The OTA 2010 Hack-a-thon Results

11/09/2010 General Announcements, Hack Day, Info on the Prizes, OTA11 Competition Categories & Prizes

  1. Best in Show (judges selection) – an iPad from Alcatel-Lucent, and $1,000 worth of services from Mob4Hire -The Ben Collins Appreciation Society for First Gear
  2. Audience Favourite (audience vote) – $1,000 worth of services from DeviceAnywhere – Light Blue for Lobster
  3. The Nokia Qt Challenge – a Nokia N8 – GeekYouUp for Hot UK Deals for Maemo
  4. The UnLtd Better Net Challenge – £2,500 – Intohand for Freecycle Mobile
  5. The Telefonica #Blue Challenge – a Playstation 3 – Jose Palazon for OTA #Blue Chess
  6. The PayPal X Challenge – an HTC Android Smartphone – The Bill Collins Appreciation Society for First Gear
  7. The Ericsson Labs Challenge – a Sony Ericsson Android X10 Mini Pro – Intohand for Freecycle Mobile
  8. The Orange Mobilise Challenge – an iPhone 4 – Alistair MacDonald for Hole Mapper
  9. Best User Experience – $500 of In-Network Ad Spend from InMobi - Melinda & Christiano for GeoHunt
  10. Best use of Open APIs and Open Data – a Motorola DEXT – Dale Lane for UK Traffic
  11. Best Android App – a Motorola Milestone – Paul Johnston for FindMyMates
  12. Best use of Mobile Web – a Sony Ericsson Android X10 Mini Pro - Me Myself & I for Light Blue
  13. Best Game – an Xbox from Microsoft – Feel the FP-ness for Dance Dance Evolution
  14. Best Use of other features (RFID, Camera Bluetooth, Light Sensors) – Monotype Imaging Poster – Adam Cohen-Rose for The Eyes Have It
  15. Best iPhone App – Monotype Imaging Poster - >2.5k for Vibe
  16. Best Visual Design – Monotype Imaging Poster - Feel the FP-ness for Dance Dance Evolution
  17. Best use of Widgets – Monotype Imaging Poster - Geek You Up for The Cleaner
  18. Best Hardware Hack- Monotype Imaging Poster – Adam Cohen-Rose for The Eyes Have It
  19. The Most Fun – Monotype Imaging Poster – Thom FP for Doodle Message
  20. The Most Useful – Monotype Imaging Poster – Sam Machin for BlueBabelTextFish
  21. The Most Cheeky – Monotype Imaging Poster – Light Blue for Lobster

Comments (7) Add yours ↓

  1. Richard Cooke

    I think the name of the winning team was ‘The Ben Colins Appreciation Society’. This is a reference to the former Stig. Thanks to all involved for an excellent event.

    11/09/2010

  2. Daniel Appelquist

    Fixed that! Sorry – this post went up pretty quickly in the aftermath of the event yesterday. We’ll be doing some more follow-up posts this week. Thanks for your comments – great to hear you enjoyed the event!

    12/09/2010

  3. Dale Lane

    Any chance of a link to a write-up of my hack at http://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=1450 please?

    Thanks again for a great weekend.

    14/09/2010

  4. Daniel Appelquist

    Done! Thanks, Dale!

    14/09/2010

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