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What is the Intel AppUp(SM) Developer Program?
- Provides developers with everything they need to create and then sell their applications to users of millions of Intel® Atom™ processor-based devices.
- Gives developers, OEMs, and the ecosystem a framework to deliver great new applications directly to consumers.
- The Program provides software development support, application validation, and a worldwide distribution channel for applications and application components. For more details, see the Intel AppUp Developer Program Overview.
- Today developers and ISVs can join and become members of the Intel AppUp Developer Program. As a member, developers will have access to technical information and updates, and can create components and applications for the Intel AppUp Developer Program, submit their products, and sell them on the App Store.
- To submit an application and take full advantage of revenue-generating opportunities you must use the Intel AppUp™ SDK.
What is the business model? How do I make money?
- Developers will set the price for their applications, and receive upto 70% of the revenue from every sale from every store. Infrastructure operational expenses and partner revenue will be covered from the remaining portion.
- Developers can choose to use some of their revenue in exchange for things like promotion
- Developers can also build and sell application components through the Developer Store in exchange for a % share of revenue from every application sold that uses their component.
What are the benefits of joining the Intel AppUp Developer Program?
By joining the Intel AppUp Developer Program, you are able to make an impact on the growing market for netbooks and emerging market for tablets based on Intel Atom processors, while earning revenue in the process. Netbooks and tablets are quickly expanding in market share of mobile devices. New interesting applications will help give consumers new experiences with them and help them discover new, exciting uses for these devices.
Is there a fee to join the program?
Yes. However, it is waived for a limited time, allowing you join the Intel AppUp Developer Program for free. In the future, there will be a nominal, yearly fee when you register your organization. This helps cover the costs of validation and running the program. You can access all the development resources on the site when you get an ID. Joining the Intel AppUp Developer Program, however, will enable you to submit your free and non-free applications, and your free and Revenue Share components.
When can I submit an application for revenue?
The Intel AppUp Developer Program is now accepting applications and components. Today, you will be able to download the Intel AppUp™ SDK. You can then submit applications and components to the program and be among the first developers to take full advantage of revenue-generating opportunities.
What is Reputation and why is it important?
Developers who participate in the Intel AppUp Developer Program earn reputation. Developers earn points and advance in degrees of the Intel® Black Belt Software Developer Program. For more information on the reputation and Intel Black Belt Software Developer Program, see the Intel Black Belt Software Developer Program FAQs.
Can I opt out of the reputation program?
When you participate in the Intel AppUp Developer Program, you will earn reputation points. At this time, the only way to opt out of earning reputation points is to opt out of the Developer Program. If you wish to remove yourself from the program, please submit a request.
Do you support in-app upgrades?
In-app upgrades are prohibited at this time. All application upgrades must be submitted through the Intel AppUp Developer Program. We do plan to support in-app upgrades in a future version of the SDK. In other words, if you offer a free version in the store and want users to upgrade to a pay version of your application, the pay version must be sold through the store.
Do you support in-app advertising and subscriptions?
In-app advertising, subscriptions, and links to external marketplaces for in-app purchases are permitted for a limited time. We understand that these features are important to you and are not yet available in the SDK. Until they become available, you are free to implement them on your own. As we roll these features into the SDK, we will then require that they be implemented through the SDK.
How do I test my application before submitting?
Beta test your application before submitting it for publishing in the Intel AppUp store. Simply add up to 50 comma separated email addresses of your friends below and if they are existing users of Intel AppUp store they will get free access to your application. While you application is under beta testing product icon and images are not visible to testers on the store. Once your application is published consumer will be able to see product images.
MeeGo* Questions
What has happened to Moblin*?
MeeGo* is the evolution of the Moblin* operating system. With the launch of the Intel AppUp™ SDK Suite for MeeGo* and the expanded program support for MeeGo*, Intel has now made the full transition from Moblin* to MeeGo*.
When will the MeeGo* SDK be available for developers?
The Intel AppUp Developer Program currently supports MeeGo*. The Intel AppUp™ SDK Suite for MeeGo* is available today. To download and find more information visit our MeeGo* portal.
What are the differences in the MeeGo* version of the SDK compared to the Moblin* version?
The specifics of the Intel AppUp™ SDK do not differ based on operating system. The features and functions of the SDK for MeeGo* are the same as the SDK for Windows* or Moblin*.
What, if any, difference is there in the validation process for apps on MeeGo* vs apps on Moblin?
The validation process is consistent regardless of software platform. The validation process will not be different for applications on MeeGo* versus Moblin*.
Will validated apps in the Intel AppUp Center on Windows* be available through the Intel AppUp Center on MeeGo*?
No. Windows* users will be able to download and use applications validated for the Intel AppUp Center on Windows*, and Moblin* / MeeGo* users will be able to download and use applications validated for the Intel AppUp Center on MeeGo*.
Will apps running on MeeGo* on ARM* run on MeeGo* on Intel® Atom™ microarchitecture? And, will apps validated for MeeGo* on Intel Atom microarchitecture run on MeeGo* on ARM*?
The Intel AppUp Center on MeeGo* is designed to run on Intel Atom processor-based devices.
What is Intel doing to support MeeGo* application development?
The Intel AppUp Developer Program has a broad range of educational and support programs to recognize, reward and help developers create innovative MeeGo* applications for tablets and netbooks. For more information visit our Developer Opportunities.
Intel Capital AppUp(SM) Fund Questions
What is the Intel Capital AppUp Fund?
The Intel Capital AppUp Fund is a $100 million equity fund aimed at driving computing innovations in key mobile areas such as digital media consumption, personal computing and infrastructure. The Fund will invest in companies developing infrastructure, middleware, innovative applications and content for connected devices. It will be invested over two to three years in early and mid-to-late stage deals all over the world.
What is the purpose of the fund?
The fund is designed to fund innovative applications for the Smartphone, Tablet and PC AppUp ecosystem.
What level of funding can be expected?
The Intel Capital AppUp fund will invest over two to three years in early and mid-to-late stage equity deals all over the world. Funding levels will vary from <$250K to $5M+.
Will the fund focus on specific technologies?
While the investments will focus across multiple technologies and devices, key focus areas include cross-platform technologies such as HTML5 as well as experiences designed specifically for Ultrabooks.
How does the AppUp Fund fit in with the Ultrabook Fund?
The Intel Capital AppUp Fund is focused on driving innovation in AppUp software ecosystem . The Intel Capital Ultrabook Fund is intended to drive a cycle of innovation and system capabilities for the Ultrabook category and help create an entire Ecosystem for this new and growing category of mobile computing devices.
What type of companies is Intel looking to fund?
Intel is looking for innovative companies that have a unique technology or business model in support of the AppUp ecosystem for infrastructure, middleware and applications.
What is the process for submission?
Go to the Intel Capital website and click on the About Us link and then the Contact Us tab. There you will have a list of email address for each region where you can submit your business proposal.
What is the approval process?
Intel Capital will use the same process it uses for all funding submissions. Additional information may be found on the Intel Capital website.
How long will it take to get an answer?
You will receive a confirmation when your submission is received. You will be contacted within 2~3 weeks with an update or follow-up action from Intel Capital.
Intel AppUp(SM) developer challenge: Web Apps Edition
What is the Intel AppUp(SM) developer challenge: Web Apps Edition?
The Intel AppUp developer challenge: Web Apps Edition is a worldwide contest designed to generate Web applications for the Intel AppUp(SM) center. Contest entries will be accepted starting September 28, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. US Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). The first two hundred (200) quality Web applications entered to the contest and passing validation by January 30, 2012 at 3 p.m. US Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) will each win a cash prize of $250 USD. Participants may enter no more than ten (10) Web applications to the contest.
All eligible applications will be considered for five (5) grand prize awards of Ultrabook™ devices (valued at up to $1,500 USD each). One Ultrabook grand prize will be awarded in each of the following five (5) categories: Best Web Application for Education, Best Web Application for Play, Best Web Application for Productivity, Best Web Application for Travel, and Most Creative Web Application. Participants are limited to one grand prize.
What is a Web Application for the Intel AppUp center?
A Web application is a software program that is built using Web technologies and includes all materials related to such Web application (documentation, screen shots, etc.) designed for use on a device based on an Intel® processor.
What is the Intel AppUp™ encapsulator service?
