As the app marketplace continues to grow, consumers are finding it increasingly challenging to find apps for their mobile phone. This makes discovery a major obstacle for developers and app owners.  App-Promo is one of the firms that truly understand this challenge, and they are working with a variety of clients to bring them success [...]

Exciting news for the developer community today, and in particular for those who are focused on Qt: At the Nokia Connection 2011 event in Singapore, Nokia Senior Vice President, Developer Experience Marco Argenti confirmed that Nokia will “make Qt core to bringing applications to the next billion,” and he reassured developers that investments made in [...]

Microsoft previewed the next major release of Windows Phone. Code named ‘Mango’, this newest release brings a number of substantial improvements in both the software platform and developer tools. Jo Harlow, executive vice president for Smart Devices, explains today in Nokia Conversations that Nokia is planning to release its first Windows Phone devices based on [...]

Nokia just launched the N9 phone at Nokia Connection 2011′s annual event held in conjunction with CommunicAsia 2011. The device clearly appeals to women with it’s candy colors, big screen, and almost 3D glass, 3.9 inch curved AMOLED screen. All it takes is a swipe of your thumb or finger from the extreem edge of the [...]

You may have noticed the look of some of the Nokia application icons have been changing. The corners have become a little more rounded, and the styling a bit more simple. That’s because Nokia Developer has updated the icon guidelines for Series 40 Touch and Type, Symbian and MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan. Check out the new [...]

Nokia’s strategy to connect the next billion people and make it easier, faster, and more affordable for them to access the internet begins with a new proxy web browser for a fast, affordable web experience and rich web apps for Series 40 devices. The combination of Ovi Browser and Nokia Web Tools for developers are [...]

The Mobile Web Templates for Smartphones include components optimised for touch devices (including Symbian and Maemo™), and components optimised for Series 40 and S60 WebKit nontouch devices. The templates include navigation bars, lists, grids, flexible buttons, form elements, data tables, and a simple slide show. There are also examples and graphical source files that can [...]

Apps developed with the Qt SDK 1.1 Beta are now being accepted into the $10 million (USD) Calling All Innovators North America contest presented by AT&T and Nokia. Qt SDK 1.1 Beta apps will be accepted into the Ovi Publish intake system, and they will receive a special acknowledgement advising that they have been received [...]

From the Ovi Blog: We are testing two important areas in a live environment: in-app purchase and even stronger DRM. Based on the feedback of those specially selected Publishers, we will roll out these features to a broader group. If you are interested in participating in either beta, please get in touch with your Ovi [...]

The Nokia E7 comes with a 4″ ClearBlack AMOLED touch screen that delivers a true widescreen nHD experience. The AMOLED panel makes colours pop with a contrast you won’t find on all smartphones, making it ideal for HD games. Here we look at the best HD games for your Nokia E7-00 smartphone. The Nokia E7-00 [...]

Join the Developer Economics 2011 survey and have your say on which is the best mobile platform. It’s a 10-minute online survey on the hottest issues of app development – with a chance to win a $1,500 Amazon voucher. Last year’s report was described by Robin Wauters at Tech Crunch as “the most profound I’ve read to date.” The results of this year’s survey [...]

Got a great idea for a mobile app? Then enter the new competition sponsored by Nokia’s IdeasProject.com. It’s for developers with ideas for mobile apps that could make the world a better place. One winner will receive airfare and tickets for two to this year’s South By Southwest Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas, three [...]