New Developer Resources Announced by Forum Nokia

We had been using some of these tools for quite sometime, but Forum Nokia improved and introduces some new developer tools to ease design, develop and distribute mobile applications in Ovi Store. Lets see these tools in detail:

• Free signing of Symbian Apps: This idea was introduces as a beta in June and now its open for all. Nokia will sign your Symbian applications for distribution in Ovi Store. Now developers do not have to buy Publisher ID to sign Symbian C++, Qt for Symbian or other applications. This step will motivate many individual developers to publish apps for Ovi Store. Free signeing was being demanded by publishers for a long time and now its available.

• Mob4Hire: This service will help developers to test their applications with real devices and users. Forum Nokia expands its user experience service to include it. More details goes at http://bit.ly/bOYKsp

• Remote Device Access: Remote Device Access (RDA) is a service that allows developers to test their mobile applications and services remotely on various Nokia devices based on Symbian and Maemo OS. The main features of the service are remote controlling a device, installing and running applications, transferring files, and analyzing log files in real-time. RDA is an Internet-based solution. see more

• Ovi Marketing Tools: Promote your Ovi Store application with Web banners for desktop and mobile domain. The service now includes Facebook integration and media buying options, and is available in eight languages.

• Ovi Store Stats: To understand and appreciate the global distribution opportunity Nokia offers to developers with Ovi Store, Forum Nokia will provide the latest official Ovi Store statistics. This information is updated on a monthly basis and will be adding additional information over the coming months.