Spotlights for Windows Phone

NearSpeak, an NFC app powered by Windows Phone 8

Andreas Jakl, founder of Mopius and one of the developers of NearSpeak, demonstrates how this cool NFC app works. The app pushes the boundaries of mobile technology innovation by taking advantage of NFC in combination with voice recognition, Bing Translation, and voice synthesis. Together, these technologies create a unique and compelling use case. The app has great potential for tourism, museums, events, geocaching, and many others.

NearSpeak was the first runner up in the Lumia Geek 8-Week Challenge.

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.

Rudy Huyn: A winner of the Lumia Geek 8-week Challenge

Get to know Rudy Huyn the creator of TVShow — a winning app in the Lumia Geek 8-Week Challenge — Windows Phone addict, and proud developer.

By day Rudy works for Orange, while by night he creates his own collection of Windows Phone apps — apps that have over 1.1 millions downloads so far.

"It's very cool to work with Nokia," says Rudy. "Because there is always a person to answer your questions, that brings support and programs to bring your app and your business to the next level."

Read more details about TVShow and the other winners of the Lumia Geek 8-Week Challenge.

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.

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.

Coltran Studios: Powered by Windows Phone

When Simon Jäger, a developer, met Jason Zielinski, an artist, amazing things started to happen. They formed Coltran Studios, based in Sweden and Chicago. Learn how the two brought their ‘Cradle to the Grave’ mobile game to Windows Phone. Says Zielinski: ‘This is real, this is amazing, this is brilliant’.

Introducing Nokia Ad Exchange

Kenny Mathers, Director of Developer Programs and Monetisation at Nokia, introduces Nokia Ad Exchange (NAX). Kenny describes how NAX offers a really simple way for you to monetise your free apps. A single line of code adds ads from over 120 advertising networks to your app, ads that can be delivered in over 200 countries. To help you make the most of NAX, Kenny explains that it includes a powerful analytics feature. With this feature you can see how ads are being consumed and use this information to optimise you revenue. Using NAX you can also run campaigns to promote your apps and reach more users.

Now Boarding Developers: Nokia Lumia with Windows Phone 8

The new Nokia Lumia with Windows Phone 8 brings developers a powerful new opportunity. This winning combination delivers product innovation ... new developer technologies ... new revenue models, languages, and markets ... world-class Nokia support ... and the new Nokia Premium Developer Program, which provides benefits worth as much as $1,500 US for just $99. Opportunity is knocking — are you going to answer that?

Michelin Guides: Powered by Windows Phone

Back in 1900, when the Michelin Brothers published their first guide, there were only 4,000 cars in all of France. Flash forward 112 years, and today Michelin’s online guide works with both Nokia Maps and Nokia Drive; now restaurants in Helsinki that receive the Michelin window sticker also get a Nokia NFC tag. Tap the tag with your Nokia phone, and you’ll learn whether that eatery was truly worth the detour.

Qubop: Powered by Windows Phone

MobiPark by Qubob solves two parking problems: Finding your parked car in a big city, and remembering when the parking meter’s timer is about to run out. The company ported the app to Windows Phone, and Evan Kirchoff, the company’s CTO, is glad they did. Windows Phone, he says, is ‘more beautiful and more functional’. Windows Phone is also a growing platform, one developers can ride to international markets. Learn why Chia Hwu, Qubop’s CEO, says Nokia support has been superb.

Nokia Ad Exchange

With Nokia Ad Exchange (NAX) you can add ads to your apps, with just a line of code. That line of code gives you access to over 120 advertising networks, delivering ads in over 200 countries. Once you are up and running powerful analytics help you track ad consumption and optimise your revenue. You can also use the Campaign feature to cross promote your apps for free or run a paid campaign to promote your app on others’ mobile apps worldwide.

Nokia Premium Developer Program

The Nokia Premium Developer Program (NPDP) is a high-value suite of services and tools aimed at helping you optimise your Windows Phone development. For an annual fee of just $99 US, NPDP gives you benefits — including membership in Microsoft Dev Center and much more — worth up to $1,500 US

Nokia Developer Projects: Multi-Platform Drumkit Example App

Drumkit is a Nokia Developer example app for Series 40, Windows Phone, Symbian, and the Nokia N9 phone. The app demonstrates the playing of low-latency audio. The custom UI scales, varying the layout of the drum pads based on the phone's screen size. Multipoint-touch is used, where supported. Three versions of the app have been developed using Java ME, XNA, and the Qt framework.

