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Widgets getting a boost
By James on 19 December 2008
ESPOO, Finland – Forum Nokia works hard to help developers create and promote applications on the S60 platform and now developers have been given an extra boost in the form of a new widget development platform. Nokia WRT Plugin for Aptana Studio is the latest release from Forum Nokia and gives developers the opportunity to create widgets for S60, without knowing anything about S60. Aptana Studio is a popular development environment and this plugin means existing users will be able easily turn their attention to S60 as a potential platform.
For users this means a boost in the number of Widgets available. I’ve long seen widgets as one of the next big boosters to using the web on our mobiles, with specific applications using the Internet in smart and clever ways – ideal for your handset, really.
S60 widgets use standard web technologies including HTML and JavaScript, making them relatively easy to create. Adding this plugin for Aptana Studio will make the process even easier.
Do you have a favourite widget you use all the time? Do you have one that isn’t yet available on S60? Let us know in the comments below.
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Tags | Aptana Studio, Nokia, s60, Widgets, WRT
December 20th, 2008 at 4:08 am
Someone please make a twitter widget! One that doesn’t require as much scrolling to hit hyperlinks to post and read twits as the regular mobile site.
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December 26th, 2008 at 12:16 am
Dear sir,
In this days that people are using high tecnology many of us are feeling the need of a good double sim card mobile phone from you,specially people that are traveling a lot we do need this mobile phone urgently.we dedicated to Nokia are rejecting the idea to use cheap and low quality chineese phones,you must allready take on consideration to bring up a double sim Nokia.
Thank you in advence.Yasar Maya
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December 30th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I wrote a simple Web Runtime widget for S60 devices that lets you post tweets to your Twitter account. You can find it on MOSH: http://mosh.nokia.com/content/5F445A2628A02E7DE040050A44307565
The next version will add read and reply support as well, but I invite anyone to add those features themselves before I get around to it.
-Oren (from the Nokia S60 team)
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