Nokia Premium Developer Program for Asha – A Great Opportunity

 Hi,

 Here comes a great opportunity for developers: If you are having only two qualifying mobile applications published in any of the official store(e.g., Nokia Store, Windows Phone Store, Google Play, BlackBerry World, Apple App Store), then you can be a part of the Nokia Premium Developer Program for Asha.  This program has number of benefits including a free Nokia Asha 310 device, $500 (USD) in Nokia Ad Exchange (NAX) credits for use in creating external ad campaigns, free tech support tickets etc. I must say it’s a great opportunity for mobile application developers because you can target 675 million (and increasing) phones by targeting Nokia Asha platform.

After reading about this opportunity, I instantly sent my registration request which get approved in 24 hours and I received the Nokia Asha 310 device in a week. The Nokia Asha platform provides a great UX and one can develop applications for Asha phones using Nokia Java SDK or Nokia Web Tools.

I am always interested in trying new development tools especially the cross-platform ones. That’s why, I chose to play with MoSync SDK which is a free, open-source & cross-platform development tool with a support for Nokia Asha (JavaME) phones. It provides a rich cross-platform IDE with a C/C++ foundation and provides a large number of APIs that can help developers in building cross-platform applications easily. I gave it a go and found that JavaME applications developed using MoSync worked really well on Nokia Asha phones.

‘Blox Run’ is the game which I ported from Nokia Anna/Belle phone to Nokia Asha (JavaME) platform using MoSync. This game has a pretty simple game engine implementation which took me only two days to port it to MoSync. For graphics part, I use to create vector graphics using Adobe Flash or Adobe Illustrator which can be easily ported to lower or higher resolution phones by simply resizing them. That’s why, it took me only few hours to regenerate all the graphics for Asha phones having resolution of 240×400. Just add one more day to it for testing & optimization, so, in total four days my porting process was completed. If you want to try out the game, it is published in the Nokia Store.

At the end, I also like to mention that I told one of my fellow ‘Murtaza Ashraf’ (a Founder and CEO of Ioptime) about this program and now, he is having his own Nokia Asha phone (sent by this program). Moreover, I actually get impressed by the UX and performance of Asha Phones and that’s why, I decided to do more experiments soon. Stay Tuned!

Best Regards,

Sajid Ali Anjum

“Tangle Craze” and “Blox Run” is now available on Windows Phone Marketplace

Hi,

Last year, i started working on Windows Phone platform and here you go, i just recently ported two of my titles from Qt to Silvelright (C#) and made them available on Windows Phone Marketplace.

Tangle Craze :

Description :

Tangle Craze, is an entertaining and addictive arcade-puzzle game.

Objective :

You have to take the glowing ball to the end of each level by overcoming a series of obstacles.

You need to apply your control skills to beat this game. So, are you ready… ?

It features :

* Intuitive gameplay

* Cute Graphics

* Smooth Animations

* Sound Effects

Download :

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-PK/store/app/tangle-craze/69c0e979-5177-482e-8ea6-32b6f1b49842

Blox Run :

Description :

Blox Run, is an entertaining, addictive and very colorful game. It features :

* Intuitive and Colorful game-play

* Cute Graphics & Animations

* Sound Effects

Download :

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-pk/store/app/blox-run/9962d0a3-930e-4fb3-a414-09ce68a73d1e

Best Regards,

Sajid Ali Anjum

Nokia Developer Champion of the Month ( August 2012 )

I have been selected for Nokia Developer Champion for the month of August, 2012. Nokia is always a great source of motivation for me.

An article written by Nokia Developer Team , that is, now featured on Nokia Developer Champion’s page for a month, is linked below :
http://www.developer.nokia.com/Blogs/News/blog/2012/08/01/champion-of-the-month-sajid-ali-anjum/

Thanks to Nokia Developer Team .

Best Regards,
Sajid Ali Anjum

“Tangle Craze” hits the Nokia Store for Nokia Symbian^3 and S40 phones.

We just released a new fun title of ours “Tangle Craze”. It is powered by Qt and thus, runs very smooth on Symbian^3 (Anna/Belle) devices  and JavaME version is also available for Nokia S40 phone.

