A restaurant locater, a dictionary, an encyclopedia, a weather monitor, horoscopes, stock quotes and network games are just some of the applications that you can now install on new smart phones like N97 coming from the Nokia stable. Mobile phone applications are the next big thing in the mobile phone industry and there is an increasing demand for third party applications to be developed similar to the development that happened in the PC industry few years back.The availability of high end features such as A-GPS, high resolution cameras, entertainment tools and large disk space and processing power makes mobile phone application development the next challenge for application developers around the world. These applications are aimed at various user requirements with major categories being productivity improvement, business tools, entertainment gadgets and games.
Nokia is entering the market of mobile phone applications for its N-Series platform with the concept of widgets. Widgets shall help Nokia N-series users customize their phone according to their liking and requirement. Widget stores will see shaping up of selling, licensing and downloading of widgets is in the times to come. The widget store could become the only mechanism supported by the operating system for installation and up gradation of applications. This shall ensure the stability of installed applications, verification of software conflicts and the ability to locate applications at a single point of sale. Apple has already taken a big step in this direction with the Application store launched along with iPhone 3G. The initial 3 months of this store saw more than 5000 applications being posted and over 200 million downloads. The advent of these applications is slowing diminishing the gap between smart phones, PDA and Pocket PCs. Seems like beyond a point, hardware improvements shall give way to software innovations in the dynamic mobile phone industry. Its happening.
Monday, February 2, 2009
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This sounds good... btw.. how would you compare N series with the new i-phone with firmware 3.0??
i want to know how close this comes to a real-life google? the next step for technology, according to pundits, is one search machine for day-to-day use. any breakthrough on that count?
@Harry: Comparison with other phones like the iPhone 3G coming very soon... Keep watching this space!
The real deal lies in making quality widgets for N97 - an ocean would do no good. Nokia must partner the developer network to come up with a comprehensive set right out-of-the-box. This would help the device realize its true potential for the masses who rarely go for add-ons. For a market like India, its critical!
widget collage is neat!!
Amazing widgets: cricket, stocks, news, anything and everything you have it there. These widgets appear way better than any of the competitor's widgets - overall a marvelous piece of work
so when is the application store expected to be launched ? is it 16th feb for sure.
widgets on phone desktop is a good concept!
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