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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 Bloor at 0:33 BST, June 12th || 0 Comments
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 Bloor at 8:55 BST, 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 Bloor at 10:28 BST, 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 Bloor at 23:21 BST, April 30th || 3 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 Bloor at 22:56 BST, April 16th || 0 Comments
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Sat 4th July, 2009
17:41
Palm App Catalog Due to Expand This Coming Week? Into Mobile
Looks like this coming week could be a big one for the Palm Pre users out there… Especially the Pre users fed up with the limited number of apps currently available in the App Catalog.
My bud Phil over at PreThinking has reported that multiple developers that have been accept...
07:50
Testing Checklist for Symbian C++ Applications v1.2 Forum Nokia: Series 80
This updated document lists fundamental issues that must be taken into account when testing Symbian OS-based applications. The checklist is recommended to be used together with Nokia Test Criteria for Symbian C++ Applications.
Fri 3rd July, 2009
16:50
Qt: Noughts and Crosses Game Example v1.1 Forum Nokia: Series 60
This Qt C++ example application is a Noughts and Crosses game that demonstrates a cross-platform application with a custom layout using QLayoutManager and style sheets for buttons. The application supports touch UI and keyboard. The updated version has been designed to work on the...
15:50
N97 Homescreen Widgets Forum Nokia Blogs
The N97 has a great new feature called Homescreen widgets. I thought I'd write a little here about what they do and what is involved in developing them.
So yesterday we announced that we have just released 4 homescreen widgets for the N97 and here they are shown in the sc...
14:49
The SymbianOne Monitor - July 02, 2009 SymbianOne
Another Symbian, mobile technologies, and S60 ecosystem recap has been released via the SymbianOne Monitor NEWsletter.. enjoy!
11:15
Nokia Should Lock Up Ovi Store Developers In A Warehouse All About Symbian
Over on the Lazarus like Mobile Industry Review, the other Ewan in mobile has posted an ambitious yet simple plan to save the Ovi Store from itself. Simply put, Nokia would create three enclaves of coders (in London, San Francisco and Paris) and give them a monthly stipend of &poun...
10:25
Offerpal Media, Tapjoy team-up to better serve iPhone... Into Mobile
Another day, another “monetize your iPhone apps” news. This time, it’s Offerpal Media — the company behind the popular monetization platform for social networks, online games, virtual worlds and mobile applications — and Tapjoy — developers of th...
04:50
Kero Mobile released for Nokia N97 and Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Forum Nokia Blogs
Finally the Kero Mobile version for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia N97 was released. Download it directly to your phone from www.biskero.mobi.
Kero Mobile gives access to Apps, Games, Videos, Music, News, City Information,
Blogs, Sport News, RSS feeds, Social Networking and mo...
Thu 2nd July, 2009
23:17
IBM?s Mobile Research Mobile Phone Development
I came across a press release today stating that IBM will be spending $100 million on mobile research over the next five years.
IBM is concentrating on…
"millions of people who have bypassed using the personal computer as their primary method of accessing the Internet&...
16:50
Qt: QSolitaire Game Example v1.1 Forum Nokia: Series 60
This updated Qt C++ example application demonstrates a cross-platform Solitaire game that runs in different Qt environments such as the S60 platform (with Qt for S60 4.5.2 Tower), maemo, and desktop Windows. The application uses the Qt Graphics View Framework and Scalable Vector Gr...
16:50
Mobilise your website, build a Web Runtime launcher in few easy... Forum Nokia Blogs
Today I'd like to give a first preview a new little tool that allows users, developers and websites' owners to create a mobile launcher WRT widget for their websites in few, easy steps: the Website Launcher generator!
The website offers a simple interface wh...
15:04
Samsung Mobile Innovator - Win BIG with Wigets! My-Symbian
This year's Samsung IQ competition is now open with full details and support published to help you develop a Samsung Mobile Widget for the Samsung Omnia i8910 HD. There is a lot of excitement surrounding this device, particularly at the Symbian Foundation.
The best submission thi...
11:50
OMA Device Management DDF for Nokia Mail for Exchange Forum Nokia: Series 60
This document defines the Nokia Mail for Exchange (MfE) 2.1 client settings format for Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Device Management (DM) usage. The MfE client can be used on Nokia S60 devices to perform the synchronization of e-mail and PIM data with a Microsoft Exchange Server, an...
11:50
OMA DM: Management Object for Nokia VoIP Implementation v1.4 Forum Nokia: Series 60
This updated document defines the Nokia VoIP implementation settings format for use with Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Device Management (DM) for devices implementing Nokia S60 VoIP to release 3.1. The document also and provides a basic example of how the objects can be managed.
06:50
Contribute to the Python Wiki Book Forum Nokia Blogs
We (me and my fellow champion Bogdan Galiceanu) are working with the guys at Symbian Foundation to come up with a new book for Python enthusiastics. We already have great PyS60 community and it can only get better
I hereby take the oppurtunity of inviting folks interested in Py...
06:50
Innovations on Nokia N97 Forum Nokia Blogs
First I would like to thanks to Forum Nokia Champion program, it is a great honor to be a champion and thanks for the N97 as a gift After several days using N97, I found many functionalities for me and would like to share with everyone:
1, the hardware design — beautiful ...
