the criteria - what were we looking for?
We were looking for commercially viable, innovative products developed within industry standards, for the following categories:
Best Overall Product of the US Code Camp 2005
Most Compelling Use of an Operating System
Best Entertainment Product (including all games, multimedia and content)
Best Use of Orange's Voice and Data Network
NB: entrants could submit more than one product for the Contest.
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the timeline
At Code Camp Sarasota:
Entrants were required to be a registered Code Camp attendee to enter the competition, and a premium member to submit their final entry.
While at Code Camp, entrants could finish developing their product with help and support from Orange and our partners.
Deadline: 08:00 EST (Eastern Standard Time), Wednesday 20th April 2005.
Final submissions had to be made using the 'my account' section on www.orangepartner.com.
Attendees were required to state the product name, followed by "Orange Code Camp Contest" in the product title, and be sure to state that this was their final submission, including the .cab .sis .exe files where relevant.
Submissions were required to include the following information:
1. name of product and 100 word description
2. target market (based on the categories listed above)
3. business/commercial rationale for product development
4. entrant's track record in commercial product development including success stories (and 100 word summary of their company)
5. languages supported (e.g. English, French, German)
6. details of APIs and data bearers supported
7. second line support capabilities (e.g. hosting)
8. the product files.
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the benefits for developers
At Orange Code Camp, entrants could find all the experts required to help enhance their products, plus peer-to-peer support from the other developers helping them to find the best solutions and improve their coding.
In addition they could:
develop products closely with Orange and our Sponsors, Symbian, Microsoft, Nokia, & PalmSource
potentially gain fast-track entry into the Orange Internal Product Catalogue
access free online tools, test against devices in the Developer Centre at Orange Code Camp
utilise on-tap technical support.
All this plus fantastic prizes for the contest winners!
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the prizes
Best Overall Product of the US Code Camp 2005 (the main winner)
Top Prize: Segway Human Transporter
Most Compelling Use of an Operating System
Prize: Unlocked Orange device
Best Entertainment Product (including all games, multimedia and content)
Prize: Limited edition Star Wars collectors Nokia 3220 device with extras
Best Use of Orange's Voice and Data Network
Prize: Unlocked Orange device
In addition the winning product from each category would:
be featured on www.orangepartner.com
gain fast-track submission in to the Orange Internal Product Catalogue
gain maximum exposure in the catalogue by being a "featured product" for four weeks each.
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who judged The Orange Contest?
Judging took place on the final day (20th April) of Orange Code Camp.
The judges were:
Richard Hanscott – Orange VP of Group Business Development & Partnerships
Steve Glagow – Orange Partner: Director
Anna Grundy – Orange Partner: Head of Partner Alliances
Tom Angelucci – Orange Partner: Head of Americas
Martin Wrigley – Orange Partner: Head of Developers Technology
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announcing the winners
The winners from all categories were announced at the Closing Pow-Wow of Orange Code Camp.
Find out more about the contest winners!
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the terms & conditions
See the contest terms and conditions
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