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Today SNAP Mobile kicked off the Mobile Rules! Multiplayer Competition at the Develop Conference & Expo, a leading European event for gaming professionals. SNAP Mobile launched the game development contest to offer developers a unique, fast track way to break into the multiplayer games market and still retain the rights to their games. SNAP Mobile intends to use the competition to attract developers to build games on the SNAP mobile platform, which works on compatible Java(TM)-based phones regardless of manufacturer. Developers can submit game concepts from 1 to 30 August 2007 by emailing snapmobile@nokia.com. The multiplayer contest is one category within the larger Mobile Rules! competition sponsored by Nokia. For complete contest rules, see www.mobilerules.org

The winners of a previous SNAP Mobile multiplayer competition held in cooperation with SingTel were announced at GDC 2007. One of the winners, Keiji Fujita, Senior Producer of Taito branded mobile games for Square Enix stated, “Winning the SingTel Multiplayer Game Quest Competition allowed us to get Puzzle Bobble: Mobile Mania (also known as Bust-A-Move: Mobile Mania in the United States) in front of millions of eyeballs in a very short time frame. SNAP Mobile supported us in our development efforts from concept to launch. I look forward to the additional challenge of the Mobile Rules! Multiplayer Competition.”

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Nokia, the world leader in mobile communications, announced today that California based mobile games developer Digital Chocolate has signed up to publish a variety of titles for the N-Gage platform launching this fall. Digital Chocolate is a leading developer known for its original, high-quality mobile games with intuitive features and entertaining content.

“Digital Chocolate has been a driving force in promoting social interaction within the context of mobile gaming,” said Gregg Sauter, Nokia’s director of third party publishing. “They are also an award winning publisher dedicated to bringing innovative games to the masses. It is these qualities that make Digital Chocolate a perfect fit for our N-Gage offering, which allows publishers to innovate with respect to quality, ease of use and community interaction.”
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AppleInsider reports that Apple has been developing a second handset, dubbed the Apple iPhone nano, ever since it started producing the first Apple iPhone . The Apple iPhone nano may even go on sale in time for this year’s Christmas season.

The second Apple iPhone is said to be of a smaller form factor and combine Apple iPod functionalities, such as the click-wheel interface, with basic mobile phone features.

The Apple iPhone nano is expected to be much cheaper than the current handset, which is currently available in the US for $499 (£244) to $599 (£292), depending on model.

Interesting!

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Another mobile phone aimed at the over-50s and the disabled has been launched.

The Emporia Life phone, which is being distributed by telecommunications company Communic8, has a range of “simple and easy-to-use features”, according to its makers.

These include a large screen with an orange backlight – which, it is claimed, helps those with visual impairments – oversized buttons and a louder-than-average ring volume.

There is also a powerful vibration alert to ensure the owner knows when someone is calling and a large red emergency button that can be programmed to call or send a pre-written text to up to five designated numbers for help in an emergency. It is also said to be compatible with digital hearing aids.

The phone is supplied with a Vodafone pay-as-you-go Sim card. However Communic8 said this doesn’t tie the phone to this mobile provider. The phone is unlocked so it can be used on any network.

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