After seeing all of the great reactions to the Cityman Antitheft we have decided to hold auditions in order to find the next Cityman! For those who don’t know, the Cityman Antitheft is designed to keep your N97 safe from criminally insane tech freaks

In the 80´s Citymen were confidently striding through the financial district, massive phone (nicknamed Gorba) in one hand and briefcase in the other. But now we’re looking for the 21st Century Cityman!

To enter, here’s what you do:

1. Use the Cityman Antitheft device and get someone to take a photo of you (80’s style gives you extra points!) If you haven’t managed to get your hands on the Super limited edition Cityman Antitheft, print this PDF and make your own.

2. Upload your picture to http://share.ovi.com/album/nokia_cityman.NokiaCitmanComp (By uploading a picture to this share online account you agree with competition terms and conditions and to be able to upload you need to be signed in to your Ovi account)
The deadline for submitting pictures is 5.10.09. Nokia jury selects the 10 best pictures that will be running towards becoming the Cityman 2009. The shortlisted pictures will be posted here at the Nseries blog where the visitors have two weeks to vote for the winner.

3. The winner gets it all! The 1st prize is of course the title of official Cityman 2009, but with this prestigious position come benefits, such as being among the first in the whole world to get one of the newly announced Nseries products Nokia N97mini or Nokia N900, the choice is yours. The winner is announced in the Nseries blog and will be contacted through Ovi mail, so please activate it on Ovi when you submit your entry.

To get the right feeling, we suggest you to download the Cityman application. It will make your N97 look and feel like the original Cityman-mobile phone. Who needs these multimedia devices anyways?

Donna and Tom over at WOM World/Nokia have already got involved so take a look for inspiration.

Good luck and don’t forget to check the Nseries blog for voting!

Andrew Clarke from England designed the Price Comparison Widget. We also caught up with Henri Holopainen, from Futurice who will be developing the idea into a reality at the Hackathon. Henri is the youngest of our developers at 21 years old, but don’t let his youth fool you – he has been working with Nokia for the past six years.

Our only female finalist, Tuba Tig, from Turkey created an idea which helps you to cook your favourite meals by giving you useful recipes and tips. Marcus Gausling and Matt Pakarinen from Teleca are developing the idea at the Hackathon.

Make sure you tune into the Innovation Newsdesk from Tuesday as we’ll be posting exclusive content throughout the event. Will there be an early favourite? Will everyone cope with the pressure of developing the ideas in the space of 24 hours?

Good luck to all the finalists and developers and thanks to everyone who got involved in the widget design competition!

Dmytriy Kovbasyuk, from Canada created the Fuel Up widget, which finds your nearest gas station based on your current location and orders them according to price.

Brazilian-based i2 Technologies, a Nokia official supplier company in Brazil, chose Dmytriy’s widget to develop. The company was a finalist in the 2008 Nokia Mobile Rules contest, and CEO & cofounder of the company, Felipe Andrade, has been a Forum Nokia Champion for the past two years.

Our eight finalist is Gabriel Hall from Canada. We caught up with the team at MoBlast who are confident they can develop Gabriel’s idea and win the Hackathon.

The Travel Planner widget was created by Bruce Hopkins, from U.S.A. We caught up with Rocco at Pavingsway to see why they selected Bruce’s idea to develop and more importantly whether they fell they can win.

Porfirio Busto BenA-tez, our youngest finalist at 15 designed the Now on TV widget, helping you to decide what to watch on TV and ensuring you never miss your favourite show again. Pekka Niskanen, a Technology Manager at Finland-based Fleasome Ltd will be developing the idea into a reality. Fleasome have expertise in Symbian S60 projects, including designing, coding, testing, consulting and training.

Eric Liu from the U.S.A developed this location based widget. He will also be joining us in Monte Carlo as one of the lucky four finalists. James Brady from Earthcomber will be working closely with Eric to make his original idea a reality.

Our second finalist from the top ten is David Castro Guerrero from Mexico who designed the Social Location Widget.

Plusmo and Yalla Ya will each be developing David’s widget idea at the Hackathon. We caught up with Kelvin Chong, Plusmo’s co-founder and Ido Kobelkowsky, the CEO of Mexican agency Yalla Ya to see why they think they can win and what expertise they bring to the table.

Daniel Kleine-Albers from Germany created the Location Based Public Transport Widget. The team from CellCity, overseen by company CEO Danny Francis, will be developing the idea at the Hackathon.