The Intel AppUp encapsulator service is a tool provided by the Intel AppUp(SM) developer program to convert Web applications into applications ready to submit for publication to the Intel AppUp center. The Intel AppUp encapsulator service generates a MSI file for Windows* and a RPM file, both of which can be submitted to the Intel AppUp developer program for validation.
What is the Intel AppUp™ Creator tool?
The Intel AppUp Creator is an authoring tool provided by the Intel AppUp developer program that allows non-technical users to easily and quickly create and publish simple Web and E-book applications in the Intel AppUp center.
How many applications can I submit?
Participants may enter no more than ten (10) Web applications to the contest. However, each app entered must be substantially unique (at Intel’s sole discretion) to qualify for this challenge. At the time of the entry, the participant must select one grand prize category. All entries must be participant’s original work.
What if my application doesn't fit a “Best of” category on the entry page?
If your application does not fit a “Best of” category on the entry page, you may select “Most Creative Web App.”
Can I use the Intel AppUp encapsulator service to build apps for the Intel AppUp developer challenge: Web Apps Edition?
Yes. You can use the Intel AppUp encapsulator service to easily package your Web apps. If you are using the Beta version, we recommend that you review the article, “HTML 5 Feature Compatibility of the Intel AppUp encapsulator” by Raghav Darisi.
Please note the following restrictions related to the of the Intel AppUp encapsulator service:
- For each Web application submitted to the Intel AppUp encapsulator service, the service generates a MSI file for Windows* and a RPM file for MeeGo*. Either of these files can be submitted to the Intel AppUp developer program for validation. Because the MSI and RPM files are the exact same, except for the installer, only one (1) of the Intel AppUp encapsulator-generated files (MSI or RMP) for a given Web app is eligible to enter the Intel AppUp developer challenge: Web Apps Edition contest.
- Web applications or e-books authored by the Intel AppUp Creator are ineligible for entry to the Intel AppUp developer challenge: Web Apps Edition contest.
When I submit a Web application for validation, am I automatically entered into the contest?
No. It is a two step process. Submitting your Web application to the program for validation does not automatically enter your Web application into the contest. You must enter your Web application to the Intel AppUp developer challenge: Web Apps Edition contest on the developer challenge website. Contest entry closes on January 30, 2012, 3:00 p.m. US Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Does the Web application have to be validated to be considered for judging?
Yes. Since we are looking at the user experience of each Web application, our judges download Web applications directly from the Intel AppUp center on their device in order to judge all Web applications. For your Web application to be considered, it needs to pass validation and be available for our judges to download in the Intel AppUp Center by the contest deadline, January 30, 2012, 3:00 p.m. US Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
In which languages can I submit entries to the contest?
Intel AppUp developer challenge: Web Apps Edition contest entries may be submitted in English, French, Italian, German or Spanish to qualify.
Note: Until the local language contest web pages are available (approximately two (2) weeks after September 28, 2011), participants may enter apps in English on the English contest web site, http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/contest/developerchallenge. Updates regarding the status of the localized contest Web pages may be accessed on the contest forum at http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-atom-developer-program/intel-atom-developer-challenge-forum.
Foreign language translations of applications (for example, Windows-based Web application in English language translated to a Windows-based Web application in German) are considered to be substantially similar applications and would also be ineligible.
When does the contest start?
Contest entries for the Intel AppUp developer challenge: Web Apps Edition are accepted starting September 28, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. US Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
What are the contest entry deadlines?
All eligible Web applications entered to the Intel AppUp developer challenge: Web Apps Edition contest and passing validation by January 30, 2012 at 3 p.m. US Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) will be considered for one of five (5) grand prizes. Plus, the first two hundred (200) will each win a cash prize of $250 USD.
Note: Judging for Intel AppUp developer challenge: Web Apps Edition grand prizes takes place January 31, 2012 through February 12, 2012.
When will winners be notified?
Winners of both the $250 USD cash prize and the Ultrabook grand prize will be notified by email February 13, 2012.
Can I submit applications that have already won prizes or have received funding from the Intel AppUp developer program?
No. Any application that was awarded a prize in any previous Intel AppUp developer challenge, Intel AppUp Submit Early for MeeGo, 'Submit Early. Win Big’ or Early Access promotion is ineligible. Any application funded by Intel AppUp developer program: Accelerator is ineligible.
Am I eligible for grand prizes?
The first two hundred (200) eligible, Web applications, receive $250 USD each. Plus, all eligible entires passing validation by January 30, 2012 at 3 p.m. US Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), will be also be considered for five (5) grand prize awards of Ultrabook devices (valued at up to $1,500 USD each). One Ultrabook grand prize will be awarded in each of the following five (5) categories: Best Web Application for Education, Best Web Application for Play, Best Web Application for Productivity, Best Web Application for Travel, and Most Creative Web Application.
Participants may enter up to ten (10) Web applications, but are limited to one (1) grand prize per participant.
What is the judging process for the grand prizes?
After the Intel AppUp developer challenge: Web Apps Edition contest closes on January 30, 2012, a panel of judges reviews the eligible contest entries. Judges download the applications from the Intel AppUp center and score each application based on the criteria outlined in the Intel AppUp developer challenge official rules. Each criterion is scored on a scale of 1-5. After the first round of judging, the judging panel averages scores and determines the top 3-5 Web applications for each grand prize category. The top 3-5 Web applications are then reviewed again by the entire panel of judges. The top application in each category from the second round is selected as the winner. Intel reserves the right to not select a winner.
When will the grand prize winners be announced publicly?
On February 22, 2012, the winners of the Best Web Application for Education, Best Web Application for Play, Best Web Application for Productivity, Best Web Application for Travel, and Most Creative Web Application are announced on the Intel AppUp developer challenge website.
What currency are prizes valued in?
Prizes are valued in US dollars.
Is this a worldwide program?
The contest is open to participants worldwide. All national and local laws and regulations of the resident’s country of residence apply. Residents of countries under U.S. embargo are not eligible to enter. The contest is open to residents of the following countries only: Canada, United States, Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Mexico, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Australia, India, Japan, New Zealand, People’s Republic of China, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia and Taiwan. All national and local laws and regulations apply.
What if I have questions about The Intel AppUp developer challenge: Web Apps Edition?
If you have questions, visit our Intel AppUp(SM) developer challenge forum at http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-atom-developer-program.
Intel AppUp(SM) developer program: Accelerator
What is Intel AppUp(SM) developer program: Accelerator?
Intel AppUp(SM) developer program: Accelerator is a component of the Intel AppUp(SM) Application Fund. Under this program, Intel will provide funding to software developers and companies looking to speed time to market for applications and components that bring new user experiences to netbook and laptop consumers.
Why did Intel launch Accelerator?
Through Intel AppUp(SM) developer program: Accelerator, we are looking for breakthrough applications and components that demonstrate new user experiences designed for Intel Atom processor-based netbooks and laptop. Funded apps should utilize Intel technology and show potential for significant growth and broad consumer appeal.
Will components also be considered for funding?
Yes, this is a new expanded feature of the Intel AppUp developer program: Accelerator - component development.
Will you also accept applications that are based on other mobile devices?
Yes, as long as the applications are ported over to work on Intel Atom processor-based devices
How can a software developer or company apply for funding?
To apply for Intel AppUp developer program: Accelerator, submit the form here.
Can software developers or companies apply for funding for multiple applications?
You may submit the form for funding more than one application. However, each submission must be substantially unique to qualify for funding.
What is the typical funding amount?
For approved applications, funding under Intel AppUp developer program: Accelerator will depend on the scope of work and description of the application submitted. Funding will range between $5,000 and $25,000 USD. Please make sure you provide adequate detail on why your application should be selected for this fund.
What are the criteria being considered to approve funding for apps and components?
We are looking for original, innovative applications and components that will bring out new user experiences, show potential for growth, support multiple languages and have a broad consumer appeal. We are also looking for apps that demonstrate augmented reality, contextual awareness, location-based services and support the ability to share or sync across multiple devices.
What is the review process?
A panel of judges reviews submissions and scores apps based on the criteria listed above. Scores determine which submission are selected to receive funding offers and what level of funding they are eligible to receive.
What is the timeline? When will a company know if funding has been approved?
