In support of its Network Publishing announcement today, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK), the world leader in mobile communications, announced that they plan to develop a WML 1.1 authoring environment for Adobe® GoLive™ 5.0. The environment will allow Web developers to author, preview, and manage content created for wireless devices. It will provide a graphical user interface within GoLive showing an onscreen emulator of Nokia WAP enabled phones to ensure the optimal viewing of content created for Nokia WAP Devices.
“Adobe's new version of GoLive provides powerful tools to developers of Web sites and e-business applications for wireless devices by providing support for the WAP specification,” said Paul Chellgren, vice president, Nokia. “The WML authoring environment for GoLive will accelerate the next generation of content for wireless devices around the world.”
The WAP phone emulator will run in connection with a single user Nokia WAP Gateway, thus providing a real-life simulation environment. Developers will be able to use Gateway functionality, e.g. to check compiled size of deck's and debug WML source by means of a complete WML 1.1 parser with visual error feedback. The Nokia WAP Phone emulator and Gateway functionality will be reachable from menus within the GoLive 5.0 WML authoring environment.
According to the latest figures compiled by the WAP Forum(TM) in August 2000 there are now over 300,000 registered WAP developers, 17 WAP phone models shipping and 4.4 million WAP/WML Web pages on the Internet. Nokia estimates that the total market volume of Internet capable mobile terminals, including WAP phones will exceed the market volume of laptop computers in the year 2000 equaling over 30 million units sold worldwide.
The 360Code™ and rich SDK features of GoLive 5.0 allows for easy development of enhanced capabilities such as this emulator. Additionally, the features are designed to provide complete control over source code, enabling developers to create sites for the mobile Internet with unmodified WML 1.1 code.
“With Nokia’s WML 1.1 Emulator, GoLive developers will be able to quickly and easily create content for next generation Internet devices while obtaining preview information to provide the highest integrity for viewing,” said Bryan Lamkin, senior vice president, product marketing for Adobe. “We are excited to work with Nokia to deliver powerful solutions for Web developers who are creating sites for the wireless Web, and view this as just the beginning of what we believe will be a significant relationship between Adobe and Nokia.”
The Nokia WML 1.1 Emulator for Adobe GoLive 5.0 is planned to be available in the first quarter of 2001 from each of the company’s web sites at no cost. More information on the Nokia WAP Server 1.1 and WAP Brwoser is available at www.forum.nokia.com. Adobe and Nokia are both members of the WAP Forum, the industry association that created the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) specification. For more information about WAP, see www.wapforum.org.
Adobe GoLive 5.0
Adobe GoLive 5.0 includes over 100 new features that improve collaboration between coders and designers, increase productivity, and simplify creation and management of dynamic Web sites. With an SDK and JavaScript support, GoLive 5.0 is the ideal platform for customers, integrators and developers to extend Web application development. Adobe GoLive 5.0 Dynamic Link allows users to seamlessly connect to and deliver content from any ODBC-compliant or OLE DB database. Part of the Adobe Web Collection, Adobe GoLive 5.0 is tightly integrated with Adobe Photoshop®, Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe LiveMotion™, Adobe After Effects® and Adobe Premiere®.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is one of the most broadly held companies in the world with listings on six major exchanges.
About Adobe Systems Incorporated
Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems Incorporated (www.adobe.com) builds award-winning software solutions for Web and print publishing. Its graphic design, imaging, dynamic media, and authoring tools enable customers to create, publish and deliver visually rich content for various types of media. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Adobe is the third largest PC software company in the U.S., with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion.
Further information:
Nokia Americas
Nokia Corporate Communications
Cherie Gary
Tel. +1 972 894 4573
Nokia Europe
Nokia Mobile Phones Communications
Pekka Isosomppi
Tel. +358 105 05 5861
www.nokia.com
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Stephanie Krueger
Tel. +1 408 536 3218
skrueger@adobe.com
www.adobe.com