Maemo software idea contest

22 May 2006
1 minute read
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Open Tuesday Competition

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Open Tuesday’s Nokia 770 Application Development Competition on Planet Maemo yet.

The competition’s goal is to find new applications targeted to Nokia 770 Open Source Internet tablet. There are three categories in the competition:

  1. Entertainment Applications
  2. Business Applications
  3. Vertical Solutions

The winners will receive a Nokia 770 device.

Application development competition sounds like actual app would need to be developed, but reading the rules it seems just an idea is enough.

While I already have a 770, this could still be a good opportunity to hash out my ideas for Nokia 770 as the real hitchhiker’s guide.

Via Finnish Centre for Open Source Software.

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