Some years ago, being a Forum Nokia Champion was perceived as a significant achievment in the mobile industry – after the take-over of Elop, industry insiders reported that the ranks were filled with employees from consulting companies close to Nokia.
The latest rumor concerned the Finns force-retiring their Symbian champions. AllAboutSymbian now confirms the story as following:
Last week a number of developers received an email from Nokia Developer explaining that their membership of the Nokia Developer Champion program was not be renewed and, in some cases, was being cut short earlier than scheduled. The common factor among those affected by the move appears to be that their main focus is developing for Symbian OS
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Given that this story has already been picked up by various news sources related to the mobile industry, the image of Nokia (and, to a lesser extent, its partner Microsoft) is likely to become significantly blemished.
Stay tuned for further info as we get it…
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