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A recently published code example on the Forum Nokia site shows how to provision settings on an S60 device using device management (DM). This end-to-end solution incorporates a simple DM adapter in the S60 device that interacts with a Funambol device management server and other freely available components, such as Apache, JBoss, and MySQL. The code example shows how to set up and use a custom DM server, how to store and update the data received from the DM server, and how to make the data available to another application.

Learn more and download the example.

Develop Applications for the Nokia E90 Communicator's Big Screen

The Nokia E90 Communicator, the first Nokia Communicator device running on the S60 platform, also features a large (800 x 352 pixel) display that is used when the device is in PDA mode. While this widescreen display is familiar to previous Nokia Communicator Series users, it is completely new to S60 developers. Also, UI designers who are used to working with a QVGA portrait display may have difficulties fitting their applications to the Nokia E90 Communicator's large, widescreen display. A new Forum Nokia document helps developers and designers with widescreen tips and tricks, and it also discusses designing applications for the device.

Learn more and download the article, "Designing for the Big Screen."

Learn more about the Nokia E90 Communicator.

Java™ ME Developer's Library

Java™ ME Developer's Library, a new aggregation site within the Forum Nokia community, is a complete resource package for developers. It includes introductory, getting started, tutorial, and API-level information for developers wishing to use the S60 or the Series 40 platforms for developing mobile Java applications or services. This library is available in three formats: HTML online, stand-alone, and Eclipse plug-in.

Visit the new developers library.

Developer Spotlight: mBit's Multimedia Social Network

Multimedia peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing has become a social phenomenon. Forum Nokia PRO member mBit Ltd. of Singapore has developed a network that lets mobile consumers exchange photos, videos, music, and other files on a P2P basis using their mobile phones, PCs, or a combination of the two. Consumers are responding. The mBit network was launched as a commercial, ad-sponsored service in December 2007 and, within a month, more than 4,000 users had signed up. The network is now being marketed in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia with mobile operators. Forum Nokia helped by providing mBit developers with prototype devices and by introducing mBit officers to mobile operators. "This reduced our investment and R&D costs significantly," says See Chun Yan, the company's CEO.

Learn more about mBit's network.

WidSets Competition Winners Announced

The winners of the second annual WidSets coding competition have been named. All three winners were awarded with Nokia N810 Internet Tablets. And the winners are:

First Prize: BOOM!, a mobile game developed by Will Bamford of Lancaster University in the U.K. The judges cited the game for its demonstration of WidSets' capabilities and performance.
Second Prize: WJewls, an arcade puzzle game developed by Ari Hamara and Rauli Laatikainen.
Third Prize: Number game, developed by students at the St. Petersburg, Russia, state university of aerospace instrumentation.

Visit the WidSets Blog.

LBS Challenge Names Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge for Europe, Mideast, and Africa! Contest submissions came from 11 countries. Nearly three quarters of the entries included social networking features, and 40% included navigation. The Grand Prize winner was awarded 35,000 euros in cash and licenses worth a total of almost 500,000 euros from NAVTEQ, deCarta, and ptv.

The winners are:

Grand Prize: UbiSafe from UbiEst. This personal security application uses location-based services (LBS) to deliver tracking and tracing "fleet-like" capabilities to mobile devices. Parents can use the software to verify and track the positions of other family members on maps, send and receive emergency messages, set up personalized safe zones, and create a "virtual leash" for children.
First Runner Up: Chronomove from Senda. This always-on travel-time management application helps commuters select their routes, determine their estimated times of arrival, and more.
Second Runner Up: Nearme from Oxford Software. This service searches local points of interest and delivers directions, descriptions and more to the user's mobile device.
Third Runner Up: GyPSii. A geo-location and social networking application, GyPSii utilizes user-generated content.

Learn more about the LBS Challenge prizes.

LBS Guru to Host Online Discussion

For developers unable to attend the Forum Nokia LBS Code Camp in Singapore later this month, an online discussion with a map-data expert could be the next best thing. Ejaz Iqbal, a technical consultant at NAVTEQ, the supplier of digital map data, will host an online Forum Nokia discussion on Thursday, February 28, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. EST (GMT -5). Iqbal will then return to the thread on Friday, February 29, to answer questions. Attendees of the LBS Code Camp can participate, too, whether during breaks, on the train, or from an airport hot spot.

Visit the LBS discussion thread.

Upcoming Events

Americas

PyCon 2008: March 13-16

Come to the sixth annual conference for the Python community to meet interesting people, to learn about projects, tools, and techniques, to advance open source projects, and more. Nokia is a sponsor.
Learn more and register

BOSSA Conference: March 16-19

This unique conference on open source software for mobile embedded platforms will feature seminar presentations, project-launch and birds-of-a-feather sessions, code camps, and hands-on labs.
Learn more and register

CTIA WIRELESS 2008: April 1-3

This event will see the convergence of more than 1,200 exhibiting companies, dozens of industries, and over 40,000 professionals from 125 countries — all working to revolutionize wireless. Whether in broadband convergence, enterprise, advertising, social networking, or entertainment, CTIA WIRELESS 2008 is the global marketplace for connecting wireless and you. Be sure to visit Nokia at Booth 2635.
Learn more and register »

Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco: April 22-25

This event will take the pulse of the Web ecosystem and look to its future, training a spotlight across the Web 2.0 universe to illuminate how the Internet Revolution is being created and delivered. Web 2.0 Expo is for the builders of the next-generation Web: designers, developers, entrepreneurs, marketers, business strategists, and venture capitalists. Among the numerous tracks offered will be Focus on Mobile Web. Nokia, which is a Platinum Sponsor, will highlight its Web Run-Time technologies at Web 2.0.
Learn more and register »

JavaOne: May 6-9

This year's JavaOne conference will cover subject matter that is key to the Java™ community and will expand into areas that play well with Java technology. Among the topics to be examined are Java SE, Java EE, Java ME, rich Internet applications, compatibility and interoperability, scripting languages, open source, Web 2.0, and e-commerce collaboration. Nokia will be showcasing its Java technologies and tools at JavaOne.
Learn more and register »

Asia-Pacific

Wireless World 2008: April 2-3

Australia’s largest mobility event will offer industry summits, development workshops, and a full-scale exhibition.
Learn more and register

EMEA (Africa, Middle-East, Europe)

WidSets Meet Russia: March 3-4

This seminar's purposes are to study WidSets and propose suggestions for usability improvements and locally relevant content and to develop widgets and provide SDK feedback. In addition, there will be a WidSets contest announcement of the best innovation idea for a WidSets service. All are invited to participate, especially students of St. Petersburg universities. Preregistration is required.
Learn more

MobileMonday Istanbul: March 3

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 organized by a group of dedicated volunteers from around the world.
Learn more (Some text is in Turkish.)

Forum Nokia Code Camp: Widgets Under the Spotlight, Part I: Creating Widgets with WidSets and S60 Web Run-Time: March 12

This Forum Nokia Code Camp for developers will shed light on the differences between the WidSets runtime and the S60 platform's Web Run-Time (WRT). The event will consist of a general presentation and a hands-on coding session.
Learn more and register

MobileMonday Madrid: March 31

Forum Nokia Code Camp: S60 Sensor APIs: April 2

The S60 sensor framework offers developers an easy, effective approach to innovating new ways of engaging with devices. At this Forum Nokia Code Camp, we'll first dive into the details of the sensor APIs available in forthcoming S60 devices, and we'll also address the solutions available for the existing device base. A hands-on session will follow, affording you a great opportunity to get a head start in development of sensor-framework-aware applications. Nokia experts — as well as sensor-framework-compatible devices — will be available during the session. Check back soon for registration information.

Nokia Mobile Week — Russia: April 7-11

Mark your calendar for a stimulating developer workshop that will be all about mobility, all week long. Here's what's in store:

MobileMonday (April 7).
Symbian training (April 8-9).
Forum Nokia Code Camp: Web Run-Time and Location-Based Services (April 10).
Maemo™ Workshop (April 11).

Check back soon for more details and registration information.

MobileMonday Barcelona: May 5

MobileMonday Munich: May 5

New Documents:

Designing for the Big Screen: Developing Applications for the Nokia E90 Communicator
This article discusses designing high-quality applications for the Nokia E90 Communicator and gives tips and tricks on designing for a large display. The article describes how to achieve a good balance in terms of both the visual layout of the UI elements and the amount of information presented on the screen, still fully utilizing the big screen. Document; Enterprise, Quality, S60 ... S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1, S60, UI, Usability; Adobe PDF (.pdf); English (en)

Testing and Signing Developer's Library
The Testing and Signing Developer's Library provides detailed information on security and the Symbian security model, and provides instructions on how to take security into account when developing applications, how to sign applications, and how to develop unit tests on the S60 platform. The library supports S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2, but the content is also valid for earlier platform releases. Document; S60, S60, Security, Symbian C++, Testing; English (en)

S60 Platform: End-to-End Device Management Example
This example adds device management features to the earlier published Symbian OS: End-to-End HTTP API Example. It demonstrates how to implement a simple DM adapter in the S60 2nd and 3rd Edition devices that interact with a device management server, how to set up and use a custom DM server, how to store and update the data received from the DM server and to make the data available to another application. The example has been implemented using freely available back-end components (Apache, Funambol, and JBoss servers; MySQL database). The package consists of S60 client applications, WebUI components for JSP and PHP, and user account scripts for MySQL. Documentation for configuring the system is included in the package. Application, Example; Client/Server, Device Management, Enterprise, Networking --- HTTP, S60, S60, Symbian C++; English (en)

Java™ ME Developer's Library
Java™ ME Developer's Library is a complete resource package with introductory, getting started, tutorial, and API level information for developers wishing to use the S60 or the Series 40 platforms for developing mobile Java applications or services. This library is available in HTML format online, as a stand-alone version and as an Eclipse plugin. Printable PDFs as well as copy-pastable example source code are included in the online version. Document; English (en)

New Tools, SDKs, and Examples:

PC Connectivity Solution
For developers creating PC applications utilizing the PCCAPI, Nokia PC Connectivity Solution and Nokia Connectivity Cable Driver allow developers to create a stand-alone distribution package. Such a distribution package removes the need for Nokia PC Suite to be download and install as a separate product. Application, Development Tool; Connectivity --- Local Connectivity; English (en)

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