This is a pretty cool news for me, my LinkedIn profile was in the top 5% most viewed profile in 2012!
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Nokia Beta Labs released a new Nokia Store client for some devices and they are looking for feedback.
The Nokia Store is a QML client and it’s available for the following devices: Nokia C6-01, C7-00, C7 Astound, E7-00, N8-00, X7-00.
“This beta Store client will replace the current Store client on your Symbian^3 or Symbian Anna [...]
Via Nokia Developers, the Nokia OVI Store has reached 6M downloads per day.
300,000 new Nokia accounts are created daily
48,000 apps now available
190 countries and over 30 languages
121 operators across 42 countries
“By the end of May 2011, more than 170 developers had each exceeded 1 million downloads on Ovi Store. Among those developers, 15 companies [...]
Here some stats from the OVI Store:
Ovi Store attracts more than 4 million downloads a day.
About 80% of Ovi Store traffic converts to downloads.
Of Ovi Store’s signed-in users, 85% are repeat visitors.
Each active user averages 8.5 downloads per month.
Active users represent more than 190 countries.
There are more than 35,000 apps available.
Games are No. 1 among [...]
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 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
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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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Here some interesting OVI Store statistics from September posted on Forum Nokia site on Content, Markets, Billing, Devices, Countries etc.
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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 [...]
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 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 [...]
The FlashLite4Nokia mobile application created using the OVI AppWizard is finalist 2010 Calling All Innovator. Please download it from the OVI Store!!!
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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