Nokia Developer Newsletter

At the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nokia announced that the Nokia 7510 Supernova will be available in the United States exclusively through T-Mobile USA. The Nokia 7510 is a stylish flip phone that offers consumers new levels of customisation and functionality. Based on the Series 40 platform, it features lights that remain hidden until needed to show caller ID, song title, and other information. Also offered are customisable faceplates, which let consumers personalise their devices as often as they like. The U.S. version also offers UMA connectivity, allowing a choice of either cellular or Wi-Fi networks. The Nokia 7510 will be available in the United States starting later this month at T-Mobile retail stores and online at www.t-mobile.com.

Nokia also recently introduced the Nokia N79 Active multimedia device. Aimed at serious athletes and sport enthusiasts, the device ships with a wireless Bluetooth WearLink heart monitor from Polar. This update on the Nokia N79 multimedia device creates a powerful companion for runners, combining A-GPS directions, the popular Nokia Sports Tracker application, and a 5-megapixel camera for uploading and geotagging images taken on route. The Active version of the Nokia N79 also ships with two other devices runners will appreciate: sporty headphones and an armband. The Nokia N79 Active will retail for 375 euros.

View technical specifications for the Nokia 7510 Supernova.

Explore the Nokia N79 Active.

Nokia WRT-Aptana Plug-In Available as Public Beta

Forum Nokia recently released the Web Runtime (WRT) plug-in for Aptana Studio (beta), which provides features to enable the creation, editing, testing, and deployment of WRT widgets from within Aptana Studio or Aptana Studio Pro. Aptana Studio is a popular Web development environment that offers integrated language support for HTML, DOM, JavaScript, and CSS; and embedded development platforms and databases for PHP, Jaxer, Ruby on Rails, and Python. Aptana Studio is available free of charge under an open source license, while Aptana Studio Pro is a commercial product. Both products are based on the Eclipse framework. The Nokia WRT plug-in can be used with selected S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1 devices; all S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 or later devices; and (using an emulator) S60 5th Edition devices.

Explore more and download the Nokia WRT plug-in for Aptana Studio beta.

Qt Gains Flexible Licensing Plan

Nokia recently announced that its Qt cross-platform user interface (UI) and application framework for desktop and embedded platforms will soon be available under the Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 license. The change will go into effect with the release of Qt 4.5, scheduled for this March. Previously Qt had been made available to the open source community under the General Public License (GPL) license. Also, Qt source code repositories will be made publicly available to encourage contributions from desktop and embedded developer communities. Qt 4.5 will also be available under commercial licensing terms; licensing for previous versions of Qt will remain unchanged. In addition, service offerings for Qt will be expanded to ensure that all Qt development projects can have access to the same levels of support, independent of the selected license.

Discover more about the Qt licensing updates.

Visit the new Qt domain and explore.

S60 Games on Agenda for Forum Nokia's University Programme in China

Forum Nokia continued its university programme in China with a series of S60 training sessions in Chengdu province that attracted 1,000 students from several local universities in Autumn 2008. The sessions focused on Symbian OS and research and development using the S60 platform. The participating companies — Digia, Tieto, Teleca and Neusoft Corp. — also headed two-month training projects following the sessions. Digia, for example, worked with students to develop a mobile game called Real Man that is based on Symbian smartphones. 'I knew nothing about Symbian OS and S60 before the programme', says Shiyang Wu, one of the students. 'Now I can develop programs on S60 using the Symbian SDK.'

Gaming was also on the agenda for students working with Forum Nokia and Neusoft Corp. Their project, an S60 Sudoku game, can generate random Sudoku games with at least 15 levels of play. Yungang Wang, a participating student, says of the program, 'I had a chance to gain knowledge I can't acquire from books.'

Internships are an important part of the Forum Nokia university programme. Participating students have a chance to work with industry professionals. They also can apply the theory they learn in the classroom to the real world, says Pealyn Poon, Training Manager at Forum Nokia.

E-mail Forum Nokia's Pearlyn Poon to learn more about the university programme in China.

