Nokia Developer Newsletter

You may already know that Ovi Store is Nokia's new one-stop shop for great mobile apps and content.

But did you know Ovi Store:

• Supports 100 Nokia devices in over 180 countries
• Distributes content from developers in 65 countries with over 5,500 content items and approves 500 new content items weekly
• Supports five world languages — English, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish — and will soon support three additional languages, Chinese, French, and Portuguese
• Offers local-language mobile billing from 27 operators in eight countries and handles credit-card billing in English globally
• Had 50 percent more downloads in August than in July and 2.5 times as many registrations in August than in June and July combined.

The future promises even more. Beginning in the fourth quarter, Ovi Store will ship embedded in most new Nokia S60 and Series 40 devices. And by the second quarter of next year Ovi Store plans to offer localised language, content, and billing in more than 20 markets worldwide.

Visit Ovi Store.

Publish on Ovi Store.

Jan Ole Suhr, from Mobileways.de in Berlin, Germany, is the developer behind the smash-hit Twitter app called Gravity. If you have not heard of Gravity before, it is likely that you work for a company that does not develop Symbian applications. And if you Tweet from your Nokia S60-based device, Gravity has quickly become the app of choice for those in the know. It is a fully featured Twitter client with a highly praised user interface that supports multiple Twitter accounts; image uploading to MobyPicture, TwitPic, TwitGoo, and Posterous; multiple Twitter searches; Twitter Trends; Audio Alerts; and more.

Forum Nokia's "Ideas You Can Use" blog recently caught up with Jan to learn more about how he created and refined Gravity. His story demonstrates the potential of apps for Nokia mobile devices. In the full Q&A, Jan discusses his experiences and sources of inspiration and provides guidance for others working to develop innovative apps for the latest Nokia devices.

Read the Forum Nokia interview with Jan Ole Suhr.

Learn more about http://mobileways.de.

Check out Gravity in Ovi Store.

Follow Jan Ole Suhr on Twitter.

This autumn Forum Nokia is sponsoring two events for developers of Qt and Maemo applications and content.

Qt Developer Days: 12 – 14 October in Munich and 2 – 4 November in San Francisco

Attendees will acquire Qt development skills, get answers to their Qt questions, and have the opportunity to form relationships with others who have selected Qt as their preferred development framework. Nearly a dozen sessions on mobility will be featured, including a hands-on lab showing Qt on Symbian and Maemo devices. San Francisco attendees will save $200 if they register by 22 September.

Maemo Summit: 9 – 11 October, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Take in three days of all things Maemo. One day is being organised by Nokia, and two days are being organised by the community. This will be an exciting event, especially with the tremendous response for the Nokia N900 mobile computer, the newest Maemo device. Representatives from both Forum Nokia and Qt will participate to bring a complete overview of Nokia opportunities. Attendance is free, but registration is required.

Register for Qt Developer Days 2009: Munich: 12 – 14 October. San Francisco: 2 – 4 November. (Register by 22 September to save $200)

Register for the Maemo Summit 2009: Amsterdam, 9 - 11 October.

The Nokia WRT Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver is now available in Chinese (both simplified and traditional), German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Russian. The Nokia WRT Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver provides a set of tools for creating, testing, debugging, validation, packaging, and deploying Web Runtime (WRT) widgets in Adobe Dreamweaver. The tools support WRT widget development for any WRT-supporting S60 device.

Download the Nokia WRT Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver and user guides. Available in Chinese, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Russian

Adobe MAX is coming to Los Angeles on 4 – 7 October, and Forum Nokia will be there. Catch up with Forum Nokia during MAX on these key topics:

• Ready to talk? Get money from the Open Screen Project Fund.
• Ready to build? Use Nokia's industry-leading tools.
• Ready to publish? Reach more customers with Ovi Store.

At Adobe MAX, more than 5,000 of the world's most influential designers, developers, and business decision-makers will gather to shape the future of the industry. They will also gain a competitive edge through intensive skills development and unique networking opportunities.

MAX attendees will discover the tools and technologies that enable the most compelling applications, content, and video — on screens of every size, across operating systems, accessible anywhere, anytime. During MAX, attendees will have the opportunity to check out some of the winning apps from the Open Screen Project Fund. Plus, learn first-hand about an important announcement regarding Nokia's tools for developers.

