Nokia's fighting an uphill battle to retain its community of developers as it switches focus to Windows Phone and Microsoft's Windows Phone Developer Tools from what was a joint Symbian / MeeGo smartphone strategy unified under the Qt development framework. Launchpad members will receive about $1,000 in free hardware in the form of Nokia's new flagship E7 QWERTY slider and a "Nokia WP7 device" just as soon as it's available.
Nokia's also tossing in a few other incentives like free access to the next Nokia World / Nokia Developer Summit, three months free tech support for all Nokia technologies (limited to 10 tickets), a free User Experience evaluation for one app, business development assistance, and help publishing apps on the Ovi store.
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17 comments:
Would like one of them myself but nevermind.:D
sounds like Nokia is tossing more than just incentives, but some salads too.
I'm a developper! Give me one! No I don't develop phones... No not software... I'm developping an appetite!
Nokia is awesome!
oi that phone looks sweet. :/ wish I were a developer AND in the market for a phone.
How do I become a developer?
Sign me up!
I hope they're giving these to all the employees they're about to lay off as well.
How do I become a developer?
that is really the question :P
I would really love to have one of these. Too bad I'm not a developer. SAD FACE.
Nokia + Windows... i didnt saw that combination coming!
mokia for the win
Nokia and windows. Meh. I don't really like either. But the prospects look nice.
That's a pretty cool phone, I wouldn't mind having if I got it for free.
I just love nokia
Nokia was the shit when I was younger. Time for a comeback!
The Nokia E7 looks like a much better Nokia N8. Symbian/Meego is very promising too.
Nice one, Nokia.
looks like a good replacement for my 2 year old samsung alias 2...
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