Nokia Developer Newsletter

Developers have new opportunities for creating applications and content for three Series 40 devices recently introduced by Nokia.

The new Nokia 6700 classic mobile device offers a thin, streamlined design and is based on Series 40 6th Edition. Its main features are an assisted global positioning system (A-GPS) receiver and Nokia Maps, 5-megapixel auto-focus camera, uplink noise cancellation, HSDPA and HSUPA for faster downloads, Flash Lite 3.0, and WebKit Open Source Browser. The Nokia 6700 classic will retail for 235 euros and ship in the second quarter.

The Nokia 6303 classic mobile device, also based on Series 40 6th Edition, is designed to help consumers stay informed, connected, and in touch with friends and family. Features include a 3.2-megapixel camera with dual LED flash and 8x digital zoom, Nokia Maps, MP3 music player and radio, Flash Lite 3.0, and WebKit Open Source Browser. The Nokia 6303 classic will retail for 135 euros and ship in the second quarter.

The Nokia 2700 classic mobile device, based on Series 40 5th Edition, Feature Pack 1, supports music, imaging, and messaging. The main features are a 2-megapixel camera, 2-inch QVGA display, music player and FM radio, e-mail, Opera Mini browser, and other applications such as Share on Ovi and Windows Live Messenger. The Nokia 2700 classic device will retail for 65 euros and ship in the second quarter.

View technical specifications for the three new Nokia devices.

• Nokia 6700 classic
• Nokia 6303 classic
• Nokia 2700 classic

Explore Series 40 6th Edition.

Get started by downloading the Series 40 6th Edition and Series 40 5th Edition, Feature Pack 1 SDKs.

Calling All Innovators: Finalists Named, Winners to Be Honoured in Barcelona

Eleven finalists have been named in the Forum Nokia Calling All Innovators competition, and they will be honoured at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, later this month.

The Calling All Innovators competition challenged developers worldwide to create mobile applications that can improve the quality of human life. In all, more than 900 applications were submitted. Finalists were named in three categories. The ECO-Challenge finalists are: GreenDrive, Mobile Ticketing, Green Phone, and TigerMap. The Emerging Markets finalists are: mPedigree, DigitalICS, and Nano Ganesh. And the Technology Showcase finalists are: PhotoMap, kReader Mobile, Neuscreen, and X Dancery.

Additionally, the top 10 finalists in each region, plus China, will be recognised as "Judge's Choice" winners and receive a one-year membership in the Forum Nokia Launchpad programme.

The winners will be announced 17 February at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona. Together, the winners will take home $150,000 worth of cash and prizes, plus help from Nokia in distributing their mobile applications. DeviceAnywhere is giving the three grand prize winners 100 hours of usage on their remote device testing service that can be applied to future development projects. All of the runners-up will receive 30 hours of testing time. DeviceAnywhere has more than 200 Nokia devices to choose from, so all of the winners should be able to put these time awards to good use.

All Forum Nokia members attending the Mobile World Congress are invited to join the Calling All Innovators reception and awards ceremony. The event will be held at Poble Espanyol de Montjuïc in Barcelona, an open-air museum in Barcelona, on 17 February from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. local time. Shuttle buses from the Mobile World Congress will be provided.

Meet the Calling All Innovators finalists.

Comment on the contest in the Forum Nokia Discussion Boards.

If you are attending Mobile World Congress register now to confirm your attendance at the awards reception.

Build Mobile Applications to Touch, Play, and Share at Code Camps

Are you looking to build mobile applications for the world to touch, play, and share? Then a series of two-day Forum Nokia Code Camps, coming soon to the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, could help. Sessions will be held throughout February, March, and April in five cities: Manila, Philippines; Kuala Lampur, Malaysia; Jakarta, Indonesia; Sydney, Australia; and Singapore. The Code Camp's technical track has been designed for developers; topics covered will include S60 5th Edition (including new APIs and the touch screen UI), Series 40 platform updates, hands-on Java™ practices, and mobile Web development and widgets. Register now and you could also win a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic mobile device.

Register and explore more about the Forum Nokia Asia-Pacific Code Camps.

E-mail Forum Nokia for more information about the Code Camps.

Developer Spotlight: mBit Network Provides Multimedia P2P

How does legal, peer-to-peer music sharing on S60 devices sound? To more than 4,000 users in the Asia-Pacific region, very good. That's how many users signed up for a new service offered by mBit Network Pte. Ltd. of Singapore in just one month, and without a single dollar being spent on marketing. The mBit network, which enables peer-to-peer sharing of multimedia files on S60 3rd Edition devices among users in the APAC region, is now being tested in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia with local operators.

