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Monday 3 March 2014

Nokia X is compatible with 75 percent of all Android apps.

Nokia released three Android phones in MWC, but none of them support Google services like Play Store. The company has created its own app store for the phones.





Nokia has said that even though its new Android phones do not run Google Services and have its own app store to download apps, the phones are still compatible with almost 75 percent of all the Android apps.


The Finnish smartphone manufacturer is now telling developers to submit their .apk files to the Nokia Store so that they are available on Nokia's own app store for the new Nokia phones.

Nokia recently released the Nokia X, X+ and XL without any access to Google Play Store and is now trying to follow Amazon's Kindle Fire OS path which might be irritating to many users.

To woo developers, Nokia has released the 'Nokia X services SDK' for developers which can be downloaded from here.









To make the work for developers even easier, Nokia has also launched a page where developers can check the compatibility of their apps with the new Nokia Android phones.

Nokia says that the most common compatibility issue in apps are their usage of Google Play services. Live wallpaper APIs have also been reported to be incompatible. Like Google apps, many Amazon apps are also incompatible as they require their own Amazon services.

Regarding the rest of the 25 percent incompatible apps, Nokia says that these apps need a little retouch which could take around 8 hours to port.


Sunday 2 March 2014

Nokia X, Nokia Xl hacked to run key Android apps

Hack suggests Nokia hasn't locked down the X smartphones heavily, enabling hackers to install key Android apps




Nokia's much-hyped Android-based X series smartphones didn't feature some popular Google services such as Google Maps and access to Google's Play store. Hackers, however, have come up with a process to run these key Google services on the Nokia X smartphones.





In a posting on the XDA developers forum, Spanish developer Kasha Malaga reveals how he was able to tweak the Nokia X to accept Google’s apps and services in mere five steps. He was also able to replace Nokia’s custom skin with the Android Now launcher.

His hack suggests the X smartphones aren't locked down too heavily, allowing apps such as Gmail, Google Now, Google Maps, and Hangouts to run on the developer handset. Here's a video of Kasha Malaga’s Nokia X hack:



Surprisingly, Nokia seem to be happy about the hack, stating it is "very excited to see progress is being made."

The new development comes shortly after Nokia on its official SDK page stated that its X series smartphones are capable of running about 75% Android apps without any alterations. To make things easier for developers, Nokia has launched a page where developers can check the compatibility of their apps with the new Nokia Android phones

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