Samsung today announced the public opening of Samsung Mobile Innovator, a new program enabling mobile software developers to create applications for use across all Samsung S60 devices. From today, the full Samsung Mobile Innovator portal and its services can be accessed at http://innovator.samsungmobile.com. To celebrate their public launch, Samsung Mobile Innovator is offering to Symbian Sign 300 applications for FREE to developers registering with Mobile Innovator from today onwards.



Samsung Mobile Innovator provides developers with the tools, technical content and support they require to create applications and services which are differentiated from their competitors and that work on the Samsung S60 platform.

Samsung Mobile Innovator is free to join, and basic (Hub) membership is open to everyone at all levels of interest in open mobile devices. In recognition of partner companies, there is also an invite-only Core membership level.

The key services that Samsung is making available to help developers collaborate, innovate and accelerate ideas for Samsung S60 devices are:

* Lab.dev - a virtual device lab to provide access to current Samsung mobile devices for remote application development and testing and verify application functionality. Users also have the benefit of reducing development costs, while increasing productivity.
* Market.dev - business development support to give as much help as possible to accelerate all developer ideas and help registered members sell their applications and services on Samsung devices.
* Ask.dev - exclusive and confidential technical support to help reduce the time it takes to develop new ideas and bring current applications to Samsung devices. This dedicated online support is unlimited and free to core members.

Labels: Samsung

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