Got a great idea for an app but don’t have any programming knowledge to build it? Then let Nokia make it for you! To celebrate the launch of its N8 phone, Nokia is running a competition called Make My App, where contestants are invited to send their ideas for cutting-edge mobile applications.
You can suggest an idea in one of four different application categories: Think Green, Fun and Games, Earlier Living and Better World. All you need to do is visit the Make My App page, enter your name and email address and give a description of your app. You can even attach conceptual drawings, layouts or sketches. Bizarrely, the judging panel includes Tim Kring, creator of the hit TV show Heroes, and Mat Osman, bassist for 90s indie band, Suede.
There will be 12 overall winners who win a trip to September’s Nokia World event in London to see their apps get made by professional developers. The lucky dozen will also win a Nokia N8 device, with their application already loaded. The winning apps will make it onto the Ovi Store, for the whole world to download and enjoy. There’s no mention of any cut of the proceeds of the app’s sales though, which seems pretty tight on Nokia’s part.
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The closing date for entries is June 27th. Better make sure your idea is great though because I’ve already entered and my app is going to take some beating!
