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Created: hamishwillee (05 Jan 2012)
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Migrate your apps to the new Nokia Belle platform style using the Symbian Qt Quick Components, and win a Nokia 808 PureView!


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Winners Announced (03 Apr 2012): Congratulations to all our winners, listed below. As soon as we can get hold of them from the factory, they will receive one of three new Nokia 808 PureView devices, featuring an unbelievable 41 megapixel camera and the new Nokia Belle UI.

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The Winners

The winners were the Symbian apps that made best use of the Qt Quick Components as described in the Symbian Design Guidelines. Good overall user experience including a matching app launcher icon (done according to the guidelines) was also emphasized in judging.

While we received many good candidates, these apps best met the goals of the competition:

In particular we liked ‘Tourschall’ and ‘Farmácias de Serviço’ for the way in which they mixed common and custom components in an innovative way in the UI, while ‘Codice Fiscale’ utilized the standard components as recommended by the guidelines. The app ideas were useful, and the navigation structures and logic were intuitive. All of them succeeded in creating a consistent experience that matches very well with the phone look & feel.

For more information on the winners and the selection process, please see the competition blog here.

Competition Background

We're having an app design competition! In order to compete you need to have an application that uses Symbian Qt Quick Components and provide a wiki article that describes the key elements of your application design. The article should be detailed enough for us to assess the elegance of your design, and should ideally point us to a binary version we can test.

The prize, a specifications/808 PureView/ Nokia 808 PureView.

The winning apps will demonstrate UI design flair and style while remaining faithful to the core Symbian platform style (as captured by the design and iconography guidelines). We expect they will mix both standard and custom components, and have innovative approaches to branding and other design elements.

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As soon as we can get hold of them from the factory, the winners will receive one of three new Nokia 808 PureView devices, featuring an unbelievable 41 megapixel camera and the new Nokia Belle UI. The winners will be among the first to get their hands on these truly amazing devices!

If that's not enough, then consider that as winner of a Nokia Developer competition your app will be featured in our Community, Wiki, and Project home pages, as well as in our developer newsletters (and other channels, documentation and promotional material, which we see fit) - giving your app immediate visibility with hundreds of thousands of your peers, users and potential employers!

The Symbian Qt Quick Components are available in the Qt SDK v1.1.4. Read the Symbian Design Guidelines and off you go!

How to participate

Study the Symbian Design Guidelines. Create a great application (or port an existing one) using the Symbian Qt Quick Components. Write a wiki article showing off the main elements of your UI design and provide a link to the real application so we can try it out (for example on Nokia Store)!

Here are the competition rules:

  • The app and associated article must be your own work.
  • The app must run on a mobile device. Apps that are still in design or concept phase will not be accepted.
  • The app can be hosted wherever you like: Nokia Store, Wiki file attachment, Nokia Projects, etc. Note that for open source projects we recommend hosting on Nokia Projects.
  • The app should use Symbian Qt Quick Components where appropriate. Combining these with custom elements to create a great user experience is both expected and encouraged.
  • An article must be created to support the app competition entry. The article should:
    • explain how the app uses the Qt Quick Components, and just as importantly where and why it chooses to use custom components instead.
    • discuss how the app complies with the design guidelines. Include "problem areas" and your innovative approaches to overcome them.
    • have the category Category:Qt Quick and start with the text: {{Note|This is an entry in the [[Symbian Qt Quick Components Competition 2012Q1]]}}
    • be submitted by 19th March 2012
    • contain a link to the application (on Nokia Store, Nokia Projects, or elsewhere).
  • Nokia must have permission to publish a link to your app and screenshots on the wiki, discussion boards, newsletters, and any other mechanisms while promoting this competition and its results. Note that these are automatically granted when you upload them to the wiki by the site Terms and Conditions.

See the fine print for more information.

Evaluation of entries

Courtesy of RSS Reader, Diner and Weather Forecastprojects.

The apps will be evaluated by a panel of Nokia UI design experts. The panel will be looking for all the things you would expect in a great app: a consistent and intuitive user experience, appropriate app icon and splash screen, appealing and smooth UI, pervasive but unobtrusive branding etc. The winners will be apps that demonstrate interaction design flair and style, and which use innovative approaches within the constraints of the Symbian Design Guidelines.

In particular, judges will be looking at the following design elements:

  • Logical and consistent navigation structure
    • Back button is used to exit views and the app
    • Important features can be found. They aren't hidden behind odd menus or icons.
    • Intuitive and easy to operate
    • Appropriate icons to represent functionality
  • App icon consistent with Symbian style
  • Correct use of the components
  • Non-threatening interface - don't ask the user for confirmation or passwords unless necessary
  • Good use of screen real estate
  • Utilising the toolbar where appropriate.


