Hackathon 2009 – Winner Announced

Posted: April 29, 2009 18:25
By: Nokia Nseries

(38 votes, average: 4.32 out of 5)

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Following the announcement of the three finalists, the developers presented their fully working widgets on the N97 in front of an audience of over 300 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo.

The Nokia panel to decide their fate consisted of the following:

Rob Taylor – Director of Forum Nokia
Pekka Pohjakallio –VP of Service Experience at Forum Nokia
Tom Libretto – VP of Services Marketing at Forum Nokia
Sigge Sandstrom – Director of Global Partnerships in Media at Forum Nokia
Leslie Nakajima – Head of Global Communications and Marketing for Forum Nokia

The official winner of the Hackathon 2009 is the Social Location Widget.

Congratulations go to David Castro from Mexico who will be one of the first to receive a Nokia N97 which will be pre-loaded with his very own app.

Plusmo, the developers from California were presented with a cheque for €15,000 for their dedicated development over the past 24 hours.

Thanks to everyone involved for making this competition such a huge success!

We’ll be posting a final summation film in the next week to recap on the last 24 hours so stay tuned to the Innovation Newsdesk.

Comments:

20 total

Cop said

There is no justice in the world!

Posted: April 29, 2009 18:34

Cop said

cheating should never be rewarded!

Posted: April 29, 2009 18:50

Imran said

What do you mean cheating?

Posted: April 29, 2009 19:20

ray said

yea how can someone cheat if there were judges selecting on every stage of the contest???

Posted: April 29, 2009 20:13

ray said

i thk that with 15,000 euros those guys can buy like 20 N97s ! they should had given david a small cash price

Posted: April 29, 2009 20:19

bunny said

he is my friend

Posted: April 29, 2009 21:57

Enrique said

Congratulations David!

Lets celebrate when you arrive to México!

Greetings

Posted: April 30, 2009 02:55

Gailoo Tune said

A caller tune application is built for Nokia phones. you can call it with hacks and available for download from

http://www.ritsoft.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=32

Posted: April 30, 2009 10:59

betty amieva said

I think, David deserves a prize, its an excellent idea and Nokia'll receive a lot of money for this widget, will be very popular.

Posted: April 30, 2009 17:04

Michael said

Nokia way to go on choosing the winner who submitted an idea that SHOULD ALREADY HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE N97. There was no originality to this idea, all you had to do was listen to the N97 luanch and submit the idea off of what they said. I'm sorry Nokia but you truly have lost a once loyal customer.

Posted: May 1, 2009 07:17

zw said

after all this competition i still does see the official release date of N97. does any one know when is it?

Posted: May 1, 2009 13:56

Pete said

http://www.nicomm.co.uk/Phones/Sim-Free-Phones/sc1475/p1795.aspx

see link current release date is July 09

Posted: May 1, 2009 16:24

Brendan said

Is it possible to download the widget or try it out in any way?

Is it specific to FP2 or can you use it with FP1 phones as well?

Posted: May 2, 2009 16:38

David Castro said

Thank you to everybody!! The hackathon was a success, I had so much fun there!! Will wait for my present i hope nokia sends me a white one and with american 3G.

Posted: May 4, 2009 16:09

someone said

In the name of the Great Cthulhu, why doesn't the video actually show the winning widget in action? Why make a post about how a widget was cool enough to win the competition, but not show the actual widget?

Posted: May 9, 2009 14:57

engellx said

Felicidades David, esperemos que tu N97 sea compatible con el 3G, felicidades otra vez!

Posted: May 10, 2009 04:04

girls pee cams said

now I'll stay in touch..

Posted: July 24, 2009 03:18

Hot Squirting Women said

any changes coming ?

Posted: August 4, 2009 06:11

gadget said

What a great idea, well done Nokia, and David of course.