TamsS60 - the S60 Blog

Ever since I got my trusty old Nokia N71, I hated its stupidly-designed gallery program. Luckily, Resco’s excellent viewer program was available - the TamsS60 review can be found here.

Jan Slodicka has now informed me of a major update to the program, adding a huge variety of features. Due to our excellent relationship to Resco, the TamsS60 team proudly presents the full change log below:

Slideshow
a.. Can play background music (Slideshow Options)
b.. The music volume:
a) can be set in slideshow settings,
b) can be changed with dedicated volume keys
c.. Store your own slideshows for later use

GPS tools(Concerns images created with GPS phones/cameras or images with added GPS
information.)
a.. If you have such an image (stored as part of the Exif info), you can use menu to launch Google Maps in the web browser pointing to the related location.
b.. Alternatively the GPS location can be saved in the landmarks database and used by other application such as Google Maps

Other News
a.. Devices without the pencil (shift) key (e.g. N6120 Classic):
Long press of the ‘#’ key is interpreted as shift
b.. Zooming in the preview mode loads full sized image on as-needed basis
c.. Preview mode enables image panning (use shift+arrows)
d.. The Viewer remembers last selected image/folder
e.. Added option for keeping backlight on when viewing images
f.. Improved Exif information dialog
g.. The Viewer can be set to apply the rotation stored in the image (part of the EXIF info)
h.. etc.

A free evaluation version of the app can be obtained from Resco’s web site via the link below:
http://www.resco.net/symbian/photoviewer_s60/default.asp

The 6650’s hardware is unimpressive - but its software managed to surprise me significantly. The device seems to run FP2…read on for an overview of what’s in store.

The device’s menu layout is very weird…please look at the shots below to understand what I mean:

However, the menu system can be restored easily:

The My Own folder containing third-party applications s hidden unusually deep in the menu structure. However, all applications I tested performed fine:

The machine includes a Bluetooth radio and identifies itself as 6650d - the 6650c is a S40-powered candybar dumbphone:

Usually, S60V3 devices ship with a pretty confusing Gallers program. The version found on the T-Mobile version of the 6650 is mich better and..in fact..is very similar to the one found on the Siemens SX1:

Both QuickOffice and Adobe Acrobat Reader are missing from the device:

I installed Resco Viewer and x-plore to get an overview of the specs - here’s what I found out:

Finally, here’s the proof that we are looking at an FP2 device…the new task list:

Amusingly, the machine completely lacked menu transitions in all apps except the V-shaped app launcher…

Tune in soon for a little interview on the 6650’s performance in the marketplace!