The articles are very much secondary - they are your opportunity to explain why you've used a particular approach (particularly where your app does not behave as the design guidelines suggest) and to highlight what sets your design apart. If you can't make a binary version of the app available, then they are our only way of assessing your entry.

The results are expected to be announced in late March/early April.

Useful links


Feedback

Generic questions or comments concerning this competition can be addressed as comments to this wiki page.

List of competition entries

The entries we will be evaluating for this (completed) competition are listed below. If you think we've missed your entry, please add feedback as a comment to this article.

The fine print

The main sponsor of the competition is Nokia Corporation, Finland (“main sponsor”). The competition is a competition of skill. No purchase or admission fee is necessary to participate. By participating in the competition the participant indicates his/her/its acceptance to these rules and agrees to be bound by them as well as any rules and regulations of Nokia Developer and the Developer’s Wiki. You acknowledge and agree that no form of cheating will be tolerated. Any persons found cheating, as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the main sponsor, will immediately be disqualified from the contest. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the main sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to amend, withdraw or revise these rules and the prizes at any time without notice and in such event the main sponsor shall not have any liability whatsoever.

This competition shall not constitute a commitment or create a joint venture, partnership, agency or other business relationship between the participants and the main sponsor of this competition. This competition shall not either be understood to grant to any participant whether expressly or by implication any ownership, rights or license to any intellectual property rights of the main sponsor and vice versa. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Nokia shall not be liable for any damages arising out of the participant’s participation to the competition. The laws of Finland shall be applicable to any disputes arising out of the competition. Unless otherwise provided for in applicable mandatory legislation, such disputes will be finally settled in the public court of Helsinki.

Nokia Developer employees and contractors are not eligible for this contest. The competition is open to other Nokia employees (except those working directly for Nokia Developer) with the following limitations:

  1. You should not be directly involved in the development of icons for Nokia platforms or Nokia marketing material
  2. You should use only the published tools and resources - "practice what you preach"
  3. Submissions from the Nokia employees will be judged and prized separately, and will not compete directly with third party developers
Retrieved from "http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Symbian_Qt_Quick_Components_Competition_2012Q1"

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Itapadar - where and how the link of the wiki should be submitted?

Hi,

where and how would someone submit the wiki describing about his/her app? should that be submitted as a comment in this wiki? Incase a nokia developer does an app, how would that be evaluated? and where would he/ she submit the same for evaluation?

Regards,

Indrajit

itapadar 10:38, 13 February 2012 (EET)

Hamishwillee - This is covered in the competition text

Hi Indrajit 

where and how would someone submit the wiki describing about his/her app?  should that be submitted as a comment in this wiki?

Anywhere you like on the wiki in its own article - not as a comment. From above "Article must have the category Category:Qt Quick and start with the text: {{Note|This is an entry in the [[Symbian Qt Quick Components Competition 2012Q1]]}}" 

Incase a nokia developer does an app, how would that be evaluated? and where would he/ she submit the same for evaluation?

You would submit in the same way as everyone elses. If you're not using a Nokia email account for your Nokia Developer login, you can add a comment to your article stating you're from Nokia. In terms of assessment we'd look at your app along with everyone elses. If we thought it should win on its own merits then you would get a prize. However we would ensure that the number of prizes for community members would stay the same and you'd be announced as a winner in a separate category. Hope that makes sense!

Regards

Hamish

hamishwillee 05:13, 20 February 2012 (EET)

GTO India - Please give me the exact place ( link) where should I post or submit my Qt components application

Please give me the exact place ( link) where should I post or submit my Qt components application.

How to Port exsiting Symbian ^3, anna's application to the symbian Belle.

I want to particpate in this competetion and win Nokia 808 purview.


I have just built a QT Application and submitted/ published in the Nokia Ovi store. Will it be accepted or qualified for the competetion?

GTO_India 06:32, 29 February 2012 (EET)

Ltomuta - @GTO India

You submit your application for this competition by creating an article here in the Wiki which is describing it following the guidance provided above. Read again the article, twice, focusing on the part with "An article must be created to support the app competition entry. ..."

ltomuta 07:54, 29 February 2012 (EET)

Kriwil - app price

Does the app have to be free or we could use non-free app for the submission?

kriwil 11:03, 29 February 2012 (EET)

Steven Troughton-Smith - Entry Submitted

Ok! Think I've submitted an entry, dunno if it's good enough for the competition but here it is anyway! : http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Lights_Off_The_Original_Game

grabberslasher 11:10, 29 February 2012 (EET)

Ltomuta - @Kriwil

No, the app does not have to be free.

ltomuta 12:26, 29 February 2012 (EET)

Rocjohn - A Great Device !

