SNAP Mobile

March 05, 2007 -- The innovative winning games will be offered to millions of subscribers of SingTel and its regional partners on SNAP Mobile

Singapore - Nokia today announced the winners of the Nokia and SingTel Multiplayer Game Quest 2006, the multiplayer Java(TM) game development contest organized by Forum Nokia, the world's leading mobile developer program, and SingTel, Asia's leading communications group, for all Forum Nokia PRO members around the world. Launched in June 2006, the competition gives the winners and runners-up opportunities to offer their games for commercial distribution with SingTel and its regional partners, to more than 112 million subscribers in the Asia Pacific region.

Taking the top prize in the cross platform gaming, multiplayer gaming for the male segment and multiplayer gaming for the female segment categories were G-mode from Japan, Mauj from India, and Taito from Japan respectively, winning more than US$5,000 each in cash and prizes. Runners-up in the categories were Hungama Mobile from India, Activate from Singapore and 01 bit-side from Germany, winning more than US$2,500 each in cash and prizes. *

March 05, 2007 -- Game Developers Conference 2007, San Francisco, CA - Nokia today announced the SNAP Mobile Compliance Testing Program, a groundbreaking initiative that will help to ensure that all SNAP Mobile connected games offer people a consistent game-playing experience. The two-part program includes free initial testing tools for developers to establish a higher standard for connected mobile Java(TM) games coming to market.

"This program benefits both industry stakeholders and end users alike," explains Markus Huttunen, SNAP Mobile Manager, Nokia. "It ensures the uniform quality and functionality of the connected features in the mobile games that play on our platform. If poor quality games are released to the consumer, there is a risk of spoiling a market that is still in its infancy."

March 05, 2007 -- Game Developers Conference 2007, San Francisco, CA - Nokia, the world leader in mobile communications, today announced the latest games and publishers for its new N-Gage mobile gaming platform. Updated software development tools for the N-Gage platform and a new testing program for SNAP Mobile's JavaTM platform were also introduced today at the conference. These new developments will help bring fun to play connected mobile gaming experiences to millions of Nokia mobile device owners worldwide.

"We are reinforcing our commitment to this industry with two significant initiatives that will help the mobile games industry evolve. Our N-Gage platform will deliver a global games platform that leverages the performance of the tens of millions of S60 converged devices that we are shipping each year," said Gregg Sauter, Director of Games Publishing, Nokia. "Likewise, our support for Java development continues to evolve with more tools for developers supporting SNAP Mobile."