Digital communications equipment provides users the benefits of both communications and information technology in one package. With mobile phones, not only do we have a portable and mobile means for telephony, but we also have an entertainment system well within the palms of our hands! But since mobile phone manufacturers have not yet devised an all-around player for its mobile phones, third-party developers of Symbian applications are getting most of the attention of mobile phone users.
Attention is just one thing but with it comes profits. Yes, for the developers of mobile phone applications, developing and subsequently marketing their application is a very lucrative business venture. But the market of media players for series 60 mobile phones just had a taste of open source development. That's right, open source! You see, most media players for Series 60 mobile phones aren't all-around, which means that it can't play files that are encoded in the most widely used digital compression formats. But with the
Helix player, a Series 60 mobile phone multimedia player, this feature is what it was designed for! Plus, guess what folks: it's absolutely free! Yes, free, as in no charge, no restrictions, no time limitations, totally free to download, and has no restrictions whatsoever in modifying and revising its features and functions. That is, as long as the program is distributed as an open source program which should also contain its original documentation and source code.
