April 15, 2009
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- Last Chance to Register for the Nokia Developer Summit 2009
- Join Launchpad: Get 35 Per Cent Discount and Early Access to Nokia N97 Multimedia Device SDK Beta
- What Would You Do with $10 Million?
- Early Submission Advantage for Calling All Innovators Contest
- Americas Winners Announced for NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge
- Developer Spotlight: NFC Technology Lets Employees 'Clock In' with Nokia 6131 Devices
- Forum Nokia Introduces Three Tools for S60 Developers
- Three Devices Added to Remote Access Service
- Champion of the Month: Maximiliano Firtman Generates S60 Widgets
- PRO Developers Among Winners of Fast-Pitch Contest
- Consumer-Created Widgets Win Nokia's Widget Design Competition
Last Chance to Register for the Nokia Developer Summit 2009
If you have not yet registered for the inaugural Nokia Developer Summit, make your plans now. This premier event is less than two weeks away, taking place 28 – 29 April in Monaco, and it is nearly
sold out.
The 2009 Nokia Developer Summit will offer something for everyone. Whether you are a traditional developer looking to sharpen
your skills, or a business executive who want to get the latest go-to-market opportunities using Nokia's Ovi Store, you should
pack your bags for this special Nokia event.
The agenda is filled with experts from the world of mobile technology. Attendees will hear directly from Nokia leaders and visionaries,
operator partners, and others, including:
- Tero Ojanperä, Executive Vice President, Nokia Services
- Lee Williams, Executive Director, Symbian Foundation
- John Faith, Vice President and General Manager of Mobile Operations, MySpace
- Andrew Shorten, Platform Evangelist, Adobe
- Danielle Levitas, Group Vice President for Consumer, Broadband and Digital Marketplace, IDC
Register now to attend the 2009 Nokia Developer Summit.
Find out who else is attending the 2009 Nokia Developer Summit with these online tools:
Bantora
LinkedIn
Join Launchpad: Get 35 Per Cent Discount and Early Access to Nokia N97 Multimedia Device SDK Beta
For a limited time only, developers who join the Forum Nokia Launchpad premium service can save 35 per cent on their first
year's membership fees, and gain early access to the new Nokia N97 multimedia device SDK beta.
Forum Nokia Launchpad is designed to accelerate mobile application development and elevate developers' business visibility in the mobile world.
Members of Forum Nokia Launchpad enjoy access to exclusive resources and support. They also receive significant discounts
on new Nokia devices. For example, Forum Nokia Launchpad members can purchase the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic for just 150 euros, roughly half the device's normal retail price.
To obtain the 35 per cent discount on the first-year membership fee, register using the promotional code LP_April. When you sign up you will also be among the first developers to access the new Nokia N97 multimedia device SDK beta.
Give your mobile business a boost. Join Forum Nokia Launchpad today.
Have a question about Forum Nokia Launchpad? Write us. forumnokialaunchpad@nokia.com
What Would You Do with $10 Million?
That’s not a trick question. It’s a question that Nokia and Adobe are posing to Flash developers through the Open Screen Project Fund, which will award a total of $10 million over the next two years, helping developers create applications and services for
mobile, desktop, and consumer electronics devices using the Adobe Flash platform.
To better promote the availability of this fund, Forum Nokia has created a new microsite that is now available.
In the next edition of the Developer Newsletter, the first round of projects that have received funding from the Open Screen
Project Fund will be announced. Stay tuned for details later this month.
Visit the Open Screen Project Fund Web site.
Apply for funding from the Open Screen Project Fund.
Early Submission Advantage for Calling All Innovators Contest
Developers who submit early applications for Forum Nokia's Calling All Innovators contest will receive valuable feedback from Forum Nokia experts that can help them improve their mobile apps, widgets, or mobilised
Web sites. Developers can then resubmit their applications, likely improving their chances of winning. To be eligible, submissions
must be entered before midnight EDT (GMT -4) on 1 May.
All entries for the Calling All Innovators contest will be judged on the following criteria:
- Quality and functionality: The application or service must be fully functional and able to run on Nokia Series 40 or S60 devices
and platforms
- Uniqueness, novelty, and innovativeness: Entries should display creativity and use established technology in a unique way
- Usability and creativity: Entries should leverage the latest technologies (UI, graphics, etc.) to demonstrate superior design
and ease of use
- Commercial viability and market potential: Entries should fulfill users' needs and seem likely for customer adoption
Get the early submission advantage! Submit your application to Calling All Innovators before midnight on 1 May.
