F60 Beta 5 released!

   

Changelog

• Multiple homescreens with snap and animations
• Notification panel (drag the statusbar all the way down)
• Some applications have the updated Symbian Belle UI
• Official Symbian Belle wallpapers have been included
• Various number of bugfixes

This is the most exciting version of F60 yet. It looks great, it's fast and it runs on any Nokia/Samsung/Sony Ericsson device with Flash Lite. The application launcher doesn't show any applications yet, so you can't run the apps from F60 at the moment. The next beta will have the finished launcher. Enjoy and spread the word!

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Sneak-Preview of F70 (F60 Beta 5)

First of all you might wonder why I still prefer calling F70 as F60 beta 5. Well that's quite simple, F70 is basically built upon the latest stable version of F60. That explains why it still has the same version number.

Anyway, that's the not the big news. The big news is that there are lots of new features coming to F70 and here is a sneak preview to keep you guys occupied for a while.

 

Changelog

• Multiple homescreens
• Lockscreen has been implemented
• Updated application UI
• New clock widget
• Various number of bugfixes
• Code clean-up

I'll probably release F60 beta 5 later this evening or tommorow. Stay tuned and leave a comment below.

F70 (build F60 beta 4) ready for download!

 

Changelog

• Updated the welcome screen
• Changed default wallpaper to the one Symbian Belle has
• Updated the homescreen
• Fixed a few graphical bugs

Bugs & issues

• I did not update the applications yet
• At the moment I've only updated the homescreen to the Symbian Belle UI

So yeah, it's very promising. It's built upon F60 beta 3 with a lot a lot of bugfixes and tweaks. The next beta will contain updated applications and much more!

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I'd suggest you to wait until the next beta which will probably contain a lot more (new) features. This version basically has an updated homescreen and welcome splash.

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Heads up everyone!

I'm very busy these days now I'm going to college, but don't worry this project still has my attention. However some things are about to change drastically!

Rewriting updating the core
Yes, we're not going to rewrite F70 from scratch. Instead we'll build upon the latest F60 build as it was pretty stable. It's also a benefit because we've finished a ton of features in F60 which we could easily tweak or update. Just like Apple does with their iOS updates (keeping old applications but updating them now and then).

Focussing on UI and minor fixes
Now we already have a stable F60 version to build upon it's very exciting to think of all the possibilities we can do with it. We can update the graphics, add some animations, redesign applications while keeping the same code. It'll be fun to see what your good old Nokia is capable of!

When will you actually start this time?
Right now. Downloads will be made availlable at (http://code.google.com/p/sphere-dev/downloads/list) as usually. So check it out now and then!

I'd suggest all of you guys to download or try out the latest F60 build once more and tell me what to improve. All suggestions are welcome!

A new start

I've rewritten F70 from scratch, so it's not built upon the F60 core which was my first idea. However, to keep you guys updated. These are the very first screenshots from the F70 build.

 

Bye Fantulous, welcome Alpine!

Dear F60/Sphere supporters, I'm very glad you joined in again. I had a fantastic summer break and I returned as I promised. The project will be continued where we left off. But there will be some several important changes. Let's go through them:

• With the announcement of Symbian Anna we've had to come up with something new, since F60 is still using the old Symbian interface.
• We want to compete with Symbian Anna, so we'll need to give the users another experience.
• It should be cross-platform.

These are the most important changes we'll be working on for this year. There's a fantastic year coming ahead of us, so follow our blog. More information soon.

Summer Break!

Hello guys, I'm taking vacation too. So, no F60 for a while. I'll be back in a few weeks.
Check back once in a while, I'll update it when I find some time.

Thanks for all your great support, for now enjoy the latest Beta 3. When I'm back I'll start working on Beta 4, but everyone deserves a bit of rest/vacation, so yeah enjoy the summer break if you have any.

Falkoman, out.

Unleashing Beta 3!

This is a major update and is recommended for all beta 2 testers. Most problems are solved.

• Alarm notification
• Black screen of death fixed (memory overflow)
• Help application (only 'Contacts' is documented at the moment)
• Phonebook
• Alarm bugfix when having more than 2 alarms
• Shutdown (Click 'Offline')
• 'Loading...' when the weather widget is loading
• Updated welcome screen
• Improved speed and loading times
• New wallpaper
• Removing contacts has been fixed and is almost stable
• Quickly change between 'Celcius / Fahrenheit' by clicking the weather widget
• Options menu work in 'Clock', 'Contacts', 'Phone'
  
  -  Contacts: 'Options' > 'New contact' to add a new contact
  -  Contacts: 'Options' > 'Delete selected' removes marked  contacts (tap the white circles to mark them)
  - Phone: Click the contact to make a phone call
  - Phone: 'Options' > 'Send message' will send a text message to the number you dialed.
• Several graphic tweaks/improvements

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Changelog

This is probably the latest changelog for Beta 3. After this I will release Beta 3 and start working on Beta 4. Here's a list of bugfixes/new features.

• Alarm notification
• Shut down button (click 'OFFLINE')
• When you have no contacts you can instantly create one by clicking 'Add contact'
• Click the weather widget to switch between Fahrenheit / Celcius
• Much sharper welcome screen

Beware of Fantulous!

I decided to give F60 a more "user-centric" feel. I want to give the users a comfortable feeling when using F60, this starts when you turn on your Nokia with F60. I designed a brand-new welcome screen. I hope you like it.

Despite the previous announcement of Phonebook, there's some bad news though. I removed the news widget in order to gain speed/improve loading times. I noticed that the news widget was the cause of major slowdowns. The good news is that you'll barely notice slowdowns anymore and I added a new wallpaper!

Changelog

What's happening guys, here's some more information on the upcoming beta.

• Phonebook has been finished
• Alarms bug has been fixed (the time did not display in the 'Alarms' view)
• Fixed some other bugs

Edit: Bug report - removing contacts is unstable yet

   

Rolling out Beta 2!

A little unexpected? Good, here is beta 2. Please report bugs/suggestions.

• Multiple alarms are supported
• Alarm bug has been fixed (fully operational now, except 'World Clock')
• Speed improvements (the weather widget no longer reloads everytime)
• Ability to between Fahrenheit and Celcius
• Wallpaper bug fixed
• Minor graphic fix in 'Welcome'
• Symbian Anna icons
• Application shortcuts widget
• Kernel has been pushed to version 0.2
  - Booting hierarchy has changed
  - Backgrounding has been improved
• The default wallpaper has been changed

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