On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Oscar B <oscar
...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe this could help:
> http://code.google.com/p/htmlcontrol-for-symbian/
> Best,
> Oscar B
> On 19 feb, 09:42, dave johnson <dave.c.john...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I agree that WRT is probably the way to go. I am looking into the
> > BrowserControl a bit as well and it looks like the communication between
> the
> > JavaScript and native code might be similar to what we have done for the
> > BlackBerry.
> > Robin I agree it's important to remember the Nokia usage worldwide! They
> are
> > the main smartphone company in India and over a large part of Europe /
> > Africa. Check out the AdMob stats herehttp://
> www.admob.com/s/solutions/metrics
> > -dave
> > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Robin <robin.jewsb...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > I do think the conclusion of using WRT1.1 for PhoneGap is the right
> > > approach. This API has all the features of PhoneGap so just needs a
> > > Javascript layer to translate between the 2 APIs.
> > > WRT1.1 already exists and can be found in the Nokia 5800. This is a
> > > touch phone with a Safari brower and its possible to create code which
> > > runs across all the PhoneGap handsets (with the possible exception of
> > > Blackberry -dependent on your Javascript). The 5800 has a screen size
> > > of 360x640 pixels so you just have to be aware your code has to take
> > > account of screen dimensions and/or use CSS 100% commands. I am
> > > currently developing an application which runs on 5800, with the same
> > > (HTML,CSS and JS) code running on the iPhone via PhoneGap (I am not
> > > using location, contacts etc so have not written any JS translation
> > > layers).
> > > Th next Nokia phone where this is possible is the N97 due in summer.
> > > Even though it may take several years for all Nokia phones to support
> > > WRT1.1, I would be aware that the number of phones sold for each model
> > > is signficant outside the US.
> > > Robin
> > > On Feb 18, 11:02 pm, Mikko Ohtamaa <sna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > We have made some experiements with Nokia Series 60 "Browser Control"
> > > > component. Basically I think we know what it would take to port
> > > > PhoneGap to S60 and I know want to share this (so that no one needs
> to
> > > > bang head to a wall again).
> > > > There are two ways control the browser in S60: Browser Control and
> > > > application overlay. The application overlay opens a new browser
> > > > window on the top of your application. You cannot customize the
> > > > browser UI, the options menu or anything else, so I think this is not
> > > > a good approach because of the lack of control.
> > > > Then there is Browser Controlhttp://
> > >www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/47d8a7fe-768c-44e5-bc...
> > > > which is "the right way" to embed
> > > > WebKit in your application. You have total control over the
> surrouding
> > > > UI. But looks like it the Browser Control itself is not the most
> > > > robust piece of software and tends to have uncatchable crashes in
> > > > various situations (page does not load, the page load is interrupted)
> > > > and is stable enough only for offline applications.
> > > > Also, we lack something like stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString
> in
> > > > the public API, so we cannot feed any data from the phone to the
> > > > Javascript easily. However, it is possible for the shell application
> > > > to have native code to listen to localhost socket for which
> Javascript
> > > > connects using AJAX requests. Kuneri's KuneriLite does exactly this
> > > > for Flash Lite.
> > > > The third option is just wait 5 years when Nokia device base is
> > > > satured by Series 60 fifth edition device which supports Nokia's Web
> > > > Run-Time 1.1. WRT is Nokia's proprietary, closed, PhoneGap like
> > > > platform.
> > > >http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Category:Web_Runtime_(WRT)<
> http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Category:Web_Runtime_%28WRT%29>
> > > > Some Nokia Series 60 devices support Web Run-Time 1.0 with an
> software
> > > > update, but version 1.0 lacks all "PhoneGap abilities" like GPS. Both
> > > > WRT technologies allow capsulating web application to installable
> > > > Series 60 packages. Nokia doesn't seem to be keen on backporting WRT
> > > > 1.1 to older devices, so this technology has currently near-zero
> > > > market base.
> > > > I think we are not pursuiting Series 60 very actively anymore, unless
> > > > we got a customer case for it. We'll just wait that WRT 1.1 is
> > > > widespread enough and make a PhoneGap adapter for it.
> > > > Some experiemental Python code:
> https://code.launchpad.net/~jussi-toivola/pys60community/browserbranch<
> https://code.launchpad.net/%7Ejussi-toivola/pys60community/browserbranch>
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Mikko
> > > >http://www.twinapex.com