[iRail] Sony developer contest: "Connected Things!"

Tue Nov 2 19:53:07 UTC 2010

Hello all, just to let you know, I would be excited to present something 
like EuroTrains to Android Sony dev challenge.

http://www.ericssonapplicationawards.com/
1st place: EUR15 000 and phones from Sony Ericsson
2nd place: EUR10 000 and phones from Sony Ericsson
3rd place: EUR5 000
4th and 5th place: Honorary Diplomas

November 15 -- Stage 1, Best Team presentation and slogan
December 10 -- Stage 2, Most promising business opportunity
January 24 -- Stage 3, Most innovative solution proposal
February 28 -- Last date for Team registration and submission of Demo-video
March 31 -- Last date for submission of application
April 14 -- Announcing Student and Company category semi-finalists (top 5)
April 14 -- Start of evaluation process & Beta-test
May 28 -- Announce finalist teams (top 2)

The winning team of each stage (Stage 1-3) will be awarded with mobile 
phones. Details about the Stages will be posted here 
<http://www.ericssonapplicationawards.com/stages/>

I just read the rules,
http://www.ericssonapplicationawards.com/rules

The one that is annoying is:

The submitted application must be an original work (i.e. it shall not 
have been published or made available for a third party).

But I deeply think there is no problem because EuroTrain and the 
timetable that change depending location is totally different from 
BeTrains. We can also add some easy features that will make it unique.

And the second one is the "team",
We have choice between students and companies

§2.1 The Contest consists of two (2) competition categories, the Student 
Category and the Company Category. Participation at Ericsson Application 
Awards 2011 is open - in respect of the Student Category -- to 
individual students of higher vocational and academic studies, and -- in 
respect of the Company Category -- to companies which has no more than 
one hundred (100) employees world wide.
§2.2 Each competing team must consist of 2-4 persons.

I think that we have 2 choices, 1) we need to register iRail as a non 
profit company asap (seem problematic)
2) you do that as students and I just give you some help.. (as the rules 
are very light, I think there is no problem to get any help)

I strongly suggest option 2

Are you interested with that stuff?

Please tell me and we will do something huge.

Christophe

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