You should hear from us within 5 weeks. If you would like to check the status of your submission, write to appdeveloper.support@intel.com.
Is this a worldwide fund?
Intel AppUp developer program: Accelerator is available to software companies and developers in the same countries where the Intel AppUp developer program is offered. Residents of countries under U.S. embargo are not eligible to enter. The program is open to residents of the following countries only: Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, PRC, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, Ukraine, UK, United States, Venezuela and Vietnam. All national and local laws and regulations apply.
What kind of technical support is available?
The Intel AppUp developer program has an active developer community. Access tools and resources here. Participate in the forums to learn, exchange information and ideas, and get support.
What are the application submission requirements?
After receiving a funding offer, the application must use an SDK from Intel AppUp™ SDK Suite. The application must also possess a signed certificate. The application must also possess a signed certificate.
The following are provided when you use our SDK.
- Digital Rights Management. Our SDK deploys a DRM security check when an application is launched on a MeeGo* device. It will check that the app was downloaded for the Intel AppUp(SM) center account running on that device. If the device does not have the Intel AppUp center or has the wrong Intel AppUp center account, the application will not launch. This provides protection against theft and unlicensed distribution of your application.
- Crash Reporting
- Dashboard Reporting
How will payment be made? What currency will the payment be made in?
Once an application is approved for funding and has passed validation, you will receive communication via a third-party vendor. You will be invoicing and receiving payment in US dollars (UD) from this vendor. Please note that the payment process can take up to 45 days.
I won an Intel contest for a lesser version of the application I’d like to receive funding for. Am I eligible?
If you have received Intel AppUp(SM) Application Fund funding for a derivative application or component, or one that is substantially similar, your submission is not eligible and will not be considered for funding.
Intel AppUp(SM) developer challenge
What is the Intel AppUp(SM) developer challenge?
The Intel AppUp(SM) developer challenge is a worldwide competition designed to bring out breakthrough applications that fundamentally change the user experience and interaction on netbooks and/or tablets based on the Intel Atom processor. Entries were accepted between 3:00 p.m. on February 21, 2011 and 3:00 p.m. on August 29, 2011 US Pacific Standard Time (PST). This is your opportunity to showcase your skills and creativity and potentially win valuable prizes.
How many applications can I submit?
A participant may submit more than one entry. However, each app entered must be substantially unique (at Intel’s sole discretion) to qualify for this challenge. At the time of the entry, the participant must designate one category. All entries must be participant’s original work.
What if my app doesn't fit a category?
If your application does not fit a category, you may select “other” on the entry page.
Does the app have to be validated to be considered for judging?
Yes. Since we are looking at the user experience of the app downloaded from the store on the device, our judges download apps directly from the Intel AppUp Center in order to judge applications. For your app to be considered, the application needs to pass validation and be available for our judges to download in the Intel AppUp(SM) Center.
What are the contest entry deadlines?
All submissions must be entered by 3:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) on the dates below. Please note that if you submit your application after the deadline it will still be considered for grand prizes.
- Category Closed: March 7, 2011: Deadline to enter Best Communication Application to qualify for “Best Communication Application” category prize.
- Category Closed: March 28, 2011: Deadline to enter the Best App to Stay Informed to qualify for the “Best App to Stay Informed” category prize.
- Category Closed: April 18, 2011: Deadline to enter the Best App to Watch and Listen to qualify for the “Best App to Watch and Listen” category prize.
- Category Closed: May 9, 2011: Deadline to enter the Best App to Stay in Sync to qualify for the “Best App to Stay in Sync” category prize.
- Category Closed: June 6, 2011: Deadline to enter the Best App for Play to qualify for the “Best App for Play” category prize.
- Category Closed: August 8, 2011: Deadline to enter the Best Custom App for France to qualify for the “Best Custom App for France” category prize.
- Contest Closed: August 29, 2011: Contest registration closes and all entries are due
When will winners be notified?
Winners will be notified by email on specified dates:
- March 14, 2011: Best Communication Application.
- April 4, 2011: Best App to Stay Informed.
- April 25, 2011: Best App to Stay in Sync.
- May 16, 2011: Best App to Watch and Listen.
- June 13, 2011: Best App for Play.
- August 15, 2011: Best Custom Application for France.
- September 21, 2011: Grand Prize Winners: Best Application for Tablets; Best Application for Netbooks, Most Elegant MeeGo* Application, Best App for Multiple Devices and Most Valuable Developer Award.
Am I eligible for grand prizes?
All applications entered to the developer challenge before August 29, 2011, are considered for the grand prizes. If an application does not win a category prize, it is still eligible to win a grand prize. Applications that received Intel AppUp(SM) developer program: Accelerator funding are not eligible for Challenge categories prizes or grand prizes.
What is the judging process?
After each category closes, a panel of judges reviews the submissions. Judges download the apps and score each application based on the criteria outlined in the Intel AppUp(SM) developer challenge official rules . We recommend that MeeGo* applications comply with MeeGo* Application Design Guidelines . Each criterion is scored on a scale of 1-5. After the first round of judging, the judging panel averages scores and determines the top 3-5 applications. The top 3-5 applications are then reviewed again by the entire panel of judges. The top application from the second round is selected as the winner. Intel reserves the right to not select a winner.
What currency are prizes valued in?
Prizes are valued in US dollars.
Is this a worldwide program?
The contest is open to participants worldwide. All national and local laws and regulations of the resident’s country of residence apply. Residents of countries under U.S. embargo are not eligible to enter. The contest is open to residents of the following countries only: Canada, United States, Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Mexico, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Australia, India, Japan, New Zealand, People’s Republic of China, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. All national and local laws and regulations apply.
Intel AppUp(SM) developer program Submit Early for MeeGo*
What is the Intel AppUp(SM) developer program Submit Early for MeeGo*?
The Submit Early for MeeGo* program was designed to recognize the first 100 quality MeeGo* applications submitted into the Intel AppUp(SM) developer program. The first 100 quality MeeGo* applications submitted and validated into the Intel AppUp(SM) developer program by April 29, 2011 will each win $500 USD. The top 10 applications from the first 100 will receive an additional $1,000 USD each, for a total prize of $1,500 USD each.
Why did Intel create the Submit Early for MeeGo* program?
Intel created the Submit Early for MeeGo* program to speed MeeGo* application development by providing financial incentives and recognition to developers who get their applications into the Intel AppUp Developer Program early.
How does an application qualify for one of the top 10 grand prizes of the Intel AppUp(SM) developer program Submit Early for MeeGo* contest?
The top ten applications will be chosen by a panel of judges based on the projected marketability of the application; application uses MeeGo* features, i.e., touch and gesture, social networking, portability across devices, etc; uniqueness of the application; usability of the application; and relevance of the application in one of five categories: communication, watch and listen, staying informed, staying in sync, and play.
When will grand prize winners be announced?
Winners were notified by email before May 27, 2011. Winners were posted on the Intel AppUp(SM) developer program Submit Early for MeeGo* Developers Rewarded page.
Login Questions
How do I join the Intel AppUp Developer Program?
First, get an ID. Click on Get an ID in the upper-right corner and fill in the registration information. Then, join the Intel AppUp Developer Program and provide information about your organization. There is a nominal yearly fee to join the program to cover the costs of validation and the program. This fee is waived for a limited time, allowing you to join for free.
I have already registered on other Intel websites (Intel® Software Network and/or Intel® Software Partner Program); can I use the same login information?
Yes. When you log into the Intel AppUp Developer Program, the system checks for your login ID in other Intel community sites. If you have an existing ID, you can use it, but you will need to provide a few additional items: enter your display name and your email, and accept the program terms and conditions.
What is the difference between getting an ID and joining the Intel AppUp Developer Program?
Getting an ID allows you to participate in forums, download components, and start earning reputation points; you need an ID to join the Intel AppUp Developer Program. Joining the Intel AppUp Developer Program allows you to submit your applications or components to the Developer Program.
How do I get an ID?
Click on the Get an ID link in the upper-right corner and provide minimal information about yourself.
I forgot my login ID. How do I retrieve it?
Click the Login link in the upper-right corner and click Forgot Login ID.
I forgot my password. How do I retrieve it?
Click the Login link in the upper-right corner and click Forgot Password. You will need to answer a security question before you can reset your password.
How do I change my profile information?