Hotels.com

Developed for Windows Phone, this application enables users to search for and browse over 14,0000 hotels in 200 countries. Users can search for hotels by city, or browse a list of what's nearby using their location.

National Geographic World Atlas

Developed for Windows Phone, this application enables users to search for and browse maps for over 7 million worldwide locations. Users can search by keyword, country, or view a map of their surrounding area using location detection.

KPMG - Infrastructure

Developed using Windows Phone, this application provides the latest installment of KPMG's Infrastructure magazine. The magazine seeks to share some of KPMG's insights and experience in the development of worldwide infrastructure.

Jobsite Job Search

Developed for Windows Phone, this application enables users to browse more than 40,000 UK jobs. The application includes a full-featured search along with interview tips from top entrepreneurs and business leaders.

First Great Western

Developed using Windows Phone, this simple yet versatile application enables users to browse First Great Western train schedules, plan a route, retrieve electronic tickets, and complete a booking.

Domino's Pizza

Developed for Windows Phone, this easy to use application enables users to order a meal including pizza, snacks and desserts.

Match’em Poker Example App

Match'em Poker is 'match 3' style game: Against the clock, players switch cards on a grid to form different poker hands. Originally developed for iOS, the game has been ported to Qt and Windows Phone. The objective of the porting projects was to keep the app changes and therefore effort to a minimum: Reusing all of the original assets and modifying the code as little as possible. The ports were achieved to Qt using Qt GameEnabler and Windows Phone using XNA. As such, these ports demonstrate an efficient way to implement a sprite-based 2D game using custom animations with Open GL ES 2.0.

El Mundo and Orbyt: Powered by Windows Phone

Launched two years ago by Spain's El Mundo, Orbyt offers digital news content to consumers on a variety of platforms, including a new app for Nokia Lumia smartphones. According to Enrique Rivas, Product Manager of Unidad Editorial, individuals can download the newspaper that they want to read in one minute, and then enjoy the content wherever they are, even without an internet connection.

Nokia Developers on the Microsoft Partnership

Recorded at the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, these are the candid reactions of developers to the announcement of the Nokia Microsoft partnership. The developers talk about the impact of the news, and the effect it will have on their immediate and long term plans.

Nokia Developer Projects: Surveillance Camera apps

This Surveillance Camera example project demonstrates the use of Nokia's Notifications API. The Notifications API enables you add real-time push notification features to your apps. This example consists of two mobile apps: A Windows Phone Silverlight application uses the Service API to send push notifications to a Qt Quick app on a Symbian smartphone. The Qt application receives alert notifications from the Silverlight application when movement is detected.

Voddler: Powered by Nokia with Windows Phone

Anders Sjoman, VP of Communications at Voddler talks about the company and its app. Voddler provides users with streamed movies and TV shows to their desktop and mobile. The new Voddler application for Nokia Lumia smartphones provides users with the ability to create 'movie nights', where they can invite friends to watch a movie or TV show in person or at the same time virtually. Anders states that, 'Voddler blends the whole idea of movie experience online with the power of a phone'.

Pah!: Powered by Nokia with Windows Phone

Yosi Taguri, CEO of Labgoo gives us a demo of their latest application, Pah! Pah! is a game that is completely voice activated. By shouting and make various noises you guide your ship through each of the levels shooting anything that gets in your way. Yosi states that their app is installed on around 1 million devices across various platforms.

Nokia Reading: Lumia 900 hands on demo with Jim McKenzie

Jim McKenzie, Head of Store Merchandising in the Entertainment Group at Nokia gives a demo of the new Nokia Reading app, which is being pre-loaded on the Nokia Lumia 900 in France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, and the UK. This app fronts a service that enables users to read e-books and listen to audio books, as well as read RSS feeds.

El País: Powered by Windows Phone

El País is Spain’s leading newspaper, with 400,000 copies printed weekly and two million unique users online every day. ‘From the development experience, we realised [we could deliver] a more homogeneous user experience by leveraging the functionality that Windows Phone [enables] within the development kit,’ says Jesús Moreno, Digital Content Director for El País. The paper’s Windows Phone app uses the Metro panorama to make news stories and sections easy to browse. Users can pin sections to their home screen as a Live Tile and keep up with the latest stories. ‘We are very happy with the final application,’ says Moreno. ‘It’s a very clean, efficient, and practical-to-use.’