It's a great device!

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/MosaicLink_The_Most_Tiny_Games_With_QtQuick_Components

rocjohn 18:36, 29 February 2012 (EET)

Hugolima - Here's mine !

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Making_of_BabyFeed_App_with_QtQuick_Components

hugolima 05:39, 1 March 2012 (EET)

Derconny - Added one as well

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Tourschall_Showcase

derconny 12:27, 1 March 2012 (EET)

Pippo2010 - Added as well

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Shopping_list_for_Symbian%5E3

Knobtviker - Dropian is done

Added my entry and out of Draft category. Thumbnail issue is fixed. For your easy browsing, here is the link:

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Dropian

knobtviker 20:47, 4 March 2012 (EET)

Durfejs - TiToYo - added to competition

Added our application TiToYo - which is a port from Android platform. TiToYo is a traffic information channel It can be also found @ Nokia Store - enjoy!

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/TiToYo_-_traffic_info_delivered_to_your_mobile

durfejs 15:38, 6 March 2012 (EET)

Hamishwillee - Ltomuta - @Kriwil No, the app does not have to be free.

Hi @Kriwil Lucian is correct, the app doesn't need to be free. However we may request that you provide a SIS file for evaluation). I would do this via email. Regards

H

hamishwillee 03:06, 7 March 2012 (EET)

Icwong - BestPrice added to the competition

I have added BestPrice to the competition:

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/How_I_Created_BestPrice_Using_Qt_Quick_Components

icwong 09:53, 9 March 2012 (EET)

Shizzl - legal terms - will this app be accepted?

hi,

i just read about the qt quick competition.

i'd like to create a programm using qt quick.

the programm is about changing theme effects on current symbian belle devices. but as it uses/installs theme effect / dll files which are part of the phone Firmware im not sure about legal terms.

would this programm be accepted for the competition?

greets

shizzl

shizzl 00:13, 12 March 2012 (EET)

Hamishwillee - Me either

Hi Shizzl

As a general rule we will allow an app to compete provided that the app itself is "legal" - by this I mean that if your app requires that the phone be jailbroken or that you are "using someone elses IPR without permission - either implicit or explicit" then we couldn't accept it. If however using the DLLs is permitted for themed apps we'd be fine with it.

Your app would then be judged on its UI interactions, not on the UI interactions it allows through its modification of themes.

Note that there are only 5 days to go!

Regards

Hamish

hamishwillee 03:02, 12 March 2012 (EET)

Shizzl -

Hi Hamish,

i would have to use nokia dlls and effect files. If i understood you right this is ok? Phone doesnt need to be jailbreaked. Works on every phone.

I have no dev cert, so i can not sign the programm. Is this a problem?

But anyways, as you said only the UI interactions will be judged and not the idea/use of programm, i guess i have only little chance to win. The programm itself is really simple to use.. , but the effect is BIG ;)


greets

shizzl

shizzl 09:17, 12 March 2012 (EET)

Cadlg - How about a deadline extension ?

How about a deadline extension ?

It would be nice to have at least a couple of weeks more. I'm sure it would allow more developers to submit an entry, or to submit a more polished entry.

This became much more interesting now that we know that the prizes are those marvelous 808s.

Any chance ?

Thanks !!

cadlg 19:42, 12 March 2012 (EET)

Hamishwillee - @Shizzl

Shizzl - 

i would have to use nokia dlls and effect files. If i understood you right this is ok? Phone doesnt need to be jailbreaked. Works on every phone.

I THINK so. If you can get it on Nokia Store then its fine. What I'm trying to avoid here is judging an app that Nokia would consider illegal or bad. 

I have no dev cert, so i can not sign the programm. Is this a problem?

Can it be self signed? How could someone get hold of it. 

But anyways, as you said only the UI interactions will be judged and not the idea/use of programm, i guess i have only little chance to win. The programm itself is really simple to use.. , but the effect is BIG ;)

I couldn't say, I'm not the judge :-) You're probably right though - we're not judging the "coolest app", but the "coolest app that uses Symbian Qt Quick Components in the best way - good navigation, within the style guide etc".

Regards

H

hamishwillee 01:31, 13 March 2012 (EET)

Hamishwillee - @Cadlg - I'll check

Hi Cadlg

Organising a competition extension is not quite as easy as you might think - I've had to reserve UI team review time, and slot this in with other interesting competitions we'd quite like to run. I will ask the stakeholders and will get back to you tomorrow, but you should assume the answer will be no.