Log into your account and click on My Dashboard link in the upper-right corner. From the My Dashboard drop-down button, select the Profile and change your settings. Click on Save Settings to save the new information.
What is My Dashboard and how can it be helpful?
My Dashboard is your interface to the Intel AppUp Developer Program. Using My Dashboard you can submit, edit, and manage your applications and components, update your personal and organization profile, view reputation points, and more.
How can I print and/or review the terms and conditions?
During the registration process and when you join the program, you will see a link to the Intel AppUp Developer Program Terms and Conditions. You can click this link and view and print the document. After registering and joining, you can view and print these documents from the Legal Agreements tabbed page in your Organizations (for the organization's agreements), and the Legal and access agreements link in your Profile (for your personal agreements). You access your Organizations and Profile information from the My Dashboard drop-down on your dashboard.
Organization Questions
What is an organization? How does it differ from a developer?
Within the Intel AppUp Developer Program, users get an ID and a user account, but they do not receive payments. Organizations publish applications and components, and they receive payment. Thus, a developer must belong to an organization to get paid for their development efforts. The organization can be an individual or a formal company in a country that is part of the list of countries the Program can make payments to.
How do I register my organization (company)?
Look for the Join the Program button on any page. The Program will send you a confirmation email with an invitation code that you must enter as part of the registration process.
Can I belong to more than one organization?
Yes. You can belong to any number of organizations. Payments for application sales and component Revenue Shares, however, are made to the organization publishing the product. You must join the Program to become a member of an organization.
Do members of organizations have different access rights?
The organization's administrator(s) assign a user role to each member. The Program user registering an organization becomes the organization's first administrator. There are four user roles: Administrator, Member, Financial, and Legal. The Member role can publish applications and components under the organization. The Financial role has Member privileges, plus can see financial information about the organization. The Legal role has Member privileges, plus can review and sign legal agreements. The Administrator role has all privileges.
How do I change my organization's information? You must be an organization administrator to change information. Log into your account and click on My Dashboard in the upper-right corner. From the Current Organization drop-down button, select the organization you want to change. Use the My Dashboard drop-down button and select Organizations and change your settings. Click on Save Settings to save the new information.
How do I add members to my organization?
Log in to your account and click My Dashboard in the upper-right corner. From the Current Organization drop-down, select the organization you want to change. From the My Dashboard drop-down, select Organizations. Click on the Members tab. Enter the name and email address in the form, select the user role for the new member, and click Invite. An email will be sent to the user. The user must join the Program to become a member of your organization.
How do I get invited to join an existing organization?
Log in to your account and click on My Dashboard in the upper-right corner. Click Add/Join Organization, enter the name of the organization you want to join in the field in the lower-right, and click Go. An email will be sent to the organization's administrator. If the administrator approves, the administrator will send you an invitation. You must join the Program to join an organization. If you have not joined the Program, you will be prompted to join before you can join an organization.
What do I do with an organization invitation?
Log in to your account and click on My Dashboard in the upper-right corner. Click Add/Join Organization, enter the invitation code from your invitation email into the field in the lower-left, and click Go. The new organization will appear under your Current Organization drop- down in your Dashboard. You must join the Program to join an organization. If you have not joined the Program, you will be prompted to join before you can join an organization.
How do I change a member's role?
Log in to your account and click on My Dashboard in the upper-right corner. From the Current Organization drop-down, select the organization you want to change. From the My Dashboard drop-down, select Organizations. Click on the Members tab. From the user role drop-down next to the member, select the user's new role, and click Update.
How do you pay an organization?
Payments are made to an organization's PayPal* account.
Why do I need an organization (company)?
All payments are made to organizations, so we need your organization information to pay you. Your organization can be a formal company, or simply you registering as an organization after getting an ID. The Program just needs payment information to be able to pay you for application and component Revenue Shares. If you only submit free applications and components, we still require organization details, because all applications and components are associated with an organization.
I don't have a company, but can I still join the program?
Yes. Click the Join the Program button and register yourself as an organization.
Do I need an organization even if I only plan to distribute free applications or components?
Yes, you are still required to create an organization to distribute free applications or components.
SDK Questions
Do you have an SDK?
The Intel AppUp™ Software Development Kit (Intel AppUp™ SDK) will link your application into the App Store. The Intel AppUp SDK is now available. You can submit applications and components to the program to be among the first developers to take full advantage of revenue-generating opportunities.
What is the SDK?
The Intel AppUp SDK gives you the libraries and tools to link your application to the Intel AppUp Center runtime client on a customer’s netbook. You must incorporate these in your application in order for your application to be validated.
Do I have to use the SDK?
Yes, except for open source (free) applications. The SDK integrates your application into the Intel AppUp Center's consumer client that runs on the customer's device and provides the digital rights management, crash reporting, and integration with Intel AppUp API services such as in-app upgrades.
When will the SDK be available?
The Intel AppUp SDK is now available. You can submit applications and components to the program to be among the first developers to take full advantage of revenue-generating opportunities.
Can I get notified when the future versions of the SDK are available for download?
Yes. Get an ID and opt-in to the developer related communication.
What are the different runtimes/languages and operating systems supported by the SDK?
The Intel AppUp Developer Program is continually add new runtimes/languages and operating system support. For a full list of available SDKs for operating systems and development languages, visit http://appdeveloper.intel.com/sdk.
Software/Development Questions
What tools are available to help develop applications?
In addition to these FAQs, the Intel AppUp Developer Program provides numerous resources:
- Intel AppUp Developer Program Overview, which describes the program, its benefits, and how to get involved
- Videos
- Developers’ Catalog of published components you can use in your applications
- Developer’s Guide describing the requirements and steps to help you successfully publish your applications and components
- Checklists to help ensure you are ready to take your efforts to the next step
- How to Guides, providing step-by-step instructions on many tasks
- Blogs where you can read what others are saying
- Forums to learn and to exchange information
- The Reputation Building program to help you understand the success of your efforts
What netbooks, and tablets do you support?
At this time, the Intel AppUp Developer Program supports all netbooks and MeeGo* tablets based on the Intel Atom processor.
What runtimes or technologies are currently supported?
MeeGo* Native, and Windows* Native
Do you provide regression testing?
No. Part of your reputation depends on how well your applications and components perform and run. You should thoroughly test your applications and components before submitting them for validation. The Intel AppUp Developer Program validates certain aspects of your application for suitability to the program, completeness, and legal requirements. Validation does not debug or regression-test your code.
What is a component?
A component is a building block application developers can use in their code to accelerate their development. Components might include location services, voice recognition, wireless communications, processing algorithms, and many more. Currently the program accepts components for netbooks only.
How do I submit a component?
Get an ID and join the Intel AppUp Developer Program. Download the developer tools, request a GUID, and create your component. Review the checklists to help ensure a successful component validation. Then, on your Home page, click Submit a component and follow the steps. See How to Submit an Application.
How do I know if my component is used in an application?
Currently, when a developer submits an application, he or she will list it in their submission forms. In the future, when consumers purchase applications containing your components, the store recognizes your component, and you receive payment (for commercial applications and components) according to your agreed upon revenue share.
How can I support my component?
We automatically create a forum thread for your component for support. You can find the URL for the forum in the component product details. Subscribe to the forum thread to follow all the community conversations related to your component.
How do I submit an application?
Join the Intel AppUp Developer Program. Download the developer tools, and create your application. Review the Application Readiness and Application Submission checklists to help ensure a successful application validation. Then, on your Home page, click Submit an application and follow the steps.
What are the requirements for submitting free applications?
If you use components, they must be free components. You must join the Program, but you do not need to have a PayPal account for payments. See the Intel AppUp Developer Program Application/Component Suitability and Validation Guidelines for details about requirements.
What are the requirements for submitting paid applications?
You must join the Program and provide a PayPal account for payments. See the Intel AppUp Developer Program Application/Component Suitability and Validation Guidelines for details about requirements.
Can I update my application or component before validation starts?
Yes. Log in to your account, go to My Dashboard select the organization the application or component is published under from the Current Organization drop-down menu, and select Applications or Componentsfrom the My Dashboard drop-down menu. Expand the desired application or component and click the Actions button next to the name of the desired application or component. If you submitted the application or component for validation and the validation process has not started, remove it from validation and then edit it. If validation has already started, you have to wait until it completes. If you have not submitted it for validation, you can edit it.
