Nokia’s Create 4 Millions Contest for Developers and Consumers, Now Gives Pinoy Devs a Break

You’re a big fan of Nokia? Whether you’re a developer or an avid consumer of Nokia apps, you’re good to join Nokia’s global competition – Create for Millions!

Basically, the Create for Millions contest brings consumers and developers together, well, to create applications for Nokia’s Series 40 handsets.



For consumers, you can submit best ideas for the applications you’d like to see on Nokia’s Series 40 mobile phones. “Authors of the winning entries will get to see their ideas come to life at the Nokia World event later this year, and can meet the developers who created them. In addition to a free expenses-paid trip to the event to be held in London in October, winning consumers can play with their new app on the latest Nokia Series 40 phone that will given during the event.” Not bad, huh?



If interested, you can submit your ideas in one of the three categories which include Health and Education, Social Networking and Location, and Games and Infotainment via this link.



Developers on the other hand are invited to submit Java and Web-based apps for Nokia Series 40 phones in four categories:

• In the Know, focusing on news and locally relevant information;


• Fun and Games, games and entertainment apps;


• Emotional Closeness, social networking apps;


• Access to Knowledge, life improvement apps such as education and health.

Up for grabs in this contest is a whopping 1 million Euros of cash prizes. Developers can win one of the 10 cash prizes for each of the four categories, with a top prize of 50,000 Euros in each category. “Top apps in each category win a variety of non-cash prizes, such as user experience reviews and app marketing assistance. Special prizes will also be awarded to apps that showcase the best touch feature, the best location-aware app, and the best overall Series 40 web app.”



If you think you got what it takes and interested of winning this competition, just hit this link.



And here’s the exciting part for Pinoy Devs. Aside from the possibility of winning the global prizes worth a total of 1 million Euros, Nokia Philippines will also give awesome prizes to local participants for the following categories:

• Best S40 Java app - Php 50,000


• Best S40 Java game - Php 50,000


• Best S40 Web app - Php 50,000


• Most downloaded S40 Java app by Nov 30 - Php 75,000


• Most downloaded S40 Java game by Nov 30 - Php 75,000


• Most downloaded S40 Web app by Nov 30 - Php 75,000

Submission of entries is until September 20, 2011, so what are you waiting for? Click here to get started!



Click to Read Press Release

Win €1 Million and an all-expense-paid trip to London in Nokia’s ‘Create For Millions’



Nokia, the world’s no. 1 mobile phone brand, once again puts the spotlight on creativity as it launches “Create For Millions,” a global competition that brings consumers and developers together to create applications for Nokia’s Series 40 mobile phones. Create For Millions also provides developers an opportunity to bring Java and web apps to millions of consumers worldwide and win their share of cash and prizes valued at one million Euros.



Nokia’s Series 40 mobile phones play a key role in Nokia’s strategy to bring the Web to the next billion, particularly in emerging markets, where a consumer’s first web experience is often through the mobile phone. As the largest mobile platform in the world by volume, more than half a billion Nokia Series 40 mobile phones are in consumers’ hands today.



Winning consumers fly to London for Nokia World event



Nokia’s Create For Millions challenges consumers to submit their best ideas for the applications they’d like to see on Nokia Series 40 mobile phones. Authors of the winning entries will get to see their ideas come to life at the Nokia World event later this year, and can meet the developers who created them. In addition to a free expenses-paid trip to the event to be held in London in October, winning consumers can play with their new app on the latest Nokia Series 40 phone that will given during the event.



Consumers are encouraged to submit ideas in one of three categories: Health and Education; Social Networking and Location; and Games and Infotainment. Additionally, consumers can vote on entries and comment or collaborate on ideas already submitted.



Winning developers win 1 million Euros



Nokia’s Series 40 phones have experienced more than 35 percent growth in download volumes in the past two months, making up about a quarter of the total downloads from Nokia’s Ovi Store. Nokia’s Create For Millions enhances this growing opportunity with a competition featuring a prize pool of cash and prizes worth one million Euros.



Developers are invited to submit Java and Web apps for Nokia Series 40 phones in four categories: (1) In the Know, news and locally relevant information apps; (2) Fun and Games, games and entertainment apps; (3) Emotional Closeness, social networking apps; and Access to Knowledge, life improvement apps, such as education and health.



There will be 10 cash prizes for each of the four categories, with a top prize of 50,000 Euros in each category. Top apps in each category win a variety of non-cash prizes, such as user experience reviews and app marketing assistance. Special prizes will also be awarded to apps that showcase the best touch feature, the best location-aware app, and the best overall Series 40 web app.



“With Nokia’s newest Series 40 Dual-SIM mobile phones, such as the recently released Nokia C2-03 equipped with Nokia Browser, consumers are enjoying third-party web applications with a fast, rich user experience and significantly lower data costs,” said Rhomel Marcojos, Senior Services Marketing Manager. “This competition connects ideas generated by consumers with the creativity and skills from developers, aiming to create great, locally relevant applications together.”

Consumers can learn more and enter the app idea challenge by visiting www.nokia.com/create4millions. Developers, on the other hand, just visit http://developer.nokia.com/create4millions. Submission of entries is until September 20, 2011.

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