Open Screen Project Fund: Get your idea published at Ovi

Hello Web Developers! My name is Udo Szabo and I work with the Ovi & web developer offering at Nokia. I spend a big part of my days to understand how the web and mobility evolve and the opportunities this brings for developers, publishers and local businesses to connect people in new and better ways. If you [...]

Hello Web Developers!

My name is Udo Szabo and I work with the Ovi & web developer offering at Nokia. I spend a big part of my days to understand how the web and mobility evolve and the opportunities this brings for developers, publishers and local businesses to connect people in new and better ways.

If you think about amazing web experiences, Adobe Flash is the first that comes to mind. This is why Nokia teamed up with Adobe last year on the Open Screen Project Fund.

The Open Screen Project is a 10 USD million development fund that offers grants to any developer and publisher who want to create amazing apps based on Flash technologies. These apps will run on Nokia devices, as well as desktops and other consumer electronics. At Nokia we have been busy getting more than 300 million Flash-enabled devices in the hands of consumers up to date, and with the increasing appetite for apps we believe that this is a great opportunity. Connecting developers, publishers and consumers through amazing apps is the goal of the Open Screen Project Fund.

With 12 months into the project we are happy to tell you that the response has been great. To date, over 60 grants were given to developers on six continents, which resulted in a flow of new apps, available in the Store today. The apps range from large global publishers like CNN and Reuters to small, local companies like Eros International from India who received funding for a fantastic app called Eros Bollywood.

The Eros Bollywood video app cleverly combines the rich media capabilities of Flash with the flexible formatting capabilities of web technologies into a spectacular experience. Now millions of Bollywood fans have easy access to exclusive videos including trailers, behind the scenes footage, interviews with the biggest stars, and clips from the latest Bollywood movies. The app works best with Nokia touch devices like the X6 or N97 mini, and is available for free in the Store – check out the preview below!

Click here to view the embedded video.

The Open Screen Project Fund will continue to support Flash developers large and small around the world until December 2010. So if you have an idea or even a first prototype make sure to visit the fund’s website.

This is just one of the activities we will have for Web developers this year. Join us today and shape the conversation @OviDeveloper on Twitter.

-Udo

Source : http://blog.ovi.com/2010/03/15/open-screen-project...