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Barcelona, Spain - Today at Mobile World Congress, Nokia announced a range of new applications for Nokia Lumia and Nokia Asha devices, many using unique platform and device enablers to deliver better quality application experiences.

To encourage further innovation, Nokia also announced the Asha Developer Competition, a contest to encourage developers to create high quality applications for Nokia Asha Touch smartphones. The competition is open to mobile developers worldwide and will award cash prizes and Nokia promotions for winning applications in four categories: music and entertainment; games; utilities and productivity; and news and information. The new apps will be judged on creativity, user experience and market potential.

"Quality is at the center of our strategy with developers," said Marco Argenti, senior vice president, Developer Experience. "By making available key technology enablers in location, music and imaging we help developers do their best work for Nokia. Quality, tailor-made apps translate into increased consumer engagement, which is the key for ecosystem success."

Taking advantage of imaging innovation

The GoPro Windows Phone 8 app allows action sports enthusiasts to connect their Nokia Lumia 920 via WiFi to a GoPro HERO3 or HERO2 camera. They receive a live preview with which they can record videos and capture photos, access and change all of the camera settings, and view the latest videos and photos of the day. The Nokia exclusive picture-in-picture (PIP) feature overlays the Nokia Lumia camera view on top of the GoPro camera's live view and allows consumers to capture photos using Nokia's industry-leading camera technology.

"Delivering top-flight image quality is at the heart of everything GoPro does," said Justin Wilkenfeld, Senior Director of Lifestyle Marketing, GoPro. "The combination of Nokia's best-in-class camera technologies and the Windows Phone 8 platform allows our consumers to do more with their HERO3 and HERO2 cameras. That's one of the reasons we're committed to offering new features to our Windows Phone 8 app." The GoPro Windows Phone 8 app will be available this spring from the Microsoft Windows Phone Store.