Smartphone Thoughts Launch Extravaganza!

[Robert Levy]

This week’s launch of Smartphone Thoughts has received a tremendous amount of support from individuals and companies in the Smartphone community. Over the next several days, we’ll be announcing some great giveaways from these supporters… and all you have to do is register to win. To register (100% FREE), click the “Subscribe” button on the left side of the front page. This will make you eligible for our drawings and allow you to participate in our forums. We’ve collected over $2000 worth of hardware and software to give away. Here’s a quick list of some of the things you can win (affiliate links):<b>Hardware</b><ul><li>Eleksen: <a href="http://shop.orange.co.uk/NASApp/esales/esales">Soft Keyboard for SPV or Tanager</a><li>Microsoft: <a href="http://microsoft.smartphonedevkit.everlinkwireless.com/detail.aspx?ID=1">Smartphone Developer Kit (including the Compal AR11 Smartphone)</a></ul><b>Applications</b><ul><li>$50 Gift Certificates (x2) from <a href="http://www.smartphone.net/smartphonethoughts/">Smartphone.net</a><li>AIM Productions: <a href="http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail.asp?id=15&associateid=288">Travel Dictionary</a><li>Cerience: <a href="http://www.cerience.com/products/smp/index.htm">RepliGo</a><li>Omnisoft: <a href="http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail.asp?id=181&associateid=288">SmartTIP</a><li>PocketX: <a href="http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail.asp?id=128&associateid=288">Photo Contacts</a><li>Resco: <a href="http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail.asp?id=111&associateid=288">Explorer 2003</a><li>Resco: <a href="http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail.asp?id=55&associateid=288">Photo Viewer</a><li>Resco: <a href="http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail.asp?id=61&associateid=288">System Toys</a><li>V2R Vision2Reality: <a href="http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail.asp?id=45&associateid=288">Caller2Picture Smartphone Edition</a> </ul><b>Games</b><ul><li>AIM Productions: <a href="http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail.asp?id=44&associateid=288">Toki Tori</a><li>M.U.D.: <a href="http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail.asp?id=96&associateid=288">Smart Solitaire</a><li>Marc Zimmermann: <a href="http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail.asp?id=149&associateid=288">Reversi</a><li>Revolutionary Software Front: <a href="http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail.asp?id=43&associateid=288">Lextionary</a><li>Smartphony: <a href="http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail.asp?id=89&associateid=288">Smartphony the Game</a><li>Xen Games: <a href="http://www.xengames.com/productswinphone.htm">Interstellar Flames</a></ul>Register today (it’s free!), check out the links listed above, and stay tuned for more details on each of these prizes!

[popabawa]

WhooHoo! Free stuff!

Nice work team! :way to go:

[entropy1980]

Give it away now while the odds are still good!!! :lol:

[greenmozart]

I sure hope we get some smartphones here in the US so the winners can actually use their software. :silly:

[entropy1980]

I sure hope we get some smartphones here in the US so the winners can actually use their software. :silly:
I know how great would it be for me to win software I can't use..... :bad-words:

[KyleC]

I don't own a smartphone, so you may exclude me from the drawing. I want to improve the odds for those who have a use for the giveaways. :)

[Mike Temporale]

I don't own a smartphone, so you may exclude me from the drawing. I want to improve the odds for those who have a use for the giveaways. :)

Did you notice that one of the prizes is a smartphone???

Count me in! I may not have a phone now, but I plan to by the end of this year. :D

[Cyberjoy]

Nice :D Hope I win (ofcourse) great prices!

[KyleC]

Did you notice that one of the prizes is a smartphone???

No, I guess I didn't! :x I saw the Smartphone SDK and assumed it was software... I guess I should pay more attention! :wink: Disregard what I said and count me in! :D

[aussie]

it is too bad that we have to register twice for PocketPCThoughts and SmartphoneThoughts. Not too much of a pain but a little bit of a drag.

Keep up the good work - the site already is one of my favourites.

