Nokia Developer Newsletter

October 18, 2007

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In this issue

1. Nokia Introduces the N810 Internet Tablet, Provides Maemo Support
2. Test Web Run-Time Widgets with New S60 SDK Beta
3. S60 Platform Gains Touch Interface
4. Nokia to Buy Navteq, Leading Location-Based-Services Vendor
5. Get Mobileware Help from the New Forum Nokia Intellisync Zone
6. Learn Flash Lite Development with with "Creative Class" Community
7. Introducing a Powerful Resource for Power Management
8. Developer Spotlight: eHIT's Personal Healthcare System
9. New Book on Mobile Services Builds on MobiLife Research
10. Take the 2008 Navteq Global LBS Challenge: You Could Win!

Nokia Introduces the N810 Internet Tablet, Provides Maemo Support

This week Nokia introduced the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, which is based on the open-source Internet Tablet OS. The Nokia N810 features a touch-screen user interface; connectivity via wireless, Bluetooth 2.0, and high-speed USB technologies; 256 MB of Flash memory plus 128 MB of RAM; two memory-card readers; up to 12 days of standby battery life; full messaging keyboard; and integrated global positioning systems (GPS).

To accompany the device introduction, Forum Nokia is helping developers get started with a computer architecture platform called maemo. Maemo is built on desktop open-source components — including the GNU/Linux OS — and is the basis for the Nokia N810's Internet Tablet OS. A maemo SDK is now available for Linux-based PCs; with a VMware image, it can run on other systems, too. Nokia is also hosting maemo.org, an open source community site. And Forum Nokia offers maemo technical support, consulting, documentation, training, tools, and more.

Learn more about the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet.

View technical specifications for the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet.

Learn more about maemo for Symbian C++ Developers.

Learn more about the maemo platform and Forum Nokia Services.

Test Web Run-Time Widgets with New S60 SDK Beta

Nokia has released a beta version of the SDK for S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2, including a version of the Web Run-Time (WRT) testing environment. Other new features in the beta version include standard C library support, easier porting of existing standard C applications to S60 3rd Edition; support for widgets, lightweight Web applications developed using standards-based Web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and AJAX; enhanced emulator startup speed; platform UID; new APIs; and a middle softkey. The SDK beta also includes several new application examples, including DataMobility, ListBox, and RichTextEditor.

Download the new S60 SDK beta.

Learn more about the Web Run-Time API.

Learn more about Nokia Web technologies.

S60 Platform Gains Touch Interface

At this week's Symbian Smartphone Show in London, Nokia introduced a touch user interface (UI) for the S60 platform. The S60 touch UI offers developers the opportunity to create applications and content that use a variety of input methods, including touch screens with traditional keypads, touch screens with full messaging keyboards, and touch screens with finger or stylus input. All existing S60 3rd Edition applications will run on touch-enabled devices without modification. Also, Nokia soon plans to offer tools that will help developers optimize the touch experience of their S60 applications and content.

Learn more about the touch UI for the S60 platform.

Nokia to Buy Navteq, Leading Location-Based-Services Vendor

In a move aimed at boosting its mobile services offerings, earlier this month Nokia agreed to acquire Navteq, a leading provider of location based services (LBS), for approximately $8.1 billion. Navteq's offerings include comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems, mobile navigation devices, Internet-based mapping applications, and government and business solutions. Navteq also owns Traffic.com, an interactive service that provides traffic information and content to consumers. Nokia expects the acquisition will bolster its LBS offerings, which currently include the GPS-enabled Nokia N95 multimedia computer.

Learn more about the planned acquisition of Navteq.

Learn more about Nokia's location based services.

Get Mobileware Help from the New Forum Nokia Intellisync Zone

Forum Nokia has introduced the Intellisync Zone to provide a wide variety of information in a readily accessible Web portal and make mobileware development significantly easier. The Forum Nokia Intellisync Zone offers an additional opportunity to learn about Nokia Intellisync mobileware and how it can assist solution development, whether for internal use or by third parties. By providing lists of different business models detailing varied situations, the Intellisync Zone facilitates the go-to-market phase of independent software vendors, systems integrators, and other development partners. Forum Nokia Intellisync Zone also offers developer instructions and tools, APIs, patented synchronization engine and sample user interfaces, and several code examples on how to build mobileware applications.

Register for Forum Nokia Intellisync Zone.

Learn Flash Lite Development with with "Creative Class" Community

Web designers and developers who use Adobe Flash Lite have a new online community in which to explore exciting business opportunities in mobility. This online community, launched recently by Forum Nokia, is called Creative Class. The site has been designed to help the Adobe Flash community and other Web design and development professionals with Flash Lite documentation, tools, code, news, discussion boards, blogs, and more. Also, Nokia announced its support for Adobe Flash Lite 3 as part of a strategy to deliver a unified Web experience for mobile and PC users. With this announcement, Nokia provides a way for Flash developers and designers to optimize existing Flash content for the latest Nokia mobile devices.

Learn more about the new Creative Class community.

Visit the Creative Class community.

Learn more about Adobe Flash Lite 3.

Introducing a Powerful Resource for Power Management

Working with power management? Forum Nokia has introduced a Power Management portal that can help. The new Web section provides recommendations for efficient power management; it also offers links to documents, guides, code examples, and analyzer tools.

Power management help couldn't be timelier. The latest Nokia devices are equipped with large color displays, multimegapixel cameras, radio transmitters, advanced multimedia, and other features. Yet battery capacity cannot always keep up with the increased power consumption these features bring.

Visit Forum Nokia's new Power Management portal.

