Ovi Daily App Tutorials Give Apps a Trial Run

pkrass | 25 May, 2010 09:37

A new series of online tutorials has been launched on the Ovi Daily App blog. The tutorials aim to give consumers insight into the best content available for download onto their Nokia devices. Each quick tutorial highlights a specific app’s features and functionality. They also give consumers a ‘try-before-you-buy’ opportunity to make informed decisions about paid apps prior to download.

Each tutorial includes simple step-by-step instructions that are replicated simultaneously as the specific actions occur on the Nokia device. As a consumer reads through each step of the tutorial, they will see on the device how the specific app responds. In one example, the Zhiing app is used in conjunction with Ovi Maps to help two friends get together for pizza.

 The first round of app tutorials include: Nimbuzz, Near Here, Zhiing, and Gravity. Going forward, a new tutorial will be added to the Ovi Daily App blog every Tuesday, creating a repository of practical information that consumers can consult whenever they need it. To create these new tutorials, Forum Nokia worked with Device Anywhere, a company that specializes in remote device testing services to set up the online experience.

To try the new tutorials, click on the “Tutorials” tab at the top of Ovi Daily App.

Do you have an app you’ve wanted to try? Send your tutorial suggestions to the Ovi Daily App team.

 

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Create Cool Apps – Fast! -- with Ovi App Wizard (You Could Win $$)

pkrass | 21 May, 2010 11:00

Would you like to create professional-looking mobile applications in mere minutes, then distribute them to millions of consumers around the world through Ovi Store? If so, then the new Ovi App Wizard is for you. Designed to be easy and helpful, this tool lets anyone create an app quickly — even those with no design or programming experience. Ovi App Wizard is available now for free as an open beta to all individuals and businesses, and there is no registration or publishing fee for the apps you create.

If you create an app with Ovi App Wizard that uses RSS content, you could win a new Nokia device and cash. Submit your app to the Calling All Innovators contest for the Most Popular RSS app. The top 10 submissions will win Nokia devices, including a Nokia E71 and Nokia N97 mini. The No. 1 submission will win placement in Ovi Store and a prize of $5,000. Applications may be submitted in any of four categories: Eco/Being Green; Entertainment; Productivity; and Life Improvement.

Enter the Calling All Innovators Most Popular RSS app contest.

Get started with the Ovi App Wizard.

Check out a two-part Forum Nokia podcast on the Ovi App Wizard:

Part 1: Forum Nokia Champions Dale Rankine and Alessandro Pace discuss their recent experience using the new Ovi app wizard tool to create mobile apps for use on Nokia devices.

Part 2: Dale Rankine and Alessandro Pace continue their discussion.

 



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Everything You Wanted to Know About Java (Don’t Be Afraid to Ask!)

pkrass | 19 May, 2010 16:32

The Java™ Curriculum is a new set of learning and teaching materials on Java in Mobile Devices. In fact, it is Forum Nokia’s most comprehensive set of information ever. Included are five courses, 23 lectures, 25 lab exercises with source code, and more than 1,200 slides with notes. The material has been designed for university instructors and students, developers, and self-learners. Five main topics are covered:

- Java ME basics: Includes lectures on developing and deploying MIDP applications, high- and low-level UI APIs, Record Management System, and more.

- Multimedia: Topics include playing videos using the Mobile Media API, accessing and displaying webcam images, playing audio using the Mobile Media API, and more.

- Networking and messaging: Includes lectures on networking, Wireless Messaging API 2.0, Location API, Bluetooth API for Java ME, and web services.

- Games and graphics: These lectures cover the Game API, 3D concepts and basics of M3G API, using Blender with M3G API, and more.

- Security:  These lectures cover intercommunication with Java servlets, creating secure network connections using HTTPS, understanding and using persistent storage in Java ME/MIDP applications, and using SATSA APIs for encryption and decryption.

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Design Centre Helps Developers Create UX Magic

pkrass | 19 May, 2010 16:06

All good developers want to create appealing mobile apps that hook consumers with a magical user experience (UX). Forum Nokia’s Design centre offers a step-by-step guide to planning and delivering a great product on Nokia devices and technologies. There are also videos, slide shows, and links to design templates, tutorials, design research, tools and technologies, and other valuable resources, including:

- Introduction to UX: Get started with the basics, and learn to create engaging, popular services for a loyal customer base

- Design Gallery: Need inspiration? Check out superior design work by other developers

- Design and UX Library: Here is your source for essential information on usability, and design guidelines

- Design Wiki: Find articles and resources here that will help you design a great UI and create a magical UX.

For even more, visit the Forum Nokia Design centre today.


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New Resources Make Symbian^3 Migration Even Easier

pkrass | 18 May, 2010 20:36

To help developers making the move to the Symbian^3 operating system, Forum Nokia offers several new and useful resources:

Among other new features, Symbian^3 introduces a finger-optimised UI with enhanced layout and new single-tap interaction style. This UI is described in the Forum Nokia Design and User Experience Library’s article, ‘UI in Symbian^3’. 

Symbian^3’s new UI style requires minor changes for native applications. To learn how to port your existing Symbian C++ applications to Symbian^3, visit the Nokia Symbian^3 Developer’s Library.

