App Launcher Icon Competition: Win Nokia N9

After announcing about giving away Windows Phones to its developers for free, Nokia has another level to award developers the glorious N9. “It’s not a give away – it’s a competition”. The competition is about to create compelling App Launcher Icon, and that’s it. The winners of the competition will win Nokia N9s.

If you are a developer and you want to participate in this developer competition, all you will have to do is use the new toolkits from Nokia to create new app launcher icon for your application. Application can be for any Series 40, Symbian, or Nokia N9. An unknown number of Nokia N9 devices will be awarded to the winners. As well the winner icons and apps will be featured in Nokia Developer Community, Wiki, Project home pages and Developer Newsletters.

Download Toolkits

The icon toolkits can be downloaded for each platform from here: Series 40SymbianMeeGo.

Rules of Participation

Here are the competition rules:

  • The icon must be original work and be based on our templates
  • You submission must arrive in our inbox between November 14 and Nov 30 (GMT).
  • The icon remains your copyright, and we hope you’ll use it for your application!
  • Nokia must have permission to publish your icon and application description on the wiki, discussion boards, newsletters, and any other mechanisms while promoting this competition and its results.
  • Only icons for “real” apps are accepted. If the app is not yet public you should include screenshots and a description in your email.

See the fine print for more information.

 

We will be judging the icons on how well they communicate the essence of your app, and how well they match with the platform’s icon philosophy. We’ll be looking for simplicity and purity, along with a thick serving of friendliness and fun.

The entries will be evaluated by selected Nokia UI Experts. The results are expected to be announced in December.

 

[source Nokia Developers]