Some two years ago, developers who managed to register with Nokia Launchpad received free of charge and unconditionally Lumia 800. Those times have passed,
nokia is not a cake , new bonuses are no longer so attractive, but still, the offer is not without advantages.
I don’t know why the information about this program was not published in Nokia’s own habr blog — perhaps because of the expectation of a wave of negativity associated with the “unreliability” of awards ...
So,
Premium Developer Program for Asha .
Details here
www.developer.nokia.com/Developer_Programs/Asha_developer_program.xhtmlParticipate in the program can developers who have
two applications published in any store (
Nokia Store, Windows Phone Store, Google Play, BlackBerry World, Apple App Store, others )
what offer as bonuses:
- Asha 310, Dual SIM smartphone with WiFi (approximate cost ~ $ 102) www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/Nokia_Asha_310
- Expanded Remote Device Access. Remote access to devices for testing (a larger number of devices are available to program participants - only I did not understand whether this applies only to the number or else the models are different. I assume that only the number of the same Asha s40 devices)
- Two tickets for those. support (approximate cost ~ $ 198)
But besides the rights, there are also duties
www.developer.nokia.com/Developer_Programs/Asha_developer_program_terms_and_conditions.xhtmlThe resulting device needs to be
“worked out” - publishing an application for it
(using Java SDK's or Nokia Web Tools 2.3 - a bit strange and limited html + javascript) within six months after receiving the device. (By the way, one more bonus - if the application meets certain criteria, it can be additionally advertised).
For me personally, this proposal is interesting because before June 30th, there is a competition of
Asha developer competition applications www.developer.nokia.com/ashadevelopercompetition .