Members of the Nokia Launchpad program are in for a pleasant surprise. Nokia’s started to send out emails indicating that it’ll give them free devices in a more or less open attempt to keep them developing apps for its ecosystem. The email in part states, “To assist you with your development activities in the near-term,
Nokia said today that its Ovi Store has reached 3 million downloads per day and that more than 400,000 new developers have joined Forum Nokia in the past 12 months. The Nokia Qt Software Development Toolkit (SDK) and the Qt SDK combined have been downloaded 1.5 million times as developers discover this approach can improve
Intel and Nokia have opened a joint lab focused on developing 3-D experiences on mobile devices. The lab called the Nokia Joint Innovation Center is partnership with Oulu University in Finland. The lab is aligned with the MeeGo open source platform recently launched by Intel and Nokia. “The University of Oulu’s focus on future telecommunications
Nokia has made a number of announcements about its app marketplace that the company says should be good news for developers. The Nokia Blog has five announcements for developers: *Availability of the Nokia Qt Software Development Kit 1.0 *Individuals can now register as Ovi Publishers *Public beta of Nokia signing Symbian apps for free *Availability
Developers who specialize in mobile apps but have chosen not to work with Nokia were given several reasons to change their minds today. Nokia made the process simpler and cheaper with five rather significant decisions. A post on Nokia Conversations, which is the official Nokia blog, summed them up as follows: “Availability of the Nokia
Most mobile devices are touted by their developers as being phones, with some computer related apps available to use. Nokia, on the other hand is stating their N900 line is a mobile computer which has a phone application option. The N900 is powered by Maemo, a Linux based platform. With Maemo, Nokia is able to
Nokia has stepped into the netbook market with their Booklet 3G line. Mike McDonald visited Nokia’s booth at CES to get some more details surrounding the device. The battery life of the Booklet 3G can last up to 12 hours. It comes standard with Windows 7, 120GBs of storage, and Wi-Fi. The 3G option allows
While overall Apple’s iPhone App Store is still more popular globally than any other, Nokia’s Ovi Store has overtaken Apple in high-growth emerging markets in Asia-Pacific and Latin America, according to Evans Data Corp.’s latest Wireless Development Survey. Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace for Mobile and apps sold directly through a carrier were also popular channels. “The
Nokia said today it is launching “Calling All Innovators 2010” a global application development contest designed to inspire creativity and change. Submission from developers for the 2010 Calling All Innovators contest will be accepted starting on February 1, 2010. The submission deadline will be May 18, 2010. Calling All Innovators 2010 features four categories for
