The Nokia Series 60 Challenge Outline
Here's what the developers were faced with…
What was the Nokia Series 60 Challenge?
What did we want to achieve?
How did the developers benefit?
Will there be a challenge winner?
What were we looking for?
Technical considerations
Submitting your Series 60 application ideas
Terms and conditions
The timeline
What was the Nokia Series 60 Challenge?
Orange and Nokia challenged you to come up with ideas and subsequent applications to be developed for use on a Nokia 6630 or the new Series 60 GPRS/3G/EDGE device, over the Symbian operating system using the Series 60 user interface. The most innovative applications had the potential of being commercialized over the Orange 3G network.
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What did we want to achieve?
The objective of the Challenge was to produce Symbian OS/Series 60 applications optimized for 3G networks. After application ideas were submitted, the best ones were selected and offered prioritized development support from Forum Nokia, after which they went through the Symbian Signed certification. Fully tested applications then went through Orange testing in view of possible commercial launch over the Orange 3G networks in the UK, France and Switzerland.
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How did the developers benefit?
Successful short-listed developers benefitted from:
developing their applications closely with Orange and Nokia
potential for a fast-track entry into the Orange product catalogue
learning more about the Series 60 Platform 2nd edition feature pack 2 development for 3G environments
access to free tools, including early access to the Nokia 6630 terminal
free Symbian Signed certification (one testing round per application)
on-tap technical support.
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Will there be a challenge winner?
There will be two overall winners announced: a consumer and a business application winner. Each winner will receive the following prize:
1. the opportunity to present and showcase their application on the Orange Stand at the Symbian Expo 2005
2. £300 towards the cost of their flight/accommodation for the above (if unable to attend in person, we would still like to demonstrate the application)3. two free places to attend Code Camp EMEA (our Orange Partner member event) in Sept / October 2005
4. an award - to be presented in the Opening or Closing Plenary of Code Camp EMEA in front of Orange personnel and Code Camp delegates
5. the application will be promoted as the 'featured product' in our internal Orange catalogue for four weeks, and used as a demonstration application in the catalogue sales process
6. the latest unlocked Nokia Symbian handset
7. inclusion of their winning status within an Orange press release
8. an announcement and feature on www.orangepartner.com of their winning status and application.
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What were we looking for?
Innovative, commercially-sound applications perfectly compatible with the technical requirements of Symbian Signed, the new Nokia Series 60 device (the Nokia 6630), and the needs of the Orange customer.
More specifically, applications in one or more of the following categories:
video telephony / video streaming
community applications (e.g. chat, dating, mBlogging)
travel tools and guides
interactive gaming (sequels)
video tones / ring tones
screensavers / logos
personal productivity
enterprise applications
communication (phone, fax, synchronization etc).
More information was available from us directly at Code Camp, or by emailing developers@orange.com with 'Nokia_and_Orange_Symbian_Challenge' in the subject line.
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Technical considerations
Below were some of the most relevant technical considerations for the Series 60 Challenge. Please also refer to the feature list for Nokia 6630 for further details.
max data rates UL/DL 128/384 kbps (3G PS)
multitasking: simultaneous use of eg. talking & image/video sending, talking & MMS etc.
XHTML browser (OMA 2.1 compliant) with improved internet capability (html 4.01 including support for html elements not included in OMA standard: image maps, bgr images, frames etc)
10MB for user data + 64MB RS MMC card
64k colours, 176X206 pixel display
1.23 megapixel camera
SP-MIDI, XMF and true Tones for ringtones/alerts
mp3/aac playback
support for 3GPP Streaming/video catpure (H.263 baseline)
Symbian Signed test criteria (www.symbiansigned.com).
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Submitting your ideas
To enter the challenge, developers were asked to simply submit application ideas by email to developers@orange.com as a Word document or PowerPoint presentation no larger than 1mb in size, with just the following text in the subject line 'Nokia_and_Orange_Symbian_Challenge_Series_60_Submission' .
Submission must have include the following information:
1. name of application and 100 word description
2. target market (based on the categories listed above)
3. business/commercial rationale for application development
4. your track record in commercial application development including success stories (and 100 word summary of your company)
5. languages supported
6. details of APIs and data bearers supported
7. second line support capabilities (e.g. hosting)
8. terminal or client / server application?
Developers were then selected for the next phase based on the above information. Shorlisted developers were then invited to join a Symbian OS/Series 60 Workshop providing more details on the Series 60 developer platform, early access to new tools, and information on prioritized technical support and the testing procedures.
The application submission deadline was 15 October 2004.
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Terms and conditions
View the terms and conditions which applied to the Challenge.
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The timeline
13 to 15 September 2004
Orange Code Camp - Launch of the Symbian OS / Series 60 Challenge:
call for Series 60 application ideas
Forum Nokia technical experts on Symbian OS/Series 60 available for one-to-one discussions
technical presentations on Series 60 development for 3G networks (see Code Camp program)
15 October 2004
Deadline for Symbian OS/Series 60 application ideas to be submitted to Orange for consideration via Orange Partner portal. Submission details to include rationale for idea, target market, description of application, proposed route-to-market etc.
18th October 2004
Shortlist from the above ideas to be agreed and announced. Invitations to Symbian OS / Series 60 Workshop
Selection of 15 to 20 best Symbian OS/Series 60 application ideas
Information on workshop (objectives, agenda and speakers)
End October 2004
Symbian OS / Series 60 Workshop
updates on the Series 60 Platform
technical presentations supporting development of Series 60 applications for 3G networks
one-to-one consultation for each shortlisted developer
early access to tools, and Orange 3G SIM cards
information on prioritized technical support
End October – End December 2004 Helpdesk open, access to testbed and tool updates End November - End December 2004 Developers had one month to validate their final application15 January 2005 Deadline for sending in applications for interim review/consultation
31 January 2005 Usability audits and interim feedback report on applications; each application reviewed with each developer, with information from audit and feedback report discussed.
28 February 2005 Final applications sent in for industry certification:
free of charge Symbian Signed testing and certification program to be provided to fifteen shortlisted applications.
note! Only one testing round per application free of charge.31 March 2005 Symbian Signed applications tested 30 April 2005 Orange testing on the Symbian signed applications completedMay 2005
Overall winners announced and development agreement reached with Orange for possible commercialisation of applications.
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