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- New Qt SDK 1.2 now available – delivers easier integration of in-app purchasing
- Updated Qt SDK, version 1.2, now available for download here. Continuing the Qt promise of cross-platform development, the latest Qt SDK contains all the tools required for you to immediately get started creating Qt apps for Symbian and Nokia N9 and to benefit from the increasing numbers of Qt app downloads on the Nokia store.
- Qt Day 2012 coming to Florence
- Join us in Florence, Italy, on 27-28 January for Qt Day 2012, two days packed with exciting technical and business sessions. Highlights will include: - A keynote by Manuel Reverte-Castro, Nokia’s head of Ecosystem Developer Experience for South Europe.
- QtInfo app reveals what’s under the hood
- The free QtInfo app is perfect if you are a developer who needs to know what version of the Qt framework is running in a Nokia phone, or if you’re a geek who likes to know that level of detail. Launch the app to reveal the Qt version and build currently installed, with details tailored for developers.
Developing for Nokia
Nokia uses a strategic mix of mobile platforms to build a diverse portfolio of phones that meets the needs of our global user base. These are the tools developers can use for each platform:
Windows Phone SDK: Target exciting new Nokia smartphones built on Windows Phone like the Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710. More ›
Qt SDK: Want to develop for the stunning Nokia N9 or the extensive range of Qt-enabled Symbian phones? The Qt SDK delivers you the tools. More ›
Series 40: Build apps for the world's largest mobile platform using using the Nokia SDK for Java and the Nokia web tools. More ›
Featured Technologies: Nokia uses a range of additional technologies provide users with the experience they crave. This includes Location APIs, NFC, Symbian C++ and others. More ›
Highlights
Qt SDK 1.2 with updated Qt Creator
The new Qt SDK is your opportunity to take advantage of the growing demand for Qt apps on Symbian phones and the Nokia N9.
With the powerful Qt 4.7.4 APIs and Qt Quick you can efficiently and quickly create one app for multiple platforms. The Qt
SDK 1.2, delivers a new version of Qt Creator with improvements for C++ and Qt Quick development, updates to Symbian and MeeGo
tools, and Qt 4.8 for desktop apps. In addition, Qt Mobility API 1.2 is included with its new APIs to harness the possibilities
of Bluetooth and NFC.
Download the latest Qt SDK ›
Meet the Nokia Lumia 900 – the newest, fastest Nokia Windows Phone
The Nokia Lumia 900 is the newest and most spectacular addition to the Windows Phone family from Nokia. Alongside the Nokia
Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710 phones, Nokia offers a rich variety of gorgeous design, great features, and all the excitement
of Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5.
Experience the Nokia Lumia 900
Web experiences for Series 40 are now even better
Nokia Browser for Series 40 has been updated, with several new features that will enable you to offer even richer experiences
to users of Series 40 phones, on even the lowest bandwidth connections.
Your web apps can now determine the location of their user's phone and you can offer users the ability to send SMS messages
directly from your apps. Performance is improved too: images within your web app are cached on the user's phone making for
faster loading and refreshing of content.
To complement these new web apps features Nokia Web Tools has been updated too. Now you can simulate location while testing
web apps on a computer and resolve code issues faster using the newly enabled debugging features of the integrated Web Inspector.
Once you've created a web app that differentiates your web content and offers great user engagement, it can be distributed
through Nokia Store, exposing it to millions of Series 40 Nokia Store users.
Find out more about Series 40 web apps ›
Discover the new features in Nokia Web Tools ›
Find out more about distributing through Nokia Store ›
Find out more about Nokia Browser for Series 40 ›
Nokia SDK 1.0 for Java — a better way to build Java apps
The full release of Nokia SDK 1.0 for Java is available, enabling the development of Series 40 6th Edition, Feature Pack
1 applications. Future updates of the SDK will support future Nokia Series 40 platform editions, making the Nokia SDK 1.0
for Java the unifying Java development tool for Series 40 phones of today and tomorrow. This unified approach simplifies development
and testing.
Get more information about the SDK ›
Download the SDK ›
A beta release of Nokia SDK 1.1 for Java is now available on Nokia Developer Projects. This updated SDK, featuring an emulator based on the new Nokia 303, offers
features to help you explore Series 40's new In-App Purchase capabilities.
Nokia expands the opportunities for NFC apps
Nokia has announced three new NFC capable phones; the Nokia 600, Nokia 700, and Nokia 701 phones. These phones further expand the possibilities for leveraging NFC technology to delivery exciting new applications. Using NFC technology your applications can connect phones, exchange data, and read information from NFC chips that can be embedded into almost any everyday object.