Design a Custom UI application for Keypad and Touch Devices

A new Forum Nokia document discusses the design and implementation of a Flash Lite application with dynamic layout control for multiple screen resolutions and both key and touch input methods. Other topics covered in the new document include scalability, and UI element design and implementation. Based on those guidelines a basic Sudoku game was created, accompanied with a document to declare the implementation issues. Both Series 40 and S60 devices are supported by one .swf file of the Sudokumaster game.

The same game example was also implemented in native C++ to demonstrate how the layout control and input method issues can be solved there. The original design of the game can be found from the Design and User Experience Library.

Discover how the Sudokumaster game was designed with Flash Lite.

Check out Forum Nokia's Flash Lite UI Design Guide for Key and Touch Devices.

Download the Flash Lite Sudokumaster example.

Download the C++ Sudokumaster example.

Explore the Design and User Experience Library.

Forum Nokia Launches Russian-Language Site

During the recent Mobile Software Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Forum Nokia announced the release of the new Russian-language version of the Forum Nokia Web site. The site provides Russian developers with all the basic information and links they need to get started in the fast-paced world of mobile application development and design, including technical information, device specifications, developer discussion forums and blogs, and valuable go-to-market information. 'We will continue to help developers in Russia make mobile applications and services', says Pekka Pohjakallio, a Nokia VP of suites management and marketing. 'This new site is just the first step in that process.'

Visit the new Russian-language Forum Nokia site.

Wi-Fi Community Developer Wins EMEA Application of the Year Award

WeFi, an application that maps Wi-Fi hotspots, recently won the Forum Nokia EMEA Application of the Year 2008 award in Barcelona, Spain. The application won the honour by gaining the most votes from the award ceremony's audience.

WeFi is a community application that maps Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide according to users' experiences. The application, offered by WeFi Ltd. of Israel, identifies and automatically connects a mobile device or a laptop to the best available Wi-Fi hotspot. It also sends information about the hotspot back to the central server, which then provides the data for other users. Currently the application has nearly 11-million Wi-Fi access points in its database, with another 2-million being added each month.

Nine other companies were named finalists. They include HappyWakeUp, a smart alarm clock.

Explore more.

Developer Spotlight: Sing Along with Mogenesis CaraOK

CaraOK, an application from Forum Nokia PRO member Mogenesis of Beijing, turns an S60 3rd Edition device into a full-fledged karaoke machine. Users can download audio tracks to their S60 devices and sing along while the words appear on their devices' displays. The application, still in beta testing, currently offers lyrics for more than 600 songs, with many more to come. Subscribers can either pay for each download or subscribe on a monthly basis; the latter option offers an unlimited number of downloads. Mogenesis will share the revenue with mobile operators and music distributors/publishers. Forum Nokia PRO helped by providing Mogenesis with technical and marketing support, test devices, introductions to local operator China Mobile, and booth space at the recent Nokia World conference in Barcelona, Spain. 'Nokia', says Sean Zhang, CEO of Mogenesis, 'sped up our development process.'

Check out how Mogenesis makes beautiful music with Nokia S60 devices.

Champion of the Month: Luis Valente

Pervasive gaming, which offers new, gestural ways of interacting with mobile devices, is the current research focus of Brazilian developer Luis Valente, the Forum Nokia Champion of the Month. Luis is a doctoral candidate in informatics at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, where he is also a member of VisionLab, a visualisation R&D center. Luis has developed the first game for the Nokia N95 multimedia device that uses the device's accelerometer; the game, Accelerinvaders, is available on MOSH, where it has been downloaded more than 57,000 times. Luis also works as an administrator on the Forum Nokia Wiki and as an occasional Forum Nokia blogger.

Meet Champion of the Month Luis Valente.

Check out and download Accelerinvaders available on MOSH.

Explore the Forum Nokia Champion programme.

Nokia Legends Seeks Your Mobile 'Tall Tales'

Mobile devices can do remarkable things, but have you ever imagined extending your device to the limits of imagination? This is your opportunity. The Nokia Legends campaign seeks 'Tall Tales' from people around the world. Create your own 'legend' — an unbelievable, fictional story about mobile technology — and submit it to the Nokia Legends site. The more fantastic your story, the better! The winner gets his or her story published on the Nokia Legends site and wins a free Nokia device. All submissions must be written in English and submitted no later than 15 February.

