Windows Phone 8 Wiki Competition 2012Q4 - Revision history

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 * [[Real-time camera viewfinder filters in Native code]] ([[User:Mansewiz]])
 * [[How to launch apps available in the store using NFC LaunchApp tag]] ([[User:wenlu]])
 * [[Creating Interactive Custom User Controls with Silverlight]] ([[User:tomi ]])
 * [[User:symbianyucca]]

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 == The Winners ==
-Due to the high number of very good articles and from a wide range of participants judging has taken a while, but here are the winners!
+Due to the large  number of very good articles from a wide range of participants judging has taken a while - here are the winners!
-<br><br>
 The following winners were chosen to receive a [http://www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/Lumia_920/ Nokia Lumia 920]:
-* [[User:joaocardoso]](João Cardoso) : Article [[Windows Phone 8 SDK on a Virtual Machine with Working Emulator]] is highly beneficial to many developers since simply not yet all developers have had the possibility to upgrade to Windows 8
+* [[User:joaocardoso]](João Cardoso) : Article [[Windows Phone 8 SDK on a Virtual Machine with Working Emulator]] is highly beneficial to many developers since not everyone has yet upgraded to Windows 8
 * [[User:r2d2rigo]](Rodrigo Díaz Tajada)* : Article [[Creating a Lens application that uses HLSL effects for filters]] provides great guidance how to develop very popular imaging and filtering apps; Also a high quality and thorough article on [[How to set up in-app purchases and use the Wallet to store and transfer a virtual currency]] concerning an important aspect of monetization for developers.
 * [[User:chintandave_er]](Chintan Dave) : Articles [[Dynamic Lock Screen for Windows Phone 8]] and [[Flicker Dynamic Lock screen application for Windows Phone 8]] highlighting and providing good guidance on the new feature of dynamic lock screen on Windows Phone 8.
 * [[User:matthewthepc]]: Good articles with extensive coverage of the new Windows Phone 8 / Lumia features; [[Extending the Windows Phone 8 Camera App with Lenses]], [[Creating a Voice-Controlled Windows Phone 8 Music Information app with the Nokia Music API]], [[Creating a Real-World, GPS-enabled WP8 Tag Game]]
-<br><br>
 The following winners were chosen to receive a [http://www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/Lumia_820/ Nokia Lumia 820]:
 * [[User:yan_]](Verdavaine Yan) : Article [[C++ support from Windows Phone 8]] demonstrating the techniques to go native, and also a great article [[Use NFC tags with Windows Phone 8]] on NFC
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 * [[User:summeli]]: Article [[Porting Cocos2d-x Games for Windows Phone 8]] as well as [[Creating a New Cocos2d-x Project for Windows Phone 8]]
 * [[User:vinayppatil]]: Article [[Speech Enabled Calculator For Windows Phone 8]] - simple, practical, hands-on approach to voice commands
-<br><br>
 The following winner was chosen to receive a [http://www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/Lumia_620/ Nokia Lumia 620]:
 * [[User:MaMi]]: Article [[Getting started with Buddy services: Create your own location based social app]] illustrating how to utilise one of the many Premium Developer Program services
-<br><br>
 The following Nokia employees were chosen to receive a Nokia Lumia 820:
 * [[User:Mansewiz]]: Article [[Real-time camera viewfinder filters in Native code]] covers a use case which we think is interesting and is not well done/documented elsewhere using this method. This same use cases is covered in another article in competition using DirectX instead – this points out compromise trading off of code difficulty for small amount of performance.
 * [[User: symbianyucca]]: Four compact articles, [[Fitting content into the view with Windows Phone maps API]], [[Showing/Hiding map content with Windows Phone maps API]], [[Drawing shapes with Windows Phone maps API]] and [[Draggable markers with Windows Phone maps API]], demonstrating the extensive development possibilities provided by the new maps APIs of Windows Phone 8.
-<br><br>
 Thank you to everyone who contributed. We had more great articles than prizes, so the judges want to thank also all other contributors – and it is really worth checking also the other [[#Competition_entries|entries]].
-<br><br>
 Join us on congratulating the winners!
 &#42;  Rodrigo will be getting a Nokia Lumia 620 instead since already just got a Nokia Lumia 920 due to [http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Discussion/showthread.php?238777 CoM] selection.
 = Competition Background =

