Diaries of a Nokia Fan Boy

This is an interesting bit of news. While we’re all used to seeing manufacturer specific UI, I don’t recall any of them ever having a standardized SDK, especially not one that works cross-platform (Java doesn’t count). This is an especially impressive feat since Samsung offers TouchWiz across the board: starting from Symbian-based Omnia HD (i8910), to Windows Mobile-based Omnia II (i8000), to the dumbphone Solstice (A887).

And to top it all off, they’re launching a competition. The overall top prize is $20,000, while the top prize for each category is $5,000. Of course, this has become quite standard for the industry with both Nokia and Google doing the same thing upon releasing Symbian v9.5 and Android, respectively. Take a look at the read links below for more details on the competition.

-Nokia FanBoy

via: Engadget (read)
and: Symbian-Freak (read)