The first project is for a widget that allows the user to perform searches through the Bing search engine.

Its code shows how many widgets’ common features can be implemented, including:

• integrate a public REST API
• retrieve and show dynamic data from network
• detect and adapt to different screen resolutions
• handle touch and key-based user interaction
• show tabbed views
• download dynamic code updates and new versions of the widget

The second widget is a configurable RSS reader supporting multiple RSS feeds at once. The widget is easily adaptable to different needs, where retrieval and displaying of remote XML feeds is needed.

The last project is a client for Google’s Buzz social network: the current functionalities include searching by keyword, and retrieving of Buzzes of a single user. Many more features are under development: feel free to take a look and integrate yours

As these are open source projects, everyone is invited to dig into the code and to contribute to the them: just join the project, and start experimenting! To start, visit Forum Nokia Projects.

This also made me think about an inspirational post I read today on the Nokia Conversations blog, whose title could have not been clearer: Innovation means so much more than high end smartphones. Have you ever tought about 5 different phonebooks in a single device? An even clearer hint? Look at Nokia Life Tools.

Alessandro yesterday talked on this blog about this point: while we’re focusing on smartphones and latest fancy devices, the greatest portion of mobile market is simply somewhere else, looking for resources and innovation that don’t need application stores, augmented reality or jingles like these.

Not convinced about this? Take a look at Calling All Innovators categories or at Betavine Social Exchange, and then start re-tuning your mobile strategy.