Nokia

If you use the Eclipse IDE for mobile development, version 0.9.1 oft the Mobile Tools for Java is available now. You can update your current MTJ version using the Eclipse update manager.

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University of California (Berkeley) and Nokia Research Center have come up with a unique idea to use GPS-equipped cell phones as traffic monitoring probes that will help analyze traffic flow and travel patterns in the San Francisco Bay area.

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Nokia has announced the top 10 developers of its Mobile Games Innovation Challenge. The winners, to be announced at an exclusive awards ceremony later this month, will take home a total prize value of EUR 70,000.

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The MTJ project of the Eclipse Foundation has released version 0.9 of the Mobile Tools for Java. Mobile Java developer support under Eclipse gets better and better thanks to the Guys at Motorola. And of course lets not forget the initial work done by Craig of EclipseME fame.

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Nokia has launched it’s “Calling All Innovators” global developer contest to motivate the growth of mobile applications around the world. The contest focuses on three categories — eco-challenge, emerging markets, technology showcase. Up to USD 150,000 is up for grabs.

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I won’t question the GREAT support for J2ME development in the upcoming NetBeans 6.5 (or even in 6.0) but I can’t help but notice the really promising features of PHP development under the near final NetBeans 6.5. The PHP NetBeans team is really pouring it on to provide a good PHP IDE inside NetBeans.

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The Series 40 of Nokia is one of the most widely used mobile phone operating system. Bugs in the Java Virtual Machine and Nokia Series 40 OS have been found which can result in security breaches in Nokia’s Series 40 cell phones and allow access to sensitive data on the phone.

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I’m starting a series of articles on how to install different Java mobile SDK’s from different mobile phone manufacturers. These SDK’s usually have emulators for their handsets that is needed in testing J2ME software. I’m starting off the series with a how-to for the Nokia S60 SDK.

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With Nokia already owning about 48% of the Symbian company, they have made an offer to buyout the other owners (Sony Ericsson, Samsung and others). This is in addition to its recent buying spree — they just bought a Social Network startup called Plazes.

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Some pretty exciting things have really been happening in the mobile space. Nokia has just launched its Mobile Games Innovation Challenge to dare developers to ‘rock’ mobile games world. The Challenge is open to both Symbian and J2ME mobile games with great prices in store for the winners.

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