Python on Symbian Cell Phones
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Overview
Installing and using python on Symbian series 60 phones is easy, fun, and useful. If you have some other type of phone, it will most likely not work but you can try to do a port :)
There have been three official releases of python from Nokia. Version 1.3 is the last one and since it has been released as open source, it is unlikely that there will be new version released by Nokia. You can do new versions :)
Alas, all series 60 phones are not the same. Newer models have more features and to make use of these new features, higher level feature packs are needed. So far there are only three.
Which versions to get
For Nokia 7610 phones, get "S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 1"
For Nokia N70, get "S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 3" (latest).
Documentation
There is a final Nokia Reference to Python on series 60, version 1.3
Software Repository
Get the latest version of python for symbian cell phones from [source forge (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=154155)].
There is lots of information on this wiki about python and other programming on the Series 60 phones Nokia Series 60 and there is newer information that was part of an IAP 2006 Class that I just gave at MIT.