Can I remove my application or component from the validation queue?
Yes, you can remove it from the validation queue after you submit it if validation has not yet started. Log in to your account, go to My Dashboard, select the organization the application or component is published under from the Current Organization drop-down menu, and select Applications or Components from the My Dashboard drop-down menu. Expand the desired item, click the Actions button next to the name of the desired application or component, and remove it.
What is a GUID?
A GUID is a global unique identifier. The Intel AppUp Developer Program web site generates a GUID for each component and application, which you must include in your code after you download the SDK. Wherever you see a Get a GUID orGenerate a GUID button, you can request a GUID for your application or component.
Why do I need a GUID?
The GUID uniquely identifies your component or application across the population of all applications and components. It is used to track purchases, among other tasks.
When should I get a GUID?
Obtain a GUID for your application or component as early as possible. Each GUID is associated with a unique name. If you want to ensure you get the name you desire, get your GUID early. Prepare several names to choose from, in case your first choice is not available.
How do you validate applications and components?
After submitting your component or application, the validation process checks your code for suitability for the Developer Program, licensing and legal issues, and some basic functionality. To help ensure validation success, download a validation checklist for components or applications. Your component or application must pass validation before it can be published. For more information, see the Component Validation Checklist or Application Validation Checklist.
Can I only build components?
Yes. We encourage both component and application development. New, interesting, and easy-to-integrate components accelerate application development and introduce new, innovative usages for netbooks. And, with revenue sharing, you can earn revenue by developing components alone or in addition to applications. You earn revenue from both.
What kind of applications can I distribute?
You can distribute nearly any type of application content. For a list of unacceptable content, see the Intel AppUp Developer Program Developer's Guide. The Intel AppUp™ SDK is now available for download. To formally submit an application and take full advantage of revenue-generating opportunities you must use the Intel AppUp SDK. Developer Program engineers will then validate submitted items.
Do you allow adult content in applications?
See the application submission guidelines for the types of content that are acceptable.
How are applications rated?
You should choose a content rating that best describes the type of content your application may contain. The rating guidelines (shown below) help users understand the type(s) of content included in the applications they are buying.
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Can I use Open Source content in my applications and components?
Yes, open source applications and components can be submitted.
How long will the validation process take?
Validation time will vary with the complexity of your application and number of applications in the queue at the time of submission. During validation, you can view validation status by checking Applications or Components in My Dashboard. Always be sure to select your organization from the Current Organization drop-down menu in your Dashboard.
In what format should I submit my applications?
You can submit applications in the following formats. See the Application Packaging Requirements Guide for details.
- .msi (for Windows*)
- .rpm and .deb (for Moblin Linux)
- For open source applications, include both binary and source code
In what format should I submit my components?
You can submit components in the following formats:
- .tar.gz
- .zip
- .tgz
- .tbz
- .tar.bz2
- .tbz2
What should I include with my component submission?
Your component should be a zip or tar ball with at least the following content:
- component (.msi, jar, etc.)
- license file
- API document
- API user guide
Component Catalog
What is the Component Catalog?
- The Component Catalog lists components available to help accelerate your development and to implement useful and innovative functionality. Each component includes its own API and documentation.
- When a developer uses your component in an application, you can receive a portion of their application revenue. The amount of the revenue sharing agreement is negotiated between the component and application developers.
- Having a catalog of reusable components can help speed up application development and provide component developers with a way to make money.
How do I use the Component Catalog?
Click on the Catalog button on your Home page and view and download components you are interested in. The Component Catalog lists the price of the component as a portion of your application price, called a Revenue Share.
How do I add components to my application?
Each component includes its own API and documentation. Download the component and review the documentation. When you are ready to submit your application, you will list the components you use in one of the steps of the submission process.
How do I pay for components?
You don’t have to manage payments to component publishers. The component publisher sets the price of the components as a portion of your price, called a Revenue Share. If you use a component in your application, the Program automatically pays the component publisher out of your revenue as users purchase your application. See What is a Revenue Share?
Payment Questions
What is the business model? How do I make money?
- Developers will set the price for their applications, and receive upto 70% of the revenue from every sale from every store. Infrastructure operational expenses and partner revenue will be covered from the remaining portion.
- Developers can choose to use some of their revenue in exchange things like promotion
- Developers can also build and sell application components the Developer Store in exchange for a % share of revenue from every application sold that uses their component.
How much does it cost to join the program?
There is a yearly fee of $99 US to run the Intel AppUp(SM) developer program and cover costs for validation. For a limited time, this fee is waived, so you can join for free.
What is Revenue Share?
To compensate component developers, you pay a share of the price of your application to the component developer. This is called a Revenue Share. The component developer sets the Revenue Share percentage and indicates if the component can be used in free applications. For example, if the component developer offers a component for 12 percent, when a customer purchases your application, the store deducts 12 percent of your share from your revenue and pays the component publisher. If the component developer allows the component to be used in free applications, you will not be charged for using the component if you make your application free. We recommend you contact the component developer through the Component Catalog. The Program processes all payments and pays the component developer and you automatically.
When building your application with components, be sure their Revenue Share does not exceed 100 percent. The Intel AppUp Developer Program web site does not allow this condition.
Can I negotiate Revenue Share with the component developer?
Yes, you can negotiate with a component developer for a different Revenue Share from what the component developer publishes.
Do I pay for components?
Some components are free. Others you pay for through a revenue sharing agreement.
How much do I pay for components?
The component publisher sets the price of a component as a share of your price, called a Revenue Share. As the Program collects payment for an application, it automatically deducts the Revenue Share of all components used by your application and pays the component developers for their components.
The Program automatically processes payment to the component publisher when a customer purchases one of your applications containing components that are not free. You do not have to handle payments.
Can I earn money on components only?
Yes. We encourage component development to accelerate application development and deployment. As a component developer, you set the percentage of the application price you charge for using your component. This is called a Revenue Share.
Are any components free?
Yes. There are free components and components for which there is a charge. See the Component Catalog for free and purchased components.
Does validation cost me anything?
No. The cost of validation is covered by the yearly program fee and the Program's share of application sales.
Can I distribute free applications?
Yes. You can distribute free applications and free components. You set the price of your efforts.
Can I submit paid application from anywhere in the world?
No. The following countries are where we can pay developers: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela and Vietnam. We are working to expand this list in the future.
Which are the countries where applications can be sold?
In Asia the countries are Australia, New Zealand, India, Philippines and Singapore. In Europe the countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In North America the countries are Canada and the United States.
How can you ensure that your application becomes available in all of these new countries ?
If an application is in the validation queue, you can edit it through “MyDashboard” until validation begins. If validation for an application has already begun, you must wait to edit country information until the process is completed and the validation engineer has rejected or approved the application. For existing approved applications, you can add these new countries through “MyDashboard” at the Intel AppUp Developer Program Web site.
Will applications have to be re-validated for these new countries?
The validation process is a one-time process only. Applications that have already been validated or are available via the Intel AppUp Center Beta do not need to be re-validated.
General Support Questions
Which browsers are supported under the Intel AppUp developer program?:
The following browsers are supported for the Intel AppUp developer progam web site:
- Microsoft* Internet Explorer version 7 or 8
- Mozilla* Firefox version 3.0 or 3.5.
- Google Chrome* 13.0"
Comments
Hello there
I already have asus x101 with meego os and i want to install windows 7 to and have these together .
how i can do this ?
help me .
hi,
how to submitted my sqllite file with my apps.any video is there for explanation.or somthing..
I have a small company with 2 friends that we use to develop iOS apps on our spare time. We'd like to expand to the AppUp store, but I'm also an Intel employee. Is this allowed? Also, can we apply for the App Accelerator program?
Is there an official word about powerbasic apps yet? I don' think it's a problem really, because it's easy enough to wrap even pb apps in an msi setup program, and really, the only issue it raises, is whether or not they talk to the api properly, which again, is easy enough to fix with one of the component dlls already in the store. So, assuming pb programmers follow all proper guidelines for making them talk to the right apis, there should be no issue with using pb apps (or any other app for that matter) Just asking about this to be sure it's not an issue, though I suspect if it is, it won't get approved, but figure having an answer here would help others so they don't have to ask again.
