Forum Nokia S60 3rd Edition Challenge Gives EUR100,000 in Prizes

Nokia has announced the Forum Nokia S60 3rd Edition Challenge, designed to develop new, innovative applications with Flash.

There are 4 categories for this competition: Gaming, Media and Entertainment, Tutorials and Interactive Help, Personal and Enterprise Productivity Experimental/other. Winners of the grand prize in each of the four competition categories will receive EUR25,000 each, plus free one-year membership to Forum Nokia PRO. The contest will also award top winners a demo spot at a Nokia event, free on-site technical support and consultancy, devices and additional marketing support from Handango, one of Nokia's partners.

Nokia S60 3rd Edition Challenge registration is open until 15 December 2005 and the first 25 companies to submit their registration will get 2 free of charge technical support requests during January and February 2006. Contestants in the Forum Nokia S60 3rd Edition Challenge will submit the final versions of their mobile applications by 31 March 2006, with a shortlist of finalists announced on 28 April 2006. Winners will be invited to the S60 World event in Cannes at the end of May 2006, where the winners and prizes in each of the categories will be announced.