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In an effort to help developers make more widgets for its platform, Nokia unveiled three tools for existing developers’ applications: Nokia Web Runtime Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver, Nokia WRT plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio, and the updated version of WRT plug-in 2.0 for Aptana Studio. Moreover, the Finnish giant announced that within the next 30 days, they will localize the WRT Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver and the Nokia WRT plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio, offering multi-language support for developer tools for the first time. A total of eight languages will be supported — including traditional and simplified Chinese, English, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish.
As a result, developers using any of the mentioned applications above will be able to easily port or extend their content to the mobile channel through mobile widget apps and eventually add their creation to the Ovi Store.
Those not familiar should know that Nokia WRT widgets provide mobile users instant access to customizable information or tools drawn in real-time from the Internet. Some of the popular widgets include breaking news headlines, stock-market tickers, social network status updates, flight arrival schedules, localized daily weather and more. The platform relies on Nokia’s Webkit-based S60 browser to render the content.
Additional information can be found on a dedicated page on Forum Nokia’s website, and you see which Nokia phones support WRT widgets from this page.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
