New offensive from Nokia aimed to sustain its dominance on the smart-phones market. “We’ve invited all developer companies to register for the Forum Nokia S60 3rd Edition Challenge in order to open the doors as widely as possible to development of dynamic new C++ and Flash applications for the widely popular S60 platform,” said Lee Epting, vice president, Forum Nokia.
Companies are competing in the following categories: mobile enterprise, mobile music, location-aware applications and Flash Lite(TM). Four Grand prize winners (one for each category) will receive €25,000, plus free one-year membership to Forum Nokia PRO. But that’s not all – the first 25 companies to enter the competition will receive two technical support requests free-of-charge from Forum Nokia Technical Services and Consultancy, with Symbian providing the first 50 registrants with a free round of Symbian Signed Testing for mobile applications.
Registration is open until Dec. 15, 2005. After that, contestants will submit the final versions of their mobile application by March 31, 2006, with a shortlist of finalists announced April 28, 2006. Winners will be invited to the S60 World event in Cannes at end-May 2006, where the winners and prizes in each of the categories will be announced.
Full details on categories, prizes and registration requirements for Forum Nokia S60 3rd Edition Challenge can be found at the competition website.