Nokia today announced it will provide SNAP Mobile multiplayer games for download and purchase through its Nokia Content Discoverer (former Preminet) on-device portal solution.
This arrangement will provide mobile game publishers and developers a global distribution channel, enabling them to reach users of all Nokia Content Discoverer enabled Nokia handsets. Nokia Content Discoverer offers a collection of shopping mall “stores” or “catalogs” that mobile subscribers can easily access to downloadable content from branded content providers.
Beginning in the second half of 2006, connected multiplayer titles developed on Nokia’s SNAP Mobile platform will be available in selected markets through a dedicated catalog location to any user with a Nokia handset that features the Nokia Content Discoverer client. Already embedded as an on-device portal in nine Nokia handset models comprising millions of devices currently in the marketplace, Nokia Content Discoverer is slated to ship on an additional six Nokia handset models to global markets by the end of 2006.
Mobile users will experience a greatly enhanced content shopping experience through Nokia Content Discoverer’s advanced on-device caching of content catalog metadata and integrated preview/prelisten and installation capabilities, speeding time to discovery and download, and facilitating easy purchase of mobile content.
Nokia’s SNAP Mobile (whitepaper here), the most comprehensive mobile gaming community solution, is now available for connected mobile game development and publishing, as well as mobile game community development.
Links: SNAP Mobile, Nokia Content Discoverer