Mobile python -Getting Started

Getting Started

In this chapter we show you, step by step, how to install Python for S60
(PyS60) to your mobile phone. Once this is done, you can make your first
PyS60 script and run it on your phone.
Since PyS60 (Figure 2.1) is not pre-installed on any S60 mobile phone
by default (at least not when this book was written), you have to install it
on your device. PyS60 is available on the Internet for free download.
To use PyS60, you need:
• a Nokia mobile phone, based on S60 2nd Edition or 3rd Edition
• a memory card for the phone


• a computer which runs Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux
• a USB cable or Bluetooth to connect the phone to your computer.
If you are not sure whether your mobile phone uses 2nd Edition, 3rd
Edition or some earlier version of the S60 platform, you can find out
in Appendix D. Table D.1 includes information about all Nokia phone
models that are based on the S60 platform at the time of writing this
book. All models released after this book will use either 3rd Edition or
some newer edition of the S60 platform. If you have a phone model that
predates this book (2007) and it is not included in the table, it is unlikely
to be compatible with PyS60.
If your phone uses S60 3rd Edition, follow the instructions in Section 2.1.
If your phone uses S60 2nd Edition, follow the instructions in Section 2.2.
The descriptions given here are subject to change as PyS60 develops.
If they do not work, you may check out the latest instructions on the
Internet from relevant websites such as http://wiki.forum.nokia.com,
www.mobilepythonbook.com and www.mobilenin.com. Python is a fast
evolving language.