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If you develop mobile applications for any of Nokia’s platforms — or if you just want to learn more about what is happening in this fast-moving environment — make Forum Nokia your first stop for the latest news and information about the developments that will affect your work. Whether you’re looking for the newest Nokia SDK or white papers from industry experts, you can find what you need here.

Forum Nokia continually publishes new information relevant to your work, so we encourage you to bookmark our website and visit often. You can now view much of the content on the Forum Nokia site by the role you define for yourself in your Forum Nokia member profile. We encourage you to explore the content under the Devices, Docs & Tools tab. This content is specifically geared for your role in mobile development.

In the right-hand column of nearly every page on the site, you’ll see other ways that we make it easy for you to find relevant content. This column contains a Featured Content area, which highlights new information we’ve published, and a Recommended Resources area, which includes content that is contextually relevant to the page you’re viewing.

In addition, you’ll notice that much of the content on Forum Nokia displays an RSS icon. When you click this icon, you can create a news feed that will provide updates of specific content to your preferred feed reader. Whenever new information about the topic is added to the site, you’ll know it at a glance.

Several other sources of news and information are at your disposal:

• Subscribe to the Forum Nokia Developer Newsletter. This free e-mail newsletter, published twice a month, provides quick overviews of the most recent Nokia information relevant to your work.
• Explore the Forum Nokia Developer Community section of the Forum Nokia site, which contains excellent resources that utilise the ideas and experience of Forum Nokia members from around the world.
• Check out the Events tab on the Forum Nokia site. The Events section highlights upcoming trade shows and conferences as well as training sessions, Webinars, other educational events, and contests.

The Forum Nokia Knowledge Base is part of the Forum Nokia Wiki. The Knowledge Base is a library of known issues, technical solutions, and code snippets. The Knowledge Base contains articles about various technologies related to mobile development — including Symbian C++, Java™, Web, and Flash Lite from Adobe technologies — and about many aspects of developing mobile applications. The Knowledge Base includes articles written by Forum Nokia experts and articles contributed by developers. You’re welcome to add your own articles to the library and to comment on articles it contains.

Known Issues articles describe the known differences between devices and platforms and their respective specifications. They explain situations where implementations may cause unexpected behaviours.

Technical Solutions articles comprise developer questions that have been answered by the Forum Nokia Technical Support team. The cases have been generalized and published to serve other developers as well.

Code Snippets articles contain well-written code blocks that demonstrate how to use APIs and methods to perform certain tasks, providing easy-to-use code for application development. The snippets use APIs of the public SDKs and have been tested on real devices.

User experience is shaped by many aspects of mobile development, including quality, usability, and design. For instance, when the language to be used in an application is chosen with care, power usage is kept to a minimum, and when unexpected errors are filtered out of the application, users will be more satisfied with your product.  In short, a carefully crafted application promotes a positive user experience.

Forum Nokia provides guidance, information on best practices, and tools that can enable you to develop efficient applications and optimise the user experience. Studying and applying this information to your development work could give you the competitive edge you need to produce the next outstanding mobile application.

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Check out Forum Nokia’s Device Specifications section, where you can find technical details about Nokia’s mobile devices. In addition to details about the features and APIs, the section includes links to related developer tools and other useful information.

Forum Nokia Technical Support

Technical problems? Forum Nokia Technical Support is here to help with your mobile development projects. The Forum Nokia Technical Support organisation provides support to the Forum Nokia community, Forum Nokia PRO member companies, and third-party developers. Here’s what we provide:

• Timely online technical support on a per-case basis.
• Solutions to specific problems and answers to technical questions.
• Support for Java™, S60 on Symbian OS, Qt for Symbian, Maemo, Widget development on S60 Web Runtime and Series 40 development.
• API partnering.

If your company is a PRO member, you’ll also benefit from special pricing and expedited support. Learn more about how Forum Nokia Technical Support can help your development team »

Forum Nokia Technical Consultancy

Are you looking for personalised help for your application development project? The Forum Nokia Technical Consultancy service is designed to provide exactly that type of support. With highly skilled technical engineers, the Technical Consultancy service provides in-depth services that can support every level and stage of a project. Learn how the Forum Nokia Technical Consultancy can help your development team.