Archive of posts filed under the Qt category.

No Flash Lite/Flash/AIR Mobile on future Nokia devices?

Today Nokia announced a big change to their development strategy by concentrating on Qt and HTML5.
“The decision to focus on Qt as the sole application development framework will ensure that applications will continue to be compatible with future evolutions of Symbian as well as upcoming MeeGo products.  In addition, Nokia announces its [...]

Nokia Projects gets a refresh

Nokia Projects got a site refresh and get a look at the listed projects.

Web-based project management with version control, discussion forums, ticketing and more
Multiple version control systems: SVN, Git, Mercurial
Connect to expertise in the world’s largest mobile developer community

Alessandro

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AllAboutSymbian review Nokia N8, messaging and gaming

AllAboutSymbian review of Nokia N8

Nokia N8: part 4 – Messaging, Email, Web
Nokia N8: part 3 – Multimedia and Gaming
Nokia N8: part 2 – camera and camcorder
Nokia N8: part 1, overview and hardware

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Qt twitter client TwimGo for N900

Via mobileblog.it, Qt twitter client TwimGo for N900
“TwimGo is a clean and simple Twitter client for your Maemo based Nokia N900. It runs on Qt Web Runtime so maybe we’ll see TwimGo running on other devices in the future”
Alessandro

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AAS Insight #136 podcast available

Via AllAboutSymbian, the AAS Insight #136 podcast is now available:

Looking back at Nokia World

What were our overall impressions?
What did we enjoy?
Touches on the new devices: C6-01, C7-00 and E7-00

Importance of Symbian^3
Sony Ericsson Symbian handset plans
Developer related announcements

Ovi Store Client
In-app billing
Consolidated operator billing
Qt 4.7 released
Nokia’s $10 million developer competition

Alessandro

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OVI Store statistics from September

Here some interesting OVI Store statistics from September posted on Forum Nokia site on Content, Markets, Billing, Devices, Countries etc.

Alessandro

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2010 Calling All Innovators – North America developer contest

Another great contest from Nokia, this time in USA, 2010 Calling All Innovators contest from Nokia and ATT with a $10M prize!
More infos about the categories
“You can build apps for the Nokia N8 in three ways depending on your existing skills or aspirations

Symbian, Android, iOS and developers: Nokia Qt SDK – the new way to build [...]

Nokia World 2010 and Developer Summit recap

I came back yesterday from Nokia World 2010 and Nokia Developer Summit and overall was a great event. The commitment from Nokia on new technologies, devices and OVI services was present in every spot of the conference. Nokia announced 4 new devices and also the availability of the Nokia N8:

Nokia E7
Nokia C6-01
Nokia C7-00
Nokia C3-01

The Nokia [...]

Nokia Developer Day at CTIA

Join Nokia and special guest AT&T for Nokia Developer Day in San Francisco on October 5, 2010 during CTIA Enterprise and Applications show.

How to use the new Nokia Qt SDK to create advanced native apps for the Nokia N8 and more new Nokia devices in the future
How to use Nokia Web Runtime [...]

Flowella new release out

Flowella has new release out. Is a great AIR tool for prototyping mobile applications.
“Flowella enables designers and developers to create prototype applications using screen mock-ups; be they scanned images of hand-sketches or images created using the S60 Wireframing Stencils or the S60 Concepting and Presentation Stencils. These screen images are [...]

Qt Apps for Symbian using the Nokia Qt SDK

Here is a video from Forum Nokia showcasing how easy is to create applications using Nokia Qt SDK.

Alessandro

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AAS Insight 127 podcast

Via AllAboutSymbian, the AAS Insight 127 podcast is available.

Nokia’s Terminal Mode
Opera 10.1 beta
Ovi Store games sales
Nokia N8 video and Dolby FAQs
furtiv adds DropBox support
Ovi Maps Map Reporter
S60 3rd Edition software releases versus S60 5th Edition
Qt Developer Network

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Qt Developer Network

Via AllAboutSymbian, a new resource, Qt Developer Network.

“Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework. Using Qt, you can write web-enabled applications once and deploy them across desktop, mobile and embedded operating systems without rewriting the source code. Qt has always had the stated goal of making developers lives easier. Want to learn more? Get [...]

Symbian^3 PDK 3.0.0 now available for download

Via Symbian.org,  PDK 3.0.0 based on Symbian^3 is available.

“S^3 represents a major step forward in the Symbian platform, providing a greatly improved user experience, multiple personalised homescreens, an exciting and advanced multimedia experience including HDMI support, the introduction of Next Generation Graphics, better data networking and much, much more! Symbian also commissioned a great [...]

OVI distribution: packaging and signing

Here is a great resource for packaging and signing for distributing content on the OVI Store.

“The packaging format for Flash Lite content distribution depends on the target environment. For Symbian devices, the content must be packaged into a SIS file, and for Series 40 devices, an NFL file.
SIS files must [...]

Nokia Devs site launched !

Here is a new site: Nokia Devs
“Nokia Devs is happy to welcome you in this new website, where you are invited to share your opinion, thoughts, applications and success stories related to Nokia mobile development.
Nokia Devs is not about technology, but about people: we’re looking for developers, publishers, designers and enthusiasts who want to share [...]

OVI Store success stories

Via Bill, here some success stories on the OVI Store.

Offscreen Technologies – 34 Million+ Downloads in 200+ Countries
Farm Frenzy – 6 Million+ Downloads in 200+ Countries
Lunaforte – 6 Million+ Downloads in 200+ Countries
Playlist DJ – 1 Million+ Downloads in 200+ Countries

Alessandro

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MeeGo for handsets demo video

Here is a video demonstrating some functionality of Nokia MeeGo running on a mobile phone.

Here is what is implemented in the pre-alpha release:

MeeGo APIs, incorporating Qt and MeeGo Touch UI Framework (MTF)
Subset of the handset reference UI and applications

Status Bar: clock, network, Bluetooth, 3G connection, notifications, and battery charge
Home Screen
Lock Screen
Application Launcher
Virtual Keyboard
Applications: Dialer, SMS, [...]