WidSets

In today's article we are going to talk about WidSets. WidSets is a topic that has captured the attention of many in recent years, and it is important to understand its implications and repercussions. From its impact on society to its influence on popular culture, WidSets has proven to be a topic of interest and relevance to a wide range of people. Throughout this article, we will explore different aspects of WidSets and discuss its importance in today's world. We hope this article gives you a more complete understanding of WidSets and its effects in our reality.

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WidSets is a mobile runtime technology, and a mobile service powered by the said technology, based on the Java MIDP 2.0 platform, from the Finnish mobile company Nokia. It is both a widget engine and a widget deployment service where mini-applications called widgets can be uploaded to WidSets servers to be compiled and then automatically deployed to MIDP 2.0 compliant mobile phones running the WidSets client software. The widgets are created using Extensible Markup Language (XML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and Helium scripting language. Widsets is a combined application and service that is similar to what a widget does on a desktop PC, on a wide variety of mobile phones. WidSets are micro-applications intended to perform a single function. WidSets, like widgets, generally rely on some kind of web service to provide information to the user.

WidSets was officially launched in October 2006. It worked on all Java MIDP 2.0 phones, including non-Nokia ones, and was regarded as a mobile counterpart to Netvibes.[1] The current version as of May 2008 is version 2.0.0 for both the client and the SDK. In June 2009, Nokia announced that WidSets is no longer developed,[2] having been replaced by the umbrella Ovi Store.

Example widgets included currency converters, news headlines retrievers and weather forecast information.

References

  1. ^ Mobile 2.0: Nokia launches WidSets
  2. ^ Ray, Bill (30 July 2009). "Nokia admits killing off WidSets". The Register. Retrieved 29 August 2009.


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