Wouldn’t it be fairer to allow entries from both competitions to eligible to win the mini?

The mini is an incentive for the contest that we wanted to more strongly incentivize.

Let’s hope Isamu Sanada is a good sport and lets other people have a go as well

Hey, Gotta question;

for the concept iPod, can we photoshop some details if we’re artistically challenged with traditional media?

I’m starting on this tonight.  And why isn’t it on the main page.

What is the max. size for the iPod concept design?

What do they mean by send them an email? What should be included in the email?

Am I the only one who saw this -> Deadline for entries: May 22, 2005, at 11:59PM Pacific Time.

Mistype or it’s already done and over?

Editor’s Note: It’s been corrected. Thanks for pointing that out.

Yay already submitted I hope I win and please don’t rate my photos 0 if you come across them that’s just mean :(

When you say “Three photos and/or three art concepts may be submitted per person, maximum.” does that mean one person can enter three photos AND three art concepts for a total of 6 entries (3 in each competition)?

Are we allowed to win more than one prize? (just curious I know I won’t) and I hope previous winners are not at a disadvantage.Also - I noticed in the last two photo competitions (Flags and B&W) both winner pictures were of teenage girls,I hope that does not happen again.

Sorry, i’m not English-speaking, but can you explain this sentence in a plain way?

“Three photos and/or three art concepts may be submitted per person, maximum.”

In other words, 6 works in total (3 in each category) or what??

Thanks,

I do speak english and I have the same question as you!

Can you please clarify if this is “and” part or the “or” part?

If its that “and” than this implies 3 entries each category, if its the “or” it implies three entries in one contest or the other (or maybe 2 in the first contest and 1 in the other.)

You’re allowed to do 3 entries in Art and 3 entries in Photo. Don’t expect to win more than one prize - unless you’re the Grand Prize winner.

It says we must send an email. What email???!

The Most Creative Entry Prize is ALUED at $499?

Upload your photo and follow the instructions on this page:
http://gallery.ilounge.com/ipod/upload.php#enter

For the iPod & car contest, can we expand car to include something like a van, bus (if you’re a bus driver or something), oro something?

Do the pictures for the Contest have a specific size?
The submit page tells about generic iPod designs and iPod everywhere submissions…

what is the size limit. several people asked, but i still see no answer.

640x480, maximum 300kb filesize is fine.

I am definatly gonna enter this contest! and as much as I want a mac, I REALLY want those shure earphones!!!
and I know I won’t win the grandprise NEwayz, so no worries

Great!
Looks like we have a winner!

IPOD Contest aarastas!
more than 210 votes in 3 days! and only with 300 page visits!
That’s a phenomenon!

...
Or a vote faker ¬¬

At least leave the people vote in peace, dude!

and he votes the other competitors down…

hey is the result only depends on the votes voted to the pic?

the jury (ilounge) won’t care about the votes in any way.
in my opinion “aarastas” entry sucks anyway :D
so… the others shouldn’t care about the votes

i would very much prefer a comment feature for the pictures instead of voting. don’t know if it’s very difficult or perhaps in the end even expensive to implement that feature… but it would at least be much more “constructive critique” then (fig.) “that’s not my picture. 0 stars.” and of course alternatively “that IS my picture. 5 stars.”

true^^

That’s a great idea. I wonder how much effort it would take to do that?

However, iLounge doesn’t care about the votes. This is what they said to me via email, “We will judge all photos”

Plain and simple.

Good luck to all!

I agree someone out there seems to think that the user vote counts for something but for me clicking 5/5 over and over doesn’t seem like a great pastime.  So to all my epileptic fans out there try to click only once.  Though I do appreciate entries like iSky (one of the Last uploads) using my entry as a base for theirs.  Now that’s a complement

The person who took that picture of the computer screen with the picture as the background entered the same idea last year and won. Is that allowed?

