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Python on Symbian Series 60

PyS60 is the Nokia port of Python on Symbian Series 60.

It is also known as PySymbian.

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Does anyone have experience with PyS60 mobile development

I am in the position of having to make a technology choice early in a project which is targetted at mobile phones. I saw that there is a python derivative for S60 and wondered whether anyone could share experiences, good and bad, and suggest…
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How to solve Python memory leak when using urrlib2?

I'm trying to write a simple Python script for my mobile phone to periodically load a web page using urrlib2. In fact I don't really care about the server response, I'd only like to pass some values in the URL to the PHP. The problem is that Python…
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Does PyS60 produce sis files that are native?

I am currently looking at developing a mobile apps for the S60 platform and is specifically looking at PyS60. It seems to suggest that the it can be compiled into native .sis files without the need for an embedded python interpreter. Reading through…
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Non blocking python sockets

I'd like to write a small Bluetooth server application to my Nokia phone in PyS60. It needs to be able to send response to the client's request and be able to push data to the client as well. option 1: if I use socket.recv(1024), the program waits…
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Mobile Development barrier to entry

I'm looking at making some mobile apps in my spare time and I want to put them up online for anyone to use (and probably open-source). I've worked with PyS60 a while ago and I really liked it. My problem is, I don't want to spend any money on…
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Application asks for internet connection

When I start any application, that I wrote with python for my Nokia 5800(software version 60.0.003), it asks me for internet connection. Application doesn't use it or need it. And if I skip it applications works fine. I'm using ensymble(PyS60…
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closing files properly opened with urllib2.urlopen()

I have following code in a python script try: # send the query request sf = urllib2.urlopen(search_query) search_soup = BeautifulSoup.BeautifulStoneSoup(sf.read()) sf.close() except Exception, err: print("Couldn't get…
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Google Data API on Symbian

I want to use Google Data API on a Symbian device with pys60 but I couldn't find any doc. Is there any way to install Google Data APIs Python Client Library on Symbian ?
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gsm location in python

I have this script file in python running on S60: import location def current_location(): gsm_loc = location.gsm_location() print gsm_loc current_location() instead of printing a tuple of mcc, mnc, lac and cellId it prints None. on top of my…
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PyS60 application not going full screen

I am very new to PyS60. I was testing how to set an application to full screen mode but unfortunately, it doesn't work as expected. I tested the script on Nokia 6120 Classic. Here is what I did: appuifw.app.screen = 'full' What I get is a half…
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How To Deploy PyS60 Apps To The Ovi Store?

I'm developing some PyS60 applications and today I've seen that it's possible to deploy them to the Ovi Store according to the Release Notes(Discussion Thread too): All the Pyds that have zero UID will be assigned with the applications UID at the…
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Does the stack limit of Symbian also apply to PyS60?

Symbian has a stack limit of 8kB. Does this also apply to the function calling in PyS60 apps?
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Does PyS60 has a reliable garbage collection?

I have heard it many times that garbage collection in PyS60 is not up to to the mark. This imposes a lot of limits on writing cleaner code. Can I at least rely that the non cyclic references are cleaned up after a function exists.
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strings in hebrew in python for s60

I'm using python for S60. I want to use string in hebrew, to represent them on the GUI and to send them in SMS message. It seems that the PythonScriptShell don't accept such expressions, for example: u"אבגדה" what can I do? thanks development of…
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Application closes on Nokia E71 when using urllib.urlopen

Im running the following code on my Nokia E71. But after the text input, the program closes abruptly. I have a GPRS connection on my phone,but i still seem to be having some problem with urllib.urlopen The code is as follows : import…
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