CANNES, February 17, 2003 - at the GSM Congress - Nokia today announced the selection of nine software developers from around the world as winners in the 2002 Series 60 Challenge. The competition recognizes and provides marketing opportunities for best-of-breed applications that run on Nokia's Series 60 Platform.
In the Productivity category, Nokia awarded first prize to Germany's Symbianware for its Stacker memory-saving compression program. China's Noumena won in the Entertainment category with MGS Karting, a battle and racing game hybrid, and Finland's OpenBit won in Messaging for Photographer, a camera enhancement program.
Runners-up included Germany's Epocware and Finland's Patria Ailon (productivity); Sweden's Jadestone and Finland's Sumea (entertainment); and Germany's Mobileways and Shape Services (messaging).
In addition to a new Nokia 3650 device built on the Series 60 Platform, each of the nine winners and runners-up receives free Nokia OK certification for the applications submitted to the contest, which can be used in marketing and advertising these applications, and the opportunity to demonstrate the winning applications with Nokia at tradeshows throughout 2003. Also, first place finishers have additional options in obtaining free technical support from Forum Nokia, Nokia's global developer outreach program. All submitted consumer applications will be presented to Club Nokia and will be considered for inclusion in future Nokia marketing campaigns. Club Nokia is an on-line community and loyalty program for Nokia phone owners.
"The Challenge gives developers an opportunity to showcase their talents and gain access to the global market," stated Gerard Bruen, Director, Series 60 program, Forum Nokia. "We're thrilled by the number and quality of submissions this year and look forward to expanding the program in 2003."
Series 60 is a comprehensive software platform for smart phones, offering rich communications and enhanced applications. The Series 60 Platform consists of the key telephony and personal information management applications, the browser and messaging clients, and a complete and modifiable user interface, all designed to run on top of the Symbian OS, an operating system for advanced, data enabled mobile phones.
Here's a close-up look at the top prizewinners:
Stacker is a fully automated and reliable compression system based on the industry standard LZ77 compression algorithm that makes the maximum amount of system memory available at all times.
MGS Karting is a 3D Karting racing game that uses a new audio engine and multiple MP3 sound tracks mixed real time. It features Bluetooth support for multiplayer competition.
Photographer is camera software for Series 60, which enhances image quality and provides zoom, panorama and trick camera functions.
The Challenge was open to registered Forum Nokia developers in Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific who submitted MMS, Java or Symbian OS applications that run on the Series 60 Platform. Judging was done by executives from Nokia and other Series 60 licensees who looked at innovation, usefulness and quality.
More information, including screen shots of the winning applications, can be found at www.forum.nokia.com/series60
Forum Nokia
Nokia's global developer program, Forum Nokia, connects developers to tools, technical information, support, and distribution channels they can use to build and market applications around the globe. From offices in the U.S., Europe, Japan, China, and Singapore, Forum Nokia provides technical and business development support to developers and operators to assist them in achieving their goal of successfully launching applications and services to consumers and enterprises. More information is available at www.forum.nokia.com.
Nokia's global developer program, Forum Nokia, connects developers to tools, technical information, support, and distribution channels they can use to build and market applications around the globe. From offices in the U.S., Europe, Japan, China, and Singapore, Forum Nokia provides technical and business development support to developers and operators to assist them in achieving their goal of successfully launching applications and services to consumers and enterprises. More information is available at www.forum.nokia.com.
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