The mBit solution preserves the intellectual property rights of branded content, and it lets users send their own content to individuals, groups, or the social network at large. Forum Nokia PRO helped mBit by supplying test devices (including prototypes), providing access to its IMS (IP Multimedia System) lab, introducing mBit officials to local operators, and demonstrating the app at live events. See Chun Yan, CEO of mBit, says Forum Nokia's help 'reduced our investment and R&D costs significantly'.

Discover how mBit Network lets S60 3rd Edition users share multimedia files.

Explore the Forum Nokia PRO programme.

Test Apps on Remote Devices with Two Forum Nokia Services

Do you have an application that needs on-device testing? Don't fill a shopping cart with Nokia phones. Instead, try either of Forum Nokia's two remote testing services: Remote Device Access (RDA) and the Forum Nokia Virtual Developer Lab powered by DeviceAnywhere.

Forum Nokia's RDA service lets developers test mobile applications and services remotely on various Nokia devices based on Symbian OS. Developers using the service can control a device remotely, install and run applications, transfer files, and analyse log files in real time. For Forum Nokia members the service is absolutely free.

The Forum Nokia Virtual Developer Lab offers DeviceAnywhere's Direct-to-Device technology, which lets developers test their applications on real devices on live global networks. It currently supports some 1,500 devices on 25 operator networks worldwide. Usage is billed on either a monthly or hourly basis.

Explore Forum Nokia's two remote device access services.

Try out Forum Nokia's free RDA service.

Receive a free trial of the Virtual Developer Lab powered by DeviceAnywhere.

Champion of the Month: Qu XiaoYuan

Congratulations and appreciation go out to Qu XiaoYuan, the new Forum Nokia Champion of the Month. Qu XiaoYuan is a Linux Kernel and Symbian Software Engineer for ASPire Technologies Ltd. in Shenzhen, China. Forum Nokia members may know him online as qxiaoyuan; he has contributed nearly 3,000 posts to the Forum Nokia Discussion Boards since joining the community in July 2007. XiaoYuan's posts can be found in the Chinese Language Forums, where he shares his deep knowledge of Symbian OS, TCP/IP, C++, Java, and Python.

Meet Forum Nokia Champion Qu XiaoYuan (in English).

View Forum Nokia Discussion Board links by Qu XiaoYuan.

Talk to the Guru about Near Field Communication

Developers working with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology can talk online with a top expert this month. Gerald Madlmayr is a Forum Nokia blogger and a research associate at Austria's Research Centre Hagenberg, where his work focuses on NFC and RFID applications, including privacy and security. Between 12 February and 28 February, Forum Nokia members will be able to post their NFC questions and issues for Gerald. In his replies Gerald will aim to help developers overcome their technical issues with NFC and assist them in preparing for the NFC Forum Global Competition.

Talk to NFC guru Gerald Madlmayr.

Check out Gerald's Forum Nokia training session at the NFC Congress 2009, 24 February.

Enter the NFC Forum Global Competition — you could win 5,000 euros!

Explore Forum Nokia's other NFC resources, including NFC devices, SDK, and code examples.

Upcoming Events

Americas

Bossa Conference'09: 8-11 March

Pack your flip-flops, your notebook, and your ideas to participate in this unique conference on free and open source software for mobile and embedded platforms. Open source's knowledge-sharing spirit has much in common with the essence of the Brazilian musical style that emerged in the late 1950s: bossa nova. Those musicians mixed various styles into one original, unique arrangement. Bossa Conference participants blend individuals' coding wisdom to turn collaboration into innovation.
Learn more and register »

Web 2.0 Expo 2009: 31 March-3 April

Web 2.0 Expo is a global annual gathering of technical, design, marketing, and business professionals who are building the next-generation web. The event will feature some of the most innovative and successful internet-industry figures and companies. Learn about business models, development paradigms, and design strategies to enable mainstream businesses and new arrivals to the Web 2.0 world to take advantage of this new generation of services and opportunities.
Learn more and register »

International CTIA WIRELESS 2009: 1-3 April

Come to International CTIA WIRELESS 2009, the event where broadband communications come to life. More than 1,200 exhibiting companies and 40,000 attendees from some 125 countries will converge to do business, discuss innovation, and exchange ideas. You'll learn more about the emerging technologies that enable us to work toward the common goal of taking wireless and broadband communications to yet another level.
Learn more and register »

Asia-Pacific

Forum Nokia Code Camp: Build a Mobile Application for the World to Touch, Play, and Share: 10-11 February

