S60 5th Edition Has Touch UI, Flash, Sensors & Video Editing

With S60 5th Edition, the user interface is extended by the introduction
of touch and with full support for tactile feedback. Enhanced display
resolution support and a new Widescreen mode further compliments the touch UI
and enables engaging visual experiences.

Also, for the first time, the
platform includes a framework for the use of advanced sensor technology. This
all allows S60 device manufacturers to create innovative new device concepts
for a wider range of user segments, while preserving the rich capabilities of
the existing software platform. The first S60 5th Edition based device,
designed for music lovers, was announced today - the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.

Web with Flash
S60 software continues to lead in the support for and use of internet
technologies, and includes the Web Browser for S60, which supports
desktop-quality browsing with Adobe Flash Lite 3. With the touch enabled
products and S60 5th Edition, Internet browsing is made more convenient by
enabling scrolling Web pages and interacting directly with Web content by
touching with a finger or the use of keys or stylus. The ecosystem now has
more options, and user experiences are further enhanced with touch optimized
toolbars and easy access to browser and internet application options.

Sensors enable very intuitive and smart usability for the key S60
applications. For example, silence the phone ringing by turning the phone
upside down. The sensor framework in S60 5th Edition provides easy
integration for wide range of sensors into vendor's devices, and enables them
and developers to take advantage of sensor data to create new exiting and
intuitive applications and features.

S60 5th Edition's new features continue to provide a complete solution
for multimedia experiences. New image and video editors in the S60 5th
Edition make it simple to capture and edit pictures and videos directly on
the device, before sharing them with others. Users can for example decrease
red eye, crop image highlights, adjust image quality or add text and graphics
to pictures. With the video editor, users can quickly cut and merge videos
and sound directly on the device. Support for large, high resolution displays
makes it possible for users to better enjoy widescreen multimedia and these
features.

The implementation of the S60 Web Runtime in S60 5th Edition adds support
for S60 Platform Services, which enables creation of personal and context
aware Web widgets. Platform Services gives these Web standards based
applications access to numerous applications and features of the S60
platform, such as calendar, contacts, GPS, messaging, audio, and video.
Widgets can also mash-up information from the Internet together with selected
information from the user's mobile device. These Platform Services are easily
accessible to Web content developers and service providers via new JavaScript
and Adobe Flash Actionscript extensions. All of these capabilities continue
to provide the user with the most control over security and their own private
data.

To lower the barrier to entry for new innovation, S60 5th Edition is also
expanding its support for open source technologies through integrated support
for Open C++. This support brings the Standard Template Library and other
popular platform-independent C++ libraries to the S60 platform, extending the
Open C offering. Together, Open C and Open C++ create opportunities for
developers to utilize existing skills and code from other platforms in their
S60 development projects, including open source components that run today on
Linux and other open platforms.