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Sony Ericsson to challenge developers with Xperia X1 Panel Competition

Are you a developer that missed the boat for the Google Android Challenge and/or the Apple iPhone Developers competition? Here’s your chance to achieve eternal glory, fame, and fortune. SE is apparently preparing to launch a developer challenge tailored to their Xperia X1 Windows Mobile handset. As you well know, SE has implemented a proprietary panel-based UI on the X1, bringing quick-look access to a variety of aspects of the handsets OS in an innovative and aesthetically pleasing way. To mark the phone’s launch, the company is challenging developers to come up with the most creative and useful implementation of the panels interface. Exciting? Sure, but wait until you hear about the prize. The winner of this competition will pocket a brand spanking new….Xperia X1. Yep. That’s it. With a prize like that, we can’t imagine anyone worth mentioning will spend much time trying to best their competition. We can’t help but wonder why SE would launch something like this in the first place.

UPDATE: Sony Ericsson contacted us with a bit more info regarding the contest. It turns out that the prize is actually a bit more comprehensive than the free X1 we’ve mentioned above. In addition to receiving a new handset, the winner will be flow to SE’s headquarters in Lund for a 2-day, all expenses paid trip to meet with the company’s design team. Sounds a lot better to us, though we’re still waiting for an actual X1 release stateside. Hmmm.

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14 comment(s) for this post.

  1. On Oct 28, 2008 @ 6:19 pm, TRV$ Said:

    god dammit sony! i was excited about this phone for so long, but now you’re like the guy that shows up to the kegger at 4 am ready to start a beer pong tourney! where the fuck were you 6 hours (read months) ago!

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  2. On Oct 28, 2008 @ 6:29 pm, mr. Hi-Definition Said:

    This is a good idea to get the developers motivated to make great apps for the Xperia.

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  3. On Oct 28, 2008 @ 7:37 pm, cmb Said:

    I am so glad I got the android now :) and this works on Winmo you say ? ….. beautiful!

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  4. On Oct 28, 2008 @ 8:37 pm, Steve G Said:

    lame, totally lame phone, too little too late

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  5. On Oct 28, 2008 @ 9:48 pm, Jeremiah Said:

    It’s not a lame phone. Just a lame competition.

    Seriously, SE–I know you’re down and out, but give the prizewinner something more than what they could have bought earning hours instead of working on this competition.

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  6. On Oct 28, 2008 @ 11:08 pm, sash Said:

    tooooooo late … good lord their late

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  7. On Oct 28, 2008 @ 11:22 pm, Sirius Said:

    that because the handset you are having is lame!! Bugger off!!

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  8. On Oct 29, 2008 @ 11:54 am, david cushman Said:

    Hi the competition is a bit better than just win an X1. The winning developer gets to have their panel installed in the next batch of X1s to ship.
    More details: http://bit.ly/1qy7VU

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  9. On Oct 29, 2008 @ 12:31 pm, KevinĀ® Said:

    People still care about this phone?

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  10. On Oct 30, 2008 @ 12:49 am, BoyBawang Said:

    So SE needs help from our creative minds to utilize their panel idea because they themselves can’t think of a practical application anymore.

    Those panels just complicate our lives instead of simplifying it.

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  11. On Oct 30, 2008 @ 4:25 am, david cushman Said:

    BoyBawang isn’t it always better to assume you don’t know all the answers?

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  12. On Nov 3, 2008 @ 6:34 am, david cushman Said:

    Bit more by way of update on this comp. IT IS LIVE NOW and ends on November 30. More details: http://fasterfuture.blogspot.com/2008/10/sony-ericsson-x1-developer-competition.html

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  13. On Nov 3, 2008 @ 1:00 pm, Tanel Said:

    Why do you say that, out of interest? I was thinking of buying one next week, assuming the Blackberry Storm doesn’t win me over.

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  14. On Nov 4, 2008 @ 6:48 am, Tanel Said:

    OK, it wasn’t clear who I was replying to… I was interested to know why Steve G thinks it’s a “lame phone”.

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