Americas Winners Announced for NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge
T+1 Solutions, developer of the Taxi4me mobile application, has won the Grand Prize, Americas edition, of the 2009 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge. The contest, now in its sixth year, invites developers worldwide to submit location-based services (LBS) that use dynamic
positioning technology and NAVTEQ maps. Taxi4me is a mobile taxi-ordering service that helps consumers connect with trusted
taxi companies. The desired time and destination is sent from a user's mobile device to a taxi brokering server. Local taxi
companies then submit competitive bids and proposed routes back to the consumer. For its prize, T+1 Solutions will receive
cash, tools, data licenses, and devices valued at $557,500.
Three runners-up were also announced for the Americas competition. DialPlus submitted an application that enhances voice calls by providing dynamic and relevant visual information about the speakers
both during and after a call. Creativity Software entered a location-aware city guide with user-generated content and social networking. And Colombia Games won for its carpooling application. Each runner-up will receive prizes valued at $417,500.
Meet the Americas winners of the 2009 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge.
Developer Spotlight: NFC Technology Lets Employees 'Clock In' with Nokia 6131 Devices
Punching the time clock is passé. A time and attendance solution using Near Field Communication (NFC) on the Nokia 6131 NFC flip phone was developed by Adamsoft of Celje, Slovenia, and is offered by mobile operator Tušmobil of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
NFC technology lets a mobile phone record and transmit data when it is within a few centimetres of a terminal or a tag (such
as a clocking-in facility), or when two NFC devices touch one another
The Slovenian application, called TušmobilNFC, helps companies comply with a national law requiring that all companies formally register employees' time and attendance.
TušmobilNFC lets workers 'clock in' by bringing their Nokia 6131 NFC devices close to an NFC tag, then selecting options displayed
on the phone's screen. The system, now in trials, is 10 times less expensive than comparable services, according to David
Hinic, a project manager at Tušmobil. Also, company administrators can use the system to gather data about employees, departments,
locations, telephones, and various types of presence; they can then export this data to other applications for analysis and
reporting.
Download the TušmobilNFC success case.
Explore Forum Nokia's NFC resources.
View technical specifications for the Nokia 6131 NFC.
Forum Nokia Introduces Three Tools for S60 Developers
The new Nokia Eseries SDK Plug-in for S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2, provides support for additional enterprise features of the Nokia E55 and Nokia E75 mobile
devices. It does so by letting developers take advantage of many Eseries APIs, including printing framework, e-mail LED, device
identification, and preview pop-up.
The Extensions Plug-in for the S60 5th Edition SDK for Symbian OS v1.0 provides 43 additional APIs to the S60 5th Edition SDK. These extensions offer improved device emulation and support for
additional device functionality. In this way, the plug-ins enable a greater range of applications to be built and tested using
the S60 device emulator supplied in the S60 SDKs. Also, for the first time, the plug-in is being delivered as an installation
file.
The Carbide.ui Nokia E75 plug-in provides designers with the ability to skin Nokia E75 mobile device-specific application, highlight, and icon resources.
By extending the features of Carbide.ui, the plug-in lets developers create themes for the Nokia E75 smartphone.
All three tools are available now on the Forum Nokia site as free downloads.
Download the Nokia Eseries SDK Plug-in for S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2, and release notes.
Download the Extensions Plug-in for the S60 5th Edition SDK for Symbian OS v1.0.
Download the Carbide.ui Nokia E75 plug-in.
Three Devices Added to Remote Access Service
Champion of the Month: Maximiliano Firtman Generates S60 Widgets
Maximiliano Firtman is an Argentine developer with a special interest in mobile and Web 2.0 platforms. He's also a teacher, speaker, author of
four technical books, company founder, and a tireless contributor to the Forum Nokia blogs, Wiki, and Discussion Board (user
name: firt). One of Maximiliano's latest projects, WidGen, is a widget generator for S60 and other devices, designed for users
without programming skills. Maximiliano is also the founder of entupalma.com, a mobile development company, and the developer
of Truco, which he says was the first mobile game distributed in Argentina and first mobile multiplayer card game in Latin
America. Most recently, he founded ITMaster Professional Training, an educational institute for mobile technology.
Meet Forum Nokia Champion of the Month Maximiliano Firtman.
Explore the Forum Nokia Champion programme.
PRO Developers Among Winners of Fast-Pitch Contest
Two Forum Nokia Pro developers were among the top winners of AT&T's devCentral Fast-Pitch 2009. The contest, co-sponsored by Forum Nokia, gives winners a share of $70,000 in prize money plus opportunities for inclusion
in an AT&T distribution channel.
