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Nokia, taking apps local

While “global” apps, such as Foursquare app and games such as Hero of Sparta HD, grab the headlines, local apps and services play a significant role in Nokia’s future. The new local app focus was revealed at Nokia World in September. Last week I got the opportunity to see how it’s starting to play out at the grass roots, in the form of the inaugural Forum Nokia developer breakfast in Auckland, New Zealand.

# Posted by Richard in Develop at 9:15 UTC, Nov 10th || Comments

Qt for Symbian for Linux and Apple

Hopefully you will have seen Steve’s posting about Lucian Tomuta’s video on using Qt to develop apps for Symbian devices. If, however, your computer runs on Linux or Apple you may have run into a small problem, there is no compiler for Symbian apps on these platforms. But never fear, there is a solution.

# Posted by Richard in How To, Develop at 10:38 UTC, Jul 25th || 4 Comments

Sony Ericsson Makes Web Application Play

Sony Ericsson has introduced WebSDK, offering developers cross-platform web applications development for its latest Symbian and Android devices. So, what is Sony Ericsson's offering and how does it measure up?

# Posted by Richard in Develop at 23:01 UTC, Dec 2nd || 1 Comment

Members matter: A discussion with Lauren Sarno, Member Programs at Symbian Foundation

Any open source project lives or dies by its members, whether those members are active contributors to the code base or provide support in other ways. The Symbian Foundation is no different. The responsibility for building and maintaining membership of the Symbian Foundation falls on the shoulders of Lauren Sarno.

# Posted by Richard in Interviews, Develop at 22:39 UTC, Aug 20th || 0 Comments

New Vibrations: Immersion Adds Rich Feel to Symbian

The Vibra API on Symbian smartphones has enabled developers to add ‘feel’ to applications for some time. However, a new generation of haptic feedback is being brought to the Symbian ecosystem by Immersion Corporation. This article explores the possibilities that may be offered by Immersion’s API and tools.

# Posted by Richard in Develop at 21:39 UTC, Jul 19th || 5 Comments

App Stores: A Handmark perspective

With all the coverage of recently launched manufacturer’s application stores it’s easy to forget that there have been several companies working in the application store space for a number of years. AAS talks to Eric Pfeifer, Content Acquisition Director at Handmark to find out what an independent aggregator has to offer.

# Posted by Richard in Interviews, Develop at 21:42 UTC, Jul 12th || 1 Comment

NAVTEQ at CommunicAsia

The annual CommunicAsia show run next week from 16 to 19 June. NAVTEQ will be attending for its second year. In this article NAVTEQ shares details of its activities at the show.

# Posted by Richard in Develop at 23:33 UTC, Jun 11th || 1 Comment

Calling All Innovators – The final call for entries approaches

There is now just over a month to go before the Forum Nokia Calling All Innovators competition closes to entries. So it seems like an opportune time to catch up with Srikanth Raju, head of marketing for Forum Nokia, to find out more.

# Posted by Richard in Develop at 7:55 UTC, May 25th || 0 Comments

FleaC – A Smarter API for Symbian OS

With ten years of experience in Symbian C++, the team at Fleasome believe they have a better way to create Symbian C++ applications with FleaC. FleaC offers a simplified API for many key Symbian C++ features and claims to improve developer productivity by up to fifty per cent.

# Posted by Richard in Software, Develop at 9:28 UTC, May 6th || 0 Comments

A First Look at Nokia WRT Plug-in for Aptana Studio 2.0

The Nokia WRT Plug-in for Aptana Studio was first released earlier this year. The current version includes support for the WRT 1.0 API and previewing full screen widgets. The next version builds on solid foundations to add support for the Platform Services API and Nokia N97 home screen widget previewing.

# Posted by Richard in Develop at 22:21 UTC, Apr 30th || 4 Comments

Mobile Development – For Everyone

Betavine, the Vodafone mobile developer site, is currently running a web widget competition. For once a mobile development competition is truly open to any developer; no special tools (beyond those supplied free by Betavine) or signing is required.

# Posted by Richard in Develop at 21:56 UTC, Apr 16th || 0 Comments

Nokia Developer Summit 2009

The Nokia Developer Summit, being held in Monaco at the end of this month, is the first event that brings all aspects of development for Nokia devices together. Srikanth Raju, head of marketing for Forum Nokia, offers some insight.

# Posted by Richard in Develop at 8:38 UTC, Apr 15th || 1 Comment

Ovi Store – A discussion with Eric John

Ovi store is expected to launch in a few weeks, ahead of the release of the Nokia N97, and become available on millions of existing S60 and Series 40 devices from Nokia. I caught up with Eric John, Director of Media Product Marketing for Nokia Services, to discuss the developer proposition offered by Ovi store.

# Posted by Richard in Interviews, Develop at 8:22 UTC, Mar 31st || 20 Comments

Download! - Still broken on S60 5th Edition

The sad state of Download! has been a topic of discussion in Symbian S60 circles for quite some time. Other consumer device platforms from Nintendo's Wii to Apple's iPhone have managed to show how successful software and content download shops can be if they're easy to use, so why can't this happen on Nokia's Symbian devices? We've taken a look at the latest version of Download! on S60 5th Edition, on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, to see if it's any improvement...

# Posted by Tzer2 in Comment, Software, Develop at 2:08 UTC, Jan 19th || 30 Comments

Nokia still haven't fixed their Download! service. Is it time for a third party to step in?

Nokia's Download! service is a built-in app shop on most S60 handsets, and represents a potentially brilliant way to get S60 software to S60 users, increase sales of Nokia phones and generally make a lot of money for all concerned. Unfortunately Download! is a really badly organised shop with a very poor choice of software, and the phrase "massive wasted opportunity" hangs over it. Will a third party now take up this opportunity and offer a proper app shop?

# Posted by Tzer2 in Comment, Software, Develop at 9:50 UTC, Sep 25th || 30 Comments