TamsS60 - the S60 Blog

Both Palm OS and PocketPC users have arranged themselves in user groups…groups of device users that meet up once a month or so to discuss the latest developments in mobile computing.

The recent announcement of the German Senior PUG(parts translated below, full text here) made me think about Symbian communities:

Dear Members,
…

due to changes in the mobile OS space, we now see ourselves forced to open our PalmOS-Exclusive forums to users of other OS’ses….

…from now on, users of Symbian, Windows Mobile and Linux are very welcome to step up and support us….

…our german forum situated at http://www.dritthirn.de has been restructured to also have space for Symbian and Windows Mobile users!

the chairmen of the SPUG
i.V. Thomas “Gojira” Nosutta

Are there any real-life Symbian User Meetings? If you know of any, please let me know!

P.s. In case you are interested how a Palm User Group meeting “looks”, here are a few reports from the vienniese Palm User Group:
http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2007/07/06/the-pug-vienna-met-yesterday-4/
http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2007/05/04/the-pug-vienna-met-yesterday-3/

Users of desktop machines usually associate SSH(secure telnet) with an open-source client called PuTTY. The program is reliable, free, quite secure and fast. Recently, the PuTTY for Symbian project announced a port to Series 60 v3 - let’s see how it fares!

Connecting to SSH servers works in a “wizard-like” fashion. The program first asks you which server you wish to “bug”, then asks you about user name and password. A “cache” is available…but PuTTY doesn’t seem to save its settings from session to session…

Once connected to a server, PuTTY offers a variety of fonts and display options including fullscreen mode - here are a few examples:

Data is input via multitap(character table is supported) - however, T9 is not supported.

Special characters can be sent via the menu, pressing the “center” key of your phone acts as Return/Enter.

As for stability, the program works very well for me. However, it has one mayor nuisance…characters get sent to the server only after the multitap delay has passed. Pressing enter before that simply transmits the message as it is…without the last character. The image below should clarify what I mean:

This review looked at a pre-release version of Putty for Symbian on a Nokia N71. The prerelease version identifies itself as r298_20070715 and cannot be installed to a memory card(installer doesn’t offer this option). It has been archived on Tamoggemon.com for your convenience.

Overall, SSH for Series 60 V3 is here - Putty holds it’s promise. Of course, the product still has its quirkies and small nuisances - but it can connect to my SSH box and allows me to chat via IRC for a few minutes. Plus, the program is open-source….what more can you expect?

Thanks to Aquariusoft for letting me use their server as demo platform - their blog is here!

Dear Readers,
sorry for this blog having been so silent - until now. Health and heat waves kept me pinned down…but now, the worst is behind me, and it’s time to kick it hard!

The folks at my distributor MobiHand have worked long and hard to make the TamsShop carry Series 60 applications…and I already have a nice stash of reviews waiting!

If you wish me to write about sth specific, feel free to comment any time! Commenting is free and anonymous!