It's time to corner the mobile web! And S60 is the way to go to achieve it. With 150 million devices shipped since January 2008 (and growing everyday!), S60 (and the Symbian platform as a whole) has become the platform of choice for mobile developers looking to create new and interesting applications that can be monetized.

What is it about S60 that makes it so appealing to developers? Here's our top reasons:

1. Pick a language, any language: Developers can work in C++ (using native Symbian OS APIs and a subset of the POSIX standard libraries provided by Open C), the Java™ language (using MIDP 2.0 with an extensive range of additional JSRs), Flash Lite from Adobe, and Python. With support for such a wide range of development methods, anyone can move to mobile.

2. Web and Mobile come together: Recreating the Internet experience on a mobile device traditionally required extra work to create WAP enabled sites. But with widgets, you can now create a nifty front end to Web 2.0 services in mere hours using the Web Runtime, and using familiar Web technology such as XHTML, CSS, Javascript and Ajax.

3. Looks the way you want: Theming has become an industry in itself, and with the latest edition of S60 (S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 3), users can change not just individual elements of their device, but an increasingly sophisticated set of UI elements, sounds, and alerts.

For developer's moving to mobile, the top resource has to be Forum Nokia. As a community of more than three million, Forum Nokia is a place for anyone who wants to learn the ins and outs of mobile development. While there are great resources to be had from just browsing the site, membership (it's free) is recommended to get the most value from this site.

Update! Forum Nokia is now giving away an N95 8GB to one lucky registrant!

There are other prizes too, and all that's needed is to register at www.forumnokia-india.com/promo


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