Nokia has published their test criteria for J2ME and Symbian applications… It is good to go over these, and keep them handy. These documents will tell you about allowed content, power consumption, UI, interactions, and other requirements that your application must meet if you want to work directly with Nokia — passing the Nokia testing criteria is a requirement to get access to the Nokia sales channels (i.e. having your application pre-installed on the handset, or included in the device sales package CD-ROM, or in the Nokia Web sites or catalogs):
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Nokia Test Criteria For J2ME Applications
— these tests are in addition to The Java Verified program's Unified Testing Criteria. -
Nokia Test Criteria For Symbian C++ Applications
— these tests are in addition to the Symbian Signed test criteria. -
Testing Checklist For Symbian C++ Applications
Don't even bother trying to get certified if your application uses or depicts:
- Excessive violence and gratuitous depiction of violence against humans/animals (e.g., no suicidal bombers, killing of innocent or outsider humans)
- Depictions of pornography or pedophilic imagery
- Drinking of alcohol
- Substance misuse including drugs and drug taking
- Smoking
- Overuse of swearing
- Racism
- Overtly political messages, e.g., terrorism, generic battle/fight between the races, slavery/slave trade are not OK, contentious political/global events in historical context, e.g., Battle Field 1942 is OK
- Religious imagery, unless in real-life context
- Gambling using real money
- Promotions of criminality, criminal actions (depiction of criminal activity, where the player is the perpetrator of the crime)
- Material targeted and marketed solely at young children
- Nokia, e.g., name or logo (except if explicitly agreed upon with Nokia)
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