Forget the viewer votes. It’s just a “fun” gimmick. It won’t play a factor in deciding the winners. The winners will almost certainly be decided by those who put together the iPod book, based on artistic value and creativity/vision. Some of the best entries aren’t doing well on votes, because other competitors vote them down on purpose. So, I doubt the vote totals and percentages are even considered in the judging.

aarastas, i hope jonathan ive wont do so, too…
however, what will you do with your new intel mac mini once it arrives? you should handsign it and sell it on the internet.
good luck

So....who do you think is gonna win so far??

well, my favorites until now are:

most realistic:
theipod2010.jpg
funniest:
IL_MORUZ_concept3_640_480.jpg
most creative:
Amvdesign-ContestEntry.jpg

however, I will upload the best overall entry in about 1 or 2 days, I didn’t have enough time to make it ready yet

for photos until now, i like the “out of reach” one with the cat

Hey I just entered my photos so they should appear soon by around tommorow morning. I really hope I win though. I entered two categories; the outside and the inside category. I was really intimidated when I looked at the entries and saw that the leading picture based on votes what the picture of the cute little girl. I don’t have anything cute here so I tried to throw in a little creativity. I put a lot of thought into my photos so I hope I have a good chance to win.

2010 people, not 2050, holographic emitters? Tactile extrusion?  And who really wants a gargantuan iPod?  The many clamshell designs are contrary to the single handed use of the iPod.  I only see a few that are possible futures for the iPod.  I like the submissions that use the iPod as a mobile media hub (i.e. wirelessly use your HDTV as the main movie viewer, ability to use car/home stereo for music). And adding in a camera and phone just make sense.

Aaah, but did you read the contest description?

When you see, “no holds barred” and “so be creative” then you know you don’t need to stay within the bounds of what might ACTUALLY be.

Dude this is going all wrong. Man is that little girl’s photo really that good? I have a feeling that guy is cheating. Cause I first entered it earlier today and for the first couple of hours it was going smooth. Had about 35 votes with a 4.8 rating. I come back an hour later and BAM! Over 60 votes and which looks like nothing but zero star votes cause my rating went to the crapper.

I hope this really doesn’t go by votes. Cause that would suck.

I may have it all wrong but even with the “no holds barred” in the contest description, I interpret “what you think iPods might look like 4 years from now” and “Best Realistic Entry Prize” as actual possibilities for the 2010 iPod.  But just incase I’m wrong I’ll have to draw up a wireless rental stimulation device controlled by thought, abandoning the iconic click wheel all together, that can compute in the Yotta Flop domain, run all known operating systems, have a few Zetta Bytes of solid state memory, all wrapped up in a in a microscopic clam shell design with an eternal battery.

never say never, aarastas… never, say, never.

What are your favorite photograph entries for each category (Home, Car, Outside)? Which entries do you think will win for each of those categories?

I hope they’re not, since the guy w/ the 3yr old granddaughter and the stupid ‘mouse’ picture basically voted for themselves again and again.

Yeah, except you can only vote for one entry once.  Everyone that is convinced that the top few are the top because they vote for themselves a million times is wrong.  Just try and vote for an entry twice--it can’t be done.

"stupid mouse?”

I don’t understand. I realize that its a poor quality photo but I did put a lot of thought and effort into making it right. I just wanted to make my picture to have something to think about just for a sec and get a laugh out of, instead of some quick snapshot of a cute little girl with her iPod doing nothing. I’m not trying to boast, I’m just saying… Do you know what I mean?

Oh yeah and about the votes, I honestly didn’t cheat or anything witht he votes. If I did, I would have voted 5 stars all the way through.

Anyway, I hope it doesn’t go by the votes. The best picture for the car is the one with the young female standing outside beside a car, its in black and white.

The best outside one is definitely the picture of the funeral. I like that one a lot.

Hi sarsosari.
Just clear your browse cookies after you voted and you can vote on the same picture again.
That’s lame and I believe that are too many people doing this.

So, Which ones look like winners to all of you?

My choices so far.

normal_Mockup.jpg
iPod7GMJP.jpg
iPod_2010.jpg

but I could change my mind.

I actually like mine the best. (But people say I’m biased...)

Any idea how long the judging takes?

Right--but what a waste of time.  It is lame.  I hope people have better things to do with their time than that.  Who knows!!

I think a lot of the entries are pretty good. I also think people who use “Tactile extrusion” and “holographic emitters” in their entries are gunning for the “most CREATIVE” prizes. Sheesh. Scientists are working on a camo suit that projects the surrounding foliage onto the suit itself, so I don’t think advanced stuff is all that far off. Lets all IMAGINEER!

my favourites are:

most realistic:
“iPod7GMJP.jpg”
a concept who have everything.

funniest:
“zzz_ipod2010fun.jpg”
jajaja, are we being brainwashed by the iPod?

most creative:
“apple home final.jpg”
a lot of devices that Apple keep in mind…

where and when do they announce the winners?

How long does it take to judge a contest like this?