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Developer Summit 2009

Category: Widgets

Hackathon Winners Chosen @ Nokia Developer Summit

And the winner is … The grand finale of Nokia Developer Summit 2009 began on Wednesday afternoon, when the fruits of round-the-clock coding from developers creating WRT widgets for use on the Nokia N97 came before the judges. "The quality, creativity, and innovation...

A Map API is finally becoming reality.

Finally a form of MAP API will be available from Nokia. This is called 'Apps on Maps' and will be based on web technologies. There are not many details available yet, but it was said that it will be available sometime in the middle of this year. There is a contest at the calling all...

AP: Five weeks from concept to product quality

During yesterday's kenote address, Tero brought to the stage Jeffrey Litvack from the Associated Press to demonstrate his widget for the N97. Two parts of the demo in particular caught my attention. First was the usability. On the N97, widgets can be placed on the home...

N97 SDK Beta Available

The Nokia N97 SDK Beta was released to the full Forum Nokia community during the Nokia Developer Summit 2009. The new SDK allows developers to explore the new features and APIs offered by the Nokia N97 device. Using the SDK developers can create applications that take advantage of...

Evolution of Open Mobile Platforms

I am having the pleasure of attending the first ever Nokia Developer Summit taking place in Monaco this year. Besides that, I am also trying to help Nokia promote the event and the important hapennings and announcements here so that fellow developers who could not join us this time can follow...

Nokia and Aptana announce new version of WRT plug-in for Aptana Studio

Good news for developers coming out of the Nokia Developer Summit today - well, loads of good news, really, but let's take one thing at a time. Nokia and Aptana announced the latest version of the Nokia WRT Plugin for Aptana Studio , which "lets web developers easily create,...

Hackathon Impression just before midnight.

After getting a few drinks at the bar and doing some networking, I went to the Hackathon room and was amazed to see that quite a few of the participants were still busy working on their applications at this late hour. The others were probably getting something to eat or some sleep. It will be...

Shopping widget is also in the Top 10 ideas

Teams from two different companies - Inova and Digia - will both work on the Shopping List widget during the Hackathon. Take a look to see what they have in mind ... The competition is going to be fierce! Good luck to both teams!

A Widget for your favourite foods, and recipes

Here's more about the Hackathon! We have a lot of info to share ...Take a look at the idea for a favourites food widget - from an N97 fan in Turkey, and see what the team from Teleca has in mind to bring this widget to life:

Futurice is competing in Hackathon

One of the developer companies competing in the Hackathon is Futurice. They will be working on a price-comparison widget. As we learned: Henri Holopainen from Futurice is 21 years old, but don’t let his youth fool you. He has been working with Nokia for the past...

Developers Competing in the Hackathon

Some of the developers competing in the Hackathon next week have started to post their own information on their company blogs, including PavingWays and Yalla Ya! Here's what we can share about those two competitors next week: Mexican-based Yalla Ya! plans to work...

Calling All Innovators Hackathon during the Nokia Developer Summit

At the end of 2008, Nokia sponsored a contest for the best ideas for home screen widgets for the Nokia N97. From a pool of 1,400 ideas submitted by consumers from around the world, the top 50 concepts were selected by Forum Nokia, and other groups inside Nokia. Those ideas were narrowed down...