Friday, September 10, 2004

The Nokia 9300 looks like a very nice replacement for the Nokia 9210 communicator. The linked to article talks about 'no word on Python being ported from the Series 60 alpha'. I'm sure it'll happen eventually. Having a keyboard makes scripting languages even more useful on the phone. The Nokia 9500 is an even more amazing looking phone. Built in WiFi is an interesting feature in a cellphone. Having apps that could seamlessly switch from the expensive (in New Zealand) GPRS to a cheaper WiFi alternative in the office would be great. Io and the other scripting languages I'm working on getting working on Series 60 would be fantastic on these phones. I know this from having used Io and Forth on the Nokia 9210. The keyboard makes a big difference. Once the Series 60 port is a little more complete I'll download the 9300/9500 SDK and try a port, testing it on the emulators. Anyone with a 'real' device that would like to do some testing is welcome to contact me (use the 'envelope' icon on my weblog main page). Anyone who wants to provide me with a real device is of course welcome to contact me too ;-) 10:49:24 AM