Blaast probably makes sense in indonesia or in any other place where it is supported by some of the big players/operators.
For Nokia/S40, something including usable emulator: http://www.developer.nokia.com/Develop/Web/Tools/Nokia_Web_Tools/ Consider also completely web based http://appwizard.ovi.com/web_nokia/ That gives you rather good coverage on Nokia space for simple apps. Br, //Harri On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Dhi Aurrahman <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm a beginner too. Nice to have someone here bring this up. I have > different approach though. > > Most of the time I have difficulties to getting started in development > process. We need somehow clear guidance on the steps. > Mer is based on Linux? So, It will be great to start with Kernel Development > Process? or we could jump directly on app development. > > About low cost devices, if Mer project get its successful story, do you > think it will attract device makers? or we could just plug in to any > available devices just like B2G? While N9 is too expensive and N950 is too > limited. Beside from this, I have a lot inspired from blaast > (http://www.blaast.com/) to make it available on S40 devices, and gain a lot > attention from one of biggest operators in Indonesia. > > Emulator is not helping, since it's difficult to sense the experience > compare to the real hardware. > > I'm sorry for jumping around and random unstructured (maybe somehow > unrelated) thinking > > Cheers, > > Dhi Aurrahman > @diorahman > > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:34 AM, Carsten Munk <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi Marc, >> >> 2012/4/29 Marc Stephan Nkouly <[email protected]>: >> > Please sir >> > for a young man from Africa interested in building apps for for >> > featured phones am asking my self where should i starts, and with all >> > the project like Maemo, tizen, Mer, Ubuntu for handheld, Android am >> > confuse and i simply believe in inexpensive device that can have >> > support a browser like OPERA mini and can have access to a server to >> > keeps files and update them. >> One thing that you must remember, is that the cheap featurephones of >> today are as strong and powerful as the expensive smartphones of few >> years ago. Another is history, when there became and more more >> powerful PCs, they reached a level of power that meant that for most >> general purposes, having a low cost and low CPU PC was more than >> enough for many of the typical things that a PC is used for, like word >> processing, browsing the internet, sending e-mail and the causal >> computer gaming. And this was more than enough for most people. The >> same thing is happening to the featurephone market. >> >> Because smartphone market is so big and technology got more advanced >> and sometimes cheaper to make certain chips, the components a >> featurephone needs got cheaper too. Which means that featurephones >> are reaching a level where most features you traditionally find in a >> smartphones, is now possible to have, at low cost. >> >> This means that technologies, such as HTML5 may in fact be entirely >> possible to use on a featurephone and that's where I would recommend >> you to begin researching to understand applications that can be usable >> on featurephones. It (HTML5) can with offline capability and >> combinations of open standards and internet communications, as well as >> hosting in the cloud, give you really interesting abilities to make >> interesting applications. >> >> > because here in Africa with insecurity it will be difficult for people >> > to buy expensive device and i believe in the cloud because even if >> > they lose the device they can still retrieve the data as soon as they >> > have another device. >> I think you brought up an interesting point there that I haven't >> myself thought about - thank you for that insight. >> >> > please hope you can guide me ?? >> I hope this has helped you a bit on the way. Here in Mer project, we >> seek to help people make devices cheaper, simply by making it easier >> for them to do the software for them. >> >> If you don't mind me asking, how much does a typical featurephone cost >> for you, what model is 'best' in your view, what do you hope it could >> do and what do you wish it cost? >> >> > thank's in advance >> > -- >> > Marc Stephan Nkouly >> > bp: 223 Mankon >> > Bamenda >> > cameroon >> > >> > Mobile: >> > 00 237 77 95 77 55 >> > 00 237 96 19 11 50 >> > >> > [email protected] [email protected] >> > >> > >> >> >
