• Open C categories of competition
• Contest Rules
• How to Participate in the Challenge
• Judging Criteria
• Competition Prizes and Additional Marketing Support

Sign up for the application competition of the year, the Open C Challenge, with over $20,000 in prizes and an opportunity to showcase your winning application at the Symbian Smartshow in London.

As the industry leader in mobile communications, Forum Nokia, in conjunction with Orange and Symbian, strives to encourage developers to design and build applications that deliver the greatest value to customers. Technical innovation drives success, and the sponsors of the Open C Challenge (the Challenge) are committed to recognizing the best and brightest minds in the mobile development community by launching the first annual “Open C” Challenge.

Open C brings the familiar standard C function libraries to the S60 platform and makes it easier to develop native applications in addition to porting open source applications to S60 devices from Linux or C. Through the Challenge, Nokia. Orange and Symbian hopes to stimulate and reward innovation in mobile application development.

Open C categories of competition

1. Port an existing application to S60 ─ Entries to this category will include 3rd Edition applications ported from already existing open source projects or from other mobile platforms.
2. Native development of an application using S60 and Open C ─ Entries to this category will consist of brand new applications created using Open C.

Registration for the Open C Challenge begins on Monday, July 16, 2007 at 9:00 am EST. Contestants must submit their final mobile applications by Friday, September 14, 2007 no later than 11:59 p.m. EST. Click here to register.

About Open C

Open C is a set of industry-standard POSIX and middleware C libraries that let developers of native C++ applications for S60 reuse existing software assets, including open source projects written in standard C. Open C lets Symbian and S60 developers integrate a wide array of existing solutions into their applications, and lets C and C++ developers extend the reach of their applications and services to Nokia mobile devices.

The Open C SDK plug-in for S60 3rd Edition SDKs provides developers with access to a comprehensive range of functions from nine well-known standard POSIX and middleware C libraries - libc, libdl, libpthread, libm, libz, libcrypt, libcrypto, libglib, and libssl.

These Open C libraries provide a Linux-like, vendor-neutral C-programming interface to core functions on S60 devices.

Contest Rules

Your participation in the Nokia Open C Challenge (as defined later) is subject to the Terms and Conditions (see Section 4) and all applicable laws and regulations. By entering the Challenge, you accept, without limitation or qualification, these Terms and Conditions, and acknowledge that any other agreements between you and Nokia are superseded with respect to this subject matter. If you do not agree and accept, without limitation or qualification, these Terms and Conditions, please do not enter the Challenge.

By reviewing these Terms and Conditions, you agree to follow the rules governing the Nokia Open C Challenge.

How to Participate in the Challenge

To Get Started:
1. Complete the Open C Challenge Registration Form that you plan on developing. Email the completed form to openccontest@nokia.com. Please type the words Registration Form in the subject section of your email. The deadline to register to participate in the Challenge is August 31 2007 at 11:59 pm EDT.
2. Review the Description of Entries and Eligibility Requirements for the Challenge.
3. Now download all the tools needed to start developing in the Open C environment.


If you are a registered member of Forum Nokia

• a. Sign in with your user name and password to enter the competition web site.
• b. Download the Open C SDK Plug-in
• c. Note: If you have not downloaded the S60 3rd Edition SDK or the S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1, please do so now.  Either one will work, however we recommend that you download the Feature Pack 1 version: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1

If you are a new member to Forum Nokia:

• a. Fill out the registration form to join Forum Nokia
1. Wait to receive your registration confirmation email
2. Click on the url to complete your registrations
• b. Now login to www.forum.nokia.com using your username and password. The login option is on the top right hand portion of the homepage.
• c. On the left hand navigation menu, click:
  
  • Platforms > S60 Platform > Tools/SDK
  Scroll down to Platform SDKs on this page and select:
  • S60 Platform SDK
1. Download the S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1(240MB)
• d. Now go to the left hand navigation bar and click:
• Technologies > OpenC
1. Now download the Open C SDK Plug-in.
• e. Now you need to install the two SDKs that you just downloaded to your computer. Please refer to the instalation guides that are provided in the SDK. In addition, you may look at The Getting Started with Open C Video for further assistance installing your SDK, in addition to other support material and case studies on the Open C homepage.
• f. Finished: Now you have all the tools need to start developing in Open C.

Notes: If you are new to mobile, you may also want to download a copy S60 3rd Editions: What’s New for Developers to learn more about the S60 Mobile Platform.

