Nokia's smartphone platform, better known as Series 60, gains support for MIDP 2.0 and improvements in the area of user personalisation.
Nokia announced yesterday that it has added support for the most recent edition of the Java Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP), version 2.0, to the manufacturer's platform for smartphones - better known as Series 60. Also, Nokia has released version 2.0 of another product - its developer suite for J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition), also this with support for MIDP 2.0.
The MIDP 2.0 specification, developed and implemented by the Java Community Process (JCP), offers improvements in communications, security, multimedia and user interface capabilities, resulting in new applications with enhanced features, including richer graphics and security.
Offering a comprehensive set of harmonized APIs, the new version aims to ensure economies of scale and consistent development across different device classes. For developers, this translates to a platform which is lesser fragmented than what was the case with version 1.0 - allowing them to more easily create applications that will run on all MIDP 2.0-compliant handsets.
Series 60 now supports Java MIDP 2.0 with the backwards compatibility to the previous MIDP 1.0 version. According to Nokia, its Java implementation in Series 60 brings enhanced graphics functionality, Bluetooth APIs, support for various secure HTTP connection types, advanced multimedia APIs, and messaging APIs. In addition, Series 60 now also uses the same application installer and application menu for Java and native Symbian applications.
The Series 60 Platform has also been enhanced with several other new features, particularly in the area of personalisation. A user will be able to switch between different sets of icons, wallpapers, screensavers, background bitmaps, and color schemes offered by an operator or other service portal. For messaging, Series 60 now provides enriched presentation capabilities in MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) through enhanced SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language).
Nokia did not comment on whether the manufacturer would introduce firmware upgrades for its current Series 60-based smartphones, the Nokia 7650 and 3650 models, which incorporate the functionality in the most recent version of the platform.
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