Nokia X 3 Part 4 run regular Android app

Not long after the debut of X running Android, Nokia also launched the Nokia software development tools X Platform SDK for developers. On the download page, the Finnish phone company said 75% of Android apps can now run immediately on Nokia X / + X / XL.

25% are not compatible due to use of Google services to push notifications, maps and pay the application (in-app purchase). These applications will be connected with Nokia's own service to switch (port) to be compatible with the Nokia X. According to Nokia, this transition will cause the programmer takes about 8 hours.



Nokia has provided tools on site SDK trial, allows developers to check their APK files to run on Nokia X or not. Nokia X platform based on the Android Open Source Project AOSP 4.1.2 and application programming interface API reserved for paid features in the application, maps and Nokia Notifications HERE. Nokia stated that the devices Nokia X direction to the growing market for high-speed, where a smartphone device can be connected to the Internet first customer ever owned.

In these markets, bank cards are still popular, while Nokia still need the income from the business application. Payment methods in applications accounted for 90% of revenue from business applications, thus offering solutions that Nokia is paying through the network. The payment system through the network of Nokia Store works with 160 operators in 60 countries and has been proved stable over ordinary telephone lines of Nokia.



Thus, customers can pay for apps and content comes without bank cards. Nokia will split the revenue 70/30 for the developer, not charging from the network. The programmer can also put the trial version of the application on the Nokia Store.

It looks like Nokia has calculated quite carefully with Nokia X platform, combining the experience of both Windows Phone and Google to provide services to a cheap phone attractive. Expansion opportunities Asha series and Nokia is not much to understand that the transition to Android, but Microsoft does not take offense and is not dependent on Google is the best thing to do.