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KI Switcher v1.6  (Last Update : 2006-04-24)
  Platform ............. S60, UIQ, S80
  License .............. Open Source (GPL)
  Publisher ........... KI
  File Size ............ ~8KB
  Download .......... n/a
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Task-Switcher will let you list your running applications, tell you how big they are in terms of memory usage, close applications, switch to an application even if it is not a graphical one. In short you regain the "Open Programs" utility.
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↓ Compatible cell phones ↓
Nokia 3230 3250 3600 3620 3650 3660 5500 6260 6600 6620 6630 6670 6680 6681 6682 7610 7650 9300 9500 E50 E60 E61 E70 N70 N71 N72 N73 N80 N90 N91 N92 N93 N-Gage N-Gage QD

Sony Ericsson M600 P800 P900 P910 P990 W950

Motorola A950 A1000

Benq Siemens SX1 P30

Panasonic X700 X800

Samsung D710 D720 D730 Z600

Sendo X X2

Lenovo P930

↓ Full description and features ↓
Task-Switcher will let you:
• list your running applications
• tell you how big they are in terms of memory usage
• close applications
• switch to an application even if it is not a graphical one

In short: You regain the "Open Programs" utility, which you originally lost in Symbian OS (formerly EPOC) 6.

↓ More Information ↓
if you have aquired a Nokia® Communicator 9210 (EPOC R6), a Series 60-device or a Sony Ericsson® P800 recently and have been working with Psion® Devices up to now (EPOC R5), you will have noticed that task management is different in two respects
• Some applications (the standard applications) may not be closed anymore
• There is no "Open Programs" task switcher anymore. So there is no possibility to switch to applications, which have no graphical interface.

Since these devices tend to have very limited memory, the fact that you can't close some applications is annoying.

If you are a developer, moreover you probably want to use utility programs, which do not have a graphical frontend. But once started, you will not find them anymore. Starting them anew will just start a new copy, which is not what you want, especially with unique resources like serial interfaces.

↓ What's new? ↓
Version 1.01, Tue Nov 27 12:24:08 CET 2001
- Free memory counter added.
- Hotkey (by Phil Spencer) added

Version 1.2 Thu Aug 22 18:24:43 CEST 2002
- Nokia 7650 Port
- Hidden applications are optional

Version 1.3 Thu Aug 22 18:24:43 CEST 2002
- Memory leak fixed (hint recived from Sergey Spiridonov)

Version 1.4 Tue Sep 24 11:51:39 CEST 2002
- Series60ProductId added

Version 1.5 Sun Feb 23 12:29:55 CET 2003
- P800 Port
- Marked Operations
- CompressHeap is explicit menu command as newer 7650 fw is too agressive
- Tasks without an icon are considered hidden

Version 1.6
- Minor fix for the 9500
- Compiling for all architectures again, some renaming