TuneWiki, the winner in the consumer category, is a social media player that offers song lyrics synchronised to the music
playing on a mobile device. The application also offers a one-click music video link, and music maps and charts based on actual
playback count. DialPlus, a runner up in the consumer category, enhances voice calls by simultaneously providing dynamic,
relevant visual information about the calling or called party — before, during, or after the actual call.
Learn more about the winners.
Get to know the Forum Nokia PRO premium service.
Consumer-Created Widgets Win Nokia's Widget Design Competition
Ten finalists have been named in Nokia's Widget Design Competition, which invited consumers to submit their best ideas for
new widgets to be featured in Nokia's newly announced Ovi Store. The final winner will receive a Nokia N97 mulitmedia device pre-loaded with a working version of his or her widget. All finalists' ideas will be made available to an elite group of
developers to compete face-to-face at the Nokia N97 Calling All Innovators 'Hackathon' during the Nokia Developers' Summit in Monaco on 28 – 29 April.
Among the 10 finalist applications are a shopping-list widget, from Marco Lobb of Italy, that lets consumers create shopping
lists, then use a global positioning system (GPS) and the Internet to alert them when they pass a shop offering an item on
the list. Another finalist application, a travel planner widget from Bruce Hopkins of the United States, lets consumers glance
at their mobile devices to check the status of their travel itineraries — flight details, hotel reservations, car rental information,
etc. Other finalists include Tuba Tig of Turkey, David Emmanuel Castro Guerrero of Mexico, Eric Liu of the U.S., Andrew Clarke
of the U.K., Gabriel Hall of Canada, Porfirio Busto Benitez of Paraguay, Daniel Kleine-Albers of Germany, and Dmytriy Kovbasyuk
of Canada.
Check out the specifications on the Nokia N97 multimedia device.
Browse Nokia's Web Runtime (WRT) widget resources.
Upcoming Events:
EMEA (Africa, Middle-East, Europe)
MobileMonday, Frankfurt: 20 April
MobileMonday is a global community of mobile-industry visionaries, developers, and influentials fostering cooperation and
cross-border business development through virtual and live networking events. During these events, participants share ideas,
best practices, and trends from global markets. MobileMonday is now active in more than 55 places around the world, from New
York to Tokyo and Mumbai to Toronto. The topic of the Frankfurt event is ‘Mobile Internet and Applications’.
Learn more »
WIMA 2009 3rd Global NFC Business & Technical Developers Summit: 22-24 April
WIMA, the fastest-growing industry event for the Near Field Communication (NFC) community, covers all aspects of the business,
technical, and developer chain for NFC’s established players and newcomers alike. WIMA 2009 will present a cutting-edge international
conference programme; educational workshops, such as the NFC Developer Training session by Forum Nokia and the NFC Research
Lab Hagenberg session; and an exhibition floor that also serves as a dynamic networking market. In addition, WIMA will host
the NFC Forum Global Competition Finals & Awards Ceremony, on 23 April. Don’t miss the exciting WIMA 2009, which will drive
the evolution of NFC technology and its applications and services for businesses and consumers. Forum Nokia members using
the reduction code FN09 can enjoy a 20 per cent discount on the following passes: Full Access Business & Technical Track Pass,
Technical Track Pass, and Pre-Conference Workshop (only) Pass.
Learn more and register »
2009 Nokia Developer Summit: 28-29 April
If you’re looking to gain a competitive edge, the 2009 Nokia Developer Summit is the must-attend event of the year. Whether
you want to learn about the latest go-to-market opportunities with Nokia or want to sharpen your development skills, this
event is for you. At the Summit, you’ll learn about business opportunities through the new Ovi Store, Nokia’s unified media-distribution
channel; discover how to preload your application on millions of Nokia devices; hear from Nokia leaders and visionaries; have
an opportunity for one-on-one meetings with Nokia experts, mobile operators, and providers of application development tools
and services; get technical information about technologies and development platforms for Nokia devices; participate in hands-on
lab exercises; and more.
Learn more and register »
movilforum 2009: 20-21 May
Mark your calendar for movilforum 2009. The movilforum developer community, run by Telefónica, focuses on creating the best
services and solutions for its clients with its partners. Thanks to the Movilforum project, Telefónica is providing member
companies with access to a number of technical and business benefits. In the technical area, this involves access to testing
platforms, courses in Telefónica advanced services, seminars, and support via e-mail. The movilforum community also provides
its partners with business support, via a product catalogue, and with the yearly movilforum commercial trade fair.
