What’s new in the 6th edition
The change log of the 6th edition is pretty lengthy, so in this preface we are going to cover the most vital of them and leave the rest for specific parts of this review. It’s important to emphasize that a number of features have been around since the fifth edition of the platform – for instance, certain views of the phonebook, transition effects and some other bits and pieces that are all attributes of S40 6th edition, in fact, are employed on some other phones too. However it’s only in the 6th edition that they have made it into the platform’s default feature pack.
* Transition effects were the cornerstone of S60 FP2 update and they did a great job adding new flavors to the user interface. So now feature phones can benefit from this feature, as they have added one effect that makes pop-up windows with notifications appear on the screen smoothly. While these special effects are eye-candy, occasionally they seem somewhat sluggish due to the CPU’s insufficient speed;
* Full-fledged support for Flash Lite 3 that allows running games and various animated swf files, including time- and date-conscious wallpapers;
* Support for WiFi that extends beyond VoIP – data connections are now available too
* Enhanced phonebook, revamped email client;
* New browser building upon WebKit open source project;
* Maps application integrated into the platform, although its an older version compared to the app found in S60-powered devices;
* Support for new Java APIs - JSR-179 Location API, JSR-205 – Wireless Messaging API;
* OMA Message 1.3;
* Horizontal scrolling of lists in the user interface;
* Themes now apply to radio application and multimedia player;
* New UI elements – pop-up windows;
Novi s40 za sada imaju samo nokia 7510 i 7610 supernova.Sada je dosta bliži s60 uređajima!
Mada su meni ikonice bile lepše na 5th edition,ovo je bliže series 30 uređajima,ali je takav sada i novi s60(e71,e66)
Ali oni su otišli još korak dalje i uklonili status bar koji je imao ikonice za bateriju, mrežu, digitalni sat u glavnom meniju. Evo jednog primerka.
