First S60 3rd Edition Freeware - SExplorer file explorer
Published by Rafe Blandford at 18:52 BST, April 7th 2006
Simon Judge, a freelance mobile developer, has released the first piece of (native) freeware for S60 3rd Edition. SExplorer (available in beta) is a file explorer utility. Features include the browsing of all drives (but not the folders protected by the Symbian 9 security model), creating, moving, and renaming of folders and files and opening files according to their file type.
The software runs on all S60 3rd Edition phones: Nokia N91, Nokia 3250, Nokia N80, Nokia N71, Nokia N92, Nokia E60, Nokia E61 and Nokia E70.
The software is available in beta and the usual warning therefore appy. In his blog Simon describes some of the reasons and issues behind creating this application. He notes that he plans to get the application signed (via the freeware route to market) so that he can extend the program's reach to the protected directories. However to do this he needs access to the sensitive (manufacturer restricted) API (allfiles) which requires a Verisign ACS Publisher ID. This illustrates some of the extra hurdles that developers must overcome to release programs for Symbian 9.1 because of the restrictions imposed by the new security model.
The screenshots above illustrate the warning on installation (more agressive in warning than previously) and the inability to view some folders.
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Platforms: Series 60
News Discussion
LordDeath
i don't see any security problems with symbian 7 and 8 and don't like this new behavior in symbian 9. if i could decide between a symbian 9 and a windows mobile device, i would choose the one with windows mobile even though i am a symbian fan. :frown:
does windows xp deny me the access to the system32 folder? no, and millions noobs out there can still use it...
Rafe
The security stuff may not be popular, but most people (i.e. non power users etc) wont notice. Software is going to be available very soon.
The security stuff while annoying in some ways is absolutely necessary for these devices to reach hundred of million (not just a few million). All the open platforms are going to do this, Symbian is juts the first. It's basically been mandated by the operators.
steff2632
so the new security stuff is so that symbian & nokia ( & all other included in symbian) can sell more units to more customers without them complaining??
also the operators are demanding this aswel so they can push the higher priced devices to less techie people??
lithgow
steff2632 said: "so the new security stuff is so that symbian & nokia ( & all other included in symbian) can sell more units to more customers without them complaining??"
No, the new security stuff is to control the rampant piracy and malware that destroys profits for ISV's (Independant Software Vendors) and trust in software for consumers.
MS is between a rock and a hard place here. Their stranglehold on the market depends upon (perceived) backward compatibility, and yet their market place can never grow into the open plainlands of true consumer goods without a break with backward compatibility (and that has become part of the MS culture, so it's very hard to change). People tolerate a lot more instability from their PCs than they ever will from something more mission-critical, like a phone or even, bizarrely enough, a DVD player.
Symbian wants their platform to straddle both the openness of desktop/laptop PCs, and the effortless reliability of consumer electronics. These security measures, and the attendant break in backwards compatibliity, are a necessary part of that, and I applaud Symbian for their clarity of vision and courage. (And I'm one of the people affected by it: an ISV.)
langdona
I think the new security is a good thing, its all about protecting the end user and subsequently any networks the end user connects too. This is very important for the corporate market even for people connecting ther own private devices to the companies network. I think will become a problem for Microsoft Mobile OS's unless they get their act together soon.
I dont mind about security as long as I can copy any information to and from the device, even if it is only to designated areas. As long as the media software will allow playing of any standard files I think things will be OK. My fear is that at some stage they will try to make them only play files protected by DRM but in the long term DRM is be pointless as it will always be cracked.
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Originally Posted by langdona
My fear is that at some stage they will try to make them only play files protected by DRM
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I wouldn't fear something like that from either Symbian or device manufacturers. Operators might try, but hopefully not many, and the market will educate them.
SimonJudge
unregistered
can't open sys folder. it shows some security problem.
AlexD
Hi,
I'm using Sexplorer on nokia E61i.No icon is shown
Unregistered
it is imposible to instal this program into mi e51 says expired certificate whi?
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