The Orange Code Camp Contest
The Orange Code Camp Contest was open to all attendees of Orange Code Camp, Sarasota. Orange set the challenge: to develop the best and most compelling products for the Orange network, and submit by the end of the 72 hour event. Over 40 entries were received, and many were developed or finalised during the event.
Congratulations to all the winners!
"Amongst the entrants to the Code Camp Contest, there really was a fantastic array of mobile applications and solutions to choose from.
We shortlisted 11 proposals for only one overall category and three sub-categories, so the final selection was very difficult. So difficult in fact, that we had to create an additional category of 'best security product'. We could have created many more categories to give justice to the entries!
Each winning solution demonstrated a highly creative use of the mobile network, encouraging various levels of data services revenue, and the user interface capabilities were great. So congratulations to all.
Why did we choose 'Quickoffice Premier' from Quickoffice, Inc as our overall winner? It was a clear, innovative solution to an everyday problem, that of being able to access and change your Microsoft office documents remotely, without losing any of the detail over the 3G network.
The application is planned to be accessible using a variety of handsets. It is especially relevant to individuals wanting to increase their own personal productivity as well as to businesses wishing to increase the efficiency of their mobile workforce. A great all-round product, with will have fantastic potential."
Steve Glagow, Director - Orange Partner
Category : Best OVERALL Product of Orange Code Camp Sarasota
And the OVERALL winner was ...
QUICKOFFICE Premier from Quickoffice, Inc !!!
The actual winning product was a new suggested enhancement to the Quickoffice Premier product.
As this is a new and not yet commercialised version, we are unable under confidentiality not to disclose the full potential of the enhancement. However, we can tell you about the core product - Quickoffice Premier
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What is Quickoffice Premier?
Quickoffice Premier is an application which allows you to view, open, edit, and save MS office files on your Symbian OS Smartphone (Series 60 and UIQ). |
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What does it do?
With Quickoffice Premier, you can create new, or access your existing, contracts, agreements, business plans, sales presentations, financial reports, and all other Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and text files from e-mail attachments, SD/MMC memory cards or via bluetooth.
Integrating a fully with email applications so that you can send and receive your office files easily, Quickoffice Premier allows you to take your office with you on your smartphone. Quickoffice supports future functionality whereby mobile users can take advantage of transport mechanisms for storing files remotely and retrieving them, as well as sharing work on their mobile.
Documents, spreadsheets, and presentations opened on your smartphone display all the original formatting including color, bolding, italics, varying font sizes, compatible spreadsheet formulas, presentation graphics and more. These same elements are preserved even after you've made edits and changes to the documents so that when you, or a colleague, reopen the edited document on a desktop PC, the document looks like it was modified on a PC. |
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Category : Most Compelling Use of an Operating System
And the winner was ...
3D NINE HOLE GOLF from OmniG Software Inc.
What is 3D Nine Hole Golf?
3D Nine Hole is a real-time 3D Golf game for Windows Mobile Smartphones and Pocket PCs. |
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What does it do?
3D Nine Hole Golf is a distinctive real-time 3D mobile golf game for Windows Mobile Smartphones and Pocket PCs and Pocket PC Phone Edition. It features addictive game play and the most realistic 3D simulation ever!
You can choose from six animated 3D characters, play three luxurious golf courses, each with a distinct landscape and climate for a total of 27 holes, compete with your friends, up to 4 simultaneous players, and experience the best 3D rendering effect you can get for a mobile Golf game. |
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Category : Best Entertainment Product : (including all games, multimedia and content)
And the winner was...
SPLASH BLOG from Splash Data
What is Splash Blog?
Splash Blog is an application which enables you to post images on the web from your camera phone.
What does it do?
SplashBlog lets you instantly publish photos from your camera phone to an online photo blog to share with others. SplashBlog offers everything you need to share your photos, including software for your camera phone and a free online photoblog account at splashblog.com. Just install the 30-day trial software on your phone, create your free splashblog.com account and start photoblogging! |
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Category : Best Use of Orange's Voice and Data Network
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And the winner was...
ADVANCED MOBILE MONITOR COMMUNICATOR from Cenuco
What is Advanced Mobile Monitor Communicator?
Advanced Mobile Monitor Communicator is a broadcast live video solution, facilitating broadcast from a camera phone to any other cellular handset or remote computer.
What does it do?
The Advanced MobileMonitor Communicator was specifically designed for the Orange Code Camp Contest to highlight the possibilities of advanced practical live video streaming applications provided through Cenuco's core technology. With this "OTA" software users with an Orange camera phone can:
1. Broadcast live streaming video directly from their mobile handsets to virtually any other Orange subscriber who has the MobileMonitor viewer client installed. |
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2. Initiate a video conference between any two Orange subscribers who have the Advanced MobileMonitor Communicator software installed on their mobile devices. This works on 2G or 3G networks.
3. Take a snapshot during any broadcast, and with a single-click automatically upload the snapshot to their "Video Vault" on the MobileMonitor Website. They can share these images with any other Orange subscriber with the Advanced MobileMonitor Communicator client installed on their mobile device.
4. (Subscribers can) archive video streams to the "Video Vault" on the MobileMonitor website, and can playback those archives as true video streams from their mobile device at any time. Fast forward, slow playback, and pause are included. These archives can also be shared with other Orange subscribers.
5. (Subscribers can) make their video stream public, shared, or private. The subscriber can add friends and family to their shared buddy list. Those subscribers can be notified via SMS whenever a live video stream initiates, when a new picture enters the vault, and other functionality.
Category : Best Security Product
And the winner was...
IDENTISAFE from Orbis Monitoring Services
What is Identisafe?
IdentiSafe is an application which provides a state of the art mobile Lone Person /Worker Protection solution. |
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What does it do?IdentiSafe combines an Identicom device which looks like a normal identity card holder with state of the art 24/7 emergency response centre support.
The unit has 3 buttons and a lanyard rip alarm:
Red Alert Sends an SMS and rings Orbis's 24/7 Response Centre. This is handled by an operator who follows the users pre arranged protocols or contacts the emergency services.
The voice call is also recorded on DVD.
A request to identify the location of the unit is made to Orange using LBS.
Amber AlertA 30 second voice call is initiated to the DVD Voice recorders at Orbis's 24/7 Response Centre, enabling the user to leave a brief message giving details of their location, expected duration, e.t.a etc.
Status Check: Checks battery condition and network signal strength.
what did the winners have to do?
Read the challenge details to find out what the entrants were working towards...
