I logged into the forum today to see that Mobile9 has reached in excess of 1.5 Million registered & confirmed members. What does that mean? Mobile9 has 1.5 million confirmed members as opposed to just registered (that number is much bigger).The votes have been counted and the winner of the Aliph Bluetooth Headset and the Mobile9 Theme Making Give Away 2008 is none other than one of Mobile9's "Certified Legendary Themer" Jasnasto.
Her theme Bambi and Friends Animated designed for the Sony Ericsson W850 was the winning entry. With great details and effort put into creating the theme it deserves to be the winner. One judge describes it:Full Preview Below. Congratulations Jasnasto!It looks original and the techniques she used through the theme have a perfect outcome. The blending is outstanding and the theme is well balanced. She simply has the best of design and the theme looks extremely functional.
That concludes the Mobile9 Theme Making Give Away. Be sure to stay tuned for future events and chances to win prizes in similar Theme Making Competitions. Until then, you can keep your Theming skills sharp by joining in the weekly Theme Making Challenge which takes place every week on Mobile9.
If you follow my blog, you'd have noticed I have added a new feature on the right which shows my current theme I'm using on my handset.
I usually change my themes as I get bored pretty quickly, and having the whole of Mobile9's huge gallery at my disposal is very convenient. But now and then there comes a theme created which seems to stay on my handset for a while. In recent weeks there have been 3 themes which have more or less fought to stay on my handset for longer than most others. Mainly the Mac Tiger Theme which I have posted about previously, and as I'm going through a Mac phase at the moment it seems to fit right in.
My current theme is one by one of the master themers around the blogosphere now, Pizero. Recently he has had an upheaval on his site, a with new interface for it, which I think looks great.
Pizero has also started uploading a few of his themes to the Mobile9 Gallery, which I am delighted about, and for good reason too, there some benefits to uploading to the Mobile9 Gallery:
If you don't believe me you can check out the statistics for yourself from his Homesite. His New Gold Theme has had more than 95,000 downloads since he uploaded just under 4 weeks ago. But that isn't the theme I'm using currently, although it is one of the other 3 I mentioned earlier.
No the theme in question is his New Style theme, which is a mix of Windows Vista and Mac. So far it has had over 48,000 downloads and is my current theme. The style and colours blend really well, the theme is simple and functional and doesn't overstate it's purpose.
Available with the Custom icons or Generic icons it is truly one for keeps!
You can download it from either Pizero's Homesite or his Website which includes both versions and more goodies including alternative wallpapers, a press kit, and some transparent wallpapers.
The deadline has passed and the Finalists have submitted their entries. All that's left now is for the Judges to make their decisions to who the Winner of the Aliph Jawbone Headset is! The results should be in very soon.
Stay tuned here for the announcement.
The final Entries are:
jdjMadDog
hungnc
dragon2590
Tyronne
Happylass
Jasnasto
Atalantos
Aash
Lionet
The result for the votes have been counted and the winners announced! They all progress to week two of the competition for a chance to win an Aliph Bluetooth Headset.
The winners and winning entries are as follow:
devilmaycry_ub
dragon2590
Atalantos
jdjMadDog
Jasnasto
Aash
Tyronne
Lionet
happylass
hungnc
Week two's category will be Tv Cartoons. Make a theme based on a cartoon you have seen on TV in your lifetime.
Same rules apply in respect to entries etc... the only difference the winner will be chosen by the admin team.
You can follow the competition and see the early entries, critiques and banter that goes on during a normal week of Theming Competition by visiting the Mobile9 Forum.
Mobile9 member AzureSephiroth has created a dedicated Mobile9 Surfer Beta. The aim of the software is to allow Mobile9 members an enhanced experience of browsing Mobile9.
The Mobile9 Surfer Beta gives the user quick access to many of the features found on Mobile9.
It is currently in Build: 0.9 Final (Stable Build) and available now, but you will need a Mobile9 account and please do keep in mind it is in Beta stage. All feedback and bug reporting is appreciated. You can use the built in bug reporter feature or use the Thread in the forum.
