over 9 years ago

Voting ends tomorrow

The public voting period for the AllJoyn Peer-2-Peer App Challenge is ending soon. Browse the Application Gallery and vote for your favorites until Tuesday, January 29 at 5 p.m. EDT.

You can vote for as many submissions as you'd like, but no more than once for a single submission. Your vote will help determine who takes home the Popular Choice Award prize.

Winners will be announced on or about February 26.* Stay tuned!

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*We will be fully investigating all votes before determining the winners.

over 10 years ago

Announcing the winners

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of AllJoyn Peer-2-Peer App Challenge.

View all the winners in the Gallery.

Thanks again to everyone who participated and made the challenge a great success!

The AllJoyn Peer-2-Peer App Challenge Team

over 10 years ago

Six days left to vote

Thanks for supporting the AllJoyn Peer-2-Peer App Challenge! Qualcomm wants to know which peer-to-peer apps and games are your favorites.

Browse the application gallery and cast your vote(s) by January 29, 2013. You can vote for as many submissions as you'd like, but no more than once for a single submission. Your vote will help determine who takes home the Popular Choice Award prize.

Rally your network. Send a personal email, add a link to your email signature or chat status and spread the word via your social networks.

Winners will be announced on or about February 26.* Keep up…

over 10 years ago

Public voting is now open

Thanks for following the AllJoyn Peer-2-Peer App Challenge! The public voting period is now open.

Browse the Application Gallery and vote for your favorites until January 29, 2013. Your vote will help determine who takes home the Popular Choice Award prize.

If you've entered an app, be sure to rally your network to vote! Send a personal email, add a link in your email signature/chat status, and spread the word via your social networks. Don't be afraid to get creative. (To ensure the integrity of the competition, no bots or other unfair/fraudulent voting practices are allowed. See full details in…

almost 11 years ago

Three days to go

The submission deadline for the AllJoyn Peer-2-Peer App Challenge is Thursday, December 27 at 5 p.m. EST!

Do you have all the required items ready to go? Read through the Submission Checklist one more time, and don't wait until the last minute to upload your video.

If you haven't started yet, there's still time! Check out Official Resources and our Quick-Start Guide for handy tips that will help you kick off a few all-nighters.

Questions?

For technical problems with AllJoyn, refer to the troubleshooting guide, or post issues that have not been covered in the AllJoyn developers forum. For questions about the…

almost 11 years ago

10 days to go

The submission deadline for the AllJoyn Peer-2-Peer App Challenge is fast approaching. Make sure you submit your peer-to-peer app by Thursday, December 27 at 5 p.m. EST.

We'd like to quickly remind you about the great prizes we're offering. 15 winners will take home a total of $170,000 in cash and prizes. Winners may also receive promotion, exposure, and recognition from Qualcomm.

Here's a handy checklist to help you wrap up your submission. Make sure you can answer "yes" to each of these questions before hitting that submit button.

Submission checklist

Does your video include a step-by-step demo of your…

almost 11 years ago

Tips for your submission

The submission deadline for the AllJoyn Peer-2-Peer App Challenge is December 27, 2012. It's not too late to get started — check out our Quick-Start Guide and start building your app today!

If you've already started working on a submission, here are some tips to help you make sure your entry is eligible and well presented:

Submission Tips

Show and tell — in your description and video, demonstrate how your app works on an Android mobile device or an emulator. Consider adding a one-sentence description of the purpose of the application to your description. i.e. Why do people need this application?…

almost 11 years ago

Three weeks to go

Hi developers! We hope you're having fun developing with AllJoyn. As we approach the final weeks of the submission period in the $170,000 AllJoyn Peer-2-Peer App Challenge, we'd like to bring you a special note from Stormy Beach, Senior Editor at AndroidSPIN.com, and a judge in our esteemed judging panel for this challenge.

A note from Stormy

I have been a fan of Android and its abilities since the first rumors of the HTC G1 started floating about. I worked at a T-Mobile call center for 5 years and knowing not only what a device had to offer for…

almost 11 years ago

Efficient big data transfers

We're past the halfway mark in the AllJoyn Peer-2-Peer App Challenge. The submission deadline is December 27.

Here's another tip to help you develop an Android-based game, social app, or educational app using the AllJoyn SDK. Great exposure, recognition, plus over $170,000 in cash & prizes await!

How to transfer large amounts of data using AllJoyn

To determine the best action, consider your use case:

If transferring to more than one application, a BusSignal should be used and the data should be chunked into 10k-100k byte blocks. Signals are guaranteed to arrive in the order they are sent, so there's no…

almost 11 years ago

Dev tips

The submission deadline for the AllJoyn Peer-2-Peer App Challenge is December 27.

Ready to add some peer-to-peer magic to your app? Here are some additional resources to help you with developing with Alljoyn. If you haven't started, check out the Quick-Start Guide from an earlier update.

Getting started with AllJoyn

Download the current release of the SDK.
Look at the sample walkthroughs and documentation for the programming language you are using.
Check out the AllJoyn YouTube channel for videos of developer tutorials, framework overviews, and AllJoyn enabled apps. (Ignore the bundling talk as this has changed in the latest release).…

almost 11 years ago

How to rock the challenge

A note from Liat Ben-Zur, Senior Director of Software Strategy & Business Development at Qualcomm:

Thanks for participating in the AllJoyn Peer-2-Peer App Challenge! I’m very excited about the competition and look forward to seeing the innovative Android apps you create using the AllJoyn SDK.*

By participating in the AllJoyn Peer-2-Peer App Challenge, you have a chance to compete for over $170,000 in cash & prizes, help further the development of our open-source SDK, and contribute to a host of exciting new user experiences. And with AllJoyn now available for Android, iOS, Linux, OS X, Windows 7, 8 and RT,…

almost 11 years ago

Quick-Start Guide

The submission deadline for the AllJoyn App Challenge is in 10 weeks! Have you started building your peer-to-peer Android app yet?

Come up with a game, social app, or educational app that uses the AllJoyn SDK and you'll be in the running to win $171,000 in cash & prizes.

If you haven't started working on a submission, here are some tips for getting started:

Get the scoop: review the competition requirements and judging criteria, download the AllJoyn SDK, and review the documentation.
Get inspired: explore official resources to help you flesh out your submission.
Choose a category:…