Forum Nokia’s technology experts are reaching out to budding developers and mobile technology evangelists across the Asia-Pacific region. At this Code Camp, learn how the latest version of the S60 platform, S60 5th Edition, can help you to innovate further on the platform with an extended range of new APIs and a touchscreen UI. The event also will focus on widgets with the touch UI and mobile applications for Series 40 devices. Accelerate and sharpen your skills in mobile application development through a hands-on coding session and speakers’ presentations. The Code Camp, which is free and is open exclusively to Forum Nokia members, is a must-attend event for developers seeking out the critical skills and expertise to build the next ’killer’ mobile application. Register now and you’ll have a chance to win a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic device.
Learn more and register »

Forum Nokia Code Camp: Build a Mobile Application for the World to Touch, Play, and Share: 4-5 March

Forum Nokia’s technology experts are reaching out to budding developers and mobile technology evangelists across the Asia-Pacific region. At this Code Camp, learn how the latest version of the S60 platform, S60 5th Edition, can help you to innovate further on the platform with an extended range of new APIs and a touchscreen UI. The event also will focus on Web Runtime (WRT). Accelerate and sharpen your skills in mobile application development through a hands-on coding session and speakers’ presentations. The Code Camp, which is free and is open exclusively to Forum Nokia members, is a must-attend event for developers seeking out the critical skills and expertise to build the next ’killer’ mobile application. Register now and you’ll have a chance to win a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic device.
Learn more and register »

Forum Nokia Code Camp: Build a Mobile Application for the World to Touch, Play, and Share: 11-12 March

Forum Nokia’s technology experts are reaching out to budding developers and mobile technology evangelists across the Asia-Pacific region. At this Code Camp, learn how the latest version of the S60 platform, S60 5th Edition, can help you to innovate further on the platform with an extended range of new APIs and a touchscreen UI. The event also will focus on widgets with the touch UI and creating mobile applications for Series 40 devices. Accelerate and sharpen your skills in mobile application development through a hands-on coding session and speakers’ presentations. The Code Camp, which is free and is open exclusively to Forum Nokia members, is a must-attend event for developers seeking out the critical skills and expertise to build the next ’killer’ mobile application. Register now and you’ll have a chance to win a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic device.
Learn more and register »

Forum Nokia Code Camp: Build a Mobile Application for the World to Touch, Play, and Share: 24-25 March

Forum Nokia’s technology experts are reaching out to budding developers and mobile technology evangelists across the Asia-Pacific region. At this Code Camp, learn how the latest version of the S60 platform, S60 5th Edition, can help you to innovate further on the platform with an extended range of new APIs and a touchscreen UI. The event also will focus on Web Runtime (WRT). Accelerate and sharpen your skills in mobile application development through a hands-on coding session and speakers’ presentations. The Code Camp, which is free and is open exclusively to Forum Nokia members, is a must-attend event for developers seeking out the critical skills and expertise to build the next ’killer’ mobile application. Register now and you’ll have a chance to win a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic device.
Learn more and register »

Forum Nokia Code Camp: Build a Mobile Application for the World to Touch, Play, and Share: 2-3 April

Forum Nokia’s technology experts are reaching out to budding developers and mobile technology evangelists across the Asia-Pacific region. At this Code Camp, learn how the latest version of the S60 platform, S60 5th Edition, can help you to innovate further on the platform with an extended range of new APIs and a touchscreen UI. The event also will focus on Web Runtime (WRT). Accelerate and sharpen your skills in mobile application development through a hands-on coding session and speakers’ presentations. The Code Camp, which is free and is open exclusively to Forum Nokia members, is a must-attend event for developers seeking out the critical skills and expertise to build the next ’killer’ mobile application. Register now and you’ll have a chance to win a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic device.
Learn more and register »

EMEA (Africa, Middle-East, Europe)

Application Development for Nokia Devices: 9 February

Come to Application Development for Nokia Devices to get an overview of the types of applications that are suited for mobile devices. You'll also get acquainted with a range of development technologies and tools for the S60 platform: Symbian C++, the Open C/C++ plug-in, Qt, databases on the S60 platform (native API, Symbian SQL, and Oracle Lite), Java™ ME, Project Capuchin, Flash from Adobe, Python for mobile devices, and Net60. If you're an entry-level developer, this event is just right for you.
Learn more »

MobileMonday Hungary — Native Mobile Software Development: 10 February

Come to MobileMonday Hungary for presentations on the most popular mobile platforms, focusing on native software development. The event will give you a broad overview of mobile development and an opportunity to network afterwards.
Learn more »

GSMA Mobile World Congress: 16-19 February

The GSMA Mobile World Congress combines the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry with a stimulating and insightful congress that brings together prominent leaders and personalities from mobile operators and equipment vendors, as well as Internet and entertainment professionals. The 2009 Mobile World Congress is expected to attract approximately 60,000 attendees, so don’t miss this unrivalled opportunity to conduct business, discuss the hottest trends in mobile communications, and help define the industry’s path to continued growth. You can find the Nokia stand in Hall 8.
Learn more and register »

