Thanks for the feedback qwazix. As you're probably aware with the discussion over the last few pages the multi-platform award has been a bit of a headache, I like your idea to include it but how would you suggest we judge this category? For example, Maemo/Harm/Symb only, or wider non-Nokia platforms? As there are only a finite number of platforms, how would we differentiate between two entries that run on the same number of platforms? Should only new applications be considered, or existing ones? There's still a lot of questions that need answers which is why I would like to ignore the category completely if I'm honest But if we're going to include it, we need to lock this one down before the competition starts, or it could be a real can of worms later on

Thanks beresk_let. I thought as a beginner you would have liked the new proposal idea, as it's quite weighted towards beginner entries. If you mean the previous variant with 10 categories, there was never 2 N950s assigned for beginners. We have 10 N950s in total, one for each category. That was one device assigned to beginners, in addition to the chance to compete in the other categories for one N950. With the new proposal it's 2 N9s assigned to beginners, in addition to compete in the other categories for 2 N950s. So the winner of the beginners category would lose the option to chose between a N950 or N9 for a SINGLE prize device, but there would be now effectively two winners (1st and 2nd) in the Beginners category who would win a N9 each for TWO prize devices. I thought that would be better because we're creating an extra device, however I'll take your feedback onboard .. beginners are really important to the competition as we want to encourage new developers to get involved

Any other beginners out there, would you prefer the prizes in the beginners category to be the option of a N950 or N9 for a single prize, or two prizes of 2 N9s?

I don't think we've ever had a "Science & Education" category in the competition... zehjotkah/anyone? If these types of applications didn't fit into the existing categories, they could go into the catch-all 'Other' category. We want to include as much types of applications as we can, ofcourse, all are welcome

Welcome aboard David Timeline hasn't been set yet, but it'll run most of the summer (for us guys in the northern hemisphere) so it'll be a couple of months atleast. You'll have time to take part, and good luck with your exams