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Planetarium 4 Series 60 works on P800

10 replies · 6,288 views · Started 08 April 2003

Did you know that this works for us also? 😊
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/newsdisplay2.php?id=10750

I thought it was only for the series 60 phone but I tried it anyway just for the heckof it and it works?

Java apps,midlets,will run on most java enabled devices.
But native Symbian C++ apps will run only on the version of the OS and UI wich are coded and compiled for,so the answer would be no.

[quote="GhostDog"]Java apps,midlets,will run on most java enabled devices.
But native Symbian C++ apps will run only on the version of the OS and UI wich are coded and compiled for,so the answer would be no.[/quote]

Thanks Ghostdog! 😊 That certainly clears things for me 😊

"Solun'-u" does indeed work on the P800 as it is Java (J2ME) "midlet".

However, P800 users might prefer "Solun' - The Pocket Planetarium", which is a much more powerful, PersonalJava application, packaged for both P800 and 9210.

The beta-test version is only available from my web site.

Thans Pie Cafe. Great Ap! can you elaborate here on what does it exactly do? 😊 I cannot seem to enter the exact Longitude and Latitude (minutes and degrees) of my area.

[quote="Muzikfreakah"]Thans Pie Cafe. Great Ap! can you elaborate here on what does it exactly do? 😊 I cannot seem to enter the exact Longitude and Latitude (minutes and degrees) of my area.[/quote]

The Solun'-u midlet displays the current positions of the sun, moon, planets and constellations for the location you enter and also display the positions for a different date and time. There are four views in total. Horizon and zenith show the sky for your location but the others are the same for all locations. Ecliptic shows the sun's progress through the constellations of the zodiac (i.e. it is the same for all locations). The final view displays the current phase of the moon.

As for the longitude and latitude, it is indeed limited to integer values. It was easier this way as the J2ME MIDP 1.0 environment has no floating point values. It isn't really a problem, though, as you would hardly notice the difference at these small screen resolutions. Just round the value to the nearest integer to get the display for your location.

I hope this helps.