Nokia Beta Labs Contributor of the Month, November 2007: Graham Oldfield
The jury has reached the verdict. And the Nokia Beta Labs Contributor of the Month, November 2007, is …. *drumroll* …. Graham Oldfield!!!
Hooray!!! Hooray!!! Hooray!!!
Justification: responding to my grand challenge and turning Nokia N95 into a blazing Light Sabre, with respectable beta spirit: making quick improvements in a direct dialogue with the users.
Prize: the one-and-only Darth Vader helmet, with easy-on velcro straps. Graham: please send me (tommi dot vilkamo at nokia dot com) the address where to ship the helmet!!
To get a jedi-impression yourself, install the following files in the specified order: note: works only with N95 and some other new models with built-in accelerometer.
1. n95accelerometerplugin.sis
2. lightsabre_s60_3_x_v_1_3.sisx
If you don’t have a compatible device, you can get comfort (about not making a dork out of yourself, like the rest of us) watching this video of Ricky Cadden from Symbian Guru running amok with the earlier version.
Previous Nokia Beta Labs Contributors:
October ‘07: Max Waterman
September ‘07: Ed from eseries.org
August ‘07: Stefan Constantinescu
Congrats to Graham! And thanks, Tommi, for the video love. I think that a requirement should be a video of Graham using his app WITH the helmet on.
Comment by Ricky — November 30, 2007 @ 4:36 pm
Great job Graham. Oh, and good job Ricky, too. The video was hilarious.
Comment by Bogdan Galiceanu — November 30, 2007 @ 5:07 pm
Very funny !! Lol
We want a video with the helmet !!!
Comment by Gabriel — December 1, 2007 @ 12:39 am
Congrats to Graham! Excellent idea and implementation of a classic.
Here is a new challenge: Air guitar for N95! Someone just GOT to make a software to play air guitar with the N95! I need it now!!! One chord on each key, different sounds effects by different movements, etc.
Unfortunately I don’t program myself, else I would have made it. Hope someone will pick up the glove…
Comment by Magnus — December 1, 2007 @ 12:41 am
Forget about the lightsaber ..have you seen Nokmote by samir ?? This guy should be made the president of nokia’s multimedia division.
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/nokmote/video/x3ne5f_nokmote-in-action_tech
Comment by Ray — December 13, 2007 @ 8:45 pm
I agree, Vote for Samir
Comment by Reda — December 14, 2007 @ 1:50 am