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By Payam Dastmalchi on September 02nd, 2009

Tech Buzz Takes the Top Spot at Calling All Innovators Competition

 

Nokia has announced the list of the winners for its Calling All Innovators competition and Mippin’s Tech Buzz homescreen Widget has been named as the top app in the Internet Innovation category. According to the press release, over 1,700 submissions from 85 countries were reviewed and full list of all winners from other categories will be available later this week. Tech Buzz beat Dianping mobile app and Pixelpipe to take the first spot in its category.

Tech Buzz widget is a fast and reliable way of accessing the latest tech news anywhere on the Nokia mobile devices. If used on Nokia N97, all the headlines and contents appear in rotation on the N97 homescreen. The feeds are retrieved and updated automatically and users have full control on majority of its settings.

You can read our full review of the widget here.

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By Payam Dastmalchi on June 17th, 2009

Nokia calling all developers to innovate!

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WOW! If you are a mobile developer and looking to get your hands dirty and try new platforms, then this might be it. Nokia is giving away a total of $250k in cash and prizes and inviting developers to submit applications for the 2009 Calling All Innovators contest.

There are total of three categories :

  • Internet innovation – Calling on web developers to transform consumer-focused ideas into real applications on Nokia devices using technologies that include Nokia Web Runtime, XHTML, CSS, Java Script, AJAX, widgets and other standards-based web technologies.
  • Flash – Challenging creative developers and designers to build compelling applications that expand the capabilities and user benefits of Flash Lite on Nokia devices.
  • Emerging Markets and Mobile Necessities – Urging developers to create innovative applications across mobile technology platforms – ranging from SMS through Series 40 and S60 device platforms. All applications will be considered, including those developed using Java, Python, or open source.

and what are the qualifications to get some of that $250k?

The top three submissions in each category will receive cash and prizes that include:

  • Grand Prize winner: $30,000 USD in cash; “Spotlight” placement featuring the winning application for 4 weeks on the top page of Nokia’s newly announced Ovi Store, where consumers will find the best mobile applications and content for their Nokia devices; and paid travel to demo the winning application at a Nokia-specified event in the Fall 2009.
  • 2nd Place: $15,000 USD in cash; “Spotlight” placement featuring the winning application for 3 weeks on a relevant category page in Nokia’s newly announced Ovi Store, where consumers will find the best mobile applications and content for their Nokia devices.
  • 3rd Place: $10,000 USD in cash; “Spotlight” placement featuring the winning application for 2 weeks on a relevant category page in Nokia’s newly announced Ovi Store, where consumers will find the best mobile applications and content for their Nokia devices.

In addition, the winning applications in all three categories will be reviewed by Nokia for possible preload on future Nokia devices.

Head on to Calling All Innovators to learn more about the contest and get your apps ready. I’ve spoken to many developers over the past few weeks and the number one complaint that I hear, is the lack of resources and support. I specifically think this is a great opportunity for iphone developers who’ve built great revenue producing apps and are now ready to expand and move on to other platforms.

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By Payam Dastmalchi on June 03rd, 2009

Nokia offers money to top Arabic developers

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Nokia is inviting all Arabic developers in the region to take part in their Bil3arabi ‘Calling All Innovators’ contest to create Arabic local content for their Ovi Store.

The contest was announced at the official launch event of the flagship Nokia N97 which should be out in UAE sometime next week for AED 3,050.

The contest is open to all developers in the region who can submit local content to any category within the Ovi Store – applications and widgets, video, personalization, games, audio, flash & active idle widgets – with a focus on internet innovation, flash, and mobile games.

The contest starts today and will run until 30th October, with winners being announced on 7th December. Application submissions will be judged based on the feedback by customers as well as experts from Forum Nokia, with the grand prize winner taking home $100,000 for their efforts.

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