Goal.com: Powered by Windows Phone

Goal.com is the world’s largest football portal; available in 15 languages and 22 editions. ‘The mobile experience for Goal.com fans is actually incredibly important — it's all about up-to-date information and scores,’ says Daryn Wober, Head of Global Business Development for Perform, which owns Goal.com. The Windows Phone app makes full use of the Metro UI and Live Tiles, including one for the main Goal.com content, the English Premier League, and team-specific tiles. Daryn notes that the benefits of working with Nokia and Microsoft are ‘a combination of the platform itself, the potential reach, and the commercial opportunities it brought to us as a business.’

London Tube

This colourful Windows Phone application enables users to find London Underground stations, plan routes and view information about current and planned network delays. Users can review route maps in an easy to read list format, or choose to visually review the route superimposed onto the system map.

Yell.com

Developed for Windows Phone, this easy to use application enables users to locate contact information for local and regional businesses. Users can use location services to discover businesses nearby, or search for a specific type of business using a keyword.

Amazon Kindle

Developed for Windows Phone, this application enables users to read Kindle eBooks and make book purchases from the Amazon Kindle store. The application includes a full-featured eBook reader that automatically synchs with a user's other Kindle apps or devices.

Porting: A demonstration of Space Blok

Space Blok is a fun block structure breaking game for 1 to 4 players. It has been ported from Windows Phone to Qt as well as to desktop environments. This game is a free example app created by Nokia. The game is implemented with Qt 3D and Qt Quick. It also uses an open source physics engine, Bullet Physics Library, to provide 3D simulation and realistic collision handling for the game objects. The audio framework used is Qt GameEnabler.
This example is hosted in a Nokia Developer Project, where you can find implementation and porting notes, discover recent revisions, and contribute to the project.

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.

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.

Netflix: Powered by Nokia & Windows Phone

Anthony Park, Director of Engineering at Netflix, talks about developing their mobile app for Windows Phone. With this app, Netflix now enables consumers to easily move from watching a video on their TV or computer to continue where they left off on a Nokia Lumia smartphone. Making full use of the Metro UI, the app provides a seamless, easy-to-use experience for consumers. For David the partnership between Nokia and Microsoft is bringing together the best of hardware and software expertise, to deliver a great customer experience.

Evernote: Powered by Nokia & Windows Phone

Andrew Sinkov, Vice President of Marketing and Damian Mehers, Senior Software Engineer at Evernote, talk about developing their mobile Evernote app. This Windows Phone app makes it easy for consumers to store memories as pictures, audio, or however they arise, wherever they arise. These memories are then stored safely and are available to the consumer, over the web, on any device. Damian talks about how Nokia and Microsoft helped from the very beginning in creating Evernote for Windows Phone, including providing feedback on the app before it was released.

Univision: Powered by Nokia & Windows Phone

Jose Hernandez, Vice President Mobile Content and Alfredo Rojas, Mobile Product Manager at Univision Interactive Media talk about developing their Windows Phone app. As consumer viewing habits are evolving, this app is enabling Univision to deliver the best of its Spanish and English language media to the Hispanic community in the US. Alfredo explains how the app makes use of the Metro UI panoramas, to offer consumers a unique experience. The ability for the user to provide information about themselves is also a key feature of the app, enabling Univision to deliver to the consumer the content they want.

HRS: Powered by Nokia & Windows Phone

Marco Hauprich, Senior VP Mobile & New Media at HRS, talks about the new application on the Windows Phone platform. Through the support from Nokia and Microsoft, HRS was able to have the new app ready for market in only 2 months. In addition to the Windows Phone platform, HRS is also available on various Qt devices. Through close relations with Nokia, HRS has also been able to integrate their solution with Nokia Maps both on device and on the web. The key to HRS's success is distribution and both Nokia and Microsoft are providing the exact type of leverage they need to achieve a greater user base worldwide.

Groupon: Powered by Nokia & Windows Phone

Eric Burke, Mobile Developer at Groupon discusses the experiences working on their new Windows Phone application. By using Visual Studio and Expression Blend, Eric and his team were able to create a clean, crisp, user-friendly interface for their users. The Nokia/Microsoft partnership has provided Groupon with a way to develop applications faster, get to market faster, and take advantage of a global market for wider application distribution.

Foursquare: Powered by Nokia & Windows Phone

Holger Luedorf, VP of Mobile & International at Foursquare showcases the newly developed Foursquare application with enhanced features for Nokia with Windows Phone devices. Holger also discusses the relationship Foursquare holds with Nokia and just how important the global footprint is to their business. In fact, 50% of their 10 million users coming from outside of the United States. For Holger, the Nokia/Microsoft partnership will provide Foursquare with a massive international distribution network and great platform to develop and innovate on.

