With this second major release the potential for powerful and feature rich applications has been increased. Developers can more eaily get access to telephony functions and integrate with the on board software though the Contacts and Calendar APIs.
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From the Forum Nokia website:
Python for Series 60 brings the power and productivity ofthe Python programming language to the Series 60 platform. The tools enable rapid application development and prototyping, and the ability to create stand-alone Series 60 applications written in Python.
The device installation package includes the Python interpreter (based on Python 2.2.2), select Python Standard Libraries, a script shell for launching Python scripts, a variety of native extensions, and a Python Console for interactive development. Pythonfor Series 60 can also be added to Series 60 SDK's for PC-based development, testing, and creating application installers.
Version 1.2 is Nokia's second major release of the Python for Series 60 environment. The new version includes support for the following new features:
- 2D Graphics, Images, and Full-screen applications
- Camera and Screenshot API
- Contacts and Calendar API
- Sound recording and playback
- Access to System info, such as IMEI number, disk space, free memory, etc.
- Rich text display (fonts, colors, styles)
- Support for Scalable UI
- Expanded key events
- Telephone dialing
- ZIP module
- Networking support for GPRS and Bluetooth
- On-device and remote Python console
- Support for native GUI widgets
- SMS sending
- Application build tool for packaging stand-alone application installers
- Compatible with all Series 60 1st and 2nd Edition devices