Developer Spotlight: eHIT's Personal Healthcare System

A mobile electrocardiogram (ECG) telecardiology system (PDF), based on S60 technology and created jointly by eHIT Ltd. of Finland and AnalyzeYou Inc. of Japan, helps users determine whether or not they are having heart attacks. The eHIT system includes a matchbook-sized wireless ECG sensor, which is worn by the patient. The ECG transmits data via a Bluetooth technology interface to the S60 device. The eHIT application collects ECG data and peak-to-peak values for about 10,000 heart beats to establish the heart's activity. That data is then fed through the AnalyzeYou algorithm, and the results are sent to the patient's doctor for further analysis. The solution was rolled out in Japan in September, using the Nokia E61 mobile device; availability in other countries is planned soon and could include other S60 devices, both 2nd Edition and 3rd Edition. Also, eHIT is a member of Forum Nokia Launchpad, Nokia's new resource for mobile developers.

Learn more about eHit's S60 personal healthcare solution (PDF).

Visit Forum Nokia Launchpad.

New Book on Mobile Services Builds on MobiLife Research

A complete architectural framework for mobile services is described in a new book edited by a Nokia researcher and based on a Nokia-sponsored research collaboration to develop mobile services for everyday life. The book, Enabling Technologies for Mobile Services: The MobiLife Book, was edited by Mika Klemettien of the Nokia Research Center. The basis for the book is research coordinated by Nokia and conducted at MobiLife from 2004 to 2006 as part of the Wireless World Initiative, a joint effort involving 22 organizations from nine EU countries.

Read an excerpt and buy Enabling Technologies for Mobile Services: The MobiLife Book.

Take the 2008 Navteq Global LBS Challenge: You Could Win!

The Navteq Global LBS Challenge is under way, once again letting developers compete for a share of a global prize pool valued in the millions of dollars, as well as priceless exposure for their location-based services applications. Now in its fifth year, the LBS Challenge has expanded into three regions: The Americas; Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA); and Asia-Pacific (APAC). Developers are challenged to build innovative LBS applications that work with mobile devices using dynamic positioning technology and Navteq map data.

Registration Dates:

• EMEA: August 6 – October 19, 2007 (Extended!)
• The Americas: September 14 – December 7, 2007
• APAC: October 29, 2007 – February 29, 2008

Register for the LBS Challenge.

Upcoming Events

Americas

CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2007: October 23-25

CTIA's fall trade show is billed as “One Show, Two Personalities,” because of its focus on the emerging roles of wireless technology in both the enterprise and entertainment worlds. The event will spotlight the integration of wireless data technologies into the enterprise through vertical business markets. At the same time, it will reflect the explosive growth in wireless entertainment — encompassing everything from music downloads to digital cameras to interactive games.
Visit the site »

Forum Nokia Tech Days: Palo Alto: November 13 - 14

Join us at this intensive developer conference on emerging technologies and new channel opportunities. You’ll gain technical and business knowledge that will help you to leverage the power of Nokia platforms and technologies — and you'll learn how to instantly improve your mobile development skills. The agenda will focus on widgets and browser run-time technologies, Linux and maemo open source platforms, and S60, Java™, Flash, and Symbian technologies. You’ll also learn about ways to tap lucrative new channels for mobile application and content distribution. Plus, you'll have great opportunities to network with Nokia representatives, other mobile developers, and business leaders.
Learn more and register »

Europe

Nokia World: December 4 - 5

Join us for Nokia World 2007, the premier global conference for the mobility and Internet industries. We'll share thoughts about how new collaborative user relationships, individuals, communities, and businesses are creating and sharing a wealth of information and opportunities. The event will feature renowned keynote speakers, focused seminar streams, an expo with more than 80 demonstrations, and the Nokia Party.

New Tools, SDKs, and Examples:

SIP VoIP Settings
This application can be used to configure VoIP settings on the terminal UI. You can create new VoIP profiles and modify the existing ones, and create and modify VoIP parameters and NAT/Firewall traversal settings and that are normally not visible on the device UI, such as codec settings and SIP domain-specific NAT/FW settings. It is also possible to save all the VoIP profile settings to a text file. Application, Example; Networking --- VoIP, SIP; Zip Archive (.zip); English (en)

SNAP Mobile SDK 1.4.4
Nokia's SNAP (Scalable Network Application Package) Mobile is an end-to-end turnkey solution that is based on the Java™ programming language and enables connected mobile game playing through a community services infrastructure. Application --- Development Tool; Base/System, Business/Technical Services --- Business Opportunities/Services, Entertainment ... SNAP Mobile API, Java ... MIDP 2.0 / SNAP Mobile API, Networking, Presence, Security --- Authentication, UI; English (en)

S60 Platform SDKs for Symbian OS, for C++
The S60 SDK for Symbian OS enables application development for devices based on S60 platform using C++. The latest S60 SDK for C++ supports S60 3rd Edition Platform Feature Pack 2. The SDK includes all key functionalities needed for application development (documentation, API reference, emulator) excluding IDE. Carbide.c++ is the recommended IDE to be used with S60 SDKs for C++. Application --- Development Tool; S60 ... S60 3rd Edition, S60, Symbian C++; English (en)

New Devices:

Nokia N810
The Nokia N810 features include Voice-over-IP (VoIP) Internet and video calling, Instant Messaging, an integrated slide-out QWERTY keyboard and touch screen. The N810 lets you stay connected on the go with WLAN or Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR and a Bluetooth enabled mobile phone. The hi-resolution 4.13", 800 x 480 screen and the integrated web cam add to the internet experience. Use the Nokia N810 to play music and videos with the built-in stereo speakers or use the 3.5mm stereo plug with headphones. The Nokia N810 also has an integrated GPS receiver which allows you to pinpoint your position and find points-of-interests using pre-loaded maps.

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