Nokia Developer Newsletter

July 1, 2008

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In this issue

1. Nokia Announces Four "Supernova" Devices
2. New Series 40 6th Edition Expands Developer Opportunities
3. Nokia to Acquire Symbian Ltd.
4. New eLearning Module for Java™ ME
5. Talk to the Guru: LBS Winner Lasse Mäki
6. Forum Nokia Developer Wiki Exceeds 5,000 Articles
7. Student Winners Announced in Mobile Innovation Challenge
8. Developer Spotlight: Lancaster University's Real-World Testing

Nokia Announces Four "Supernova" Devices

Nokia recently introduced the first four mobile devices in its new "Supernova" line that lets consumers express themselves with stylish designs, personalization, and vibrantly hued, exchangeable covers. The new devices, based on the Series 40 platform, have been designed to appeal to style-conscious consumers, and they combine high levels of mobile functionality with a variety of music and Internet experiences.

The Nokia 7610 Supernova features a slide design and comes with a choice of different-colored covers and front surfaces. Its innovative Theme Colorizer also lets consumers identify and capture colors, then apply them to the key illumination and wallpaper. Other features include a 3.2-megapixel camera and access to the Nokia WidSets service. The Nokia 7610 Supernova will ship in the third quarter and retail for 225 euros.

The Nokia 7510 Supernova is based on Nokia's new Series 40 6th Edition platform. It is a fold phone featuring changeable covers, the WebKit Open Source Browser, Nokia Maps 1.2, push-to-open key, FM RDS radio, Flash Lite 3.0, Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, and MIDP Java™ 2.1 with additional Java APIs. The Nokia 7510 Supernova will ship in the fourth quarter and retail for 180 euros.

The Nokia 7310 Supernova, based on Series 40 5th Edition, Feature Pack 1, includes a 2-megapixel camera, 4 gigabytes of memory (with microSD cards), two-inch QVGA display, USB 2.0 , Bluetooth 2.0, Flash Lite 2.1, TV out, and MIDP Java 2.1 with additional Java APIs. The Nokia 7310 Supernova will ship this quarter and retail for 155 euros.

The Nokia 7210 Supernova features a slim design and a choice of "bubble gum pink" or "vivid blue" in a gloss finish. The device can play music sideloaded from a PC or purchased from Nokia Music Store, and it can manage music files with the new Nokia Music PC client. Other features include an SD memory card slot and 2-megapixel camera with one-click access to the Flickr photo-sharing service. The Nokia 7210 Supernova will ship in the third quarter and retail for 120 euros.

Get more on the new Nokia Supernova devices.

View technical specifications for the "Supernova" devices.

• Nokia 7610 Supernova
• Nokia 7510 Supernova
• Nokia 7310 Supernova
• Nokia 7210 Supernova

New Series 40 6th Edition Expands Developer Opportunities

Nokia recently introduced Series 40 6th Edition, bringing developers several new and exciting capabilities.

Series 40 developers can now create applications for Nokia platforms that will also run on other manufacturers' devices with little or no change. That's because Series 40 6th Edition represents a continuing commitment by Nokia to support both MIDP 2.1 and the subset of the Mobile Service Architecture, JSR-248, that provides a common implementation of seven popular Java Specification Requests (JSRs). These implementations are shared with S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2, and other manufacturers of Java mobile devices are also expected to implement JSR-248.

Also supported by Series 40 6th Edition is the Location API for J2ME (JSR-179), which can use an external Bluetooth global positioning system (GPS) unit to obtain location information; this delivers great new opportunities for developers to create location-based applications. The new platform also supports the Wireless Messaging API 2.0 (JSR-205) with the inclusion of support for cell broadcast service (CBS) message handling.

Series 40 6th Edition brings developers access to the Flash Lite 3 Player as a new standard feature. This enables the creation of advanced applications and content, such as animated "organic" wallpaper for Series 40 devices.

The Series 40 user experience has been improved, too. Series 40 6th Edition offers a new browser based on the WebKit open source components WebCore and JavaScriptCore, extended WLAN capabilities, additional audio and video codecs with support for Windows Media Video (WMV) 9 and Windows Media Audio (WMA) 10, and an enhanced UI providing smooth-state transitions during navigation.

Explore new and exciting capabilities of the Series 40 6th Edition.

Browse the new Series 40 platform FAQ.

View the new Series 40 platform introductory white paper.

Nokia to Acquire Symbian Ltd.

Nokia plans to acquire Symbian Ltd., the U.K.-based creator and supplier of the Symbian OS that runs in many Nokia devices. To that end, Nokia recently offered 264 million euros to acquire the 52 percent of the shares of Symbian Ltd. it does not already own. When the offer is completed Nokia will own all of Symbian Ltd.

Nokia officials call the acquisition a fundamental step in the establishment of the Symbian Foundation, recently announced by Nokia along with AT&T, LG Electronics, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, and Vodafone. The companies have also agreed to create a single open mobile software platform by combining Symbian OS, the S60 platform, UIQ and Mobile Oriented Application Platform (MOAP). The foundation will provide a unified platform with a common UI framework, and a full platform will be available for all foundation members under a royalty-free license.

