Yesterday, Nokia finally revealed three members of the highly anticipated X Family of Smartphones. Yes, this is the same X Smartphone that was rumored before to be running on Android. The X family is indeed running on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean but a highly customized one and without any Google services. The X family has a specially designed Nokia app store from where the users will download the apps. Definitely, it will take time to port the apps to the platform, but according to Nokia, 75 percent of all the apps are currently compatible with the Nokia X and other members of the X family of Smartphones.
While the rest of the 25 percent apps will be up and running soon and for that Nokia is encouraging the developers to submit the .apk file to the Nokia Store. There is also a dedicated SDK and other porting tools to make the incompatible apps compatible for the platform. So, you can make your app compatible with the X phone yourself or let Nokia do that for you. Nokia accepts that before the other 25 percent apps go live in the store, they need a little retouch while they also mentioned that the SDK will convert the incompatible apps to compatible ones in just a matter of a few hours.
If you are a developer and you are trying to find out if your app is compatible for the X Smartphone then you can use Nokia’s tool right here to test andport it to Nokia X. The deal looks quite simple and easy and even Nokia says it is. It seems like the Nokia is up for improving the whole Android experience for users in the emerging markets and its all happening. Nokia X will soon be hitting markets and I can bet it will be an amazing ride.
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