Widgets for Nokia Series 60 Phones

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During last week’s Web 2.0 Expo, Nokia released a series of widgets and a web run-time for the Series 60 platform. The web run-time is an instance of WebKit, which is also the rendering engine for the Nokia S60 browser as well as Apple’s Safari and the Linux browser Konqueror.

The widgets are similar to Apple Dashboard, Yahoo! Widgets, and Google Gadgets. Widgets typically are comprised of standard web components including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and AJAX. This means that a wide range of existing widgets could be ported to the Nokia phones in addition to making new options for development available. The initial set of widgets include: Reuters News, Chat, Share photos, WeatherBug, Amazon Shopping, Translator, and Deal finder. Porting existing widgets to the Nokia platform should be straightforward, although it is likely that any navigation will have to be tailored to the phone’s small screen.