Description of Entries

Entries to the Open C Challenge are mobile applications created for the S60 3rd Edition platform. Each application must include at least one open source software component that is ported to the S60 platform using the Open C libraries or a new application developed in the Open C environment. Feel free to port components that you have written yourself, or code that is freely available in an open source community.

Eligibility Requirements

NOTE: You must meet the following eligibility requirements before you submit an application for the Open C Challenge.

1. The Challenge is open to all software developers, 18 years and older, including freeware developers and open source communities.  
2. Employees of Nokia, Orange, Symbian and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates may not participate in the Challenge. The immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of employees of Nokia, Orange and Symbian and their respective related companies, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and agents may not participate in the Challenge.
3. Participation in the Challenge constitutes the participant's full and unconditional agreement to the Terms and Conditions
4. Entries must be the participant's own original work and may not have been published previously.
5. Winners must agree to send a representative to the Smartphone Show in London on October 15-17, 2007, to present their applications to the panel of judges. If a finalist is unable to appear at the show, the developer of the application with the next highest rating will be invited to attend.
6. Winners must agree to participate in all co-marketing activities with the Challenge sponsors’.
7. The Challenge is subject to the laws of Finland. Void where prohibited by law.

About the Challenge

Categories of competition include:

1. Port an existing application to S60 ─ Entries to this category will include 3rd Edition applications ported from already existing open source projects or from other mobile platforms.
2. Native development of an application using S60 and Open C ─ Entries to this category will consist of brand new applications created using Open C.

Registration opens	July 2, 2007
Registration closes	August 31, 2007
Deadline to submit final application	September 14, 2007
Finalists Contacted	September 24-28, 2007
Finalists present applications to judging panel	October 15, Symbian Smartphone ShowLondon, England
Winners and runner-ups announced. Contestants appear with their winning applications at the Nokia booth at the Symbian Smartphone Show.	October 16, Symbian Smartphone Show London, England

Requirements for Submission

Please submit an Entry Description Form along with your sis file, to provide more details around your submitted application.

1. Target market
2. Functionality – This is your opportunity to tell us about the application in your own words.
3. Porting process – What existing components did you use, and how long did it take you to port them to S60? How useful was Open C in this process, in terms of time saved, use of development resources, or other factors?

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4. Development process - How long did the application take to develop? How many people worked on the project? How useful was Open C in the overall application development experience? (NOTE: There is no right or wrong answer. We just want to get a sense of your process.)
5. .sis file of the S60 application and screenshots of the application on other platforms.

Submit Your Application

When you are confident that your application will run on a Nokia N80, E61/E62 or N73, proceed as follows:

• Submit your .sis file and one-page document to openccontest@nokia.com.
• We must receive all entries by Friday, September 14, 2007 no later than 11:59 p.m. EDT; entries received after the due date will be disqualified.
• All entries are considered final, and no additional updates, edits or changes will be accepted thereafter.

Judging Criteria

The panel will judge all entries from 1 to 5 according to the following criteria:

• Quality – How visually appealing is the UI of your entry?  Do you use advanced graphics, animation, and other contextual features to deliver an enhanced user experience? 
• Functionality – Is it easy to download and use your application?  Would consumers find it intuitive and easy-to-use?
• Usability – How practical is your application and what is the likelihood that consumers will want to use it on their devices?
• Innovation – Is there anything ground-breaking about your application that might be new to the mobile marketplace?  
• Middleware Difficulty – Evaluating the porting difficulty and skills exhibited in developing your application.  

Competition Prizes and Additional Marketing Support

Nokia will invite the finalists to the Symbian Smartphone Show on October 15-17, 2007 in London, England, to present their applications to the panel of judges. The public announcement of the winning applications and prizes will take place on October 16.

Competition Prizes

The Grand Prize Winner will receive the following prizes:

• $10,000  U.S. cash prize
• One year free subscription to Forum Nokia Pro
• A trophy and industry bragging rights
• Free Symbian Signing for the winning application
• A prime spot in the Nokia demo booth at the Symbian Smartphone Show in London, England Oct 16-17, 2007.
• Promotional exposure on the www.forum.nokia.com Web site
• Tbd - orange

Runner Up winners receive:

• First place - $5,000 U.S.
• Second place - $3,000 U.S.
• Third place - $2,000 U.S.
• One year free subscription to Forum Nokia Pro
• Free Symbian Signing of the runner-up applications
• A trophy and industry bragging rights
• A prime spot in the Nokia demo booth at the Symbian Smartphone Show in London, England Oct 16-17, 2007.
• Promotional exposure on the www.forum.nokia.com Web site

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