contest

Last week Nokia announced its Calling All Innovators global mobile development contest, which should be of interest to people and companies in our community. They're specifically seeking mobile client applications that focus on social enterprise, health, environment, and other areas. Entrants need to submit their code directly to the contest and provide a video tutorial, among other requirements. See here for more details and how to submit an application.

In this article, we are going to get your creative juices going, by exploring a few ideas for mobile video shorts or programs.

We can say that what sets mobile video apart from other media is its “contextual” difference. Unlike a movie theater, a 40-inch LCD TV or a 20 inch LCD computer monitor, which are embedded in a fixed context (a cinema, the den or living room), a portable computer with Internet connectivity like Apple’s iPhone is stored in your pocket and activated whenever and wherever you find a need to connect (to the Internet or to another person) or when an SMS message or phone call prompts you to take it out of your pocket.

Pocketcine Mobile Video Contest

On February 1, 2007, Pocketcine will be running a mobile video contest on Renderosity (www.renderosity.com). The contest runs from February 1, 2007 until February 28, 2007.

The theme of the contest is wide open. The mobile video you create for the contest can be on any subject, created with the software of your choice. The only requirement is that it be created in a pixel resolution (320x240) that will allow it to be played on new generation mobile devices like the iPhone. If you have ever created a video for YouTube, then you already know how to create a video for the contest.