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Widgets: The S60 Web Run Time, what is it and how can I use it?

Categories: Nokia, Symbian
By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 at 8:18 AM

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Starting with the next version of S60, 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2, a new technology called Widgets will be enabled. Widgets is a fancy way of saying you will be able to build applications using XHTML, CSS and JavaScript for S60. The web run time, the engine that powers the S60 browser, will be the enabler of the creation of widgets. Daniel Rocha from newlc takes us through a demo of how one can write widgets for S60 and goes into some detail about the technology and potential future use cases.

More information about Widgets can be found in episode 20 and 21 of the Voice of S60 podcast, this slideshow on SlideShare and this 45 minute video on Blip.tv.

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.