Hi, i want to use the Qt-Cross-platform application and UI framework from Nokia for the App development. (http://qt.nokia.com/)
As Intel and Nokia had a joined dev. team Qt supports Maemo/MeeGo directly. Can i submit Apps developed with this framework in the AppsUp Center not using the Intel SDK?
Can i install Meego on Mobile PC? if no, any plan on when? If yes, what are IA Mobile PC requirements to install?
Does Intel send out a developer tablet/netbook for devs?
Hello Every one..
Nayan.
I have been watching the news about CES 2011 and I am surprised that Microsoft appears to not be supporting the Intel platform running Windiows 7 as well as it should for Tablet PC's and Netbooks. The news about Windows 8 running on ARM is also surprising, even though there may be some valid business sense in it.
I find it strange that the Intel Atom CPU (in many Netbooks and soon Tablets) is not always appreciated like it should be. Some view Atom is simply too limited a CPU. Now I am looking forward to the "Sandy Bridge" stuff soon to come from Intel.
I discussed this on my blog recently, since IMO I think maybe there is more a problem with how software is written for Windows today, than it being the Intel CPU's (like Atom). Microsoft programming tools continue to get more bloated and the Windows operating system is getting that way too. Windows development tools dependency upon COM and dot.net add more bloat to Windows and applications so that the operating system makes the Intel CPU's look bad. That is a shame.
Most programmers think that if they aren't using the latest (bleeding edge) hardware, that they are behind the times and their software reflects that attitude. My currently development PC is a 7 year old PC, running Windows XP Home, with a 2.5 ghz Intel Celeron CPU with only 768 meg Ram on board. My video card is a cheap $60 mass market NVidea card purchased from Walmart a number of years ago (only upgraded the video because the onboard video got a little weird). I test my sofware on a Windows 95 machine with a 550 mhz Intel CPU as well. (I also have Vista and Windows 7 PC's, but only for testing software).
Maybe what is needed, is to start using development tools which are optimized for Intel and don't carry the bloat common to many programming languages today. For example, I wrote a 2D Sprite engine which does not use any hardware support (ie. DirectX) which runs very well on Netbooks (with Atom CPU's) which is only 38 KB in size. I didn't use a Microsoft development tool to write it either. The code is 100% my own (proprietary) using common API's in the Windows operating system, which have been there since Windows 95 (can anyone say DIB section ?) using a Basic language compiler designed specifically for Intel CPU's (running on Windows). I am currently developing an OpenGL based custom control (not ActiveX either) which I hope will run just as well on Atom and SandyBridge. The controls DLL is getting quite large based on my standards at a whopping 154 KB (Kilobytes), but I guess it is still quite small compared to other development methods. It has a complete GL (Graphics Language) 3D scripting language in it.
My point is, that maybe Intel should start looking for better ways to write software for Windows, so Tablet and Netbook applications will run well, despite the Windows 7 operating system.
I am curious ? How well do Atom and "Sandy Bridge" run OpenGL ?
Hello,
Once you complete the registration, you should be able to log-in straight away.
Regards
Rooven
Intel AppUp(SM) Developer Program
Intel AppUp(SM) Center
hello. how long does it takes to get an ID after registering. Thanks.
Hi ,
Its nice to see intel app developer program,it seems a nice platform to encourage developers with innovative idea's .
i have experince in developing lottery game applications (which you can see in casinos)& other enterprise appications using java/j2ee technologies ,
I like to partcipate in this event.,
* hope i can develop an application in java with your SDK to participate in this event, It would be hepful for me to kow more information on authorization code.
Regards,
Muthu
Hi Olivier,
The current challenge and contests can be found on this link: http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/article/million-dollar-development-f...
The Dollar For Downloads is now closed. However on the above link you can find more infor on the other on-going contests.
Regards
Rooven
Intel AppUp(SM) Center
Intel AppUp(SM) Developer Program
Is the funding program closed for applicants ?
Hi Rah_2010,
You can download the AppUp(SM) Center from the link below and install it. You can browse the store and see all the applications that are currently published and available to download/buy. Moreover you may also find some applications on the website itself.
You can browse the store without registering, however if you wish to download or buy applications you will need to complete the registration and sign in to the AppUp(SM) Center.
AppUp(SM) Center: http://www.appup.com/applications/index
Let me know if you have any other queries.
Regards
Rooven
Intel AppUp(SM) Center
Intel AppUp(SM) Developer Program
I wanted some details about the type of applications.
Hi Zapper,
We currenly support only application in English and on English version operating systems.
Support for other languages will come in the future. I would advise you to keep an eye on our forum for more information.
Regards
Rooven
Intel AppUp(SM) Center
Intel AppUp(SM) Developer Program
Intel Technical Support
It is possible to be add a pure German-language application?
Hi Sara,
Yes, during the submission of your application, you have the option to select in which countries you wish to publish the app.
Regards
Rooven
Intel Technical Support
Intel AppUp(SM) Developer Program
Intel AppUp(SM) Center
I made an error in my previous post!
Where is says:
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"Now of course all your big software developers will say "we can write software for that!".
Especially the dot.net stuff of course."
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should say:
"Now of course all your big software developers will say "we can NOT write software for that!".
Especially the dot.net stuff of course."
Some really advanced stuff is also being done by Powerbasic programmers.
This is a good example, by a very advanced API programmer who uses PowerBasic:
http://www.zapsolution.com/DW/US/gdimage.html
This guy also wrote a skin engine (called WinLift) using Powerbasic.
Some very advance stuff is being written by Powerbasic programmers and just by taking a peek of the discussions on the PB online forum you can see there are thousands of very good programmers writing all sorts of stuff.
Over 200,000 posts on their online forums: http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pbforums/
PowerBasic is one of the "best kept secrets" in the programming industry.
Now just for fun, let's imagine building the smallest, least expensive Windows PC around.
While everybody is going for bigger and better, how about this for a concept for your Atom CPU.
Build a very small footprint computer the size of a large MP3 player.
Let's say about 3 x 5 inches in size. It would be all screen, as good a resolution you can get in that size.
Give it a slide out keyboard underneath it like a lot of cell phones have today.
Give it an Atom CPU (or even something smaller).
Now give it say 2 meg Ram and a couple Gig SD card (or similiar) instead of a hard drive.
Now chop down Wiondows 7 starter down to its absolute minimum so it can run on it, even if it means taking out Aero.
Now rather than using an ARM CPU or something, this has to be a 100% Intel CPU compatible with whats on our desktop so it can run a real version of Windows, not some Windows Mobile substitute.
Alow the memory to be upgradable (and the drive space too) using cheap SD cards.
Build this mini hand held PC, with real windows 7 on it , Atom CPU as cheaply as possible so it sells for $99 or so.
Now of course all your big software developers will say "we can write software for that!".
Especially the dot.net stuff of course.
So where would your software come from ?
PowerBasic programmers could write apps that would easily run on such a PC and push it to its max.
Small utility apps could be written in a day or so and only be 50 KB or less in size.
Large complex applications could be written that would only need a few megabytes of storage and very little memory.
Even most Linux distributions have become bloated today and would not fit on such a PC (maybe Puppy Linux would).
If you could get Windows 7 starter chopped down enough so it would at least run on such a PC, and then use Powerbasic to write apps for it, you would have an overnight success IMO.
Some really advanced stuff is also being done by Powerbasic programmers.
This is a good example, by a very advanced API programmer who uses PowerBasic:
http://www.zapsolution.com/DW/US/gdimage.html
This guy also wrote a skin engine (called WinLift) using Powerbasic.
Some very advance stuff is being written by Powerbasic programmers and just by taking a peek of the discussions on the PB online forum you can see there are thousands of very good programmers writing all sorts of stuff.
Over 200,000 posts on their online forums: http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pbforums/
PowerBasic is one of the "best kept secrets" in the programming industry.
Now just for fun, let's imagine building the smallest, least expensive Windows PC around.
While everybody is going for bigger and better, how about this for a concept for your Atom CPU.
Build a very small footprint computer the size of a large MP3 player.
Let's say about 3 x 5 inches in size. It would be all screen, as good a resolution you can get in that size.
Give it a slide out keyboard underneath it like a lot of cell phones have today.
