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Forum Nokia issues 'Open C Challenge' to mobile applications developers worldwide |
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Written by Forum Nokia
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Monday, 16 July 2007 |
 Nokia today announced the first 'Open C Challenge', a global contest for mobile
application development for S60 on Symbian OS smartphones. $20,000 in cash and
other prizes for developers using Nokia's Open C Plug-In to build or port open
source applications for S60 smartphones
Espoo, Finland, July 16, 2007 - Nokia today announced the first 'Open C Challenge',
a global contest for mobile application development for S60 on Symbian OS smartphones.
It is aimed at encouraging open source and freeware developers to use Nokia's
Open C environment, to create innovative mobile applications that will deliver
the greatest value to S60 smartphone users worldwide.
Sponsored by Nokia's global developer support program, Forum Nokia, in conjunction
with Orange and the Symbian Developer Network, the Open C Challenge will identify
and reward development and porting of mobile applications for S60. The Open C
Challenge will enable developers to apply their desktop and open-source development
skills using Nokia's fully supported Open C POSIX environment, which is built
on Symbian's P.I.P.S., to create and port mobile applications for next-generation
devices based on the world's leading smartphone platform.
Beginning immediately upon registration at www.forum.nokia.com/main/resources/technologies/open_c/contest.html,
the Open C Challenge will provide developer contestants with webinars, training
sessions, and peer-to-peer discussion boards to ease their migration from desktop
to mobile application development and in porting open-source applications to Symbian
OS using the Open C SDK Plug-In.
Open C Challenge finalists will be invited to present their applications to a
select panel of industry judges at the Symbian Smartphone Show in London on October
16th and 17th, with Grand Prize and Runner-Up Winners announced on October 17th.
Contest winners will receive:
- cash prizes totaling more than $20,000;
- an exclusive invitation to distribute their application via the Orange Application
Shop direct to Orange customers via www.orange.co.uk or the Orange World wap site
in the UK;
- fast track premium membership in the Orange Partner programme for finalists;
- free Symbian Signing for their winning application;
- a free year's membership in the Forum Nokia PRO developer program; and,
- additional Nokia marketing and business support.
"Nokia's global invitation to millions of developers to take the Open C Challenge
taps the exponential growth in open source and Symbian developers currently working
on exciting new applications for smartphone devices," said Lee Epting, vice president,
Forum Nokia, Nokia's global developer program. "Identifying and rewarding the
latest and greatest applications being built or ported with Open C will showcase
the exciting growth in developer productivity that Open C is already driving in
S60 smartphone application development worldwide."
"The Open C Challenge offers a fantastic opportunity for the 55,000 members of
the Orange Partner programme to get involved in creating mobile applications for
the Nokia open source platform" said Steve Glagow, VP Marketing Operations, Orange.
"The Orange Partner programme is dedicated to helping to make mobile application
development as easy as possible, to generate innovation and to ultimately deliver
exciting products that meet the needs of our worldwide customers. We're looking
forward to seeing some of the great applications that will come out from this
contest".
"Symbian welcomes the Open C Challenge to further encourage innovation from the
open source development community," said Bruce Carney, director, developer program
and services, Symbian. "Symbian and our worldwide ecosystem continue to make mobile
development easier and more attractive for developers migrating existing desktop
and server based applications to Symbian OS. The introduction of P.I.P.S. and
Open C POSIX libraries, earlier this year will greatly assist competition entrants
to mobilize their applications."
Nokia's recently announced Open C Plug-In for the S60 3rd Edition Software Development
Kit (SDK) is built on Symbian's P.I.P.S. and reducing the learning curve for desktop
developers to implement business logic and other core components of an application.
Enabling deployment of Open C projects on existing S60 3rd Edition devices, millions
of which have already been shipped into the global marketplace, the Open C Plug-In
utilizes eight standard C function libraries for easy migration of open source
and desktop applications to Symbian OS, lowering the barriers to entry and shortening
the learning curve for mobile application development.
In addition, Open C delivers to developers significant portions of three open
source projects - OpenSSL, GNOME, and LIBZ - providing the S60 and Symbian developer
communities access to middleware functionality that is shared by many important
open source projects, including Apache and Firefox.
Nokia's Open C Challenge is open for registration to software application developers
worldwide beginning Monday, July 9, 2007 at 9 a.m. EST at www.forum.nokia.com.
A total of up to five (5) applications may be submitted by contestants for consideration
in two application development categories: 1) Porting existing open source assets
to Open C; and, 2) Native Symbian C++ development in Open C.
Contestants are encouraged to enter more then one category, with winning applications
to be selected based on the judging criteria of Innovation, Quality, Usability,
Creativity and Degree of Middleware Difficulty.
Prior to completing a registration form online for each application submitted,
participating developers must first register as a member of Forum Nokia at www.forum.nokia.com
and then download Nokia's Open C SDK Plug-In for S60 3rd Edition at: www.forum.nokia.com/openc.
Deadline for submission of all applications is September 14, 2007, at 11:59 p.m.
EST. Further information on the registration process, including description of
entries, eligibility requirements, complete rules and details on prizes are available
online at www.forum.nokia.com/main/resources/technologies/open_c/contest.html.
About S60
S60 software built on Symbian OS is the world's leading smartphone software,
and is licensed by some of the industry's foremost mobile device manufacturers.
The flexibility of the S60 software allows for various hardware designs and software
configurations, as evidenced by the multitude of S60 devices already available
on the market. Through its award-winning user interface, extensive support for
new mobile services and the innovation potential for partner solutions, S60 provides
an open and scalable business opportunity for mobile operators and 3rd party developers.
For further information and news about S60 and the S60 community, please visit
www.s60.com.
About Symbian
Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS,
the market-leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones
known as smartphones.
Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers and
has built close co-operative business relationships with leading companies across
the mobile industry. During Q1 2007, 15.9 million Symbian smartphones were sold
worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of Symbian
smartphones shipped up to 31 March 2007 to 126 million.
Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom, with offices in the United
States, England, and Asia (India, P.R. China, Korea, and Japan). For more information,
please visit Symbian.
About Orange
Orange is the key brand of France Telecom, one of the world's leading telecommunications
operators with more than 161 million customers on five continents. In June, 2006,
as part of the France Telecom integrated operator strategy (NExT programme) to
deliver simple, convergent products, Orange became the single brand for mobile,
internet and TV offers in France, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and in Spain,
strengthening Orange's position as the number two mobile and internet services
brand in Europe. In addition, Orange Business Services, which operates in 220
countries or territories, became the new banner for business communications solutions
and services.
France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on Euronext Paris Eurolist market and on
the New York Stock Exchange. At March 31, 2007, the group had more than 100 million
mobile customers, about 12.5 million internet customers and 48.5 million fixed
line customers. In 2006, France Telecom had consolidated sales of 51.7 billion
euros.
Further information about Orange and France Telecom can be found on the Orange
website at www.orange.com, www.orange-business.com or the France Telecom at www.francetelecom.com.
Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this material
are trade marks of Orange Personal Communications Services Limited.
About Orange Partner
Orange Partner is a global partner and developer program from Orange and the
France Telecom Group. The program provides developers with online training, a
research database, tools, testing processes, application programming interfaces
and peer-to-peer contact via the Orange Partner website: www.developers.orange.com.
It also provides access to Orange global development centres and a whole range
of other support services to members of the program.
About 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.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth
of the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia makes a wide range
of mobile devices and provides people with experiences in music, navigation, video,
television, imaging, games and business mobility through these devices. Nokia
also provides equipment, solutions and services for communications networks
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