Hello Mobile Developers and Entrepreneurs!

Nokia's Premiere Business Plan and Application Competition is counting down.

SCOPE OF THE COMPETITION
The goal of the competition is to seek out the developers and entrepreneurs who are creating new value, new revenue and services for mobile workforces and the mobile lifestyle. The Mobile Rules! is a “two-track” competition:

WHAT CAN YOU WIN? If your plan or application is one of the 5 grand prize winners chosen, you will get a fast-track contract with Nokia, worldwide distribution, private access to Nokia partners, tons of media coverage, nokia phones and some cash!

Track 1: MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Categories are Multiplayer/Connected Games, Multimedia, Enterprise and Infotainment. We are looking for new applications that use the unique enablers of the Nokia Platforms. Applications will be judged on uniqueness, design, ease of use, and overall end-user experience. Important note: don't let categories restrict your ideas; it's your application that counts.

Track 2: MOBILE BUSINESS PLANS
The main focus areas of the business plan competition are “Communication and sharing”, “Internet innovation and mobility” and “Human and green applications”, but there’s no limitation to your plan – as long as it’s about mobile business. Plans are judged on novelty value and innovation, market potential, customer adoption, revenue opportunity and investor value.

COMPETITION TIMELINE
Business plan submission deadline is November 16, 2007
Application submission deadline January 25, 2008
Finalists announcement February 15, 2008
Award ceremony mid-March 2008

PARTNERS
BlueRun Ventures
CMEA Ventures
FinNode
Nokia Corporation
Nokia Growth Partners
Orange
SK Telecom International
SVASE
Swisscom
Vision Capital
ZEF Solutions
SINA Mobile
Palo Alto Software
IDEO
Accel

MEDIA AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Red Herring
Mobile Game Developer Magazine
TechCrunch
LIVEdigitally
Stirr
VentureBeat
GigaOM

Source: www.mobilerules.org