Thanks misterc I can understand a lot of what you said regarding the Nokia products. Though we don't want to be too blunt in the rules with a "Nokia only" and maybe rule out projects which involve other platforms in conjunction with the Nokia product - for example an N900 project that interfaced with a Raspberry Pi project, etc etc. I remember in the first competition we also considered allowing entries from PC projects that could be used to benefit the Maemo device. So perhaps there will be entries that don't necessarily run completely on the handset, and might still have merit for the competition. Although I don't remember one like that actually ever being entered... maybe that's a challenge for someone to come up with something

haha funny you mention that as I was jotting down my own application for a N9 (though 5 mins ago I decided to not send it in because i don't see myself as worthy of a community award. i think they should be reserved for extra special members of the community, or people who have done really extraordinary things for the community.) But I'll copy it below, it might help explain the logic behind why some people with a N950 might like a N9

Nobody steal my ex-application!

So for me, the reason would be NFC. There may be other hardware reasons why someone would benefit from a N9 over a N950 - it's not just a case of one having a physical keyboard (though it's nice ) There are some more details about the differences between the two devices on the N950 wiki