Ever since Widsets was closed I’ve been looking for an application which offers me news from a convenient and quick interface with less hassle. I previously tried Flyscreen which worked decently and decided to test out Snaptu which one of our readers mentioned to be really good. Snaptu is a java application which comes with [...]
Last week, Forum Nokia announced two new Web Runtime plugins, one for Adobe Dreamweaver and the other for Microsoft Visual Studio. The plugins are joined by the existing one for Aptana Studio as Forum Nokia continues its focus on Web Runtime (WRT) widgets as an alternative development platform for developers. Personally, I think this move [...]
Although Widsets, the service which Nokia launched in 2006 is still alive despite it saying it will become part of the OVI Store, the service is surely going to close down. Many are therefore going to focus on the new popular widgets format such as the Facebook widget for S60 touch phones like the N97 [...]
Recently, Symbian Foundation’s David Wood (who we interviewed previously) posted about WRT widgets, asking for suggestions as to what widgets you’d like to see. One answer that intrigued him was for a Symbian.org widget, which would allow Symbian users to keep up with happenings around the Foundation – and so it was. The new Symbian [...]
When Nokia first announced Web RunTime Widgets, my first question was ‘how is that different from Widsets?’ Honestly, I’m still trying to figure out exactly what the difference is, and Nokia isn’t making things any easier. They’ve recently started melting the two together, with a new mobile Widgsets library available. No, that’s not a typo. [...]
Last week the S60 team (at least most of them) were at the Web 2.0 conference held in San Francisco. The Web 2.0 conference, according to the brochure, is a conference that ‘whether you’re a designer, developer, marketer, entrepreneur, business strategist, or technologist, whether you’re a geek or suit who ‘gets it,’ if you’re looking [...]