NFC offers outstanding opportunities for shaping the next revolution in mobile phone use. With a growing range of NFC capable phones, Nokia is helping lead the adoption of this exciting new technology.
Spotlights for development View all
Spice Labs: Working and developing with Nokia
Learn how to build Windows Phone apps
AT&T Developer Summit Montage
AccuWeather.com
PhotoFunia
Engadget
Steve Ballmer at AT&T Developer Summit
Stephen Elop at AT&T Developer Summit
Soundtracker: Powered by Java
Spice Labs: Working and developing with Nokia
Prashant Singh, Senior Manager of Alliances at India's Spice Labs shares insights into working with Nokia. Spice Labs has 19 apps in Nokia Store for Symbian Qt-enabled smartphones, as well as Series 40 phones. Prashant says Qt "has been a big help for our app development processes, and reduced our time to market." He added that Qt gives them "the flexibility to cover a wide range of devices and platforms." Spice Labs puts a lot of effort into localizing their apps by language; and they work closely with Nokia to market their apps. Spice Labs has plans to develop for Nokia Lumia Windows Phones.
Learn how to build Windows Phone apps
Reza Alizadeh, an Architect Evangelist at Microsoft provides an in-depth tutorial about how to build a Windows Phone app. Reza shares ideas for how to gain visibility with your mobile app, and increase user retention. He demonstrates quick ways to take advantage of the integration options available for Windows Phone, including: Pictures Hub Extensions; Music and Video Hub Integration; and via App Connect to integrate with Bing Search. He also demonstrates how to easily create Live Tiles and Secondary Tiles, and much more. See how easy it is to develop your app for Nokia Lumia smartphones.
AT&T Developer Summit Montage
Revisit all the action from the AT&T Developer Summit held during the International Consumer Electronics Show 2012 in Las Vegas, where developers competed in a Hackathon to create new apps for Nokia Lumia Windows Phones; heard keynotes from Nokia and Microsoft executives; and had the chance to party at the Playboy Club, where they got up-close and personal with the ... Nokia Lumia 900.
AccuWeather.com
Developed for Windows Phone, this colourful application provides users with weather forecasts for hundreds of worldwide destinations. Users can view hourly, daily and weekly forecasts, or watch a series of short regional video clips.
PhotoFunia
This whimsical application enables users to apply artistic effects to the photos they've captured on their Windows Phone device. Users can then share their creations to their favourite social network.
Engadget
Developed for Windows Phone, this application enables users to browse Engadget's extensive collection of technology news and articles. Users can also listen to podcasts using the application's built-in audio player.
Steve Ballmer at AT&T Developer Summit
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave a keynote address at the AT&T Developer Summit that took place during the International Consumer Electronics Show 2012 in Las Vegas. He spoke about the incredible opportunity that is ahead for developers with Windows Phone. He noted that "successful applications will make more money on Windows and Windows Phone, earning 80 percent of every dollar of revenue, after passing the first $25,000." Ballmer went on to say that, "At Microsoft we believe in creating developer opportunity, and with Windows Phone ... there's really no better time to be a developer on Microsoft platforms."
Stephen Elop at AT&T Developer Summit
Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop takes the stage at the AT&T Developer Summit 2012, held at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. Stephen discusses Nokia's strategy, focusing on the ecosystem battle and the new Nokia Lumia family of phones. Re-entry to the US market is a key aspect of this strategy and Stephen explains how AT&T is playing a big role: Working with Nokia to deliver the first 4G LTE capable Windows Phone, the Nokia Lumia 900. Touching on the benefits for US developers, Stephen discusses the bigger picture: How Nokia offers any developer the ability to transcend local markets and go global, with support from a full toolkit — such as operator billing and in-app advertising — to monetize apps, worldwide.
Soundtracker: Powered by Java
Daniele Calabrese, founder and CEO of Soundtracker, discusses their multi-platform mobile music service. Daniele describes Soundtracker as the "first geo-social internet radio". It offers more than 11 million songs that consumers can play in real time with friends and broadcast via Facebook and Twitter. Building the app in Java, and making it work for more than fifty different Nokia phones, was "a little bit challenging for us," notes Calabrese, but "it was worth the time and effort as we now have an amazing reach." Soundtracker has been available for Windows Phone since the debut of the platform.
