Maemo Summit FNDC Story Final - Presentation Transcript
Not quite free beer (but still quite good) : Developer support for Maemo, by Forum Nokia Matt Collins
Forum Nokia offers … 2. Outstanding Members 3. Resources 4. Technical services 6. Campaigns 1. Programs … and benefits 5. Distribution
… to assist from inspiration to monetization 3. Resources Discussion boards, wiki, blogs – a place for our experts to help & to shine. SDKs, tools, code samples. 2. Outstanding Members Champions Program for the “best of the best.” 4. Technical services in person and online 6. Campaigns Openscreen Project Fund Calling All Innovators 1. Programs … and benefits Forum.nokia.com = free, and premium services available via LaunchPad, PRO & PRO Accelerator programs to accelerate development cycles. 5. Distribution The money trail – Ovi, business units, operators, service providers, enterprise.
Thorough support offering Service Status Technical Support Available by launch via FN.com Developer Documentation Documentation/examples published to FN.com Discussion board Qt for Maemo & Python in FN; C/C++/GTK at maemo.org Wiki Available on maemo.org & wiki.forum.nokia.com Blogs Expert blogs on FN.com Remote Device Access (RDA) Available via FN.com Prototype device loaning Available for selected developers (PRO and Launchpad) Discounted device program Available by launch via FN.com (not until P11) Application Testing Services No certification is possible for N900 Application User Experience Evaluation The service updated for Rover, since August. Developer Training Available via FN.com October and onwards, dedicated events University Program Co-operation being arranged with selected universities Technical Consultancy Case by case
Training, e.g. Maemo Developer Days Copenhagen 18th -20 November
Day 1
Agenda topics
Introduction to Maemo and Maemo devices
Harmattan architecture and introduction to Harmattan development
Developing apps with Qt for Maemo 5
Publishing your software through maemo.org
Publishing your apps through Ovi Store
Developer support
Day 2 & 3
The training focuses on C++ programming and GUI application development using Qt cross-platform libraries. Qt mobility features are described using Qt Maemo port
Agenda topics
Qt build and development tools
Qt widgets
Graphics view
MultitaskingXML
Model/view framework
Databases
Networking
Multimedia
QTestLib
What's new in Qt 4.6
Maemo Qt
Mobile Extensions
Web Run-Time
WebKit APIs
WebKit internals
And what about distribution & monetization Service Partnerships Pre-loading Ovi Store
Ovi Store
Solid Footprint
Over 180 countries
August bigger than June & July combined
Adding 500 content items per week
Over 100 devices
Now adding Maemo platform.
N900 will have content supplied through Ovi Store.
Open Screen Fund = Money for you
$10 million fund from Nokia and Adobe to bring great Flash apps & content to market, across screens
We’re looking for innovation , and creative use of Flash capabilities on Nokia devices
Anyone can apply for funding; a great idea may be a winner!
Get more information at http://openscreen.forum.nokia.com/
Calling All Innovators Competition
Nokia’s Annual Innovation Contest, now in its 3rd year
2009 global Calling All Innovators offered $250K worth of cash and prizes, including Ovi Store promotion
Over 1800 apps submitted in 2 contests
Now in country level, to stock Ovi Store with locally relevant content
Our ”ask” of you … Help lead the way …
Three issues that, if addressed, you believe will make it easier for the uninitiated to embrace Maemo?
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