Ball Watch Silverlight Contest

Enter to win a new watch by recreating a Ball watch in Silverlight 4 with the new Expression Studio 4.

The Ball Watch Company and Microsoft are teaming up to give you a great reason to learn how to create Silverlight applications using the new Expression Studio 4. Use Expression Blend in Expression Studio 4 to create a Silverlight application that accurately represents the appearance and functionality of one of the top-selling Ball watches.

Go to the Expression Gallery to see an example of what a winning entry might look like. Download the Expression Studio 4 Ultimate trial and get started today.

Prizes

• Grand Prize: Engineer Hydrocarbon TMT Watch (retail value $3,399)

  

• First Prize: Fireman II Watch (retail value $999)
• Honorable Mention: 20 Ball Watch Logo merchandise packages (retail value $119)
• All Entrants: All valid entrants will receive a coupon for 20% off Ball watches at authorized US retailers

How to Enter

1. Download the source for the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery. This contains the entire source code for the watch and a watch control that you can use as a starting point.
2. Download the list of eligible Ball watches from here and then download the image assets from this SkyDrive.
3. If one is near you, go to a Ball Watch retailer in the United States to see the watches to understand their functionality. All functionality is also described in the watch descriptions on this SkyDrive.
4. Build a Silverlight 4 application using Microsoft Expression Blend 4 that accurately represents the visual and technical functionality of the watch:
   1. Download the Expression Studio 4 Ultimate trial to get started right away.
   2. You can use the source code and custom control for the Trainmaster Cannonball watch as a starting point.
   3. Your final watch application cannot include any images or video: it must be completed entirely in vector graphics.
   4. Follow the official Design and Submission Guidelines to create your application..
5. Submit your entry as a Silverlight Sample to the Expression Gallery by Thursday, August 5, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, following the Design and Submission Guidelines. You can enter as many applications as you like but you can only win one prize. 
6. The entries will be judged and the winners will be announced by August 31, 2010. Entries will be judged by a panel software and watch industry professionals with the following criteria:
   1. 40% visual accuracy
   2. 40% functional accuracy
   3. 20% innovative usage of Silverlight features