There are at least two ways that I know of to write a Symbian application:
1. J2ME
2. A native application.
My question is, does the SDK/API for either of those methods (or any other method) grant me (at least) read-only access to contact information (names/numbers/etc) on the phone itself? Does this in any way depend on the specific phone being used?
Best Answer
In C++, you can use e.g. the Contacts Model API. There's an example in Forum Nokia.
In J2ME, you need to be working on a phone that has JSR-75. Again, there's an example in Forum Nokia.