Press Release
Sony Ericsson Developer World
extends submission deadline for award program in India
With an overwhelming response from the Indian developer community, Sony Ericsson Developer World extends application submissions to January 31, 2009
New Delhi, India--January 8, 2009--Sony Ericsson Developer World today announced the extension of the submission deadline for its India award program to January 31, 2009. The contest was launched on November 25, 2008 with a commitment to engage third-party mobile developers in India, to create innovative user experiences and applications. The encouraging response from all over India indicates the keen desire of Indian developers to work closely with Sony Ericsson Developer World.
Sony Ericsson Developer World acts as a content creation catalyst offering free assistance to the global mobile developer community to get the best market potential for their ideas and coding efforts.
Recognition program for developers in India
Building on global and regional success in China and the need to find top talent and innovative partners to work with, Sony Ericsson is now actively supporting the growing third-party developer community in India. Indian developers are offered an exclusive award and recognition program through the Sony Ericsson Developer World launch in India. Winners qualify for a 100-day mentorship to be groomed to work closely with Sony Ericsson and become a “Sony Ericsson Certified Developer”.
The first step towards becoming a Sony Ericsson Certified Developer is to enter the Sony Ericsson Developer World Awards, exclusively for developers in India, with a new Web site www.sonyericsson.com/developer/india. There are two award categories: "Best Application" and "Best Application Idea". Submitting entries also means Indian developers will become registered Community members of global Sony Ericsson Developer World, enabling them to enjoy the benefits of free technical support by participating in the discussion forums and wiki’s.
Sony Ericsson Certified Developer
The six winning Indian developers will be selected by an expert panel from Sony Ericsson. During the 100-day program, Sony Ericsson and four industry experts will mentor these winners. At the end of the 100-day program the winners will become Sony Ericsson Certified Developers, a true recognition of their talent, paving their way to business opportunities with Sony Ericsson in India.
Mentorship Benefits:
• Winners to be mentored by the SE team and a panel of industry experts for 100 days
Commercial Benefits:
• Assigned a Sony Ericsson Partner Manager
• Considerations for distribution via Sony Ericsson local and global channels
• Consideration for promoting to operator channels locally and globally
Recognition Benefits:
• Rights to use Sony Ericsson Certified Developer logo
• Sony Ericsson Certified Developer profile listed on the upcoming Sony Ericsson Developer World India web pages
Technical Benefits:
• Phone loan program
• Access to tech support (via global support team)
About Sony Ericsson and Sony Ericsson Developer World
Sony Ericsson Developer World is a global support program and web portal (www.sonyericsson.com/developer) totally dedicated to helping professional wireless developers achieve business success by providing easy-to-find documentation, tools, technical advice and go-to-market support. Sony Ericsson Developer World guides developers through the development process in four steps – Think it, Make it, Test it, Sell it - thereby ensuring a constant stream of fun, useful and innovative content and applications for Sony Ericsson phones. Visit www.sonyericsson.com/developer/india for more details about the Sony Ericsson Developer World Awards in India.
Having sold over 100 million phones in 2007, Sony Ericsson is currently one of the five largest mobile phone manufacturers in the world. An important industry player operating in over 80 countries, our phones, accessories and PC cards are synonymous with innovation and style. With R&D sites in Europe, Japan, China, India and North America, diversity is one of the core strengths of the company. Sony Ericsson was established as a 50:50 joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in October 2001, with global corporate functions located in London. For more information about Sony Ericsson please visit www.sonyericsson.com
January 8, 2009:
Sony Ericsson Developer World extends submission deadline for award program in India.
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November 25, 2008:
Sony Ericsson Developer World launched in India.
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