rd edition FP2 devices and 5th edition too.Some more positive changes are: <ul> <li>Reduction in the installer size! The application packager GUI is now based on Tkinter, hence PyQt setup is removed from the windows installer.</li> <li>The UID of PythonRuntime has changed from '0xF0201514' to '0xE0201514'.</li> <li>PyS60 Application Packager is now based on ensymble 0.28.</li></ul> On the dark side S60 2nd edition users will not be able to use that as the OpenC libraries are not available on 2nd edition devices.You can download the Python for S60 1.9.2 from <a href="https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=854" target="_blank">Maemo Garage</a>.Moreover here goes the <a href="http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=159836" target="_blank">announcement page</a>. We hope we all PyS60 fans will soon see a TouchUi enabled PyS60.Enjoy PythoningGargi Das  Python 2009-02-24T13:15:49Z gaba88 Calls!nfo V1.0.0 http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/gargi-das-forum-nokia-blog/2009/02/03/calls-nfo-v1.0.0  <img src="http://mobapps.org/pys60/calls_info/chintan_logo.png" alt="title image" width="207" height="183" align="top" />Hello all Here comes an effective application in PyS60 <a href="http://mobapps.org/PyS60/calls_info" target="_blank">calls!nfo V1.0.0</a>.  Calls!nfo is basically a enhanched way of representing the normal call logs in S60 phones. The application is developed by myself and my freind chintan (a.k.a ck.umraliya).Call!nfo breaks the monotonous way of getting the call logs infomation and gives you details about your logs in a new graphical fashion. Following are the details about the application:Features:<div><ul> <li>Recent Calls:A graphical analysis of your recent incoming and outgoing Calls.</li></ul><ul> <li>Calls Distribution:Know the persons who you contacted the most in recent days. It finds 6 most contacted numbers and shows the total call duration of each of them. It compares it to the rest all other calls' duration.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://gargidas19188.googlepages.com/screenshot0017.jpg" alt="Screenshot" width="190" height="190" align="middle" /> </div><ul> <li>SMS Info:Now get to know how many SMS you sent to a particular number and know the total umber of SMS sent.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://gargidas19188.googlepages.com/screenshot0015.jpg" alt="ScreenShot" width="190" height="190" align="top" /> </div><ul> <li>Estimate Bill:Calculate your monthly amount spent on SMS and Calls and get to know the total bill at the end of the month.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://gargidas19188.googlepages.com/screenshot0016.jpg" alt="ScreenShots" width="190" height="190" align="top" /> </div></div>with all the above mentioned features there are some tasks which we are kept for future development and we will try to complete them as early as possible. The Future Palns are:Future Plans:<div align="justify"><ul> <li>Location Tagging : Know at which location you have made the calls and receive the calls.</li> <li>Itemized Bill: Upload all your data to a particular secure server and fetch it when you want no need to pay extra to the operator for itemized bill.</li></ul></div>For this application i like to give a special thanks to our prof.Kiran Trivedi without him this application would not have been possible.The application can be downloaded from <a href="http://mobapps.org/PyS60/calls_info" target="_blank">mobapps</a>.One morething if you are facing the problems with the sis file functioning , then you can downlaod the <a href="http://gargidas19188.googlepages.com/callsinfo.rar">code package</a>.Just read the readme.txt and get going with the application. Hope you all like the application and we are very much open to your suggestion and feedback.Best regardsGargi Das    Python 2009-02-03T18:09:57Z gaba88 PyS60 1.9.1 is released http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/gargi-das-forum-nokia-blog/2009/01/24/pys60-1.9.1-is-released Hello allThis is my first blog so just a small introduction my name is Gargi Das. I am a final year engineering student and working on mobile applications since past two years. I also run a <a href="http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/" title="http://mobapps.org/PyS60">website</a> with the help of my prof. Kiran Trivedi who is also a forum nokia champion, the site contains contain tutorials on making applications with PyS60. Presently apart from making applications in Python i am also working on the web run time technology. I guess thats much about me, now coming back to the main point.  This is just to inform the PyS60 developers and fans that the PyS60 1.9.1 is released.This release runs on the S60 3rd edition, 3rd FP1, 3rd edition FP2 and in S60 5th edition devices also. The important thing in this relaese is that the they have included the Zip files for SDKs. Which will help a lot in application development. Now what 1.9.1 release have:- The startup time and installation time are more optimized as compared to the earlier 1.9.0 release.- All the Python files in the runtime sis are compiled into .pyc files and included in a zip file. sys.path is updated with the    path of this zip file. This reduced the interpreter startup time considerably.- A more generic error message is displayed when trying to load an application without the PyS60 Dependencies installed.<div style="text-align: justify">- Support for building just a <subsystem> is provided. Refer build, build_emu, build_device help of setup.py.</div><div style="text-align: justify"> </div><div style="text-align: justify">- Unlike 1.4.x, a single SDK zip contains both gcce and armv5 link libraries. Separate SDK zips are provided for 3rdEd,    3rdEdFP1 and 3rdEdFP2.</div><div style="text-align: justify"> </div><div style="text-align: justify">- The default mode of ensymble py2sis command is changed to 'pycore'. All scripts which refer to pys60 modules socket and calendar should use the new names - btsocket and e32calendar to use the S60 functionality in pycore mode. Also renamed "Prioritize PyS60 module library" to "1.4.x compatibility mode" on the UI of application packager. </div>  The targets for the final 2.0 release can be read from the announcement link on the <a href="http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/" target="_blank" title="http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156791">Python Discussion boards.</a> Best regardsGargi Das    Python 2009-01-24T17:57:58Z gaba88