Hello folks!
Well, I have a question. There is a package of software furnished "by standard", such as "in bundle" with the Symbian O.S.?
I mean... When I buy a phone, I can find in it a lot of programs. But are they installed by the productor of the phone, by the services provider or are they in bundle with the O.S.?
If there are some "in bundle" programs, which they are?
Thanks a lot for your help!
See ya!
Max
Some applications come with the core phone software.
A manufacturer can add their own or 3rd party applications in addition to those.
They can be be built-in (be in ROM, Read-Only Memory), preinstalled in writable phone memory or the memory card, or they can be on the phone memory ready to be installed, but not actually installed until the user chooses to do so.
They can also be in the sales package separately on a memory card, or a CD.
A retailer, operator or service provider can order devices from the manufacturer and request specific applications to be added to the package for them (or sometimes for applications to be removed or replaced, too).
A retailer or operator can install apps after they have bought and received the device, but before it is sold/given to the end customer.
A retailer or operator can also do it at the sales situation, in the store.
And, of course, applications can also be sold afterwards (buy downloading/buying them directly with the phone, or the phone user/owner doing with their PC and then installing on the phone).
What applications are part of the original manufacturer package and what are added in the different ways above varies from manufacturer-to-manufacturer, from model-to-model, from market-to-market, from time-to-time, by purchase channel (retail, operator).
So, to be more specific, you have to specify which phone your are interested in, in particular, and whether it is a retail or operator/service provider version, which operator/provider, where in the world & when.
For Nokia phones, the default, retail situation you can see by looking at what's in that model's User's Guide. All the apps described there are the key/core default apps a device will have, usually.
Thanks a lot for your quick answer, it was really useful for me.
I'm sorry for the duplicate of the post, but the first time I write the topic the browser reply with an error message after I submitted it.
Thanks a lot again and see you soon!! 😊
Max