Daily Archives: February 25, 2013

Expanding the 3DK – now with Lumia 520 goodness!

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Lumia 520 shell modelWith our announcement of the cool new Nokia Lumia 520 this morning, we wanted to share with you some exciting related news: the Lumia 520 has a removable back, and we’re adding the model of the back to our 3D Developer Kit (3DK).

The zip file is now available on our 3D printing wiki page as a zip file containing two STP files: one for the shell and one for the buttons.

We want to give a special thank you to our friends at Makerbot for helping us to tweak the models to be 3D printer friendly. (There’s also a nice write-up at Windows Phone Central about the 3D printing demos we’re doing with Makerbot at our Mobile World Congress booth. Check it out!)

We’ve been very impressed with what we’ve seen so far in the 3D printing arena, especially with the now-concluded challenge on IdeasProject. We can’t wait to see what great ideas you come up with next!

New Asha developer competition: you could win big!

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Do you develop apps and content for Nokia Asha Series 40 phones? Interested in winning cash prizes and Nokia promotions? Then the Nokia Asha Developer Competition is for you.

For apps submitted to Nokia Store between now and June 30th, 2013, we’re giving awards for the best apps in four Asha categories: music and entertainment; games; utilities and productivity; and news and information. For each of these categories, we’ll be awarding three cash prizes: 25,000 euros for first place, 15,000 euros for second place, and 10,000 euros for third place. In addition, we have three special prizes of 10,000 euros each for the best user experience, best web app, and best new idea.

To top it all off, we’ll promote winning apps in Nokia channel campaigns and present them in targeted communications to other developers to give the winners even more exposure.

To qualify, your app must be designed to run on Nokia Asha Touch phones, and will ideally use at least one of Nokia’s monetisation methods: in-app purchasing or the Nokia Ad Exchange (NAX). The competition is open to developers from around the world—just make sure you publish in Nokia Store by June 30th, 2013.

Ready to accept the challenge? Then get your app ready and enter the Nokia Asha Developer Competition!

New benefits for Nokia Developer Champions

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Nokia Developer Champions specialise in awesome, and today we announced at Mobile World Congress a renewed and revitalized Nokia Developer Champions program. Champions now get to enjoy new and exciting benefits and more opportunities.

champ_earnHere are just some of the new benefits our Champions enjoy:

  • Champions get free Nokia Premium Developer Program membership, which offers benefits worth up to $1500 (USD).
  • To reward the most active Champions, we are introducing a Points & Rewards system, where Champions can earn points by participating in various activities, and then trade those points for great rewards!
  • Champions get more chances to engage with other developers in the community and organize meet-ups, get speaking opportunities and host webinars

Champions of course continue enjoying previous benefits like the welcome pack, including a brand new device and a Champion certificate, and the device mini-loan service.

Do you have what it takes to be a Nokia Developer Champion? Do you know someone else who does? Nominate someone awesome.

DVLUP UK and open beta

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We have two big pieces of news regarding DVLUP today: First, we’re very excited to announce that DVLUP, the developer rewards initiative that everyone’s talking about, will be opening for beta in the UK. The site will open on February 25th, and members will be able to begin claiming rewards after April 1st.

In addition, the DVLUP beta for the US and Canada will no longer require an invitation. If you’ve been waiting to join, now’s your chance!

Earn badges and points for your development efforts and community support, show off your chops to the Windows Phone Developer community, and be rewarded for your efforts with badges, gift cards, t-shirts, accessories and more. We’ll be adding new local challenges, as well as challenges for all members regardless of location.

To join, just register on the DVLUP site with your Microsoft Account, and when asked for your country, select “UK” or “US/Canada” depending on your location. You’ll also need to have a Windows Phone Dev Center account to validate your membership.

Riaz Ahmed, one of our Developer Evangelists in the UK, told us that his team is really excited that DVLUP is launching in the UK after seeing a massive success through its private beta launch in the US and Canada. “DVLUP is a fantastic reward initiative that we hope will encourage the development of some great Windows Phone apps through the various challenges. The Nokia UK Developer Experience team will be setting up UK specific challenges for UK developers and we look forward to seeing the results, rewarding developer efforts and even showcasing some of the apps that have come out of DVLUP.”

We couldn’t have said it better, Riaz! We’re happy to be able to open our beta further and bring it our compatriots in the UK. Happy developing!