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1 Not quite free beer (but still quite good): Developer support for Maemo, by Forum Nokia Matt Collins

Maemo Summit FNDC Story Final

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Forum Nokia's 2009 presentation at the Maemo Summit in Amsterdam.

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Not quite free beer (but still

quite good):Developer support for Maemo,by Forum NokiaMatt Collins

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Forum Nokia offers …

2. Outstanding Members

3. Resources

4. Technical services

6. Campaigns

1. Programs … and benefits

5. Distribution

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… to assist from inspiration to monetization

3. ResourcesDiscussion boards, wiki, blogs – a place for our experts to help & to shine. SDKs, tools, code samples.

2. Outstanding MembersChampions Program for the “best of the best.”

4. Technical services in person and online

6. Campaigns Openscreen Project FundCalling All Innovators

1. Programs … and benefitsForum.nokia.com = free, and premium services available via LaunchPad, PRO & PRO Accelerator programs to accelerate development cycles.

5. DistributionThe money trail – Ovi, business units, operators, service providers, enterprise.

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Thorough support offeringService 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

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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  

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

Training, e.g. Maemo Developer DaysCopenhagen 18th -20 November

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And what about distribution & monetization

Service PartnershipsPre-loading Ovi Store

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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.

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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/

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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

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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?• 1?

• 2?

• 3?

• We’ll do it together during the next two days.

• Status update through Forum.Nokia.com.

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Thank you!

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