NFC Congress 2009: 24-26 February

The NFC Congress is the most extensive event on Near Field Communication (NFC) in Central and Eastern Europe. The event will offer the NFC Business and Applications Conference, NFC Developer Day (with hands-on workshops), an exhibition, and IEEE Scientific Workshop Day.
Learn more and register »

New Documents:

Visual Design
The visual design section of the Design and User Experience library aims to provide students and designers in the wider digital industries with an introduction to the topic of visual design for mobile devices. The section introduces the unique characteristics of mobile devices and relates these to common concerns of visual design including screen size, use of colour, image support, and the use of fonts. The section also reviews mainstream design principles and provides examples of their application within the specific context of mobile design.
Web Page --- Home Page; Graphics, S60, Series 40, UI --- Touch UI / UI Design, Usability; HTML (.htm/.html); English (en)

Interaction Design
This library section discusses interaction design, an essential part of the development of any product or service with a user interface (UI), whether it is a Web page, a desktop application, mobile application, or an embedded UI. Industrial design (designing the physical hardware or device) and visual design are closely connected to interaction design – interaction design must acknowledge and support the hardware characteristics, and all visual elements should have a meaningful purpose as defined in the interaction design.
Web Page --- Home Page; Development Process, S60, Series 40, UI --- Touch UI / UI Design, Usability; HTML (.htm/.html); English (en)

New Tools and SDKs:

S60 Platform: Audio Output Streaming Example
This updated C++ example application demonstrates the key functionalities of the Audio Streaming API by playing generated waveforms and Pulse-Code Modulation (PCM) sound data from a file. The updated example has been tested to support S60 5th Edition and touch UI. Important classes: CStreamAudioEngine, CMdaAudioOutputStream, MMdaAudioOutputStreamCallback.
Application --- Example; Multimedia --- Audio, S60 --- S60 3rd Edition / S60 5th Edition, Symbian C++; English (en)

S60 Platform: MMS Example
This updated C++ example demonstrates how to create multimedia messages using the CMmsClientMtm API. The updated example has been tested to support S60 5th Edition and touch UI. Important classes: CMsvEntry, CMmsClientMtm.
Application --- Example; Messaging --- MMS, S60 --- S60 3rd Edition / S60 5th Edition, Symbian C++; English (en)

S60 Platform: Sound Mixer Example
This C++ example demonstrates how to play (a maximum of 16) simultaneous voices. The example has eight blocks moving on the screen and playing sounds when they collide with a wall or with each other. The updated example has been tested to support S60 5th Edition and touch UI. Important classes: CMdaAudioOutputStream, TMdaAudioDataSettings, MMdaAudioOutputStreamCallback, RThread, RSemaphore, RMutex
Application --- Example; Multimedia --- Audio, S60 --- S60 3rd Edition / S60 5th Edition, Symbian C++; English (en)

Open C++: Memory Game Example
This Open C++ example application demonstrates a simple memory game. The game engine part was written in Open C++ and the UI part was written in Symbian C++. The application supports S60 3rd Edition and S60 5th Edition devices. Keypad and touch UI are supported depending on the device. In the updated version, the UIDs of the help files and the package file have been changed for improved compatibility. Important classes: RTimer, CMdaAudioPlayerUtility, CAknQueryDialog, CAknMessageQueryDialog, CAknRadioButtonSettingPage, CEikTextListBox, CFbsBitmap, CAknIndicatorContainer, MTouchFeedback.
Application --- Example; Entertainment --- Games, Open C/C++, S60 --- S60 3rd Edition / S60 5th Edition, Symbian C++, UI --- Touch UI; English (en)

New Devices:

Nokia 6700 classic
The Nokia 6700 classic is a Series 40 6th Edition phone, supporting quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 and triple-band WCDMA 900/1900/2100. Other key features include integrated A-GPS with included maps, a 5.0 megapixel camera with LED flash, WebKit Open Source Browser, 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 6303 classic
The Nokia 6303 classic is a tri-band EGSM 900/1800/1900 phone. Main features are Series 40 6th Edition developer platform, WebKit Open Source Browser, Nokia Maps, FM RDS Radio, Flash Lite 3.0, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR and MIDP Java 2.1 with additional Java APIs.

Nokia 2700 classic
The Nokia 2700 classic is a quad-band GSM phone , supporting GSM 850/900/1800/1900. Key features of the device include a 2" large active display, 2 megapixel camera, Email, Ovi Share, MP3 player, 3.5 mm AV connector, USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, Bluetooth stereo, Flash Lite 3.0 and MIDP Java 2.1 with additional Java APIs.

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