One thing - when you visit smartphonethoughts through the smartphone the pages have the header PocketPCThoughts and some of the graphics appear funny (the colours are also off).

smb

[Jason Dunn]

it is too bad that we have to register twice for PocketPCThoughts and SmartphoneThoughts. Not too much of a pain but a little bit of a drag.

Yup, but we did that on purpose:

"I welcome you to all visit and register at Smartphone Thoughts! Yes, that's right, you'll have to re-register in the forums, so come grab your preferred username while you can. We technically had the abiility to port over our entire user database, but we felt it would be a violation of privacy to move personal information (name, email address, etc.) to a new site without permission to do so."

That's from my introductory post on PPCT (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,14650&sid=8663861989b76d3d89704da74f71d647).

One thing - when you visit smartphonethoughts through the smartphone the pages have the header PocketPCThoughts and some of the graphics appear funny (the colours are also off).

Yes, we need to improve a whole whack of things, and that's one of them. :-) Truth is, we weren't ready to launch for another few weeks, so it will be rough for a while yet. :(

[Chronos]

Woohoo! Awesome contest. As one of the few in the US w/ a Tanager I'm eager to try out software and hardware!!! :lol:

[DanielROlson]

Pick me! Pick me :onfire:

I'm drooling :!:

[caudex]

yay!! a free smartphone!! I hope i win!! :drinking: :evilbat: :microwave: :painting: :popcorn: :2gunfire: :rock on dude!:

I love these smilies!

Caudex

[oruvail]

Excellent...

These 2 are my favourite sites!

Would love to be one of the lucky winners.

[mari0]

I just joined for the contests :D


hugs,
mari0

[qmrq]

Uhm... I just joined for the contests too... :oops:

So we register and we're in the drawing then?

[Robert Levy]

Uhm... I just joined for the contests too... :oops:

So we register and we're in the drawing then?

That's the current plan... though we're still putting together details so it's subject to change. Stay tuned!

[spg]

Cool, looks like a great contest. I was at Microsoft earlier this week, and one of the guys on the Tablet PC team there had a smartphone, very cool little device. The next day I come online and see Jason has launched this site... what timing! :)

[Trokair]

Looks good so far, Jason. It'd be great if Verizon would bring a Smartphone device here to the 'States sometime soon. :D

Contests = Good. ^_^

-Kyle

[spg]

it is too bad that we have to register twice for PocketPCThoughts and SmartphoneThoughts. Not too much of a pain but a little bit of a drag.

Yup, but we did that on purpose:

"I welcome you to all visit and register at Smartphone Thoughts! Yes, that's right, you'll have to re-register in the forums, so come grab your preferred username while you can. We technically had the abiility to port over our entire user database, but we felt it would be a violation of privacy to move personal information (name, email address, etc.) to a new site without permission to do so."

Just adding my two cents to this issue... I think it is much better to keep the site databases seperate. I for one don't want my information just spread to new web-sites without permission. Thanks to Jason for thinking this over, and I think he made the right choice.

[xoiph]

It's not too late to register is it??

[Robert Levy]

It's not too late to register is it??

Nope - you've got plenty of time! We're going to go over the prizes for a few days and then select/announce all of the winners later (end of this week or maybe next week)

[takotchi]

So... if you win that smart phone, you couldn't actually use it beyond development stuff, right?

It says "this device not certified for network access"... too bad. I still want it, though. Not like I could actually pay for the service if by chance it comes over here. :wink:

[pschultz]

So... if you win that smart phone, you couldn't actually use it beyond development stuff, right?

It says "this device not certified for network access"... too bad. I still want it, though. Not like I could actually pay for the service if by chance it comes over here. :wink:
I am wondering the same thing. Also, if you live in the U.S. and win the smartphone (I hope), can we use it as a phone or only to play around with?

[David McNamee]

if you live in the U.S. and win the smartphone (I hope), can we use it as a phone or only to play around with?

If you have a valid SIM card from a GSM provider (ATT/T-Mobile), you can just pop it into the phone.