Syntonetic: Powered by Nokia & Windows Phone

Robert Pedersen, Mobile Developer and Kristian Ridley, Chief Technology Officer of Syntonetic discuss the creation of their music app MoodAgent for the Windows Phone platform. With MoodAgent already available on Series 40 and Qt-powered devices in Nokia Store, it was a natural choice to move into the Windows Phone experience. Syntonetic's biggest highlight while developing on the Windows Platform is that they have been able to reuse their .net components not just for mobile applications, but both desktop and web services as well. Since the Windows Phone development environment is nothing new to the Syntonetic team, they were able to focus less on the 'how', and more on the code.

Seesmic: Powered by Nokia & Windows Phone

Loїc Le Meur, CEO of Seesmic, gives an overview of what type of application development Seesmic provides for its clients. John Yamasaki, Director of Product Management at Seesmic, explains the process of creating a new Windows Phone application with the team. Through the collaborative efforts between Nokia and Microsoft, Seesmic was able to build an impressive CRM app for Salesforce users. For a small developer like Seesmic, they have been able to take advantage of excellent distribution opportunities within Nokia as well as supplemental relationships with mobile carriers. Nokia's beautiful and sleek devices, combined with an intuitive, easy to use operating system with Windows Phone provide Seesmic with tremendous opportunities now and in the future.

Poynt: Powered by Nokia & Windows Phone

Bart McCormick, VP of Global Distribution at Poynt, talks about the brand new Poynt application for Nokia with Windows Phone and new features that come with it. For example, through Poynt's seamless integration with Microsoft's Bing, users can leverage the power of Poynt without having to open up any additional applications. All information is given in one common interface all within the Poynt application. Another new feature for Poynt on the Windows Phone platform is the ability to pin live tiles directly on the device's home screen. Unlike before, users now have the ability to launch various parts of the Poynt application with one simple touch.

By using efficient development tools such as Visual Studio and Expression Blend, coupled with the support and global distribution of Nokia, Poynt has been able to provide a beautiful and intuitive solution to users worldwide.

Halfbrick: Powered by Nokia & Windows Phone

Jason Harwood, Producer at Halfbrick, and Phil Larsen, Chief Marketing Officer at Halfbrick, discuss the experiences developing with Nokia. Halfbrick's new Fruit Ninja application on Windows Phone has allowed better gameplay for users via faster frames per second as well as additional goodies such as ringtones, and Xbox live achievements. Additionally, with new Nokia NFC enabled devices; users are now able to unlock exclusive content in the game. Fruit Ninja is also available on Xbox Kinect, as showcased in this film; further exemplifying the distribution on multiple platforms. With Halfbrick's experience on multiple platforms and integration with various monetization models their continual success is limitless.

British Airways by Thin Martian: Powered by Nokia & Windows Phone

James Clarke, Co-Founder and Director of Thin Martian, talks about the experiences creating the new British Airways application for Windows Phone. Through the Metro UI design, Thin Martian was able to great a truly beautiful and engaging design for users of the British Airways app. James and his team even had the opportunity to send code directly to the Nokia Developer team to assist in optimizing the build. For Thin Martian, the Nokia/Microsoft partnership only solidified their decision to work on the Windows Phone platform using the skills their team already has in place. These opportunities provide Thin Martian with a way to create something different and truly unique for their clients worldwide.

PopCap: Powered by Nokia & Windows Phone

Sameer Baroova, Director and Eddie Dowse, Business Development Manager for PopCap discuss their experiences working on their hugely succesful game, Plants vs. Zombies for Windows Phone. Sameer and Eddie look forward to the combination of Nokia and Microsoft around the Windows Phone ecosystem. "It's like electricity, you only notice it when it's not there," says Eddie. "Good ecosystems should just work in the background." They also noted that you are getting the best of Microsoft and Nokia together, which is a powerful combination.

Nokia with Windows Phone: Dive into development

This promotional video captures the excitement and enthusiasm for Nokia’s stunning new Lumia hardware running the latest version of Windows Phone. Offering you the ability to be Amazing Everyday, grow your apps’ reach, and realise new business opportunities: Nokia with Windows Phone delivers the tools you know and trust, combined with the local support and training only Nokia can deliver. So dive right in and get started today.

Angry Monsters

Angry Monsters is a game inspired by Rovio's Angry Birds. Developed with the supervision and UI design of Luukas (6 years old) and Matias (10 years old), the game was born as a test for Box2D physics and later turned into a proper game. The game is designed to work on WP7 devices.