Learn more » (page is in Spanish)
Asia-Pacific
CommunicAsia2009: 16-19 June
Come to CommunicAsia2009, combined with EnterpriseIT and InteractiveDME, which caters to the full spread of convergent technologies
and applications from industry leaders for enhancing enterprise mobility and user lifestyles. EnterpriseIT is a critical event
for IT service providers from the Asia-Pacific region and elsewhere that are keen to offer the right enterprise solutions
for the evolving needs of businesses. InteractiveDME is poised to meet the needs and address the concerns of stakeholders
in digital media and entertainment. CommunicAsia2009 will address the latest technologies, bringing together like-minded professionals
from leading organisations who are seeking solutions for their current business activities and the next wave of innovative
ideas.
Learn more »
Global
Why Mobilise Websites? You can win BIG!: April 23
Did you know that 40 per cent of all Internet users today have mobile Internet access? That means mobile Internet users could
represent more than 20 per cent of your site’s traffic. Put another way, that’s more than 500 million people. Are you optimising
your content – or your website – for that massive audience? If you’re not thinking about mobile browsing, then you’re missing
new business opportunities. Guaranteed.
Find out more about the business opportunity and technologies behind mobilising your web content.
Register »
How to create Widgets using the Nokia WRT Aptana Plugin (In Spanish): May 7
This webinar will show how to reduce the Time To Market of a Nokia Widget by using tools provided by Nokia, in this case the
Nokia WRT Aptana Plugin. This webinar will cover project creation, debug, emulation and deployment on the phone.
Register »
New Documents:
Qt: QSolitaire Game Example
This Qt example application demonstrates a cross-platform Solitaire game that runs in different Qt environments such as the
S60 platform, maemo, and desktop Windows. The application uses the Qt Graphics View Framework and Scalable Vector Graphics
(SVG)for drawing 2D graphics. The application supports touch UI. Important classes: QGraphicsView, QGraphicsSvgItems, QGraphicsScene,
QWidget.
Application --- Example; Entertainment --- Games, Graphics, Maemo, Qt --- Qt for S60, S60 --- S60 5th Edition, UI --- Touch UI; English (en)
New Tools and SDKs:
Nokia Eseries SDK Plug-ins
The Nokia Eseries SDK Plug-in enables developers to take advantage of the additional features delivered in Nokia Eseries devices.
These features include Printing Framework API, E-mail LED API, Nokia Eseries Device Identification API, Preview pop-up API,
List-stretching API, External-view framework API, and Camera API.
Application --- Development Tool; English (en)
Extensions Plug-ins for S60 3rd Edition and S60 5th Edition SDKs
The extensions plug-ins for S60 3rd Edition and S60 5th Edition SDKs extend the features of an S60 platform SDK, offering
improved device emulation and support for additional functionality included in shipped devices or specific to a certain device.
As a result, the plug-ins enable a greater range of applications to be built and tested using the S60 device emulator supplied
in the SDK.
Application --- Software Development Kit; S60; English (en)
Carbide.ui Theme Edition Plug-ins
Carbide.ui plug-ins extend the features of Carbide.ui to allow for the creation of themes for new platforms and specific devices.
Application --- Development Tool; S60; English (en)
Nokia Energy Profiler
Nokia Energy Profiler is a S60 device application that enables developers and end users to examine power consumption and several
other parameters on an S60 device. The reporting provided by Nokia Energy Profiler enable application functions consuming
excessive amounts of power to be isolated, enabling developers to create higher quality applications.
Application --- Development Tool; English (en)
Nokia Energy Profiler External APIs
The Nokia Energy Profiler External APIs give developers the ability to control the collection of profile data by the Nokia
Energy Profiler application and to add new data-collection and reporting features to the application.
The tool includes documentation, header and library files for inclusion in an SDK, and two example applications.
Application --- Development Tool; English (en)
New Devices:
Nokia 5330 XpressMusic
The Nokia 5330 XpressMusic is a music phone supporting EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 EGSM and WCDMA 850/1700/1900/2100. Main features
include Series 40 6th Edition developer platform, WebKit Open Source Browser, A-GPS and Nokia Maps, FM RDS Radio, Flash Lite
3.0, Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR and MIDP Java 2.1 with additional Java APIs. Supported WCDMA frequencies depend on the region where
the device is available.
Nokia 5730 XpressMusic
The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is a dual-mode music phone supporting WCDMA/HSDPA, EGSM, and WLAN. The device features a side slider
qwerty keyboard for fast and easy messaging and dedicated gaming keys for excellent gaming usability. Enjoy videos, music,
and graphics on the 2.4” QVGA display with orientation sensor. Find directions and locations with the integrated A-GPS and
included maps. Take photos with a 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss optics. Additional features include USB charging
with simultaneous data transfer, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, UPnP and USB 2.0 High-Speed. Supported WCDMA frequencies depend on the
region where the device is available.
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