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I'm pretty sure it's just Symbian, not S60, the UI platform. So you can not build E71 firmware with what they open sourced.

• pavlov 17y ago
  No, the Symbian open source release includes S60 as well. (Although S60 is not long for this world; it's going to be replaced by a new Qt-based layer in Symbian^4 next year.) That said, porting Symbian^(x) to the E71 would be a major effort. The S60 5th Edition UI layer seems to assume a screen resolution of at least 640*360. Even if that were resolved, I'm not sure how one would get the software on the E71. Apparently some Samsung users have created customized Symbian firmware upgrades, so maybe it's a more realistic prospect for S60 5th Edition devices.
  • asmosoinio 17y ago
    I stand corrected -- it used to be that Symbian was just the OS and lower layers, and Nokia had S60 UI etc., Ericsson had UIQ. But I guess this changed a few (2?) years back when Nokia bought a bigger part of Symbian?
  • fierarul 17y ago
    So this means that the open-source announcement is useless for me (and presumably other users having older devices -- if you could call my less than 1 year E71 old). Who benefits from this announcement ? I would love to see open-source "cell-phone" distros but I think they won't happen very soon.