Get those creative juices flowing. Submit your legend today!

Enter the NFC Contest

Have you developed an innovative commercial or research solution using Near Field Communication, the short-range wireless connectivity technology that offers simple, intuitive, and safe communication between electronic devices? If so, consider entering the 2009 NFC Forum Global Competition. The competition, conducted by the NFC Forum (itself co-founded by Nokia), offers finalists and winners cash prizes, global media coverage, increased awareness among potential investors, and opportunities to form partnerships and share ideas. Finalists will also present their applications at the NFC Business & Technical Developers Summit in Monaco on 23 April. Entries may be submitted for either of two main tracks: best commercial service or most innovative research project. The deadline for all entries is 28 February.

Check out the NFC Forum Global Competition and download an entry form.

Explore Forum Nokia's NFC resources, including documentation and discussions.

Continue the Carbide.c++ v2.0 Webinar Discussion

Earlier this month, Anthony Fabbricino and Mike Trujillo of Forum Nokia presented a Webinar on Carbide.c++ v2.0. They covered topics including the new distribution model for Carbide.c++; support for the newest S60 features (in particular, S60 5th Edition Touch UI); the Qt application framework; improvements in code completion tools, performance investigator, and on-device debug; and roadmap and futures. Developers who missed the 7 January Webinar can now view a video recording and continue the discussion with Anthony and Mike on the Forum Nokia Discussion Boards.

Watch the video of the Carbide.c++ v2.0.

Continue the conversation with Anthony and Mike on the Forum Nokia Discussion Boards.

Reward a Champion

Now is your chance to promote yourself or nominate your peer for Forum Nokia Champions, the recognition programme for members of the Forum Nokia community who have distinguished themselves through service and knowledge. Forum Nokia Champions help their fellow developers with answers to tough technical questions on the Forum Nokia Discussion Boards. They write many of the popular Forum Nokia Blogs, and they stock the Forum Nokia Wiki with code samples and tutorials. Champions even influence Forum Nokia products through the Developer Advisory Council.

Nominations are now open for the next class of Forum Nokia Champions. Nominate yourself or another member of the community to be eligible for this honour.

Meet the Forum Nokia Champions.

Explore the benefits of the Forum Nokia Champion programme.

Win a Chance to Show Symbian Innovations at Mobile World Congress

Do you have an exciting Symbian OS application based on S60 5.x that you want to show off to the world? If so, you could demonstrate your solution at the Application Spotlight area of the Symbian Foundation's stand at Mobile World Congress, 16 – 19 February in Barcelona, Spain. But hurry, applications are due by 23 January.

Download and submit the Mobile World Congress application form.

Upcoming Events

Americas

Java™ Mobile, Media & Embedded Developer Days Conference: 21-22 January

This event will be dedicated to the technologies of mobile, media, and embedded Java™ platforms. It will present a unique opportunity for content and platform developers as well as technical experts at product companies, device manufacturers, and service providers to be introduced to open source Java ME and the community and to join in and collaborate. Attendees will enjoy a broad range of technical sessions, lightning talks, poster sessions, panels, hands-on labs, and participatory sessions. There will be plenty of opportunities to meet your peers as well as experts from Sun and the industry, to network, and to discover how to apply these technologies to your own projects.
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 »

EMEA (Africa, Middle-East, Europe)

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 »

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:

Application of the Week: Mobi Screen Maker
Mobi Screen Maker, from Brisbane, Australia-based Moket Pty Ltd., creates engaging Adobe Flash Lite mobile content, enabling consumers to customise their own animated screen savers and wallpapers and have them delivered in real-time back to their mobile devices. This application is a part of Forum Nokia's 2008 Innovation Series. Return to the Application of the Week landing page for more details.
Document --- Article; Customization ... Screen Saver / Themes, Entertainment, Flash --- Flash Lite, Graphics --- 3D / Animation, S60 --- S60 3rd Edition; Adobe PDF (.pdf); English (en)