Wed 1st July, 2009
22:50
Java Runtime 2.0 for S60 in beta, improves usability and... Forum Nokia Blogs
A beta version of Java Runtime 2.0 for S60 (JRT 2.0) has been made available via Nokia Beta Labs. As you may remember (I wrote about it some time ago), Java Runtime is now versioned and released separately from the underlying S60 Platform. The latest version of JRT can be installe...
22:24
223 Million Smartphones to be Shipped with Open Source Operating... SymbianOne
The number of Smartphones shipped with open source operating systems (OS) will increase from 106 million this year to 223 million by 2014 according to a new report from telecom consultants Juniper Research.
20:35
PlayStation, MAME Emulators Debut on Hacked Pre's PalmInfoStation
Two new emulators have debuted on hacked Palm Pre's. Homebrew programmer ZodTTD has successfully ported over a version of his Sony PlayStation emulator. This early version is more of a proof of concept at this point, as it requires a rooted Pre and a technical install process. The ...
19:50
Forum Nokia Podcasts: Episode 003 - Series 40 6th Edition Update Forum Nokia Blogs
In this episode, Forum Nokia's Bill Volpe talks with Jouko Nuottila, Series 40 Technology Marketing Manager with Forum Nokia, and discusses the latest news from the Series 40 team including their latest 6th edition release and the opportunities that it brings for mobile developers...
18:50
Forum Nokia Podcasts: Episode 003 - Series 40 6th Edition Update Forum Nokia Blogs
In this episode, Forum Nokia's Bill Volpe talks with Jouko Nuottila, Series 40 Technology Marketing Manager with Forum Nokia, and discusses the latest news from the Series 40 team including their latest 6th edition release and the opportunities that it brings for mobile developers...
15:03
Apple Offers iPhone Developers a New SDK Phone Scoop
Apple recently made a new software development kit available to those writing applications for the iPhone. iPhone SDK 3.1 has lots of new tools for developers to take advantage of. Some of the changes include better control over the ...(follow link to read)
13:36
Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1 beta and SDK to developers MobileBurn
Apple has released its iPhone OS 3.1 beta and iPhone SDK version 3.1 to the developer community. At least one new feature includes the ability to save a copy of edited movie files on the iPhone 3GS.
Read the full story here.
10:50
PyS60 1.9.6 is here Forum Nokia Blogs
Hello PyS60 Fans
PyS60
Team yesterday announced a new PyS60 version which is
1.9.6 this is again a experimental release for testing with a aim of
getting an efficient final product i.e. 2.0.
Now lets list out some features of the PyS60 1.9.6 as listed by tvijayan of the PyS60 Tea...
09:50
Java? ME Developer's Library Forum Nokia: Series 60
Java? ME Developer's Library is a complete resource package with introductory, getting started, tutorial, and API level information for developers wishing to use the S60 or the Series 40 platforms for developing mobile Java applications or services. This library is available in HT...
08:00
I Love It When We're Cruisin' Together - the HTC Touch Cruise... Pocket PC Thoughts
Product Category: PDA PhoneManufacturer: HTCWhere to Buy: Expansys [Affiliate]Price: $469.99 USDSpecifications: From the HTC site Pros:Offers lots of features for a "budget conscious" phone;TouchFlo interface is one of the best efforts yet to make WM phones "touch friendly...
Tue 30th June, 2009
21:23
Fennec Coming to Android? Into Mobile
Last week, the Android Native Development Kit was released, allowing developers to code their apps in C or C++, rather than using the Java virtual machine apps had been running on to date. This new tool has tickled Mozilla’s fancy, and they’re now considering bringing t...
16:50
PSP Game: U-Wars Squad-Based Shooter Game Coming to PSP 2010 MobileTechReview
Today the Russian developer BIART announce its ambitious next gen Project "U-WARS" on XBOX360, PC and PSP. Starting the developing progress end of 2007 the game will hit the shelves mid of 2010."U-Wars" is a tactical sci-fi third person ...
Mon 29th June, 2009
23:01
Symbian UI Mobile Phone Development
If you follow my blog you will know I was disappointed with S60 5th Touch. Nokia has always stated that S60 5th was never intended to compete with the iPhone. I can see why because touch bolted onto S60 was never going to be elegant.
Nevertheless, the price point for the 5800 has [...]
20:50
Widgets: One more step to simplicity... Forum Nokia Blogs
There's no doubt that widgets still remain in the spotlight. It was not so long ago when Nokia WRT plug-ins for Adobe Dreamweaver, Microsoft Visual Studio and Aptana Studio were released (IMHO, these represent about 80%-90% of the web development environments, so it was a well-tho...
10:50
Nokia Platform Services 2.0 Beta Forum Nokia: Series 60
This is the Nokia Platform Services 2.0 Beta package. The package contains a JavaScript? library that can be included in WRT widgets, a SIS package that installs the JavaScript library into devices, API documentation, and sample widgets.
Sun 28th June, 2009
18:50
Update on the SBGames 2009 Forum Nokia Blogs
The SBGames 2009 (see this post for more info) has now a extended date for paper submission. The new date is:
July 24th, for full papers
July 24th, for posters
More info about the event at the official web site.
11:50
OMA Device Management DDF for Nokia Mail for Exchange v1.1 Forum Nokia: Series 60