Jul 1st, 2009
Introducing: The Summer of Widgets
Betavine, Vodafone’s mobile developer community, is offering weekly prizes to mobile developers throughout July and August in its Summer of Widgets competition.
Each week during the competition, three prize packages of a Samsung NC 20 Netbook bundled with a Nokia N96 handset will be awarded to the three best new widgets uploaded to the Vodafone Widgets Developer Platform – which also allows developers to distribute their widgets to Vodafone customers in some of the company’s major markets.
Running from 6th July to the 30th August, the Summer of Widgets competition will offer three prizes every week to the developers who have submitted the best widgets based on the following criteria:
- Ease of use – how easy is it for a non-technical user to understand and benefit from?
- Creativity – how does the entry demonstrate new and exciting uses for widgets?
- Value to the potential user – how much easier does it make the user’s life and what does the widget enable them to do?
Developers will need to create English-language widgets for the S60 platform to be eligible for the competition, the full terms and conditions of which are available here.
Entrants will be able to submit widgets from 00.01 (BST) every Monday until Midnight (BST) the following Sunday during the competition. Entries will be judged on Mondays and the winners announced at midday each Tuesday on the Betavine site.
Developers will retain all IPR relating to their widgets when entering the competition. In addition, by submitting their widgets they will be able to distribute their latest creations to Vodafone customers in multiple countries though the Vodafone Apps Shop.
A series of developer camps will be run in some of Vodafone’s major European operating companies throughout July and August to offer further support to developers on creating widgets. For detailed guides on creating widgets, including information on user experience, tutorials and to see examples of the other developers’ widgets, visit the Betavine Widget Zone.
Each week during the competition, three prize packages of a Samsung NC 20 Netbook bundled with a Nokia N96 handset will be awarded to the three best new widgets uploaded to the Vodafone Widgets Developer Platform – which also allows developers to distribute their widgets to Vodafone customers in some of the company’s major markets.
Running from 6th July to the 30th August, the Summer of Widgets competition will offer three prizes every week to the developers who have submitted the best widgets based on the following criteria:
- Ease of use – how easy is it for a non-technical user to understand and benefit from?
- Creativity – how does the entry demonstrate new and exciting uses for widgets?
- Value to the potential user – how much easier does it make the user’s life and what does the widget enable them to do?
Developers will need to create English-language widgets for the S60 platform to be eligible for the competition, the full terms and conditions of which are available here.
Entrants will be able to submit widgets from 00.01 (BST) every Monday until Midnight (BST) the following Sunday during the competition. Entries will be judged on Mondays and the winners announced at midday each Tuesday on the Betavine site.
Developers will retain all IPR relating to their widgets when entering the competition. In addition, by submitting their widgets they will be able to distribute their latest creations to Vodafone customers in multiple countries though the Vodafone Apps Shop.
A series of developer camps will be run in some of Vodafone’s major European operating companies throughout July and August to offer further support to developers on creating widgets. For detailed guides on creating widgets, including information on user experience, tutorials and to see examples of the other developers’ widgets, visit the Betavine Widget Zone.
