Ovi Maps Rendering API provides easy and fast access to pre-rendered map data for all regions of the world for displaying position data. The Ovi Maps Rendering API is a Java based service, running in servlet containers for Tomcat. The given parameters in the URL request are parsed. Based on this, the required map tiles [...]

Hendy Irawan has put up a great post on how you can sign Symbian/Qt Apps on the fly on Linux (Ubuntu) OS. With the latest version of Qt Creator 2.0+ (included in Nokia Qt SDK) you can now easily sign Qt/Symbian applications (.SIS files) with your Symbian Signed certificate and key files. The best part [...]

Kudos to Pankaj and Bogdan for this amazing book. Python on Symbian is a great way to start your adventure in mobile programming! Python applications (“apps”) look like native C++ apps, can access the same important platform services, and can be distributed through the same channels. The main difference between Python apps and native C++ apps [...]

Mobile developers can help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems and compete for cash prizes in the World Bank’s Apps for Development competition. To enter, developers must create apps that support the bank’s Millenium Development Goal Indicators, a set of of ambitious goals to alleviate world hunger and extreme poverty. Entries will be [...]

Nokia along with other device manufacturers have looked at ways to address the battery life consumer experience issue with push notifications and are pleased to introduce a shared-push notification service which can be enabled on 3rd party apps using the Notification API. With the service enabled, applications on Nokia devices don’t need to constantly poll [...]