Review details about Nokia's planned acquisition of Symbian Ltd.

Become familiar with the new Symbian Foundation.

New eLearning Module for Java™ ME

Developers can learn to create Java Platform, Micro Edition, applications for Nokia platforms with a new Forum Nokia Developer eLearning module. The eLearning module introduces Java ME and provides a tutorial on how to begin developing Java ME applications. Topics covered include: the development process, the use of standard Java ME features, and the use of additional Java mobile information device profile (MIDP) APIs.

Start developing Java ME applications with the new eLearning module (available in both online and stand-alone versions).

Browse Forum Nokia's eLearning modules.

Talk to the Guru: LBS Winner Lasse Mäki

Forum Nokia's Talk to the Guru series welcomes Lasse Mäki to the conversation. Lasse is co-founder and CEO of Joikusoft, a Mobile Hotspot operator based in Espoo, Finland, and the technical force behind JoikuSpot, an application that turns Nokia S60 devices into Wi-Fi hot spots. Released this past February, JoikuSpot already has more than 200,000 users. It won the Grand Prize at the recent LBS Challenge APAC. As a Forum Nokia Guru, Lasse will be reading and replying to developers' messages over the course of several weeks.

Talk to guru Lasse Mäki about mobile networks and location-based technologies.

Forum Nokia Developer Wiki Exceeds 5,000 Articles

In just over 15 months the Forum Nokia Developer Wiki has grown to more than 5,000 user-generated articles, making it the largest wiki for mobile developers. Unlike most corporate wikis, Forum Nokia's is truly a social community with the vast majority of the content coming directly from individual contributors. Launched in March 2007, the Forum Nokia Wiki now attracts more than 400,000 page views a month with articles that range from simple code examples to detailed white papers. The wiki features helpful articles on all major programming languages and technologies, from Bluetooth to WidSets. Reflecting the global makeup of the developer community, much of the content on the Forum Nokia Wiki has been translated into Brazilian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian.

Check out the vibrant online community on the Forum Nokia Developer Wiki.

Student Winners Announced in Mobile Innovation Challenge

Teams from Denmark and Hungary have won the Forum Nokia Mobile Innovation Competition 2008 for Students with applications that push the boundaries of location-based services (LBS). The winning applications were recently demonstrated at the S60 Summit in Barcelona, Spain, where they attracted a good deal of attention. The two applications won not only for their technical innovation, but also for their commercial potential, backed by realistic business plans. The winners are:

• CoopLoc, developed by Chiara Sammarco and Gian Paolo Perrucci of Aalborg University in Denmark. It calculates a mobile device's geographical position not with GPS, but by exploiting a cooperative wireless network in which mobile devices share cell-identification and signal-strength information via Bluetooth connections.
• NaviSpeech, developed by Bálint Tóth and Ákos Viktóriusz of the Budapest (Hungary) University of Technology and Economics. Their application combines GPS-based location finding with text-to-speech (TTS) software to provide voice-based navigation for blind and visually impaired people.

Check out the winners of the Forum Nokia Mobile Innovation Challenge for Students.

Developer Spotlight: Lancaster University's Real-World Testing

A camera phone that overlays imaginary 3-D spaceships over your office; mobile blogs for school children; a skin galvanometer that charts a walker's stress levels as he crosses a city. These are just a few of the futuristic mobile applications being created and tested by researchers at Lancaster University in the U.K. The university is a member of Forum Nokia PRO, Nokia's premier program for mobile developers, and the researchers are being led by Paul Coulton, a senior lecturer in the university's department of communications systems, co-manager of the Nokia Innovation Hub in the U.K., and a Forum Nokia Champion. Coulton's dozen or so graduate students collectively call themselves the Mobile Radicals. "We like to test things 'in the wild' rather than in the enclosed world of a normal research lab," Coulton says.

Get hands-on with Lancaster University's Mobile Radicals.

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CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2008: September 10-12

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WDF Beijing Conference 08: October 27-29

The Wireless Developer Forum's Beijing event is designed for the needs of the mobile developer community. The conference track of WDF Beijing will give delegates a view of the wireless development market in China. Attendees also will learn about technical and business challenges and opportunities and the latest development tools in mobile service development.
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KDE's Free Software Desktop Summit: August 9-15

Akademy is targeting developers interested in Trolltech’s Qt technology, which enables cross-platform application development. August 12 will feature Embedded and Mobile Day. If you're a developer who's interested in rapid cross-platform applications for both desktop and mobile devices, this is the ideal event for you.
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Mobile Developer Days 2008: September 10-12

MDD08 is designed to serve as a platform where developers, network operators, service providers, and mobile device manufacturers can exchange ideas on mobile communication. It will feature a stimulating program of speakers, tutorials, and more. The main focus will be on open source and creation of applications for mobile devices using C++, Python, Java™, Open C, and other technologies.
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Symbian Smartphone Show 2008: October 21-22

