New Nokia Portal for SNAP Mobile Multiplayer Games

Nokia announced recently that it will provide SNAP Mobile multiplayer games for download and purchase through its Nokia Content Discoverer on-device portal solution, embedded in millions of Nokia devices based on S60 and Series 40 currently available in markets worldwide.

The new arrangement provides mobile gaming publishers and developers a global distribution channel, enabling them to reach users of all Nokia Content Discoverer enabled Nokia handsets.

Beginning in the second half of 2006, connected multiplayer titles developed on Nokia's SNAP Mobile platform will be available in selected markets through a dedicated catalog location to any user with a Nokia handset that features the Nokia Content Discoverer client. Already embedded as an on-device portal in nine Nokia handset models comprising millions of devices currently in the marketplace, Nokia Content Discoverer is slated to ship on an additional six Nokia handset models to global markets by the end of 2006.

Using Nokia Content Discoverer, mobile subscribers are able to easily discover, download and purchase localized content, applications and services, including Symbian C++ applications for S60, Java games and productivity applications, logos and background images, ring tones and True Tones, video clips and files, full-track music and Flash content. Mobile users will experience a greatly enhanced content shopping experience through Nokia Content Discoverer's advanced on-device caching of content catalog metadata and integrated preview/prelisten and installation capabilities, speeding time to discovery and download, and facilitating easy purchase of mobile content.

Nokia Content Discoverer is currently embedded in select Nokia devices based on S60 and Series 40 technology, including the Nokia Nseries multimedia computers (Nokia N70, Nokia N71, Nokia N72 and Nokia N80), Nokia Eseries devices for enterprise users (Nokia E60, Nokia E61 and Nokia E70), Nokia 3250 handsets currently available in mainland China and Nokia 6131 devices in China and other Asia-Pacific markets. The on-device portal also is slated to be shipped by the end of 2006 to markets worldwide embedded on six additional Nokia handset models, including the Nokia N73, Nokia N93, Nokia E50, Nokia 5500, Nokia 6070 and Nokia 6233.

More information about Nokia Content Discoverer is available online at www.nokia.com/ncd.