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Nokia today released Qt 4.6, the latest version of the cross-platform application and UI framework. Featuring new platform support, powerful new graphical capabilities and support for multi-touch and gestures, Qt 4.6 makes developing advanced applications and devices easier and more enjoyable.

Highlights

• More eye candy

New animation framework – new advanced graphics effects like opacity, drop shadows, glow, and filtering are supported.

• More fingers

Ability to create multi-touch applications with new multi-touch and gestures, such as flicking and kinetic scrolling.

• More horsepower

More performance to deliver the “wow” effects.

• Updated tools

Qt Creator tool coming with SDK has been updated.

Cool!

Qt for Symbian is no more technology preview stage, according to videos the performance seems to vary between adequate to excellent.

Qt appears now to be much more tempting for mobile developers demanding better UX. For Nokia devices, with Qt technology you can create applications besides for S60, also for Maemo in future, perhaps for S40 as well.

Sources :

http://qt.nokia.com/about/news/nokia-releases-qt-4.6
http://qt.nokia.com/whatsnew
http://qt.nokia.com/products/platform/symbian

How easy it’s to start browsing a web site on your mobile browser? Launch the browser, type the address (how many clicks?), go! Well, if you want people to visit your web site; you have to make it easier to access. Many people will be way too lazy to type your address (especially if it’s long), if you want traffic, you have to make it dead simple. Then the question is: How? Now there is a new and handy tool for anyone to create website launchers for popular Symbian phones with WRT (Web Runtime Widget) support online.

1. Go to Website Launcher Generator

2. Specify your launcher widget’s name

3. Specify the URL to be launched

4. If you have one, upload an icon for the widget

5. Optionally, change the widget’s version number, and its unique ID

6. Click “Generate!” and download your new widget

Kudos to Alessandro, now we can offer our visitors to access our web site with one click from application menu.

On top of my wish-list; I have J2ME support, where you can create a J2ME based launcher for your website, which would let us to reach much more phones.

Pikkoo released the latest version of Pikkoo Screensaver Manager with full touch screen support for Nokia phones such as 5800 XPress Music and N97.

Release notes:

- Full touch screen support (for Nokia 5800, Nokia N97 etc..)

- Bug fixes

- UI improvements

Nokia uutisoi Ovi palvelustaan, liittyen Flash Liteen (ks. nämä webinar -kalvot)  :

• Nokia tuo oman OTA päivitetysmahdollisuuden FL soittimelle, Adobe Distributable Player -ratkaisun sijaan
• SWF:n paketointiin Nokia tarjoaa uusia ratkaisuja, nykyisellään saatavilla on ainakin Nokia Beta Flash Packaging Tool (SIS ja NFL)
• DRM tukeen NFL tiedostoille on saatavilla OMA DRM, mutta S60 suhteen tilanne on vielä avoinna

Toisaalla uutisoitiin myös, että Nokia sulkee MOSH palvelunsa, ennen kun Ovi palvelu virallisesti aukaistaan.

Just got the notification that I have been honored to be a Forum Nokia Champion one more year :)

We are pleased to announce that due to your active participation in the mobile development field and in the Forum Nokia Champion program in the past year, you have been re-selected to the program. Congratulations!

That’s a really good news: Adobe today announced availability of a new market development fund of $10 Million under Open Screen Project. This is a great opportunity for Flash Lite developers to get paid and take their ideas and products to the market.

The Open Screen Project Fund is a US$10 million market development fund that will provide grants to developers in order to accelerate the creation of applications, content, and services that leverage the Adobe® Flash® Platform and run across mobile, desktop, and consumer electronics devices.

The Open Screen Project Fund is seeking applications in the following focus areas: entertainment, business, social networking, productivity, gaming, travel, multimedia, health, finance, weather, sports, news, education, and more. The key will be creating applications that work across multiple devices and leverage Adobe Flash Lite® software, the Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR® runtimes, and the Nokia platform.

To apply

• Fill out the Open Screen Project Fund form.
• Visit the Adobe Mobile and Devices Developer Center to learn how to create applications based on the Flash Platform.
• Visit Forum Nokia to learn how to reach millions of mobile devices worldwide with your applications.

You can also read FAQ if you have further questions.

Viime vuonna julkaistun uuden S60 5th edition ohjelmistoalustan mukana tullut
ActionScript Service API toi paljon uutta myös Flash Lite sovelluskehittäjille.

Kokemuksemme PlatForm Services API:sta Nokia 5800 kosketusnäytöllisen puhelimen kanssa ovat olleet pääsääntöisesti myönteisiä. API:n avulla Flash Lite sovellus integroituu helposti esimerkiksi Google Maps palveluun, informoi saapuneista sähköposteista, näyttää kalenterimerkinnät, toteuttaa näyttävät eleohjaukset ja niin edelleen.

API:a käytettäessä epämieluisaa on (poikkeuksetta?) se että käynnistettäessa sovellusta vaaditaan käyttäjää erikseen sallimaan puhelimen tietojen ja tilojen lukeminen ja painalluksia vaaditaan jostain syystä useita. Sovelluksen asentaminen “data\others\trusted” kansioon (tuttu 3rd edition:sta) ei tunnu vaikuttavan asiaan.

Paljon koodiesimerkkejä Flash Litelle löytyy täältä.

Aiheeseen liittyviä uutisia kuluneelta viikolta :
Markkinat ovat ottaneet Nokian kosketuspuhelimen hyvin vastaan:
Nokia myynyt jo miljoona 5800 XpressMusic kännykkää (englanniksi)

(Varmasti lohtua Nokialle kun viimeisten tulosuutisien mukaan juuri S60 puhelimien myynti on ollut pettymys)

Oletko mahdollisesti yrittänyt tätä Nokian kosketusnäytöllisellä puhelimella? Olen käyttänyt kuvankaappauksiin Antony Pranatan ilmaista ScreenShot for Symbian OS sovellusta, mutta sovellus ei tue Nokian 5800 puhelinta varsinaisesti, koska ko. puhelimessa ei ole vaadittavia pikanäppäimiä.

Jos kuvakaappaukset on kuitenkin saatava, se onnistuu ohjelman ajastustoiminnalla (Delay of first shot), eli ajastus päälle, näyttö sopivaan tilaan ja sitten odotellen.

Näköjään Warelex:lta on ilmestynyt juuri  Screen Capture työkalusta versio, joka tukee S60 5th Edition pohjaisia puhelimia (vain 5800 tällä hetkellä).  Ko. ohjelman pääasiallinen käyttö on kuitenkin kuvan nauhoitus.

After revamped interface of Forum Nokia is released to public recently, we are proud to see Pikkoo Screensaver Manager took it’s place among mobile applications that have exceptional user interface. Pikkoo Screensaver Manager is used to manage screesavers created on Pikkoo and developed using Flash Lite and KuneriLite, and is licensed KISS60 product.

For more information and other applications, check out Forum Nokia Design gallery.

Today we announced SWFPack -our online mobile development tool for Flash Lite developers- with a fancy press release. No need for re-introduction, just go ahead and enjoy. Only thing you need to do is register, it’s free as we promised. Remember that it’s still beta and we appreciate your comments and bugs you come across.