Changes between releases

Symbian platform

  • In Symbian^3

    The native calendar database no longer supports memo entries.

  • In S60 5th Edition

    New extended fields for ContactList :

    • PTT (Push To Talk)

    • SWIS (See What I See)

    New field for Day Note EventList

    • Event.ALARM

  • In S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2

    Added support for JSR-248 Mobile Service Architecture (MSA).

    Removed additional confirmation dialogues.

  • In S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1

    New standard fields for ContactList:

    • Contact.NICKNAME

    • Contact.REVISION

    • Contact.CLASS

    New extended fields for ContactList:

    • SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)

    • DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency)

    • USER_ID (Wireless Village identifier)

    • Department

    • Spouse

    • Children

    • Assistant name

    • Anniversary

    • VOIP (Voice Over IP)

    New Contact.NAME name array elements:

    • Contact.NAME_PREFIX

    • Contact.NAME_SUFFIX

    • Contact.NAME_OTHER

    New extended Contact.NAME name array elements:

    • Last name reading

    • First name reading

    New attributes for Contact.TEL field:

    • Contact.ATTR_ASST

    • Contact.ATTR_AUTO

    • Contact.ATTR_SMS (preferred SMS number)

    • Contact.ATTR_OTHER

    • Extended attribute ATTR_VIDEO_CALL

    Removed support for Contact.FORMATTED_NAME field.

    New fields for EventLists:

    • Event.CLASS for all EventLists

    • Event.NOTE for all EventLists

    • Event.REVISION for all EventLists

    New fields for ToDoList:

    • ToDo.CLASS

    • ToDo.REVISION

    • ToDo.NOTE

    • Extended Alarm field

    ToDos without ToDo.SUMMARY are now accepted

    Additional confirmation dialogues are not shown in the Manufacturer security domain when an item is written to the database or when it is deleted from the database. These dialogues are also not shown when a category is to be deleted.

    ContactList performance improvement.

  • In S60 3rd Edition

    String length checking added for string fields.

  • In S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 2

    This API was first introduced in S60 2nd Edition Feature Pack 2.

Series 40 platform

  • In Series 40 6th Edition

    Added support for Base64 encoding for contact photos.

  • In Series 40 5th Edition, Feature Pack 1

    Added support for a video URL field for ContactList.

  • In Series 40 5th Edition

    Added support for JSR-248 Mobile Service Architecture (MSA).

    Added support for the Contact.PHOTO field for ContactList.

  • In Series 40 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2

    Added support for vCard 3.0.

  • In Series 40 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1

    Added support for the following standard fields for ContactList:

    • Contact.NICKNAME

    • Contact.ORG

    • Contact.TITLE

    • Contact.BIRTHDAY

    Added support for the following attributes for the Contact.TEL field:

    • Contact.ATTR_AUTO

    • Contact.PAGER

    • Extended attribute ATTR_VIDEO_CALL

  • In Series 40 3rd Edition

    This API was first introduced in Series 40 3rd Edition.