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- Come and meet Andy Tjin from the Nokia HERE team at FINHTML5
- FINHTML5 lights up January with an event experience shaping the future of digital services. Some of the brightest tech leaders, visionaries, designers and hard core hackers will share their experience and vision for creating services for the multiscreen era on January 24th!
- New webinars to improve your Series 40 full touch apps
- The Nokia Developer series of webinars continues with three presentations that will help you create great apps for Nokia Series 40 full touch phones. These webinars are free to attend and open to all developers anywhere in the world.
- Two webinars this month for Series 40 developers
- Are you developing apps for Nokia Series 40 phones? Then you will want to attend two Nokia Developer webinars this month: Adapting Series 40 Touch and Type apps to full-touch UI In this webinar, you will learn key development skills for adapting your Series 40 Touch and Type Java™ applications to take full advantage of the new Nokia Asha Touch phones.
Designing apps for Asha UI
The Nokia Asha UI builds on the popular Series 40 UI. Delivered through a 3.0'' QVGA capacitive touch screen, it supports two touch points for pinch-to-zoom and similar gestures. The UI swipe paradigm has been extended to include the system menu and fast access to the home screen. A physical back-key enables consumers to easily navigate an application's hierarchy.
Learn more about the Asha UI, read the UX Checklist and obtain guidance on how to adapt your existing Series 40 application to Asha here.
Highlights
Designing apps for the Windows Phone Platform on Nokia Devices
Modern UI for Windows Phone offers a rich infographic approach, with clean, fresh new typography styles. The UI uses live tiles, panoramic hubs, and intuitive motions for navigation and hierarchy of apps that makes apps alive and engaging. Learn more about the Modern UI, and if you are already accustomed to designing for Symbian on Qt, you may also find this information helpful.
Themes
Whether you're making themes just for yourself and your friends, or as a way to make money, you'll find what you're
looking
for here. Learn how to get started, and create your first theme in a day!
Latest news: A new plug-in for Carbide.ui Series 40 Theme Edition supporting Series 40 full touch phones has been released. The capability
to select themes for specific models, more robust packaging tools, and automatic notifications is now available for the newest
phones in the Asha series.
Read more
Mobile multimedia
Do you want to use audio or video in your app? Find specifications and platform specific guidance that will help make
your
applications truly distinctive to use.
Read more ›
RSS Support in Nokia Video Center ›
Power management – experiences that last longer
Advanced device possibilities, such as multimedia and location services, take their toll on battery capacity. Effective
power
management allows users to enjoy their experience longer.
Controlling the power consumption of individual applications serves the bigger picture. Respect the user's desire to
use
the device to its full potential. Power-efficient applications typically excel in overall performance because optimised
code
runs faster.
Read more on Power management
Spotlights for design View all
Health Pack Games: Benefitting from the switch to Nokia Ad Exchange
Snow Report
Foodspotting
Dollar Rent a Car
KAYAK
Branding your Series 40 full touch app
eBay
The Weather Channel
World of Red Bull
Health Pack Games: Benefitting from the switch to Nokia Ad Exchange
Health Pack Games creates physics based games and has discovered the power of NAX. Michael Kloubkov, the owner of Health Pack Games, says that since they switched to NAX, advertising revenue has jumped from a few cents a day up to 800 dollars a day. 'It's really incredible,' says Michael, who also notes that it took them less than a day to switch to NAX. A key to their success has been the way Health Pack Games implement ads in their apps. 'It's all about placement and when you show the ads that really grabs users' attention,' says Michael. He is also very impressed with the in-house campaigns feature — which enables you to cross-promote your apps and websites.
Snow Report
Developed for Windows Phone, this application has everything users need for their next trip to the mountains. Users can track their day, post their activities to social networks, or get snow conditions, weather forecasts, and full trail maps for hundreds of resorts.
Foodspotting
Developed for Windows Phone, this application makes finding good food easier. Instead of reviewing restaurants, users can recommend specific dishes and see what others have recommended wherever they go. They can see the nearest, latest and best dishes around them, search for a particular food, or look up a restaurant to discover its most popular dishes.
Dollar Rent a Car
Developed for Windows Phone, the Dollar Rent A Car app enables users to search for and book thousands of cars in more than 640 worldwide locations.
KAYAK
Developed for Windows Phone, this application enables users to search hundreds of travel sites at once to find a flight, hotel or rental car. Users can set alerts and even keep track of a flight's progress in real time using Bing maps.
Branding your Series 40 full touch app
Are you thinking about how to make your brand more visible in your apps for the full-touch UI on Series 40? Mikko Kaipio, Senior UX Designer, provides you with tips and techniques to achieve that, without breaking the overall UX consistency with your target phone. For more information see the Branding section of the Series 40 Full Touch Design Guidelines.
eBay
Developed for Windows Phone, this application enables eBay members to search, bid, and check their activity on the go. Buyers can submit that last-minute bid on a hard-to-find item, sellers can check on their sales, or act on time-sensitive information on the spot.
The Weather Channel
Developed for Series 40, this simple yet elegant full-touch application gives users access to a rich and detailed selection of forecasts, radar maps, and severe weather information.
World of Red Bull
Developed for Series 40, this full-touch application introduces users to the fascinating world of Red Bull. Users can enjoy an infinite loop of behind-the-scene news, updates and content featuring sports and culture events, festivals, music highlights and background stories from Red Bull athletes.
