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Monte Carlo, Monaco - David Emmanuel Castro Guerrero from Mexico and
Plusmo from the United States were today named one of the hottest
software designers and developers in the world having beaten strong
competition to win the Nokia N97 Widget Competition. Created to
celebrate the much anticipated launch of the Nokia N97, Guerrero's
winning application, was Rocket, a social location widget (SoLo)
which shows the nearest three friends in any given place was built
on-site by the application developer.

Guerrero's victory was announced after a 24-hour Nokia Hackathon
event where an elite group of world-class developers raced to build
the shortlisted apps live and against the clock. The contest held in
association with Forum Nokia's Calling All Innovators competition
took place between 28-29 April in Monaco at the Nokia Developer
Summit.

Not only does Guerrero win a brand new Nokia N97 pre-loaded with his
widget on the home screen, the application will also have prime
status on the homepage of the new Ovi Store, which launches soon, and
will be free to download for Nokia N97 owners in all Ovi Store launch
countries. These include Australia, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Russia,
Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States.

The Nokia N97, which will begin shipping in June, defines mobile
internet personalization. The 3.5 inch touch display with full QWERTY
keyboard means friends, social networks and news can be fully
customized with frequently updated widgets of favorite web services
and social networking sites.

The competition's runners up - Marco Lobb from Italy, who designed
the widget, Shoppy, a shopping list application and built on-site by
Inova IT from Slovenia and Bruce Hopkins, who designed Travel Planner
and built by PavingWays from Germany, will also be featured on the
homepage of store.ovi.mobi.

"It's mind-blowing to think that my application could potentially be
used by millions of people on their Nokia handsets," commented David
Emmanuel Castro Guerrero. "It's been such a great experience to watch
these masters at work and see how an app is build from start to
finish."

"We received over 1,300 submissions, many of which were exceptional.
Pitting the best Forum Nokia developers in the business against each
other and watching the apps being built in front of summit delegates
was so exciting," said Pekka Pohjakallio, Vice President, Services.
"By distributing through Ovi Store by Nokia, developers benefit from
Nokia's global scale to provide a potentially lucrative and
unrivalled opportunity at reaching a global audience of consumers."

To view all of the submissions and for more information visit
www.forum.nokia.com

Notes to editors:

The full list of the ten shortlisted widgets and designers is:

- David Emmanuel Castro Guerrero (Mexico) - Social Location Widget
- Marco Lobb (Italy) - Shopping List Widget
- Bruce Hopkins (USA) - Travel Planner
- Eric Liu (Canada) - Location Based Sightseeing/Events
- Andrew Clarke (UK) - Price Comparison Widget
- Gabriel Hall (Canada) - The World Around Me
- Daniel Kleine-Albers (Germany) - Location Based Public Transport
- Porfirio Busto BenÃtez (Paraguay) - Now On TV!
- Dmytriy Kovbasyuk (Canada) - Fuel-Up!
- Tuba Tig (Turkey) - What Is Your Favourite Food?


About Calling All Innovators
A global developer competition that challenges developers to create
applications that will help to better society. There are three
categories developers can participate in:
- Internet Innovation - Encouraging web developers to transform
consumer-focused ideas into real applications on Nokia devices
- Flash - Expanding the capabilities and user benefits of Flash Lite
on Nokia S60 devices
- Emerging Markets - Urging developers to create innovative
applications across mobile technology platforms that meet the needs
and improve the daily lives of millions living in rural and
semi-urban areas worldwide
The total cash and prizes for the 2009 Calling All Innovators contest
are worth more than $250,000, in addition to helping the winning
developers distribute their mobile applications.

About Forum Nokia
Nokia's global developer program, Forum Nokia connects developers to
tools, technical information, support, and distribution channels they
can use to build and market applications around the globe. From
offices in the U.S., Europe, India, Japan, China, and Singapore,
Forum Nokia provides technical and business development support to
developers and operators to assist them in achieving their goal of
successfully launching applications and services to consumers and
enterprises.

About Nokia
Nokia is the world's number one manufacturer of mobile devices by
market share and a leader in the converging Internet and
communications industries. We make a wide range of devices for all
major consumer segments and offer Internet services that enable
people to experience music, maps, media, messaging and games. We also
provide comprehensive digital map information through NAVTEQ and
equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through
Nokia Siemens Networks.



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