Get ready to MAX: Los Angeles, 4 – 7 October

The new Forum Nokia Champion of the month is Alessandro La Rosa, a mobile enthusiast, designer, and founder of games software company Jappit in Rome. Under his screen name ‘jappit’, Alessandro has an online presence on the Forum Nokia discussion boards and on his personal blog, www.jappit.com/blog.

Alessandro is generous with his knowledge of Java™, Flash Lite, Ajax, and Web Runtime. His technical passions include software design for accessibility and usability in Web and mobile environments. And his personal passions include cycling, soccer, Japanese culture, and pizza.

Meet Forum Nokia Champion of the Month Alessandro La Rosa.

Check out the Forum Nokia Champion programme.

Forum Nokia is launching a series of regional Calling All Innovators contests this autumn. In fact, local contests for Arabic countries, South Africa, and France are already underway. Competitions in additional regions will be added soon.

Winners will receive prizes valued up to $125,000, including cash, demos at Nokia events, and featured placement in Ovi Store, Nokia's one-stop-shop for downloading, personalising, and making Nokia devices smarter and more fun. Each contest looks for locally relevant applications and content for Nokia device users in that particular country and/or region. Anyone with coding skills and an understanding of local consumers may enter.

But hurry, the deadlines are approaching! Winners will be announced in December.

• Calling All Innovators South Africa 2009 entries are due by 15 November.
• Calling All Innovators Bil3arabi 2009 entries are also due by 15 November.
• Calling All Innovators France 2009 entries are due by 22 November.

• English
• Arabic

Get started now and enter Calling All Innovators France 2009 (French).

Enter Forum Nokia's contest for Mobile Web Templates Wiki articles during October, and you could win one of at least three Nokia devices that will be given away as prizes.

This Forum Nokia Wiki competition offers Web developers the opportunity to show off their creativity and technical skills using Nokia's Mobile Web Templates. Entries need to show how to develop better projects using these templates, and authors should document how they used the templates and changed them for their needs, including information such as stylistic changes, dynamic content, and database connection adaptations. The articles can be in the context of Mobile Web Sites or Web Runtime (WRT) using the Nokia Mobile Web Templates.

To enter, create a Wiki article about how developers can use and improve the use of Nokia Web Templates. Then submit your article in the Mobile Web Templates category between 1 October and no later than 11:59 p.m. on 31 October. Good luck!

Explore the Forum Nokia Wiki.

Check out the Nokia Mobile Web Templates.

Get details about the mobile Web template contest.

Two Forum Nokia podcasts, recorded live at the recent Nokia World 09 conference in Stuttgart, Germany, are now available for your listening pleasure.

Episode 008: Nokia's president and CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo (OPK), delivers his keynote at Nokia World 09, discussing mobile services, the Ovi Store, Nokia N97 device, and more.

Episode 009: Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia's executive VP of markets, discusses Nokia's evolving mission, the role of mobile consumers, and more in his Nokia World 09 keynote.

Stay tuned for more coverage from Nokia World 09 soon!

Listen to the Nokia World 09 podcasts.

Get a complete list of Forum Nokia Podcasts online.

Follow the Forum Nokia Podcasts on Twitter @FNpodcasts.

Forum Nokia will present a Webinar for Spanish-speaking developers interested in developing Web Runtime widgets for the Nokia N97 mobile computer on 30 September.

The development of WRT widgets is based on traditional Web technologies, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. By using WRT widgets with platform services — such as messaging, contacts, and location — developers can create a greatly enhanced end-user experience. The Nokia N97 device is a S60 5th Edition mobile computer featuring a 3.5-inch touchscreen with tactile feedback.

In this Forum Nokia Webinar, developers will learn about the structure, development, and packaging of WRT widgets, and about Nokia's widget-development tools. The use of platform services will be discussed with instructor-led widget development. The following tools will be used during the coding part of the Webinar: Aptana Studio + Nokia WRT Plug-in 2.0 with home screen functionality for the Nokia N97 device, Forum Nokia Mobile Web Templates, and Platform Services 2.0 API. All are welcome!

Register for the Spanish-language WRT Webinar: 30 September, 10 a.m. New York (GMT -4), 11 a.m. Sao Paolo (GMT -3), 4 p.m. Barcelona (GMT +2).

Check out the Nokia N97 multimedia device.

Explore Nokia's support of WRT widgets.