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 Due to the high number of very good articles and from a wide range of participants judging has taken a while, but here are the winners!
 <br><br>
-The following winners were chosen to receive a Nokia Lumia 920:
+The following winners were chosen to receive a [http://www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/Lumia_920/ Nokia Lumia 920]:
 * [[User:joaocardoso]](João Cardoso) : Article [[Windows Phone 8 SDK on a Virtual Machine with Working Emulator]] is highly beneficial to many developers since simply not yet all developers have had the possibility to upgrade to Windows 8
 * [[User:r2d2rigo]](Rodrigo Díaz Tajada)* : Article [[Creating a Lens application that uses HLSL effects for filters]] provides great guidance how to develop very popular imaging and filtering apps; Also a high quality and thorough article on [[How to set up in-app purchases and use the Wallet to store and transfer a virtual currency]] concerning an important aspect of monetization for developers.
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 * [[User:matthewthepc]]: Good articles with extensive coverage of the new Windows Phone 8 / Lumia features; [[Extending the Windows Phone 8 Camera App with Lenses]], [[Creating a Voice-Controlled Windows Phone 8 Music Information app with the Nokia Music API]], [[Creating a Real-World, GPS-enabled WP8 Tag Game]]
 <br><br>
-The following winners were chosen to receive a Nokia Lumia 820:
+The following winners were chosen to receive a [http://www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/Lumia_820/ Nokia Lumia 820]:
 * [[User:yan_]](Verdavaine Yan) : Article [[C++ support from Windows Phone 8]] demonstrating the techniques to go native, and also a great article [[Use NFC tags with Windows Phone 8]] on NFC
 * [[User:galazzo]](Sebastiano Galazzo) : Very advanced articles on [[Face Recognition using 2D Fast Fourier Transform]] and [[Enabling wallet payment by face recognition]]
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 * [[User:vinayppatil]]: Article [[Speech Enabled Calculator For Windows Phone 8]] - simple, practical, hands-on approach to voice commands
 <br><br>
-The following winner was chosen to receive a Nokia Lumia 620:
+The following winner was chosen to receive a [http://www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/Lumia_620/ Nokia Lumia 620]:
 * [[User:MaMi]]: Article [[Getting started with Buddy services: Create your own location based social app]] illustrating how to utilise one of the many Premium Developer Program services
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 Thank you to everyone who contributed. We had more great articles than prizes, so the judges want to thank also all other contributors – and it is really worth checking also the other [[#Competition_entries|entries]].
 <br><br>
-[http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Discussion/showthread.php?238809-Windows-Phone-8-Wiki-Competition-2012Q4-WINNERS Join us on congratulating the winners]
+Join us on congratulating the winners!
 &#42;  Rodrigo will be getting a Nokia Lumia 620 instead since already just got a Nokia Lumia 920 due to [http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Discussion/showthread.php?238777 CoM] selection.

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 The following Nokia employees were chosen to receive a Nokia Lumia 820:
 * [[User:Mansewiz]]: Article [[Real-time camera viewfinder filters in Native code]] covers a use case which we think is interesting and is not well done/documented elsewhere using this method. This same use cases is covered in another article in competition using DirectX instead – this points out compromise trading off of code difficulty for small amount of performance.
-* [[User: symbianyucca]]: Four compact articles, [[Fitting content into the view with Windows Phone maps API]], [[Showing/Hiding map content with Windows Phone maps API]], [[Drawing shapes with Windows Phone maps API and Draggable markers with Windows Phone maps API]], demonstrating the extensive development possibilities provided by the new maps APIs of Windows Phone 8.
+* [[User: symbianyucca]]: Four compact articles, [[Fitting content into the view with Windows Phone maps API]], [[Showing/Hiding map content with Windows Phone maps API]], [[Drawing shapes with Windows Phone maps API]] and [[Draggable markers with Windows Phone maps API]], demonstrating the extensive development possibilities provided by the new maps APIs of Windows Phone 8.
 <br><br>
 Thank you to everyone who contributed. We had more great articles than prizes, so the judges want to thank also all other contributors – and it is really worth checking also the other [[#Competition_entries|entries]].

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 |author= [[User:Hamishwillee]]
 }}
-{{Announcement|title=Winners Announced|timestamp=20130105|Congratulations to all our Windows Phone 8 Wiki Competition winners, listed [[#The Winners|below]].}}
+{{Announcement|title=Winners Announced|timestamp=20130104|Congratulations to all our Windows Phone 8 Wiki Competition winners, listed [[#The Winners|below]].}}
 == The Winners ==

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 ** [[How to set up in-app purchases and use the Wallet to store and transfer a virtual currency]] ([[User:r2d2rigo]])
 * [[User:yan_]]
-** [[C++ support in Windows Phone 8 sdk]] ([[User:yan_]])
+** [[C++ support from Windows Phone 8]] ([[User:yan_]])
 ** [[Use NFC tags with Windows Phone 8]] ([[User:yan ]])
 * [[User:jinek]]