Nokia emphasises apps to compete

To regain the leadership in the world mobile phone market, Nokia in its world summit 2010 in London, unveiled major improvements in developer tools in line with a powerful family of smartphones and Ovi services.
Nokia made the developer tools simpler, easier and more lucrative for people to build apps that can reach its users worldwide.
It has enhanced the Nokia Qt Software Development Kit (SDK) with 70 per cent reduction in the number of lines of code required in developing the Symbian smartphones.
Nokia has also improved the Ovi Store user experience with a new look and feel, making it faster and making apps easier to find.
It has lowered the barrier of entry and increased monetisation opportunities for developers, including free Java and Symbian signing, in-app purchase, improved revenue share, and advanced developer analytics.
"Our announcements will certainly bring more great apps to Nokia products, especially our new family of Symbian smartphones," said Purnima Kochikar, vice president for Forum Nokia.
"We have made it much simpler, removed obstacles and made it more lucrative for people to build apps for our phones. We believe that this will convince more developers to build apps for the millions of people, in more than 190 countries, that are using the Ovi Store on their Nokia devices," she added.