Bill Perry just published a blog post with content guidelines for Ovi publishers. In a few words about what types of content are permitted in Ovi Store.
There have been some questions from developers recently about what types of content are permitted in Ovi Store and I wanted to share our guidelines with you. These are the guidelines that are posted in our web based publishing tool and support page for registered Ovi Publishers.
Alessandro La Rosa just published a new great tutorial about WRT Widgets and Nokia APIBridge Plugin. As you may know the APIBridge is a Symbian C++ engine that exposes native functionalities to Web Runtime widgets. These functionalities include: Uploading files, Capturing video, image, and audio, Reading files, Resizing images.
It's a very interesting step-by-step how to, so, check it out!
UX Magazine published a very interesting article summarizing most important considerations (from Apple) to take in mind designing application for the iPad.
Apple's Human Interface Guidelines for the iPad outline how to create user interfaces optimized for the iPad device. According to Apple, the best iPad applications: downplay application UI so that the focus is on content; present content in beautiful, often realistic ways; and take full advantage of device capabilities to enable enhanced interaction. [...]
Read the full article here.
(via Forum Nokia Blogs) - Possibly the first ever 4x4x4 LEGO Rubik's Cube solver? This Rubik's Cube solver was designed and programmed using a Nokia N95 mobile phone, a LEGO Mindstorms NXT and lots of LEGO technic pieces!
In a new Adobe Developer Connection article Christian Cantrell explain several techniques to help Flash developers author content that will render properly on any device, regardless of its screen resolution and pixel density: Authoring mobile Flash content for multiple screen sizes.
Adobe recently announced that Adobe Flash Professional CS5 will give Flash developers the ability to build and deploy native iPhone and iPod touch applications. As the Flash Platform continues to proliferate and reach more devices, developers need to adopt techniques for authoring with multiple screen sizes and resolutions in mind. This article discusses several techniques to help Flash developers author content that will render properly on any device, regardless of its screen resolution and pixel density.
Read the full article here.
Apple today announced the long awaited iPad! A great device and a completely new world for devices developers:
The best way to experience the web, email, photos, and video. Hands down. Imagine being able to page through websites, write an email, flick through photos, or watch a movie. All on a big, beautiful, Multi-Touch screen. With just the touch of a finger. Read all details here.
As expected Adobe announced the upcoming support (Packager for iPhone) for the increased screen size and resolution of the iPad. Exciting! Let's wait further news on the topic.
This is a guest post written by the Android team at ustwo for AndroidAndMe.com.
At ustwo™ – the studio of dreams – we’ve launched a number of successful apps on a various platforms including Apple’s App Store, The Nokia Ovi Store, and the Android Marketplace. We’ve experienced the most success to date with the Apple App Store where we have achieved over 700k downloads. [...]
Read the full article here. Great work guys!
(via Mark) - The Mobile World Congress is a massive event with some 50,000 attendees from around the world. Each year there are around 50 Adobe employees from across the organization in attendance, including all the key members of the platform team at Adobe.
As always, the Spanish User Group are proud to host the Adobe Day at Adobe’s offices in Barcelona. This is your chance to hear direct from the Adobe team about their announcements, and to see Flash Player 10.1 on devices for the first time.
Timing/location:
- Torre Mapfre – Avinguda Litoral, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
- 09.30am – 5.00pm 19th February
- Space for 100 attendees
Note: Passing security takes time, arrive 15-30 mins early. More info here.
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