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 or maintain multiple connections across the network, saving both bandwidth and battery life. This helps developers to differentiate applications so they can more easily penetrate the worldwide market of existing Symbian and future MeeGo mobile users.

All the necessary documentation, libraries and emulator are available on the Forum Nokia Project site. You need to log in to access the project. This plug-in is compatible with the current Nokia Qt SDK 1.0

Check out the latest Web Seminar tutorial or White Paper to learn more about the Notifications API and visit the project site to get your own copy of the DevKit.

The new Notifications API Beta is now available as a plug-in to the Nokia Qt SDK.