Nokia Platform Services 2.0

A simple way to access phone features from web widgets

Nokia Platform Services 2.0 provides a simple JavaScript™ API that enables you to access key device features in WRT widgets and also adds a new API to enable use of a device’s camera. The API enables you to take pictures, obtain location information, detect motion, handle messages, and access many other device features with one or two lines of JavaScript code.

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Nokia Platform Services 2.0 is currently available as a beta and is not designed for commercial implementations. Feedback can be provided on the Nokia Platform Services 2.0 discussion thread.

What can I do with Nokia Platform Services 2.0?

With Nokia Platform Services 2.0, you can write WRT widgets that access a device’s camera, GPS unit, sensors, contacts records, calendar entries, messages, landmarks, media files, log entries, and system status information. The emphasis in the API design is simplicity: The syntax used in Nokia Platform Services 2.0 will be familiar to JavaScript developers, making use of the API intuitive as the syntax and data formats are easy to learn. In addition, the API includes startEditor to enable use of native application editors for user data entry. This method has the advantage of presenting the user with a familiar data entry UI. It also requires the user to confirm data entry in the normal way, making the addition of data transparent and adding to the user’s trust in the application.

Nokia Platform Services 2.0 is also designed to be platform independent, offering the possibility for its implementation on other web browser and Web Runtime implementations on Nokia devices, as well as in PC and other mobile browsers.

What’s in Nokia Platform Services 2.0?

The Nokia Platform Services 2.0 package provides two versions of the JavaScript library, source code, API documentation, and two sample widgets to get you started. The two versions of the API library are a JavaScript package that you can include in your WRT widgets and a SIS package that you can use to install the library into devices. This enables you to choose between including the Nokia Platform Services 2.0 library in your WRT widgets or installing the library on any devices that will run your widgets.

How do I get started with Nokia Platform Services 2.0?

You’ll need a basic understanding of how to create web content using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. If you’ve not yet started developing widgets, then go to the Web Runtime QuickStart page.

To use Nokia Platform Services 2.0, include the JavaScript library in your widget or install the JavaScript library into the emulator supplied in the S60 5th Edition SDK for Symbian OS and any target devices.

The sample WRT widgets provided in the Nokia Platform Services 2.0 package illustrates use of some of the basic features of the library and can be used as the foundation for your own widgets.

What help does Forum Nokia offer for Nokia Platform Services 2.0?

Nokia Platform Services 2.0 is currently being provided as an early-access offering. The goal is to let you familiarise yourself with the new API and enable you to provide feedback, which will be considered as the features for the product release are finalised. You can use the Nokia Platform Services 2.0 discussion thread to get help, learn what others are doing with the API, post information on bugs, and offer suggestions for improvements.

Where can I find all the documents about Nokia Platform Services 2.0?

All the documentation is included in the Nokia Platform Services 2.0 package. The documentation includes release notes and HTML-based API documentation.

With which Nokia platforms and devices is Nokia Platform Services 2.0 compatible?

Nokia Platform Services 2.0 is compatible with the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia N97 mobile computer as well as the emulator supplied in the S60 5th Edition SDK for Symbian OS. The product version of Nokia Platform Services 2.0 will be included on future Nokia devices.

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