http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/ Engadget Comments for Nokia's Ovi Software Development Kit released to invited and excited Javascripters http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/I even tipped them of the news by the above link on their page. I even commented on every Nokia post they made
yesterday, but they didn't publish the news.

And now, they finally do it.
Surprising, ain't it? ]]>Sep 4th 2009 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/To me a widget is some useless crap that gives you the weather conditions in singapour when you live in Paris and really really don't care (that's for you WinMo and HTC ty very much)

This is what mobile apps should be like : web based and/or GPS based. For the rest just buy a fucking PSP sony NEEDS you]]>Sep 4th 2009 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/The problem in Russia is not safety, it's human rights and democracy or the lack thereof. you have more cops than in the US and that's saying alot.]]>Sep 4th 2009 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/
Nokia has nowhere near the programing genius or man power of Apple so their effort is quite commendable. Only I'm afraid it might be too little too late since Nokia is literally the last one of the big players to enter the game. ]]>Sep 4th 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/
Nokia provide a regular SDK for all of their phones. They even provide an IDE called Carbide. You can write apps in Java, C++ or in JavaScript using Nokia Web Runtime. Nokia provide APIs for all of these languages to access phone features including accelerometer, GPS, camera etc.

This new API simply allows you to use the Ovi Maps viewer to create your own mash-up, similar to a lot of Google Maps mash-ups that exist currently.

In response to your communication channel issue, using the full Symbian SDK you can create many different types of connections. For example I currently have a Bit Torrent client on my Nokia phone, which I am sure would not be allowed on Apple's app store.]]>Sep 5th 2009 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/
I was a Nokia fan/user for the past 10 years, but they're way, way behind on everything.]]>Sep 4th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/
The battle has just begun. The past two years don't mean much, because still, most of the customer base has no interest in app stores. They don't even own a smartphone, yet.

All that is about change, now that smartphones are coming down in price, and Nokia is cleary in the lead of that race.

The same exact situation happened decades ago. Nobody thought Microsoft would get anywhere with DOS/Windows. IBM was huge, Apple was leading with the graphical UI, etc, but as soon as MS started shipping their products with every frickin PC available they soon took over the whole market.

It's not about who gets there first, or who has the best stuff, it's about who ships it to the most customers. There won't be any clear winners or losers in the next few years, but yes, ultimately there will be.]]>Sep 4th 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/There are tons and tons of applications for Nokia phones available.
I pity your ignorance. Most of the apps available on Ovi Store are for S60v3(ex: E71, etc) and S60v5 (ex: 5800, N97, etc).
But there are apps available for S60v4 also.

For lower end feature phones, there are so many other websites and blogs,where there are so many apps available that you wouldn't
feel deprived of.

Also when you say apps on Ovi store duplicate functionality of Apple or BBerry apps, thats conceptually wrong.
For ex: If you want to have a weather app for any platform, its main functionality is going to remain same and that is to show weather.
Now Nokia won't show traffic info in a weather app to avoid duplicating functionality? Would they? Should they according to you?

So think before you speak. Quantity is not just the measuring point, and you seem to be one of those blurred by the quantity of 50,000 apps?]]>Sep 4th 2009 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/
You do realise that most of the good apps were written a few years ago for Symbian and WinMo and that the ones you have on the iPhone are ports, right?

I mean, don't get me wrong - Ovi has a long way to go until it measures up to the App store in terms of usability but there's plenty there.]]>Sep 4th 2009 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/
hmm, I guess I was misunderstood. I feel completely safe when travelling in Russia, but trusting my safety into the hands of Lonely Planet, which is the biggest (?) travel-info contributor in the world and which doesn't know it's geographics I'd be worried about. But, again, this was intended as a joke so please continue. :)

ps: russia has zero cops, militsiya is their resemblence of the westernworld police. It's more of a military than ordinary police.]]>Sep 4th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/
A little late to the party, but it can be argued that the show has only just begun, and the next few years will tell the whole story.

However, as we know with hindsight, a few moments' head start is like forever in the hi-tech world, so there is quite considerable catching up to do. This is the price to be paid for complacency and inertia, especially when occupying a leading market position.

Those expecting another shenanigan-laden Microsoft-esque repeat ploy to achieve domination in this market as occurred in the PC world should think again - only natural, legitimate monopolies of technology, marketing and innovation (Google?) will rule the roost given the current global hindsight, knowledge and vigilance of the world's legislative bodies when it comes to "doing evil".

This race is for the agile and for the far-sighted, not the unethical...]]>Sep 4th 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/nokias-ovi-software-development-kit-released-to-invited-and-exc/Sep 4th 2009 12:48PM