The categories are:
– Office Productivity
– Utilities
-Games and Entertainment
Duration: The contest will run from “April 3 through May 15, 2006”. Final submissions must be received by U3 no later than midnight, Pacific Daylight Time May 15, 2006.
Entry Procedures and Contest Summary:
To enter the TPN/U3 Developer Contest, a listener must download the U3 Deployment Kit and register their entry with Techpodcasts.com . The developer must submit their ported application directly to U3 by email not later than midnight Pacific time May 15, 2006 including the submission category and the words “Tech Podcast Developer Contest” in the submission email. Entries that have been registered with Techpodcasts.com will be submitted to the panel of judges from U3 and TPN . The judging panel will evaluate the qualified entries and select a winner in each of the three categories. The panel will rank the winners on the basis of reliability, user interface, and market relevancy and award a total of three prizes of $100, $250, and $500. The decision will be announced on or before June 4, 2006 and prizes mailed by June 15, 2006.
DETAILED ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Download the U3 Deployment Kit Go to U3.com, register, and download the U3 Deployment Kit, which includes the SDK and other Developer information.
2. Register your contest entry by sending your name and contact information by email to contest@techpodcasts.com containing your – U3 Developer Username – U3 Devloper Company id Number included in your U3 Deployment kit Download Verification Message from U3.
3. Using the U3 Deployment Kit , submit a ported application directly to U3 by email to TPNcontest@U3.com designating at least one of the three categories below, along with the words “Tech Podcast Developer Contest” . You may enter multiple times, but you may submit only one entry per category. Your entry must be submitted in the U3P format specified in the Application Deployment Guide (part of the U3 Deployment Kit, Chapter 6: U3 Package Specification)
The categories are:
-Office Productivity
– Utilities
– Games and Entertainmen
4. Contest submissions close at midnight Pacific Daylight Time May 15, 2006.
JUDGING AND AWARD PROCESS
Entry Screening and Disqualification
-1. A Panel of seven judges (4 from U3, 3 from TPN) will evaluate submitted applications and verify that they entered the TPN contest listing by email. Submissions that were not registered with Techpodcasts.com during the contest period will be disqualified.
Judging and Prize Awards
-1. A Panel of seven judges (4 from U3, 3 from TPN) will evaluate submitted applications and select a winner and runner-up in each category.
-2. The winners and ranking (First, Second and Third) will be selected based on reliability, user interface, market relevancy. We want to encourage quality as well as speed. Submitted applications do not have to satisfy the U3 certification criteria. However, they must be submitted in the U3P format specified in the Application Deployment Guide (part of the U3 Deployment Kit, Chapter 6: U3 Package Specification)
-3. U3 will provide First, Second & Third prizes ($500, $250, $100 in American Express Cash certificates) by mail for the winners. One prize will be awarded in each of three categories.
Notification and Awards
-1. Winners will be announced on TechPodcastNetwork on or before June 4 ,2006 and notified by email directly from U3.
-2. Prizes will be mailed directly from U3 to winners by June 15, 2006. Any taxes or fees are the sole responsibility of the winner. Applications submitted to U3 by developers remain the property of the developer. [Contest]