Not to worry, we will be running other competitions in the near future.

Regards

Hamish

hamishwillee 01:33, 13 March 2012 (EET)

ShwStppr - Added FlickrUp

Here is my entry

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/FlickrUp_-_Flickr_app_for_Symbian_%26_MeeGo_Harmattan_devices

ShwStppr 10:32, 13 March 2012 (EET)

Jupaavola - Group My Pictures

Here is one more

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Group_My_Pictures_for_Symbian_phones

jupaavola 00:15, 14 March 2012 (EET)

Hamishwillee - Competition deadline extended by one week - better examples provided

Hi Competitors

On request of some developers, and to give existing competitors a chance to improve their apps further, we're extending the competition one week (to 26th March 2012). We're also providing some really good examples of the right way to use the Qt Quick components here (I've asked the project to add a SIS download. In the meantime you can browse the documentation or use SVN to get this from the source).

The judges have informed me that they will be looking at the following design elements:

  • Logical and consistent navigation structure
    • Back button is used to exit views and the app
    • Important features can be found. They aren't hidden behind odd menus or icons.
    • App is intuitive and easy to operate
    • Appropriate icons to represent functionality
  • App icon consistent with Symbian style
  • Correct use of the components
  • Non-threatening interface - don't ask the user for confirmation or passwords unless necessary
  • Good use of screen real estate
  • Utilising the toolbar where appropriate.

We recommend that both new and existing competitors re-review their submissions in light of the above feedback. Even if your app is pretty good already, you improve your chances of winning if your app usage of the components is close to our examples and it meets the "mini checklist"!

Please add a comment here if you update your entry so I can get it re-reviewed.

Regards

Hamish

hamishwillee 02:19, 14 March 2012 (EET)

Pippo2010 - @Hamish

I may review my app to make better use of headers in lists. Once updated I'll update this comment or send you a PM. Unfortunately it will be available again as self-signed SIS, since QA takes too long to meet deadline criteria. Thank you

pippo2010 12:27, 14 March 2012 (EET)

Hmm, it seems that it's better like this without modification. So, I guess there is no need to re-review my submission (if it was already reviewed). Thank you

Durfejs - @Hamishwillee TiToYo update

I polished my submission addressing the criteria mentioned above. The application itself did not need to be redesigned since it already met the criteria. Only the submission is extended with the points above. Please re-review this:

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/TiToYo_-_traffic_info_delivered_to_your_mobile

Thaks a lot.

durfejs 15:39, 14 March 2012 (EET)

KrisW1001 - My App is stuck in approval :(

I'm having some difficulties getting through approval at the moment (my mistakes, mostly -- this is the first thing I've put through the Store).

I guess I can still enter, right? I've an unsigned .sis that can be sent to the judges for evaluation.

KrisW1001 16:30, 15 March 2012 (EET)

Hamishwillee - KrisW1001 - Yes

I've sent you my email address so you can send me the unsigned sis for evaluation.

hamishwillee 00:59, 16 March 2012 (EET)

Pipould - Pipould - Hamishwillee - My entry

Hello,

Did you well saw my final entry for the contest ? I may update it once or twice till deadline.

Thank you,

Pipould

Pipould 15:54, 16 March 2012 (EET)

Trong.pham - Finally I made it :)

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Tian_Karaoke_List_-_Do_the_hard_part_of_searching_for_you

Here is mine :X

trong.pham 16:12, 19 March 2012 (EET)

Jupaavola - Updated Group My Pictures

Updated Group My Pictures, also in Nokia Store now:

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Group_My_Pictures_for_Symbian_phones

jupaavola 22:17, 21 March 2012 (EET)

Digitalsurgeon - entries from digitalSurgeon

Here are my entries:

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Wallpapers

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Qeddit

digitalsurgeon 12:55, 22 March 2012 (EET)

Temirlan - go2car2go - a car2go client made by C++ /QML

hi there,

If you are looking for car2go client for your Nokia N9 and/or Symbian device you should have a look at this http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Go2car2go_made_with_c%2B%2B_and_qt_quick_components and

this http://tentimis.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/httpwp-mep1eqwy-o/

temirlan 17:00, 22 March 2012 (EET)

Den123 -

Hi,

Here is one more submission:

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/MBuddy_-_advanced_messaging_app

Den123 07:55, 23 March 2012 (EET)

HAF - ThakirPrayerTimes_QML

Hi, This is my entry:

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/ThakirPrayerTimes_QML

HAF 19:14, 24 March 2012 (EET)

Pipould - Ski Webcams

Hello all,

Here is my entry, updated: http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Ski_Resorts_Webcams

Pipould 01:07, 25 March 2012 (EET)

Jkosonen - fMobi

Here is fMobi's wiki page

Fmobi

jkosonen 20:44, 25 March 2012 (EEST)

Marknotgeorge - BelleChat

Here's my entry:

BelleChat - an IRC client for Symbian phones

marknotgeorge 22:23, 25 March 2012 (EEST)

ShwStppr - Re-review FlickrUp

Made some changes to wiki article

FlickrUp - Flickr app for Symbian & MeeGo Harmattan devices

ShwStppr 01:25, 26 March 2012 (EEST)

ShwStppr - Added CutePress

CutePress - WordPress cutely!

ShwStppr 02:48, 26 March 2012 (EEST)

Hamishwillee - Last day today!

Entries arriving after midnight tonight (GMT, 26/3/2012) will not be included in the competition.

hamishwillee 06:06, 26 March 2012 (EEST)

Arushi - Adding Shopper - eBay app

Adding my first & only qt app

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Shopper_-_eBay_app_for_Symbian_%26_MeeGo_devices

Arushi 10:59, 26 March 2012 (EEST)

Www.rzr.online.fr - Redak : Free text editor (symbian, harmattan) 

 Package: redak
 Licence: GPL-3 (OpenSource Free Libre Software)
 Description: Basic text editor to be used on touchscreen using QML
 URL:  http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Redak
 Sources: https://projects.developer.nokia.com/redak

Adrz1 - Gift Maker

Please check our application, we will continue enhacing it.

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Gift_Maker_Qt_Quick_Components

adrz1 01:49, 27 March 2012 (EEST)

Rheupeiti - Please include Notekeeper in the competition

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Designing_Notekeeper

(Sorry about not commenting here about it earlier - I thought the entry would get picked up automatically with the note about the competition on top.)

rheupeiti 05:40, 27 March 2012 (EEST)

Feijo - Please include my entry to the competition

I believe I did all I could to meet the criteria! :)

Here is the link: http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Magnifier_and_Nokia_808_PureView_-_Using_Qt_Quick_to_implement_a_natural_and_Consistent_user_experience

feijo 08:03, 27 March 2012 (EEST)

Jappit - Missing entry

I noticed that one of my entries is missing: http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Creating_the_Italian_Metro_app_with_Qt_Quick_Components

jappit 13:44, 27 March 2012 (EEST)

Favoritas37 - EventItNow entry

Sorry from me also, forgot to add it here (The article was posted in time)

EventItNow

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/EventItNow

favoritas37 15:36, 27 March 2012 (EEST)

Favoritas37 - A small question about editing

Hi, i have a question regarding the editing of the competition entry article. I have 2 videos as links in the article and i just found out how to properly embed them to the wiki page as video. Am i able to edit the article to do the change regarding the videos? Will i be disqualified?

favoritas37 15:50, 27 March 2012 (EEST)

Anderdavid - My article is not listed

hello,

My article is not listed. its name is sport news

anderdavid 05:57, 28 March 2012 (EEST)

Jaaura - Missing articles

For a reason or another some articles appear missing. There is a api which shows up which articles on our wiki link to this competition page, which was used to generate the current listing, but for a reason or another at least a few did not show up. We will now manually check if there are more missing ones, but feel free to let us know if yours is not listed. And I will now add Italian Metro and Sport news.

jaaura 14:33, 28 March 2012 (EEST)

Jaaura - To Anderdavid

Sport news article still has "Draft" category on.

jaaura 14:54, 28 March 2012 (EEST)

Hamishwillee - Missing articles - v2

I think we got all the missing articles. We're currently evaluating the entries, so last chance to let me know if the list is complete.

hamishwillee 02:05, 29 March 2012 (EEST)

Hamishwillee - @Favoritas37 - A small question about editing

Hi Favoritas37

If we were able to obtain the SIS then 99% of the evaluation was based on the app itself for this competition. You will not be disqualified for editing the article, in fact I encourage it. Note however that if you updated the SIS we will ignore updates for the purposes of this competition.

This competition is an app competition hosted on the wiki, which is why its the app itself that is "all important". This is not the case with most of our other wiki competitions, in which the article itself is the main assessment. So in a normal competition we would assess the version of your article submitted on the competition end date.

Regards

Hamish

hamishwillee 02:09, 29 March 2012 (EEST)

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