Why come to this year's Symbian Smartphone Show? To network with up to 4,000 representatives from the leading device manufacturers, content providers, network operators, and developers. To meet leading smartphone engineers and developers from around the world. To experience the latest smartphones, components, applications, and software. To learn from case studies that highlight solutions to industry problems. The event will deliver CEO keynote sessions that are free and open to all attendees; more than 120 exhibitors from across the industry; dedicated developer content, training, and networking opportunities; and free show-floor content from leading industry speakers.
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New Documents:

S60 Platform: Bluetooth API Developer's Guide
This document provides information on how to develop Bluetooth applications in C++. In Symbian OS, the Bluetooth API consists of various components, and there are also some additional S60 APIs. The document describes how to perform typical Bluetooth tasks such as discoverability and service advertising, device and service discovery, and communication using different protocols. Security and platform security, configurations, and changes in the Bluetooth API v2 architecture (introduced in S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 2) are also described. The document provides several code snippets from separately published code examples. Document; Connectivity --- Bluetooth, Files/Data, S60, Symbian C++; English (en)

Flash Lite 2.0: Screen Saver and Wallpaper
This document explores the different features of Flash Lite 2.0 for creating dynamic screen saver and wallpaper animation. The concepts discussed include using ActionScript to adjust the visual content to fit the stage, and creating visual interest with randomness and the application of a dynamic mask. Document; Customization ... Screen Saver, Flash --- Flash Lite, S60, Series 40; English (en)

S60 3rd Edition: Creating Custom Message Type Modules (with Example)
Download this C++ document and code example to learn how to create Message Type Modules (MTMs) for S60 3rd Edition and later releases. The target audience is e-mail developers implementing their own e-mail protocol (for example, Push e-mail service), where preinstalled S60 platform e-mail MTMs (POP3, IMAP4) cannot be used. The package demonstrates how to develop and install an MTM, how to create an account (mailbox), how to create a simple viewer/editor implemented as a server application, how to provide support to send from other applications, and how to receive notifications of new messages. Message sending and receiving are echoed locally. Note that Symbian platform security imposes heavy capability requirements for MTMs (up to ALL -TCB capabilities) and thus the application has to be signed using the Manufacturer Approved Developer Certificate. Application --- Example; Enterprise, Messaging --- E-Mail, S60 --- S60 3rd Edition, Symbian C++; English (en)

Series 40 Platform: Introductory White Paper
This document provides an overview of the Series 40 platform. Document --- White Paper; English (en)

Mobile Design Showcases
This document highlights some examples of good mobile design, evaluating them on the basis of interactivity, easy-of-use, and visual look. Document --- Article; Development Process, Java, Quality, S60, Series 40, Symbian C++, UI, Usability, Web Technology; English (en)

Advertising in Mobile Devices
This article provides guidelines for effective, user-friendly mobile advertising. The guidelines are divided into three subcategories: General, Placement, Content and Context, and Taking care of the user. Document --- Article; Development Process, Quality, S60, Series 40, UI, Usability; English (en)

New Tools and SDKs:

Carbide.ui 3.2 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)

WidSets SDK
The WidSets SDK enables developers to compile, test, and upload WidSets widgets. Application --- Development Tool / Software Development Kit; Web Technology --- WidSets; English (en)

New Devices:

Nokia 7510 Supernova
The Nokia 7510 Supernova is a fold phone with iconic and fashionable design with changeable covers, supporting GSM 850/900/1800/1900. The Nokia 7510 Supernova features Series 40 6th Edition, WebKit Open Source Browser, Nokia Maps 1.2, push-to-open key, FM RDS Radio, Flash Lite 3.0, Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR and MIDP Java 2.1 with additional Java APIs.

Nokia 7310 Supernova
The Nokia 7310 Supernova is a tri-band music phone for EGSM 900/1800/1900 or GSM 850/1800/1900 in some regions. In addition to a 2 megapixel camera, the Nokia 7310 Supernova supports 4GB microSD cards for MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ and WMA music files, pictures, video, contacts and more. Additional features include 2" QVGA display with 16.7million colors, USB 2.0 , Bluetooth 2.0, Flash Lite 2.1, TV out and MIDP Java 2.1 with additional Java APIs.

Nokia E66
The Nokia E66 offers excellent personal information management in a slide-phone design. Two customizable home screens let users switch easily between business and personal applications, and the display switches between portrait and landscape when the device is turned. Other features include one-touch keys, 3.2-megapixel camera, up to 8 gigabytes of storage (with a microSD memory card), music player and e-mail support, including Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email among others. Frequency's supported depending on model and region: GSM/EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 and WCDMA 900/2100, HSDPA GSM/EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 and WCDMA 850/2100, HSDPA GSM/EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 and WCDMA 850/1900, HSDPA

Nokia E71
The Nokia E71 is optimized for messaging and e-mail with a full messaging keyboard and two customizable home screens, which let users switch easily between business and personal applications. Other features include one-touch keys, intelligent input (including auto-completion), Nokia Calendar, built-in A-GPS, Nokia Maps, 3.2-megapixel camera, music player and e-mail support, including Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email among others. Frequency's supported depending on model and region: GSM/EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 and WCDMA 900/2100, HSDPA GSM/EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 and WCDMA 850/2100, HSDPA GSM/EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 and WCDMA 850/1900, HSDPA

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