Give it an Atom CPU (or even something smaller).
Now give it say 2 meg Ram and a couple Gig SD card (or similiar) instead of a hard drive.
Now chop down Wiondows 7 starter down to its absolute minimum so it can run on it, even if it means taking out Aero.
Now rather than using an ARM CPU or something, this has to be a 100% Intel CPU compatible with whats on our desktop so it can run a real version of Windows, not some Windows Mobile substitute.
Alow the memory to be upgradable (and the drive space too) using cheap SD cards.
Build this mini hand held PC, with real windows 7 on it , Atom CPU as cheaply as possible so it sells for $99 or so.
Now of course all your big software developers will say "we can write software for that!".
Especially the dot.net stuff of course.
So where would your software come from ?
PowerBasic programmers could write apps that would easily run on such a PC and push it to its max.
Small utility apps could be written in a day or so and only be 50 KB or less in size.
Large complex applications could be written that would only need a few megabytes of storage and very little memory.
Even most Linux distributions have become bloated today and would not fit on such a PC (maybe Puppy Linux would).
If you could get Windows 7 starter chopped down enough so it would at least run on such a PC, and then use Powerbasic to write apps for it, you would have an overnight success IMO.
The current state of programming tools tend to be bloated and slow IMO, especially all the dot.net stuff. Because of this, even though current CPU's are faster today, the software tends to slow things down again so we don't fully benefit from the faster hardware.
Now the Intel Atom, while a fine CPU is slower than the average desktop CPU and it will most likely be dragged down even more by the bloated software currently developed by many programmers today.
This is one of the reasons I mentioned the Powerbasic compiler in my previous post. Personally I can write apps 1/4 (or better) the size of the average apps generated by other compilers and mine will use less memory and will likely be much faster.
Just as a comparison:
Visual Basic (not the dot.net version, but 5.0 or 6.0) has a runtime DLL which is 1.4 meg in size which is not bad. The EXE's tend to be small because of the runtime DLL. Where things get a bit bad are when you start using the more advanced features or controls in VB. For example the compiler does not natively support the common controls like Listview or Treeview. You have to add extra OCX's to use these controls. You have to use extra OCX's for the common dialogs, richedit, etc. Now when you start adding up all the "extras" the size of the app starts growing quite a bit (as also the memory requirements). Now the app becomes a few meg in size when all done. Now this still isn't all the bad compared to some of the more current dot.net compilers. Even the C++ runtime DLLs can add up to quite a lot.
Now lets' compare a GUI engine I wrote in Powerbasic and compare it to say VB 5.0.
My GUI engine is a DLL. so I can write really small EXE's with PowerBasic that use my DLL (runtime library). The EXEs will be small like with Visual Basic.
But comparing the runtime DLL's of an app I would write and one with Visual basic see the difference in size:
If you wanted to create an app with the following:
- Standard controls
- a variety of common controls
- rich edit control
- common dialogs
Visual Basic would require the following:
msvbvm50.dll - 1324 KB
comdlg32.ocx - 150 KB
comctl32.ocx - 595 KB
comct232.ocx - 161 KB
mscomct2.ocx - 633 KB
richtx32.ocx - 208 KB
Now the GUI engine (runtime DLL) I wrote with Powerbasic not only has all of those , but on top of that it also sports a number of custom controls such as a Shape/HotSpot control, Files Listbox control, Property ListBox control, Canvas control with double buffers, DIBsections , etc. also with a 2D Sprite engine (animate 2D objects) with collision detection and alphablending. It has a drag and drop engine (build your own Visual Designer), a subclassing engine, a Thread engine, a Graphics engines, an OwnerDraw engine, a Print engine, dynamic Region building (generate a region on the fly from a bitmap to make a form non-rectangular) and much more.
All of this in one runtime DLL which is only 515 KB in size.
This is about 1/6th the size of all the VB runtimes noted above.
The point is that PowerBasic developers, especially ones who are experienced Windows API programmers, can build apps that have a tiny footprint (size), use much less memory and which run very fast even on a limited CPU.
This is why I suggested Intel check out PowerBasic a little more closely.
Powerbasic developer can create apps which will "fly" on the Atom CPU.
Hello Volker and Chris,
Thank you for your comments and suggestions. We have forwarded these to our development team.
Regards
Hal G.
Technical Support Team
Intel® Atom™ Developer Program
Intel AppUp(SM) Center
hi,
I'm also a Powerbasic Developer (see http://www.powerbasic.com) and interested to develop apps for the Intel Atom platform.
With Powerbasic you write lean and fast Win32 Exe programs and DLLs without registry or runtime problems (because the DLLs are 32bit industry standard Windows DLLs and not COM-DLLs or .NET DLLs etc. and there's no need for runtimes as with VB6, .NET, Jave apps etc.).
So for me there are two remaining questions for integrating PowerBasic and other Languages as development platform for the new Intel AppUp:
1. instead of a "source code-based" SDK (which is only available for C/C++) or optional please provide a 32bit industry standard Windows DLL and a "call documention" for the APP-ID or payment integration functions.
2. because in "our lean world" for setups it's enough to deliver "good old" Xcopy procedures to install the lean programs/systems a .MSI file may be an overhead. Ok, it's possible to create one with the only content: "copy xyz.exe to c:\appfolder". But makes this sense...?
Only my two cents...
It would be very fine, if there will be a possibility to write apps also with PowerBasic (and other languages, who have advantages on the Atom platform).
Bye,
Volker
DG,
Just for some more info:
I have been writing software (tools for programmers) using PowerBasic for nearly 10 years.
I have found the PowerBasic compiler to be very reliable and very powerful.
The executables I created (DLL's and EXE's) are extremely small for whats in them and they work on most any Windows (Intel based) platform from Windows 95 to Windows 7. I use dynamic loading of some operating system DLL's so I can test the operating system to see what features are available, so I can use advanced features for the more current versions of Windows, while still be able to have apps run on even Windows 95.
I am advanced Windows API programmer with experience in Visual Designer (writing Visual designers with drag and drop features), Graphics (2D sprite animation) and currently I and working on a OpenGL based 3D engine.
More info on PowerBasic can be found here: http://powerbasic.com
More info on my development can be found on my web site at: http://cwsof.com
Chris Boss
Computer Workshop
"Developer of EZGUI"
Email:
chrisboss@naxs.net
chrisboss@centurylink.net
support@cwsof.com
DG,
Thanks for the reply!
Your program has also caught the attention of other Powerbasic programmers on the PB online forums:
http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pbforums/showthread.php?p=349125#post3...
PowerBasic is probably one of the best kept secrets in programming and is perfect for the Intel Atom platform.
IMO, it is probably superior in many ways than the Microsoft programming tools.
The current state of programming tools has lost the advantages of faster and better CPU's because as CPU's improve the programming tools get more bloated and slower (more overhead).
Powerbasic on the other hand developers compilers which are "lean and mean" (produce extremely fast and small footprint) apps which don't require any special MS runtimes (ie. dot.net). While there are many so called Basic compilers from all sorts of areas available today, Powerbasic is the most professional level programming tool in that area. The biggest thing is not only speed, but how reliable ("rock solid") the compilers are.
Powerbasic programmers can write apps 1/10 the size of apps written in the MS languages which run much faster as well.
The PowerBasic guys are Intel machine language experts who love to "count CPU cycles" when optimizing their compilers.
Intel should take a "serious" look at the huge Powerbasic programming base for more developers for their program.
Me personally, when I develop my tools , while I write them on Windows XP (at least a 2.5 ghz Intel CPU), I test them on PC's from old Windows 95 PC's with 200 to 500 mhz Intel CPU's all the way up to Windows 7 PC with the current Intel CPU's.
I doubt very much those who write software with the latest MS tools are testing them on a Windows 95 PC with a 500 mhz (or less) CPU!
The Powerbasic community is quite large and international and it sports some very good programmers who dabble into everything from working with DirectX, OpenGL, Aero's DWM, 3D, etc.
Also Powerbasic programmers work at a low level directly with the Windows API, so they often have a better knowledge of how Windows really works than many other types of programmers.
Powerbasic also sports inline assembler and there are a number of assembler experts in the PB community who can write some really fast (and small footprint) stuff. I am sure some of them know the Intel CPU machine code command set extremely well. If you want developers who can push the Atom CPU to its limits, these guys are a good choice.
