http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/hartti-suomelas-forum-nokia-blog <p>Java ME and Flash Lite expert in Forum Nokia Americas, Mountain View. Besides mobile technologies, interested in HCI and the use of technology in sports.</p> hartti 2009-11-23T20:59:46Z http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/hartti-suomelas-forum-nokia-blog/2007/09/06/should-i-start-learning-open-c I just got an email in my inbox about Forum Nokia's Open C Challenge. There seems to be cash prizes totaling more than $20,000 in this competition, which is a mobile application development contest aimed at encouraging open source and freeware developers to use Nokia's Open C as part of their development tools.<br /> <br /> I immediately started thinking of participating, which of course would mean that I would need to start learning the Open C. ... Unfortunately I am ineligible as a Nokia employee... (might be a good thing too - as an average coder I might embarrass myself badly and also I might end up sleeping too little during the contest.)<br /> Also the submission deadline is mid-September, so I would not even have any time to get my application ready.. In fact, my colleague noted to me that this is just a reminder of the competition we announced some months ago. Apparently I have had way too many things in my mind which has caused me to forget this altogether. Or then I am just getting too old and too forgetful in general. Oh boy.<br /> <br /> Anyway, for those who are still interested. The competition has two categories. Porting an existing application and creating a brand new application. Registration for the contest is <a href="http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/resources/technologies/open_c/contest.html" target="undefined">here</a>. Event Open C 2007-09-06T22:03:27Z hartti http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/hartti-suomelas-forum-nokia-blog/2007/07/20/event-notice-open-source-apps-to-s60-platform If you are attending the <a target="undefined" href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/">LinuxWorld</a> in San Francisco on August 6-9 (and interested in porting an open source application to smartphones), it might make sense to pay a visit to <a target="undefined" href="https://mktools.forum.nokia.com/invitation?mode=doLogin&amp;event_username=opensource&amp;event_password=mobile">Forum Nokia Open Source event</a> on August 9th organized in&#160;Nokia&#160;San Francisco&#160;offices <a target="undefined" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;saddr=Moscone+Center,+San+Francisco,+CA&amp;daddr=650+Townsend+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=49.57764,93.515625&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=15&amp;om=1">quite near to Moscone Center</a>.<br /> <br /> The agenda is not online yet, but it is a half-day event (I was told 8am to 1pm) about porting open source applications&#160;to S60 smartphones using the <a target="undefined" href="http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/resources/technologies/open_c/index.html">Open C</a> plug-in available for S60 devices. <br /> <br /> Not to worry, I am not going the speak in there, as the speakers are real experts on Symbian C++ and Open C :-)&#160; Event Open C S60 2007-07-20T22:02:34Z hartti