Nokia today announced a new SDK for SNAP Mobile, its end-to-end solution for connected mobile gaming in Java. The SNAP Mobile SDK 2.2 offers a range of new features including a game template, a Skinnable user interface framework, and support for J2SE and Bot API. The SDK is available for download now at Forum Nokia.

"By adding these new elements to the SNAP Mobile SDK, we're making it faster and easier for developers to add connected gaming elements to their games," says Jonathan Sharp, Nokia's director of games strategy. "Consumers expect more and more from their mobile games, and this SDK will help developers deliver great Java games with superior connected gaming elements."

PopCap Games used the SNAP Mobile SDK 2.2 to add connected functionality to its game Chuzzle, with only minimal redesign to the UI.

More here from Daily Mobile ... and the press release is here.