(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!
Thanks to Ugur (Kuneri) and Riku Salminen (FN) we now have a great trick which enables us to use PNG images as Symbian application icon instead of SVG.
Basically after we convert the PNG image to base64 format from here, we just need to directly use the Base64 formatted text in an hand-made SVG file (SVG is basically text file) using the template text below to create our fresh icon (replace the text THE BASE64 ENCODED BITMAP GOES HERE with your copy pasted text):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" contentScriptType="text/ecmascript" zoomAndPan="magnify" baseProfile="tiny" contentStyleType="text/css" version="1.0" width="6.77196" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 6.77196 6.85856" height="6.85856" fill-rule="evenodd"> <g><metadata/><g> <image x="-2.847" y="-3.71656" transform="matrix(1 0 0 1
2.847 3.71656)" width="6.77196" xlink:href="data:image/png;base64, THE BASE64 ENCODED BITMAP GOES HERE" xlink:type="simple" xlink:actuate="onLoad" height="6.85856" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xlink:show="embed"/> </g></g></svg>
Here it is, another great video tutorial from Dale added to the Developing with Flash Lite series: Platform Services and the Accelerometer. Enjoy.
Interacting with an application through the in-built accelerometer adds a dimension of usability that is deeply linked with the physical world – you move your device, the application responds accordingly. In this episode we’ll look at adding accelerometer access to your Flash mobile application using Nokia’s Platform Services.
Bill just published a new blog post (Ovi Store - the First 5 Months) revealing another update regarding Ovi Store and where it is since its launch about 5 months ago (even if once again no revenue facts at all). The following stats are from 26 May through 31 October:
- Available on over 100 different Nokia devices (60+ Symbian S60 devices)
- Active users from over 180 countries
- Developers from 65 countries are distributing content
- 8 countries today have local content, local language support and mobile billing: UK, Spain, France, Germany, Singapore, Australia, Italy, Russia. By the end of Q1 2010 there will be more than 20 countries.
- Top 10 Ovi Store Markets by performance in alphabetic order: Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Russia & UK
- In almost all of the top 10 Ovi Store countries, 5800 XpressMusic and N97 are the #1 and #2 devices for Ovi Store activity and consumer engagement
- Redownload now available and search is much improved, more details (http://tinyurl.com/yf9tmbd)
- Ovi Store will ship embedded on most new compatible Nokia devices including Symbian S60 and Series 40 from Q4 2009
- On average, each registered user has downloaded at least 8 items from Ovi Store
- In October, the number of content items downloaded was over 70% higher than in Sept.
If you have a Nokia device and you want to download or enhance your device, visit store.ovi.com to browse for content and applications. You are also invited to leave any question as a comment on Bill's blog post.
(via AllAboutSymbian) - An interesting video (from the recent Qt Developer Day) shows how the current S60 UI would act if it was powered by Qt. It's still recognisable as the interface that many have a love/hate relationship, but it gives a nice touchstone to jump off from to the next iteration of UI. Pretty cool!
Alessandro recently published a very interesting tutorial about how to easly create a cool WRT widget using Mobile Web Template from Forum Nokia.
Flickr is a photo sharing website, that allows users to upload and share their favorite photos with other users. Mobile Web Templates are a set of customizable templates, composed by HTML, CSS and graphic resources, built in order to display in an optimal manner on mobile devices' browsers.
This article uses the Mobile Web Templates for High-End devices since Web Runtime widgets are currently compatible with S60 5th edition and S60 3rd edition FP2 devices (note: also some S60 3rd edition FP1 devices, via firmware upgrades, support Web Runtime widgets). Check the article here.
(via Dale) - A new video has just been added to the Developing with Flash Lite series – "Accessing GPS using Nokia Platform Services". In this episode we look at using Nokia’s Platform Services for S60 5th Edition to access GPS data within your Flash Lite mobile application.
You can download source files for this video here.
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