Description :

Tangle Craze, is an entertaining and addictive arcade-puzzle game.

Objective :
You have to take the glowing ball to the end of each level by overcoming a series of obstacles. You need to apply your control skills to beat this game.

It features :
* 15 levels of entertainment
* Intuitive gameplay
* Cute Graphics
* Smooth Animations
* Sound Effects
* Much more fun..

Screenshots : 

Compatibility :

-  All Nokia Symbian^3 (Anna/Belle) phones
-  Nokia S40 Touch Screen phones.

Download : 

http://store.ovi.com/content/300420  (Symbian^3 version, powered by Qt)

http://store.ovi.com/content/296525 (S40 version, powered by JavaME )

Best Regards,

Sajid Ali Anjum

‘Math N Fun’ hits the Nokia Store for Nokia Symbian^3 and S40

Hi,

We just launched our new title “Math N Fun” for Kids to practice Maths in a fun way.

Description :

It’s time to practice Maths in a fun way on a cute chalkboard.

The game features :
1- Four levels of difficulty: Easy, Normal, Hard and Customize.
2- Fully customizable level.
3- Cute chalkboard gameplay.
4- Chalk sound effects.
5- Posting your scores and checking your global ranking among other players.
6- Testing your addition, subtraction and multiplication skills.

Screenshots :

Compatibility :

- Nokia 5th Edtion and Symbian^3 phones
- Nokia S40 Touch Screen phones

Download :

http://store.ovi.com/content/282285

Best Regards,
Sajid Ali Anjum

Sniper Action : Level 4 & Level 8 Solution

Hi,

I just got number of emails asking the solution of level 4 and level 8, thus, i decided to share the solution of these levels on this blog :

Sniper Action : Level 4 Solution 

In Level 4, one have to shot at the bottom of the pole and the pole comes down.

Sniper Action : Level 8 Solution

In Level 8, one have to shoot two bullets at the location shown in the image below.

Best Regards,

Sajid Ali Anjum

Getting Started With Mobile Programming – Season 2 – Workshop Contents

Hi,

First Intensive Season Of Workshop :   Absolute Beginners realize Their First Mobile Phone Ideas 

We just conducted a 2nd season of “Getting Started With Mobile Programming” workshop in U.C.E.T, The Islamia University Of Bahawalpur, Pakistan, focusing “2D Game Developement” and “Cross-Platform Developement highlighting MoSync & HTML5″ , along with new technologies around like TouchDevelop, NFC etc. It was a great experience and I hope the contents of this workshop may help other guys as well.

Workshop Contents : http://sajisoft.com/workshops/mComputings2.pdf

Best Regards,

Sajid Ali Anjum

TouchDevelop by Microsoft Research – Write Programs on your Windows Phone

Hi,

I just played with TouchDevelop for couple of hours and i am totally surprised by the power of this radically new software development environment for Windows Phone. It comes up with hundred of APIs and one can implement number of ideas on the go. I wrote an article on Nokia Developer Wiki for those who want to know more about TouchDevelop and get started with it:

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/TouchDevelop_-_Write_Programs_on_your_Windows_Phone

Best Regards,

Sajid Ali Anjum

“mLocker” hits the Nokia Store for Symbian^3 Devices

Hi,

We just released a new file locking utlitly for Symbian^3 devices, developed in Qt.

Description :

mLocker, is a powerful file locking software having a unique design and advance features.

Features :
* Lock any sort of file in your device including images, videos, audios, text etc
* Provides built-in image viewer with browsing images and pinch-to-zoom feature.
* Uses a fast encryption algorithm to lock/unlock files.
* Provides cute interface design.
* Provides all basic features i.e. Locking Files, Restoring Files and Deleting Files from the mLocker.

Screenshot :

Download:

http://store.ovi.com/content/258119

 

Best Regards,

Sajid Ali Anjum

 

Sajid Ali Anjum becomes a Qt Ambassador

I got selected for Qt Ambassador title.

Who is a Qt Ambassador ? 
Qt Ambassadors are distinguished Qt performers who we offer benefits that honor loyalty and expose the world to the developers’ expertise and project.

Updated :  3rd May, 2012

Just received the Qt Ambassador Merchandise :

Best Regards,

Sajid Ali Anjum