MeeGo Coding Competition 2011

 The wait is over!   We are proud to announce the   MeeGo Coding Competition 2011     ! <font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> As successor it will follow the good example of the community driven  <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> Maemo Coding Competition 2010<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> Quim Gil wrote<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> lot of good things about this "grass roots community success". <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> To make this year's competition bigger and better, we urge all MeeGo enthusiasts to organize events during the MeeGo Coding Competition 2011 in their  <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> Local MeeGo Network<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">. We are sure that Intel and Nokia are going to assist you doing that. Please  [mailto:info@meetmeego.org <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> contact us    ]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">, to get in touch with Intel and Nokia. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> The Local MeeGo Network Berlin has planned the following events using the name "  <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> MeeGo Freeday<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> ": <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">  <font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> Coding Qt   <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> Qt<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> is a framework for a cross-platform application development. Qt is pre-installed on our beloved Nokia N900. Software development using Qt is also possible for  <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> MeeGo<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">,   <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> Symbian<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> and   <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> WebOS<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">. All these platforms support Qt. There are also libraries for desktop systems, like  <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> Windows<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">,   <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> Mac OS<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> and   <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> Linux<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> available. Unofficially, it is also running on  <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> Android<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> and   <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> iOS<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> Therefore, Qt is a very good base if you want to publish your app on as many platforms as possible! <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> You never coded using Qt? You are already a Qt pro and want to work with Qt developers? You still have questions? <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> Then come to the Qt Workshop on 01 April 2011 in the c-base in Berlin! The Qt gurus of Qt Berlin are present and help you with advice and support! ''' <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> By all this Qt-iness don’t forget the next step: publish your app in the largest MeeGo AppStores:  <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> Intel AppUp<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> and   <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> Nokia Ovi<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">  <font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> Nokia Ovi Workshop   <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> Therefore, on 15 April 2011 there will be the Ovi workshop also in the c-base in Berlin. ''' <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> In this workshop Nokia's specialists will teach you the process of publishing your app to the Ovi-Store. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> Then you are a true Ovi professional. And who knows? Maybe there will be new info about Nokia's secret MeeGo / Maemo device? <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">  <font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> Intel AppLab   <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> On 29 April 2011, we bring you the  <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> Intel AppLab<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> to Berlin (of course also in the c-base)! <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> During the AppLab coding examples are shown and you will submit your app to the Intel AppUp store. At previous AppLabs developers got MeeGo hardware to take home. This time? Come and see for yourself! <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial">  <font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> Think global, act local   <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> The MeeGo Coding Competition is not an event restricted to Berlin! Everyone can and should participate! Just as in Berlin, Local MeeGo Events and Intel AppLabs will take place in other cities countries. Moreover, the events in Berlin will be streamed live. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> But apart from the educational events and the fun at coding what it’s in for you? ... A lot! <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> Developers of promising apps will probably receive a MeeGo device. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> If you will be selected by the community as one of the main winners, you will fly to the MeeGo Conference in November and sleep there in a nice hotel. There you will meet a lot of like-minded. Without having to pay a single cent. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> If Nokia likes your app, they will preinstall it on their first MeeGo device! <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> But even if you won’t win one of the main prizes, that does not mean you get nothing! We will have cash prizes this time, too. Independent of sponsorship funds, last time the community extensively donated. About $ 1000.00 came together! Will we be able to beat this record-sum this year? Your donation is just a click away:

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 <font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> Procedure and rules of MeeGo Coding Competition 2011   <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> To ensure that the event runs properly, there are a few essential rules: <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> Only individuals may participate. Companies are excluded from the competition because of equity reasons. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> If you have coded your app in the team and you win on of the travels to the MeeGo Conference, your team has to designate a person as the winner. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> Any number of apps can be submitted and elected as winner. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> Apps must be uploaded as executable including at least two screen shots and a brief description on a yet to be named website to be take part of the election. The applications have to run on default hardware running on an official version of Maemo or MeeGo. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> All applications, which are created and uploaded during the duration of the Competition will take part in the election. For existing programs, only progress which has been made during the Competition will be considered. When porting apps. only the work of porting will be considered, unless the original program comes from the same programmer and was developed or extended in this period. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> The Competition runs from 01 April 2011 to 30 June 2011. After that the winners will be selected by the community. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> Only users of  <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> maemo.org<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> and   <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> meego.com<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> who are registered for at least four months are entitled to vote. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> There is no legal right to win. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> More details regarding the election process to follow. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> All new information regarding the Competition will be published first on  <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> <font color="#000099"><font face="Arial"> http://meetmeego.org<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> and shortly afterwards here. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> Ready? Set, go! Grab your PC, start to hack and show us your app! <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> You still have questions? 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