New Tools and SDKs:

S60 Platform: Location Example
This C++ code example implements a practical use case of location-based services. The example demonstrates a use case of requesting the global positioning system (GPS) location of another device via short message service (SMS) and displaying the distance to the device as well as its location. The updated example has been tested to support S60 5th Edition and touch UI. A self-signed version can be installed on S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 and newer devices.
Application --- Example; Location Based Services --- GPS, Messaging --- SMS, S60 --- S60 3rd Edition / S60 5th Edition, Symbian C++; English (en)

S60 Platform: Time Zone Localiser Example
This C++ code example demonstrates how to convert UTC time to local time using the time zone server (RTz) and how to add, remove, or find a city in the database using the TZLocalizer API, introduced in Symbian OS v.9.1 (S60 3rd Edition). The updated example has been tested to support S60 5th Edition and touch UI. Main classes: RTz, CTzLocalizer.
Application --- Example; Base/System, Files/Data, S60 --- S60 3rd Edition / S60 5th Edition, Symbian C++; English (en)

Mobile Web Server Plug-ins for the S60 3rd Edition SDKs
The Mobile Web Server Plug-ins for the S60 3rd Edition SDKs provide an environment in which to develop content and applications on a PC for Mobile Web Server.
Application --- Development Tool / Software Development Kit; Open Source, Python, Web Technology --- Mobile Web Server; English (en)

Sensor API Plug-in for S60 3rd Edition SDK for Symbian OS, Feature Pack 2
This plug-in provides a port of the Sensor APIs introduced in S60 5th Edition to S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2.
Application --- Development Tool; S60 ... S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2; English (en)

Carbide.ui Theme Edition
Carbide.ui Theme Edition enables the creation and editing of themes for S60 and Series 40 devices. Carbide.ui provides professionals and hobbyists alike with access to more than 1,000 customizable elements in the S60 UI, which makes the S60 UI the most customizable UI available.
Application --- Development Tool; S60, Series 40; English (en)

S60 Platform: Sudoku Game Example
This C++ example demonstrates how to implement a simple custom UI game that handles different layouts and multiple screen resolutions, and supports several input methods (keyboard and touch UI). Classes: CCoeControl, CFont, AknUtils, CFbsBitmap, CFbsBitGc, CFbsBitmapDevice
Application --- Example; Entertainment --- Games, Graphics --- SVG, S60 --- S60 3rd Edition / S60 5th Edition, Symbian C++, UI --- Touch UI; English (en)

XML Data Binding Library
The XML Data Binding Library is a Nokia signed SIS file that enables applications using code created with the Nokia WSDL-to-C++ Wizard for S60 to run on S60 3rd Edition devices.
Application --- Development Tool; S60; English (en)

Local Client Provisioning Plug-ins for VoIP
These plug-ins enable SIP-based, VoIP-related settings to be created on selected S60 devices by use of a file included in an application installation package. This file based provisioning eliminates the need for OTA provisioning of these settings via SMS.
Application --- Development Tool / Software Development Kit; S60; English (en)

New Devices:

Nokia 6208 classic
The Nokia 6208 classic is a tri-band GSM phone, supporting pen imput for easy messaging. The Nokia 6208 classic features also a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera with 8x digital zoom, USB 2.0 Full Speed, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, Bluetooth stereo, Flash Lite 3.0 and MIDP Java 2.1 with additional Java APIs.

Nokia N97
The Nokia N97 is a S60 5th Edition mobile computer with a large 3,5“, bright nHD (640 x 360 pixels and 16:9 aspect ratio) TFT color display with resistive touch screen and tactile feedback. The device provides excellent user experience for internet and entertainment by combining qwerty keyboard with touch UI. Use the N97 to connect to mobile broadband using WLAN or HSDPA (3.5G). Find directions and locations with the integrated A-GPS and included maps. Additional features include game titles with N-Gage, a 5 mega pixel camera with dual LED flash and automatic geotagging of images and videos. More information will be added to this page later.

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