Cell Phones For Easy App Development?

Posted by timothy on Thursday August 28, 2008 @07:46AM from the complexity-is-much-easier-to-achieve dept.

linnrose writes "When I purchased my current cell phone — a ATT/Samsung Sync — my primary reason for selecting it was Samsung told me I could install custom Java applications on it via USB or the microSD card; turns out they lied to me. I would really like to have a phone that is open enough for me to install simple Java (or whatever language; I'm primarily a C# developer) apps without having to download them from a server. And it doesn't have to be cutting-edge/feature-rich; gimme a nice color screen and good call quality. I'm thinking Nokia might have something useful, but I'm not sure. Any suggestions?"

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Nokia+Python by Masa · 2008-08-28 08:26 · Score: 5, Informative

A Nokia S60 phone (I have an E61) + Nokia S60 Python interpreter have been enough for my personal development needs. The nice thing is, I can develop Python applications on the road only using the phone itself.

Information about the interpreter: http://opensource.nokia.com/projects/pythonfors60/

The latest version is available at the Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pys60