Target 155 million Symbian phones and the Nokia N9, from one code base
The co-founders of Pico Brothers, Niklas Karlstrom and Kristian Engsjo, talk about all aspects of their apps business. The guys met while working at a telecoms company. Spurred on by the launch of Ovi Store (now Nokia Store) they took a bold leap into apps development, something that Kristian described as "exciting, and challenging, and a bit scary". But it took them only a couple of months to get to grips with developing for mobile phones. They now create most of their apps using Qt, in anything from a few hours to a month. Having already passed to 80 million download milestone, they are looking forward to achieving 100 million downloads.
Prashant Singh, Senior Manager of Alliances at India's Spice Labs shares insights into working with Nokia. Spice Labs has 19 apps in Nokia Store for Symbian Qt-enabled smartphones, as well as Series 40 phones. Prashant says Qt "has been a big help for our app development processes, and reduced our time to market." He added that Qt gives them "the flexibility to cover a wide range of devices and platforms."
Reza Alizadeh, an Architect Evangelist at Microsoft provides an in-depth tutorial about how to build a Windows Phone app. Reza shares ideas for how to gain visibility with your mobile app, and increase user retention. He demonstrates quick ways to take advantage of the integration options available for Windows Phone, including: Pictures Hub Extensions; Music and Video Hub Integration; and via App Connect to integrate with Bing Search.
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February 27 - March 1
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