The current Features and Bug list:
Features
Bugs
To Come in version 1.0
The program comes in two packages, select the stand alone package if you have the VB automation files. If you are unsure then you'll have to download the complete compiled package with the installer:
Standalone Package (129 Kb)
Contains the application and storage files.
2. Complete Installer Package (2.66 Mb)
Contains all the files needed for the application and an installer.
Edit: Due to an unknown error, the installer will not install the Data folder in the application's root folder. You will have to manually add the folder by downloading the Data Folder ZIP and extract it to the root folder where the EXE is. Sorry, I will try to fix this asap. If you do not do this, you will end up running a loop which will eat up your system resources real quick when you run the executable from the start menu.
So if you installed surfer in:
C:/Program Files/project1/
then you should place the DATA folder along with the REG text file there. It should be like this:
C:/Program Files/project1/DATA/
Again my apologies, hope this doesn't turn members from downloading surfer.
3. Required Data Folder for Installer Only (1 Kb)
Please use the feedback, error links in the help menu if you want something added or want to report an error.
Week 1 of the Mobile9 Theme Making Give Away 2008 is in full flow and it's deadline time.
During the week, Themers have been busy creating, updating and discussing each other's entries, giving advice and constructive critique. There have been many outstanding Themes entered into the competition and voting will be a difficult task.
The subject to theme was Zodiac Sign Or Chinese Sign. The entries for week one can be seen below:Battle 1Battle 2Battle 3Battle 4Battle 5Battle 6Battle 7Battle 8Battle 9Battle 10
The deadline has passed, registrations are closed and the draw for Week 1 of Theme Making Giveaway 2008 has begun.
All in all 20 participants have managed to sign up in time for the chance to win an Aliph Bluetooth headset.
Week 1 consists of a head to head knock out phase with the winner moving into the final week.
The contestants who have entered are:
The draw for the first week has been decided and is as follows:
Battle 1
devilmaycry_ub VS srk_ankit
Battle 2
dragon2590 VS ghassemoo
Battle 3
Atalantos VS zjurina
Battle 4
ahodarkar VS jdjMadDog
Battle 5
Azumoru VS Jasnasto
Battle 6
Ng_LC VS Aash
Battle 7
Tyronne VS noki07
Battle 8
Lionet VS pdownes2001
Battle 9
GremlinZ Tattoo VS happylass
Battle 10
hungnc VS bobbuttons
More information and to follow the event as it proceeds can be found here.
There are sure to be some high quality entries to be gawked at during the coming days. There are some interesting battles also to look forward to, I'm personally looking forward to seeing;
It will be an interesting week to come. I wish all the best to the participants.
As the title obviously suggests Mobile9 are giving away a real prize for the winner of Mobile9's Theme Making Giveaway 2008!
The prize up for grabs is an Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth Headset! The headset itself has had some great reviews around the internet and was also reviewed by Symbian in Motion a while back;"To be perfectly honest I was blown away after using the Jawbone just one time." - Zach.
Not only do you win it but also the winner will have the opportunity to choose the preferred colour of their choice! Wow, now you can match it with your stiletto's or handbag! (not that I have either of those.)
So how can you win one? It's simple. Firstly you have until 13th January 2008 10:00 GMT to declare your interest, all you've got to do is sign up in the appropriate thread found here.
The rules and guidelines for the competition can be found here. The basic information for the competition are as follows:
General information:
This will be a two week event and the first part will start on 14th of January.
1st week (14th - 20th Jan): Tournament (winners of each randomly drawn battle will proceed to 2nd week)
2nd week (21th - 27th Jan): Contest (winning entry will be selected from all 2nd week participants)
Guidelines:
- one entry per M9er
- theme for any phone (eg. Nokia - both Series40 & S60, Sony Ericsson - including UIQ, and Motorola) is accepted
- must be your own work (themes made using online theme creators, such as our very own S60 or Series40 online theme creator are NOT accepted)
- must be a new theme (haven't been released to the public both at mobile9 and other web sites)
- topic will be announced once give-away starts
So go sing up and good luck!
