Jappit.com » cool stuff http://www.jappit.com/blog Mobile blog by Alessandro La Rosa Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:38:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Rotary Dialer brings back old times on Nokia N9 http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/11/23/rotary-dialer-brings-back-old-times-on-nokia-n9/ http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/11/23/rotary-dialer-brings-back-old-times-on-nokia-n9/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:38:23 +0000 pit http://www.jappit.com/blog/?p=1769 I’ve always loved rotary phones, and that’s why I’ve released an old-fashioned Rotary Dialer app for Nokia N9 / N950 devices.

You can download the app from the Nokia Store.

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The game uses Nokia Maps to let the player travel around the world, trying to guess where historical locations, country capital cities and other famous places are located. The features of this first release include:

  • More than 100 questions, constantly updated
  • Global rankings, to compete with users worldwide
  • Ability to share a new score on Facebook

Check out the video below to see the game in action.

The game is available for free on Nokia Store.

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The Football App features the major European soccer leagues, including:

  • Premier League
  • Bundesliga
  • Serie A
  • Ligue 1
  • La Liga
  • Champions League
  • Europa League

For each league, the app allows to view live match results with complete scorers and lineups information, standings and top scorers.

You can download The Football App from Nokia Store.

]]> http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/11/11/new-meego-app-released-the-football-app-for-nokia-n9/feed/ 5 Winner in Nokia Developer Series 40 Java and Web App Competition http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/07/14/winner-in-nokia-developer-series-40-java-and-web-app-competition/ http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/07/14/winner-in-nokia-developer-series-40-java-and-web-app-competition/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:01:55 +0000 pit http://www.jappit.com/blog/?p=1743 I’m happy to announce that I am one of the winners of the Series 40 Java and Web App Competition competition recently held by the Nokia Developer community.

From the competition page:

Using the PositioningManager from Java ME Location API by Alessandro La Rosa (jappit). This wiki article explains how to use the PositioningManager from the Ovi Maps Java ME Location API to get information about the device location. Alessandro contributed a number of articles and a project; while this was our favourite, they are all very well written and provide an excellent insight into how to use the Java Location API:

Thank you Nokia Developer!

]]> http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/07/14/winner-in-nokia-developer-series-40-java-and-web-app-competition/feed/ 10 Talking about Qt Quick at WhyMCA, the Italian Mobile Conference http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/05/10/talking-about-qt-quick-at-whymca-the-italian-mobile-conference/ http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/05/10/talking-about-qt-quick-at-whymca-the-italian-mobile-conference/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 08:37:27 +0000 pit http://www.jappit.com/blog/?p=1699 All is getting ready for WhyMCA, the Italian mobile conference that will be held in Milan on May 20-21.

This year, I’ll contribute with a speech all around Qt Quick and related technologies. This is my first time as a speaker, wish me some luck :)

If you plan to attend the WhyMCA, get in touch!

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News Italy is available for free.

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Get FBirthdays here.

]]> http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/05/07/fbirthdays-featured-on-the-ovi-store/feed/ 1 FBirthdays: the perfect app to never forget a birthday http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/05/06/fbirthdays-the-perfect-app-to-never-forget-a-birthday/ http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/05/06/fbirthdays-the-perfect-app-to-never-forget-a-birthday/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 16:36:36 +0000 pit http://www.jappit.com/blog/?p=1682 I’ve recently released a little app that will hopefully help to remind all your important birthdays: it’s called FBirthdays, and it’s now available for free on the Ovi Store.

FBirthdays retrieves the birthday information of your Facebook friends, allowing to see in a snap all the upcoming birthdays. You can post on your friends’ walls just from within the app, and add a widget to your home screen to never miss an important birthday again :)

You can download FBirthdays here.

]]> http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/05/06/fbirthdays-the-perfect-app-to-never-forget-a-birthday/feed/ 1 Implementing a simple View Manager with QML http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/02/24/implementing-a-simple-view-manager-with-qml/ http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/02/24/implementing-a-simple-view-manager-with-qml/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:05:05 +0000 pit http://www.jappit.com/blog/?p=1677 Today’s new QML tutorial shows how to implement a simple View Manager in QML.

The video below shows how the component behaves on a Nokia N8 device.

Check out the full article on Forum Nokia Wiki: simple QML View Manager.

]]> http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/02/24/implementing-a-simple-view-manager-with-qml/feed/ 1 How to build a context menu UI component with QML http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/02/23/how-to-build-a-context-menu-ui-component-with-qml/ http://www.jappit.com/blog/2011/02/23/how-to-build-a-context-menu-ui-component-with-qml/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:14:43 +0000 pit http://www.jappit.com/blog/?p=1672 Here’s a new QML tutorial, explaining how to build a reusable Context Menu component.

You can see the component in action on a Nokia N8 device here.

Full source code is available as always on Forum Nokia Wiki: Building a Context Menu component with QML.

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