Nokia sponsors competition for mobile applications

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE
World’s leading mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia, has sponsored a competition for mobile applications developers in West Africa (Create for Millions Competition), which has produced three (3) winners.
The competition was specifically a move to push for the development of quality applications for their S40 mobile platform and to live up to its promise to connect the next billion to the internet using its platform, the Nokia phone.
According to Mr. James Rutherfoord, Vice President of Nokia West Africa, the competition was part of Nokia’s strategy to deliver mobile phones and services for the next billion.
Stating that “competitions of this nature would help improve the quality of locally relevant apps on Nokia’s range of devices,” he disclosed that West African developers were one of the most active in participating in the global leg of the apps competition at the end of 2011.
Nokia said the apps that won from West Africa include: My cash by teXs; Maths Practice by Sinelimit and Danfo by Pledge 51.
Voted the overall best app was My cash by teXs, which will receive a prize of $5,000. Meanwhile Nokia is also sponsoring all 3 app developers to Barcelona Spain to attend Mobile World Congress – the largest mobile conference in the world.
The move, according to the mobile phone manufacturer, is expected to give the app developers needed international exposure. All the apps that were entered for the Nokia Create for Millions competition are available in the Nokia store.
Only a week ago, Nokia handed over two Hyundai Accent cars to the grand prize winner of its Nokia dual SIM promo, which move was part of efforts to thank its teaming customers for their patronage and support.
Nokia has also recently unveiled the Nokia 200, which is a dual SIM phone with an amazing QWERTY key pad.

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