S60 Open to new features

I would like to know the exact processor inside. For example: The Nokia N95 has the TI OMAP 2420.

The 6290 is using a Freescale solution, but we don't know which chip it is.

Someone edited the 6290 wikipedia entry to remove the Freescale reference.

Before: http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:fNndpIiVTzoJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_6290+nokia+6290+FREESCALE&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a

After: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_6290

Whaat! Finally we're getting the info we've been waiting for years. Now if only the specs for the older devices would be updated to include this information too (at least the memory available).

It's kinda sad, really, that there's still only 64MB of RAM in the devices and even more sad when you see that only 18MB of it is usable in applications (the 5700). 72% of memory taken by the OS? Doesn't seem right. Wonder how that'll be enough for even taking pictures when N93 complains all the time about running out of memory and it should have even more available...

At least E90 has 128MB memory and 80MB available. Maybe we're getting somewhere someday.

Note that on devices using NAND flash technology for ROM, the code needs to be loaded into RAM for execution (NOR type flash ROM supports, so called, eXecute In-Place or XIP where that is not necessary, and the device thus do not necessarily require as much dynamic RAM to be available).

Check out N76!

Is it the first N-series phone with 96MB RAM on-board?

Ubik, looks like that!

petrib: Usually the size of the app is not that important but if I only have a couple of megs available for all my apps to use, it's quite sad. The apps need working space to do what they're supposed to do. We've all seen how apps disappear from the background when using others, even if we can't understand how they could take up all the memory.

I personally have been quite upset with this, since SW makers do what Symbian Signed wants (the app must close if it's asked to do so) and many downloads, IM connections etc have been closed just because I've checked my emails at the same time, or even worse: taken a picture! This is not acceptable at all. And more RAM available for the apps would fix this immediately.

Demand paging in Symbian OS 9.5 (whenever it gets to S60 and actual devices) will also help, I imagine. Time will tell.

Stefan, that information is confidential.. What would do with the information? For application developers it's enough to know type (ARM11) and possibly clock speed.