Nokia has announced a renewed partnership with games developer Zynga, aiming to port the popular games Draw Something and Zynga Poker to its touch-enabled Asha smartphones. The news follows a similar partnership designed to ensure that Draw Something and Words With Friends come to Windows Phone in the near future, with the two games slated to receive a two-month exclusivity period on Nokia’s Lumia devices.
‘Draw Something’ and ‘Zynga Poker’ to hit Nokia’s budget Asha Touch phones
Nokia will work with Zynga to port ‘Draw Something’ and ‘Zynga Poker’ to its touch-enabled Series 40 Asha devices under the terms of a partnership announced today.
Nokia will work with Zynga to port ‘Draw Something’ and ‘Zynga Poker’ to its touch-enabled Series 40 Asha devices under the terms of a partnership announced today.
Popular in emerging markets such as India, the Asha 311, 306, and 305 run a redesigned version of Nokia’s in-house Series 40 operating system, first introduced on featurephones in 1999. According to a Nokia press release, 42 percent of all content downloaded from the Nokia Store between January and April this year was delivered to S40 devices — developing for the platform will allow Zynga to reach more than 100 million users worldwide.
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