Addison-Wesley Professional And Nokia To Jointly Publish Nokia Mobile Developer Series
February 20, 2004
First Series Designed to Meet Specialized Needs of Nokia Mobile Application Developers
Boston, MA - Addison-Wesley Professional, the leading publisher of technical books
for professionals, and an imprint of media conglomerate Pearson Inc. (NYSE: PSO),
today announced a joint project with mobile communications leader Nokia, (NYSE:
NOK) to publish a mobile developer book series.
The series will focus on application development guidelines, tools, and best practices
using Nokia's software platforms for mobile developers. Nokia engineers, key mobile
developer industry leaders and members of Forum Nokia, the company's mobile developer
community, will write, review and contribute to the books. Forum Nokia (http://www.forum.nokia.com)
reaches more than 1.3 million subscribers and provides an ideal technical review
environment.
The first book in the series will be Developing Series 60 Applications: A Guide
for Symbian OS C++ Developers (ISBN 0321227220) by Leigh Edwards, Richard Barker
and other authors from EMCC Software, Ltd. The book will be the official Nokia guide
to mobile application development on the Series 60 Platform. The Series 60 Platform
brings open standards and multi-vendor support to the smartphone market. The book
will publish March 2004, with an exclusive early edition available at 3GSM World
Congress in Cannes, France, February 23-26. 3GSM attendees can see the book at the
Nokia booth located in Hall 1, #A9.
"The audience of software developers around the world seeking to take advantage
of Nokia's open software platforms has grown tremendously. With millions of Nokia
Developer Platform compliant devices in use worldwide, we recognized a tremendous
need for centralized, documented information validated by an independent and respected
third-party," said Lee Epting, vice president, Forum Nokia. "Given our commitment
to assisting developers and the recent progress in unified testing and certification
programs, publishing was the next obvious step in our strategy to support the mobile
development community.
"Together with Addison-Wesley Professional we will be able to deliver superior resources
to further grow our global mobile application developers' skill set," added Ms.
Epting.
"Writing this book, of nearly 800 pages, was a considerable undertaking, done to
demonstrate our company's expertise and belief in the Series 60 Platform," remarked
Garry Partington, Chief Technical Officer of EMCC Software. "Over the past six years
of working with Symbian OS and Series 60 we have trained thousands of developers
worldwide. EMCC Software has acquired extensive experience in Series 60 development
and we decided to extend our commitment and services to the developer community
by passing on some of the benefits of our expertise."
"We are thrilled that Nokia has chosen us to oversee this important publishing venture.
Both companies have a lot in common through their universal commitment to the developer
community and innovative technologies," said John Wait, Executive Vice President
and Publisher, Addison-Wesley Professional.
"The boom in mobile applications development is being driven both by a new breed
of developers who cut their teeth in the mobile environment, as well as developers
for whom the migration to wireless platforms represents an important opportunity,"
added Wait. "As it has always been a part of our publishing strategy to release
books on new technologies ahead of the curve, this series is perfectly timed to
coincide with the needs of both audiences."
Subsequent books in the series will focus on Nokia's Developer Platform for Series
40, a technology that delivers color displays, Java(TM) programmability, and multimedia
messaging to the mass market, and Series 90, a feature-rich platform providing an
excellent environment for media consumption, mobile services and a true Internet
experience. Both books will publish in late 2004/early 2005.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and sustainability
of the broader mobility industry. Nokia is dedicated to enhancing people's lives
and productivity by providing easy-to-use and secure products like mobile phones,
and solutions for imaging, games, media, mobile network operators and businesses.
Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on five major exchanges. More information
is available at www.nokia.com.
About Forum Nokia
Nokia's global developer community, Forum Nokia, connects developers to tools, technical
information, support, and distribution channels they can use to build and market
applications around the globe. From offices in the U.S., Europe, Japan, China, and
Singapore, Forum Nokia provides technical and business development support to developers
and operators to assist them in achieving their goal of successfully launching applications
and services to consumers and enterprises. More information is available at www.forum.nokia.com.
About EMCC Software
EMCC Software Ltd is a leading Symbian Competence Center, Series 60 Competence Center
and Symbian Training Partner, specializes in consulting, development and training
services for Symbian OS and related mobile technologies, and also develops a portfolio
of leading-edge smartphone software products which are available for license on
Symbian OS handsets. More information is available at www.emccsoft.com.
About Addison-Wesley
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programmers, developers, and system administrators. The Company's mission is to
provide educational materials concerning new technologies and new approaches to
current technologies written by leading authorities. Addison-Wesley is a division
of Pearson Education, the global leader in integrated education publishing. Pearson
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