Re: MeeGo Coding Competition 2011
 

I don't know how long it takes to register as Ovi publisher. If it takes just some minutes, I think it's possible to register after the winners were announced and then submit the app as fast as possible.
I'd go the save way, though.

Nokia is very clear. No app in the Ovi store: no N9.
If a first prize winner would refuse to register and submit at the Ovi store we'd offer the N9 to the second prize winner and offering the N900 to the first prize winner.

edit: Uh! I just realized something. Nowhere Nokia said that the app must be for Harmattan. So we could try to submit your maemo 5 app to the Ovi store... :D

Re: MeeGo Coding Competition 2011
 

I have the same concerns. But if there is no other option we have to try to live with this solution.

Or we use the bounty and buy some cheap and geeky trophies for our winners. ;)

I have a suggestion: Everybody should try to register himself at ovi if it is possible (I'm still unsure if the registration is free or not) and we try to make to voting as soon as we are able to.

As soon as we know the ranking the 1st placed have to try to get their N9. Place 2, 3, 4, 5 .... is on hold until the 1st placed got their N9.
If the winner gets a N9 everything is fine and we are able to proceed. If not we have to search for a alterative plan B for this categorie.
Perhaps Place 1 could get the N900 and a piece of the bounty that was reserved for place 3 and the 2nd placed could get the chance for the N9?
Perhaps the N900 is anyway a lot more worth for some developers as the N9 because of the Keyboard and the lack of available new Devices.

My biggest concerns goes to the Desktop and Widgets categorie. Those are all purely N900 only applications - perhaps except the Keyboard share application. But as far as I'm able to see there are only plans for a N9 version. Nothing released yet.

Re: MeeGo Coding Competition 2011
 

Not possible. I read some very frustrating and angry posts from a developer who had paid for a account to publish N900 software and was later unable to publish it. The support told him the N900 was no longer fully supported and he should publish for Symbian instead. No money back and he was very angry. I guess it was smukko. But I'm currently not sore.

P.S.: Good N900 <-> N9 switching Idea. I got the same but I guess I'm posting to slow. ;)

Re: MeeGo Coding Competition 2011
 

To clarify the Ovi Store registration process:

I did it a few weeks ago, and it cost only 1 Euro. It takes about 5 minutes. All you need to do is enter some personal/contact details, then make the 1 Euro payment using a credit/debit card. The cost is only greater if you wish to publish content (i.e. ringtones etc) rather than applications.

Re: MeeGo Coding Competition 2011
 

Although I am not competing, I think it is very unfair from Nokia to state the requirement in the last stage of the competition, especially since many of the developers do not have N950.

This places people with no previous Nokia affiliation in a rather bad position compared to people enjoying the N950 developer program.

That is plainly stupid, since that would reduce the number of potential developers for N9. I think you should pass that to Nokia side.

I am curious to learn how this mad drive will end.

Re: MeeGo Coding Competition 2011
 

This is a Community Coding Competition, driven and organized by the Community and their members - not by Nokia.
We asked Nokia AFTER a possible prize for the 1st place disappeared and not before the competition began.

Because of this I would rather say thankyou to Nokia instead of blame them even if I would like more relaxed conditions.

Edit: By the way, you are still able to donate for our Bounty.

Re: MeeGo Coding Competition 2011
 

That requirement puts you in awkward position, since you are promoting meego.

<ToxicThought>
The only thing that is missing is to rename the competition to
Nokia N9 Coding Competition. :D
</ToxicThought>

That was really impolite.

BTW: Please don't use T word.

Re: MeeGo Coding Competition 2011
 

Originally they wanted to sponsor flights and accomodation to the next MeeGo Conference.
I've good reasons to believe that there won't be another MeeGo Conference that soon.

I had two options: keep the prizes and possibly disappoint the first prize winners by telling them next year that they have won something that doesn't exist, or try to get other prizes.

I went for the second option.

Personally I don't think that these requirements make sense, but I can't do anything against it. It's hard enough to talk about MeeGo in a WindowsPhone target country.

So you have two options: register at Ovi store and try to compile your app for MeeGo Harmattan if you want to be a possible winner of a Nokia N9.
Or do not register and be a possible winner of any of the other prizes.

Re: MeeGo Coding Competition 2011
 

Ok, it is clear now. So basically you are forced to accept conditions stated by Nokia since the donated money is not enough to finance prices.

I apologize for being hard on you.

Re: MeeGo Coding Competition 2011
 

These are different prizes.
First prize: Lets say the N9 is worth about 500€ (or more, exact prices not announced yet)
Second prize: The N900 is worth about 200€ (I think)
Third prize: About 1.000€ from donations distributed among 9 categories. Makes 111€ per category.
Or we could split the money to get a fourth prize:
3rd: 80€
4th: 30€

Don't worry. :)