Phones in the Nokia Asha family can serve as perfect educational devices for children: They’re simple and inexpensive while also fast and secure. Join this webinar to learn about APIs and frameworks that will help you to get started with educational projects for Nokia Asha phones. We’ll discuss typical types of applications introduce you to a wide range of text styles, animations, and transitions to engage your audience. Then, we’ll explain how easy it is to code your vision using the new version of the Lightweight User Interface Toolkit (LWUIT) framework, optimised for the Nokia Asha platform.

1. NOKIA ASHA IDEA TO APP
Education for Kids
Michael Samarin
Director,
Developer Training and Evangelism
Futurice
@MichaelSamarin

2. BEFORE WE BEGIN…
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This webinar is for beginner Asha developers
All information you need in order to start making
educational apps is available in Nokia Asha SDK 1.1:
• IDE and Asha 50x Emulator
• Complete LWUIT examples
• Extensive offline Help system with
documentation on Java APIs and step-by-step
developer guides
We encourage you to download the SDK and start
experimenting:
http://developer.nokia.com/asha/java/downloads

3. SPECIAL ATTENTION – ASHA 230
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Suggested price 45 Euro
Asha Software Platform 1.1
Capacitive Touch 320 x 240
1.3 Mp Camera, Accelerometer
2G Only – Single-SIM / Dual-SIM
Java Heap 3MB
JAR Size 5 MB
http://www.nokia.com/global/products/phone/asha230dual-sim/
http://developer.nokia.com/devices/devicespecifications/nokia-asha-230

4. ASHA APPS - EDUCATION FOR KIDS
• It’s only about your Ideas …
• Understand your target age
• Understand Store Content Guidelines
• Styled textual content
• Custom controls and animations for
quizzes, questionnaires, puzzles and
mini-games

5. LWUIT – EASIEST ASHA UI FRAMEWORK
• Fast learning curve /
development
• Inspired by Java Swing
• Custom UI Themes /
Animations
• Basic HTML Styling
• Rich set of existing
components

6. HANDS-ON DEMONSTRATIONS
Working with LWUIT on Asha Software
Platform 1.1 for building educational
apps

7. THANK YOU!