Every year at Nokia World– on stage and in demo stations – our team features developers who have introduced innovative new apps and games throughout the year. You can see videos from this year’s featured developers in our YouTube channel. With Nokia World 2011 kicking off today, we thought it was also an appropriate time to use this platform to call out some of the great work our developer partners have been doing all year, all around the world.
This year was a big one for Nokia developers – we had more than a dozen app developers hit download numbers over the 20M mark! With the introduction of two new Windows Phone devices and four new Series 40 phones today, this is just the beginning for developing with Nokia. With today’s news, we’re doubling down on our commitment to giving developers the strongest platforms for engaging with their customers and the best possible support – technical, marketing and community – for their businesses.
Don’t just take our word for it. Hear it from this elite group of developers that’s hit, or in some cases blazed right past the 20 million download mark for their apps in Nokia Store.
Offscreen – They are leading the charge with more than 80 million downloads for games, utilities and media apps. Offscreen has been working with Nokia since the early 2000s and is amazed by the reach of the Nokia platform into thriving mobile tech regions such as China and India.
Pico Brothers – A Qt developer now boasting more than 56M downloads, Pico Brothers have created more than 65 apps that are available in the Nokia Store, from entertainment and utilities to sports.
According to Nick Karlstrom, co-founder of Pico Brothers, their new Talking Cat application in the Store has been reviewed by users more than 1,200 times, and is downloaded more than 100,000 times per day on S60 5.0 devices. “We create apps that people want to have – and the downloads have followed.”
Electronic Arts – With more than 37M downloads in the Nokia Store, EA games use the Symbian, Series 40 and Windows Phone platforms to pack the thrills of console gaming into the palm of your hand.
Lunagames – With more than 34M downloads, this developer capitalized on worldwide reach and popularity with casual games and social networking to expand into new categories such as dictionary and translation. Additionally, they facilitate competition among users from 200 countries around the world.
HeroCraft – HeroCraft's catalogue of award-winning mobile games and apps have elevated the company's downloads to more than 33M total downloads from the Nokia Store. HeroCraft apps are available in nearly 200 countries.
Gameloft – More than 28M game downloads for popular titles including Assassin’s Creed™, Hero of Sparta and GT Racing: Motor Academy.
Indiagames – Indian games developer with more than 27M downloads in the Nokia Store.
Digital Chocolate – This games developer grew from 4M to 25M+ downloads in the Nokia Store from April 2010 to October 2011 with games including Tower Bloxx: New York, Rollercoaster Rush Revolution 99 Tracks, Crazy Penguin Party, Nightclub Fever, and Dictator Defense.
Opera Software – Achieved 24M+ downloads with the various versions of their Opera web browser app.
Mail-Bit – Four gaming and social networking apps reached downloads of 22M+ around the world.
eBuddy – eBuddy’s more than 20M users spend the equivalent of more than 2,000 years per month on the messaging app, which is available on Symbian and Series 40, as well as Windows Phone devices.
ThinkChange – ThinkChange uses a variety of Nokia's sensory and gesture technologies to create imaginative and entertaining interface apps. The company has received over 20M free and paid downloads in the Nokia Store from consumers in more than 190 countries.
Look for more success stories in the Nokia Publisher success cases blog from those app developers listed above, and the many more who areactively working on new apps for all of Nokia’s phones after this week’s exciting news from London.
And if you’re interested in learning more about distributing your apps through Nokia, check out the Distribute section of Nokia Developer.