Nokia intros new mobile development tools

Nokia intros new mobile development tools

To enable the conversion of standard web code and scripting languages into new mobile applications

Friday, June 12, 2009

MOUNTAIN VIEW, US: Nokia, recently announced that it has introduced new mobile development tools for desktop designers and developers of Internet content.

The Nokia Web Runtime Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver, Nokia WRT plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio and the newly updated WRT plug-in 2.0 for Aptana Studio let large numbers of web developers and designers using HTML, CSS, JavaScript(TM), Ajax code and other standards-based technologies immediately extend their existing web content to the mobile channel through the fast and efficient creation of mobile widget applications, said a press release.

The WRT widget plug-ins lets web developers and designers working within Dreamweaver, Visual Studio and Eclipse-based Aptana Studio rapidly deliver widget-based content to users of tens of millions of supported Nokia devices currently available in markets worldwide.

It is built on the same open-source, industry standard WebKit project environment used by Web Browser for S60, Nokia's full-HTML browser for the latest devices running on Nokia's S60 platform, said the release.

"These new Nokia WRT tools open up the mobile market to web developers and creative professionals worldwide who work every day in these widely used development environments to create web applications and content," said Craig Cumberland, director of WRT Tools and Technologies, Nokia.

He added that WRT plug-ins enable the easy creation of feature-rich widget applications for the enjoyment of mobile consumers around the globe, providing new horizons to untold numbers of individuals and organizations seeking to extend their web content and Internet presence into the mobile space.

The updated WRT plug-in for Aptana Studio 2 immediately supports Nokia platform services 1.0 and provides access to select device functionality for two Nokia touch-screen devices, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and the Nokia N97, while also supporting the "Home screen" publishing functionality on the Nokia N97 and future Nokia devices.

Additionally, within the next 30 days, Nokia will localize the WRT Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver and the Nokia WRT plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio, offering multi-language support for developer tools for the first time.

The tools will be available in eight languages, including traditional and simplified Chinese, English, Germany, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish for developers around the world, added the release.

©CIOL Bureau