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Symbian-Guru: Why Don't Nokia Apps Work On Samsung S60 Devices?

  • PhoneBoy · 1 year ago
    Sounds like a good question to be socializing inside S60 Marketing. ;)
  • Vaibhav Sharma · 1 year ago
    If its Nokia who doesn't want their apps to run on other s60's, which I suspect it is, there is a very easy way out.
    Just strongly brand the applications and distribute them freely, they'll be great advertising tools and free of cost too!
  • pete · 1 year ago
    Well this might be just a design flaw actually. Nokia is signing the apps with its root cert and it is not installed to samsung devices. I don't think it is done intentionally. Same problem is with SDK tools e.g. ecmt and trk.
  • NZtechfreak · 1 year ago
    So, the obvious question is whether hacked Samsung phones will allow the Nokia apps to be installed?
  • ks60 · 1 year ago
    These errors are just showing the flaws of a OS that should be extinguished by a truly OPEN OS like android. I think s60 has seen it's time come and go. WM is getting more mature and user-friendly...and with the Xperia, it might finally have some sex appeal. Android will be coming from the other end.

    I would love to see a "universal" standard for cell phones as there is in the PC. But that may be some years away...aww wishful thinking indeed.
  • Antoine of MMM · 1 year ago
    I would think that if Nokia's implementation of S60 is not working with Samsung's, then shouldn't that me something that the S60/Symbian body be addressing? Is there some kinds of checks and balances about a base level of compatibility that apps should have?

    And for the sake of argument; if it is just an issue of certificates, then who controls the certificates that verify apps, developers, manufacturers, S60, or Symbian?
  • Mr. Gunn · 1 year ago
    Nokia should start signing the apps with a cross-platform cert and see if the problem goes away. They should be doing that anyways, right?
  • ray · 1 year ago
    are we seeing similar things on LG's s60 phones as well?

    if yes, then we'll know the answer of whether it's Nokia's or Samsung's fault rite?

    anyone with phone belonging to a brand other than these two that is running on s60 phones? can u try to run a Nokia's app and see if u get the same error?

    if yes, then is Nokia's fault clearly,

    else, then is Samsung's fault clearly.
  • pete · 3 months ago
    Well this might be just a design flaw actually. Nokia is signing the apps with its root cert and it is not installed to samsung devices. I don't think it is done intentionally. Same problem is with SDK tools e.g. ecmt and trk.