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Nokia Launches Tool For Quick And Easy N-Gage Arena Tournaments
Written by Nokia
Wednesday, 15 December 2004
First tournament run with Finnish operator DNA and Colin McRae Rally 2005
Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced that it has launched a tool to make creating
N-Gage Arena Tournaments quick and easy with a minimal investment. The Global
Arena Tournament Tool enables operators and retailers the possibility to create
their own branded N-Gage Arena tournaments with a wide range of Arena enabled
N-Gage games. The first competition using the Global Arena Tournament Tool will
start today with Finnish mobile network operator DNA and using Codemaster's acclaimed
Colin McRae Rally 2005.
"The Global Arena Tournament Tool makes it easy for operators and retailers to
set up and run their own branded N-Gage Arena tournaments for their customers,"
said Gerard Wiener, Director, Network Gaming Services, Nokia. "We're happy to
kick off the first tournament created with the tool with DNA Finland and we welcome
anyone else who is interested in running their own branded N-Gage Arena tournament."
"Running an N-Gage Arena tournament is a great way for us to generate interest
around our leading role in expanding mobile gaming in Finland," said Markku Siikala,
Head of Content and Services, DNA Finland. "All N-Gage game deck owners in Finland
can participate, regardless of their network provider, and with a superb title
like Colin McRae 2005 to play, we are sure to see some fast-paced rally competition."
The Global Arena Tournament Tool enables operators or retailers to run their
own branded N-Gage Arena tournaments. Working together with the N-Gage Arena support
team, the tournament can be created and launched in a matter of weeks. The tool's
flexibility means that tournaments can be tailored for specific retailers, a specific
title or even a specific city, region or country. Even global tournaments are
easy to arrange.
Participants may sign up for an N-Gage Arena competition via an operator or retailer
hosted website or xHTML site. Once registered, participants can play the selected
game and upload their performance results to the N-Gage Arena via their N-Gage
game deck. Registered players then have their scores tagged to be included in
the competition. The operator or retailer running the competition determines the
length of the tournament, which can last a day, a week or even a whole year.
Tournaments can be combined with marketing efforts to boost sales promotions
and related activities. In addition to exposure with key target audiences, the
N-Gage Arena tournaments help generate interest and activity for operators and
retailers, whether their online presence or physical store locations.
About N-Gage
The N-Gage game deck is an innovative mobile device that is creating an entirely
new market for the games industry. Built for active gamers, the N-Gage platform
is the first mobile and connected game deck to feature online high-quality 3D
multiplayer game play over Bluetooth wireless technology and GPRS. The N-Gage
device also offers unique online games services as well as a comprehensive and
growing games catalogue from the leading game publishers. Nokia is the world leader
in mobile communications.
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Samsung Mobile Innovator is the latest developer support program from a Symbian OS licensee. Richard Bloor caught up with Phil Northam, the program's Global Marketing Manager and one of its founding members, to find out more.
A note from Nokia reps this week informs us that the Nokia viNe application will be rolled out of Beta soon... possibly even this week. viNe is a web service that enables users of the application to share their journeys, along with media collected along the way. As a long-time Sports Tracker user, N95 enthusiasts, and evangelist of all things mobile and geospatial, I was provided with a pre-release version of viNe - details and a complete "How To" install and use the application are provided... enjoy! Enter Nokia viNe 101 
It was back in 
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