While Web Runtime (WRT) widgets developed for earlier Symbian for S60 devices will work fine on Symbian^3but some optimisation might be needed for an even better user experience (UX). For example, a new loading indicator in the top right corner may require modifications to home screen content. Another significant change is the softkey and menu positioning in landscape mode. Applications designed to scale to 100 per cent width and height of available screen estate should not be affected by this change. But applications using native menus or resolution-specific custom layouts will most likely be affected; they may need to a redesign to some parts of the UI. For more information, check out this Forum Nokia Wiki article, ‘Web Runtime Widgets in Nokia Symbian^3 Devices’.

Flash developers, attention: While applications developed for earlier releases should still work out-of-the-box, Symbian^3 brings some new compelling features with Flash Lite 4. Learn all about them in a Forum Nokia Wiki article, ‘Flash Lite 4 in Nokia Symbian^3 Devices’.

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Cartoon Reader Example Demos QtWebKit

pkrass | 12 May, 2010 16:28

A Cartoon Reader Example, recently published by Forum Nokia, is the latest in a series of QtWebKit example applications. The new example shows how to retrieve daily comics using RSS and ATOM feeds. This touch-optimised application uses QtWebKit with the latest technologies, including CSS3 and HTML5, to improve the look-and-feel of the application. It can also implement application logic, such as storing data into an HTML5 web database, that traditionally would be implemented in C++ code. The Cartoon Reader is a cross-platform application, and it has been tested on Symbian S60 5th Edition, Symbian^3, Maemo5, and Windows XP. The example application also includes UI and design documentation.

QtWebKit lets application developers easily embed web content and application UI into a Qt application, even if they have minimal C++ experience. Depending on the application needs, developers can also enhance the web content with native controls and lower-level functionality using Qt and Qt Mobility APIs. In this way, developers can truly benefit from the ease of web development and the feature-richness of native development.

Download the QtWebKit: Cartoon Reader Example today.



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First Microsoft-Nokia App Introduced

pkrass | 06 May, 2010 09:00

Microsoft and Nokia have launched the first application of the mobile-productivity alliance the two companies formed last August. The new application, Microsoft Communicator Mobile for Nokia, is a unified communications client that connects directly with a company's communications systems to streamline mobile collaboration. Owners of Nokia E72 and Nokia E52 smartphones can download the English version now from Nokia's Ovi Store. Looking ahead, the two companies plan to deliver Communicator Mobile for Nokia pre-installed on select Nokia smartphones; they also plan to support additional devices, including the new Nokia E5.

Learn more about the application’s debut.

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Learn to Design and Optimise Websites for Cross-Platforms

pkrass | 05 May, 2010 09:00

Speed website loading times on mobile devices by compressing, combining, and caching data. Change CSS dynamically for wider and narrower screens. Don’t force users to enter long textual data. These are just some of the many tips included in a new Forum Nokia document that shows developers how to design and optimise websites for Maemo, iPhone, Android, and S60/Symbian devices. Nokia devices covered in the document include the Nokia N900, Nokia N97 and N97 Mini, Nokia X6, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, and Nokia N79.

Download a copy of the new Nokia document, Cross-Browser Guidelines.

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Flowella Makes Creating Design Prototypes Easy

pkrass | 04 May, 2010 09:15

Flowella, an easy-to-use tool for creating design prototypes, is now available for download from Forum Nokia. Developers can use Flowella to create prototypes without creating a single line of code. Instead, prototypes are built using images of screen mock-ups and defining links between the screens. With this information, Flowella creates an Adobe Flash Lite 3.0 application or Web Runtime (WRT) widget. These applications can then be run either on one of more than 70 Nokia devices or in a simulator supplied with Flowella, enabling the application interaction to be assessed.

Learn more and download the Flowella tool.

Watch the Flowella introductory video.

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Forum Nokia Podcast: ‘Dad’s Cab’ Speaks

pkrass | 04 May, 2010 09:10

In the latest Forum Nokia Podcast comes an interview with Matt Pollitt, Head of Communications at ustwo, the U.K. agency behind the funny and useful Dad's Cab application for use on Nokia touch-enabled devices. Matt shares his thoughts on how his agency prioritizes its projects, the localization of Dad's Cab for countries beyond the U.K., and considerations for web developers creating their first mobile app. Dad’s Cab, available on Ovi Store [http://store.ovi.com/content/16374], has been downloaded more than 100,000 times in some 150 countries.

Listen to Matt Pollitt on Forum Nokia Podcast episode #35.


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India Winners Announced for NAVTEQ LBS Challenge

pkrass | 03 May, 2010 20:42

The winners were recently announced for the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge in India. The grand prize went to Eterno Infotech of Bangalore for its location-aware application, NewsHunt-Local. This mobile app incorporates local search and location-based advertising with information from India’s most popular mobile news services, all in local languages. Two runners-up were also announced: MaxMobility for its ChildTracker app, and Genesys International for its GenesysGolf app. The NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge is a worldwide competition for developers of innovative location-based services that use dynamic positioning and NAVTEQ maps.

Meet the winners of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge in India.


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Nokia X2 Delivers Music on Series 40 6th Edition Platform

pkrass | 03 May, 2010 20:39

The recently introduced Nokia X2 is an affordable music device built on Series 40 6th Edition. Key features include a 5-megapixel EDOF camera, stereo speakers, internal FM radio antenna, MP3 player, up to 16 GB of memory card storage, and as many as 26.8 hours of music playback time between recharges. Other features of the new Nokia X2 include Flash Lite 3.0, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and MIDP Java 2.1 with additional Java APIs. The device will ship this quarter.

Check out the Nokia X2’s technical specs.

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