Hi Chris,
Thank you very much for your feedback and suggestions.
This program is still in beta phase, hence we appreciate all feedbacks and suggestions from developers and community users so that we can make improvements in this regards.
I will pass these information to the back-end team for consideration.
Regards
Rooven
Intel Technical Support
Intel® Atom™ Developer Program
Intel AppUp(SM) Center
I am confused about "how" one is supposed to develop apps or components for this program.
I don't use Microsoft development tools (ie. Visual Studio). I don't use COM (component) based
tools. I don't distribute apps using msi format for install programs (I use the standard setup.exe style installer).
From surface appearance your guidelines seem quite limited.
What I develop (tools for PowerBasic programmers) is not only well suited to netbooks and the Atom processor,
but they are probably better suited than most of the common development tools created by Microsoft.
I use the PowerBasic compiler which produces extremely fast and small executables. With it I can create exes and
DLL's (complete apps) which can easily fit on a floppy disk (small footprint) and require minimal memory requirements.
I use absolutely no COM components which makes installation "a snap".
Note: If you never heard of PowerBasic, likely you have heard of Borlands Turboe Basic. Borland gave up the rights to
TurboBasic back to its original developer, who renamed it PowerBasic, which has grown into multiple compilers (Console, DOS
and Windows).
As an example, I have a 2D Sprite engine, which can take over (subclass) any Static class type control (Powerbasic builds a graphic
control based upon the ownerdraw static control) and add 2D sprite capabilities such as hide/show, move, animate frames (multiframe sprites),
flip (vertical,horizontal) the image, alphablend, anti-alias, collision detect, etc. The entire runtime DLL is only 38 KB in size. It does not require DirectX,
OpenGL or any other hardware based graphic engine (so it can run any literally any graphic card/chip). The software library can run on any Windows operating system from Windows 95 to Windows 7. The library is efficient, small.
One customer actually likes it particularly for writing games that will run well on netbooks with the Atom processor, because it is well suited to it.
Animation speeds are quite good, especially for a software based (aka. not hardware based) graphic engine.
This is only one tool I develop. My primary product is a full blown GUI development package (called EZGUI) which can produce (along with the
Powerbasic compiler) amazingly complex applications is a "small footprint" which can't easily be accomplished with any Microsoft compiler/development
environment today.
Just to compare, a Visual basic runtime (old VB 5.0 or 6.0) alone is 1.4 meg in size and it doesn't even support the common controls, etc. That requires
multiple OCX's on top of that.
The GUI engine I have is a 515 KB sized DLL (which allows you to create very small EXE's with PowerBecause the runtime does all the hard stuff) which is one third the size of the VB runtime, yet that runtime supports all the standard controls (ie. button, textbox, etc), plus most of the common controls
(listview, treeview, progressbar, trackbar, toolbar), common dialogs, richedit control with support for the majority of the common tasks one does with such controls. On top of that, this same runtime has a Graphics engines, a custom Graphic control with my 2D sprite engine built in (explained above),
a print engine. It has more. It has a number of other custom controls built in such as a Files Listbox, Property Listbox, Shape/Hot spot control. It has more. It has a built in drag and drop engine (meaning you can build your own WYSIWYG style application, such as a Visual Designer). It has an Ownerdraw engine for customizing existing controls. It has built in 3D ownerdraw Button engine. It has support for dynamic region building using a Bitmap (make your forms non-rectangular).
My point is, I can do all of this is a small footprint not found using other programming tools. My software tools were all designed using the Powerbasic compilers. Powerbasic's primary goal for its compilers is "small, fast" applications for Intel based CPU's using Windows. The guys at PowerBasic
are "machine code" (aka assembler) experts who count CPU cycles.
My design goals are "small, compact, fast" which can run on nearly "any version of Windows" and which are perfect for Atom based Netbooks.
While I develop tools which are perfect for the Atom based Netbooks, at first glance my development methods and tools would appear to
not be supported by your development guidelines (please correct me if I am wrong).
If what I describe above is "acceptable" to your NetBook (Atom CPU) developer program, please tell me.
If not, could you consider expanding your guidelines to include applications developed using Powerbasic.
If you would like to get more developers who can write apps "perfect" for the Atom CPU and netbooks (very fast, small, memory efficient)
the community of PowerBasic programmers is definitely one place to look to.
Note: I do not work for PowerBasic. I am just a happy customer who uses their compiler to develop tools of my own to support
the community of PowerBasic programmers.
Hi Patrick,
Thank you for your query.
Actually the 'up to 70%' is only applicable to paid applications. It does not apply for free applications.
So if you have submitted a paid application, as developer you will receive up to 70% of the price that you set while submitting the application. Infrastructure operational expenses and partner revenue will be covered from the remaining portion.
Regards
Rooven
Intel Technical Support
Intel® Atom™ Developer Program
Intel AppUp(SM) Center
What does "up to 70%" mean? Is it 70% developer share and only less than that if you are using paid components?
Hi Rooven,
I appreciate your response. I certainly would join the program to contribute to the community. I have downloaded the AppUp Center and I am going through it.
Arnabndu Roy
@ Arnabendu Roy,
To be able to submit applications and publish them, you need to join the program which generally is the $99/year fee. However currently this yearly fee has been waived, hence for the moment you can join the program for free, develop your applications and publish them or even earn money from selling them on the Intel® AppUp(SM) Center.
When we will start to implement the $99/year fee, all developers will be contacted giving them the option to either pay the fee and continue with the program or not pay the fee and leave the program.
You can find all the applications that have been developed and published by developers on our Intel® AppUp(SM) Center which can be downloaded from this link: http://www.intel.com/appup/
Please also note that currently, if you are from India you can develop and sell applications but people from India will not be able to buy any application yet. Due to tax and legal reasons we cannot sell applications in India yet. You can find information on the list of supported countries on this link: http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/article/faq#pay_00
However you can download the AppUp(SM) Center, install it and browse the store.
@ Gaurav,
Currently we support only Moblin and Windows operating system for the SDK: http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/sdk We may expand the list of operating system support for the SDK in the future however there is no plan to implement an SDK for Mac in the near future. Please keep an eye on our forum for updates.
Regards
Rooven
Intel® Technical Support
Intel® Atom™ Developer Program
Intel AppUp(SM) Center
Are you planing to launch an xcode (Macs favorite application development environment) based sdk? Or would we require windows with Visual Studio 2008?
Hi
I am from India and I am new to this program. I have downloaded the Intel ATOM SDK and I want to contribute to the community; however, I have some questions.
1. Is it mandatory to join by paying $99/year. I do not earn that much to pay such a fee.
2. Can I view the applications developed by other contributors to get a glance of the type of applications required for Intel ATOM program.
Thanks and Regards!
Arnabendu Roy
its..............amazing.................
Tag,
Intel® accepts applications only from the above listed countries.
More countries will be added to the list in the future.
Please keep an eye on this link for updates.
Regard
Rooven
Intel® Atom™ Developer Program
Intel® AppUp(SM) Beta Center
What about for Arabics country, like Algeria or Dubaï Or KSA.
Hello,
if the component is free, you don't have to pay anything to the component developer.
Best Regards
Andre B.
Technical Support Team
Intel® Atom™ Developer Program
Intel® AppUp(SM) Center
If I used a free component in my application, do I need pay for the guy who devloped the component?
Hello,
you can participate in the Intel® Atom™ Developer Challenge 2010:
http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/contest/developerchallenge
Best Regards
Andre B.
Technical Support Team
Intel® Atom™ Developer Program
Intel® AppUp(SM) Center
Any idea if Romania will ever make the list? There a allot of developers I know who are interested in the App store and would love to have their app's on the store!
Hello,
The Intel® AppUp(SM) is kind of a gateway or 'store' where developers can publish their applications and components and earn money. The AppUp(SM) Center is for Intel® and the applications published on the store is mainly optimised for netbooks having an Intel® Atom Processor.
Whereas the Moblin Garage is also a kind of store where developers can publish their Moblin (linux) application, but only as free and open-source.
On the AppUp(SM), applications can be free as well as there are paid applications. Developers earn money while publishing the applications on the AppUp(SM) and more than that, on the Intel® Atom™ Developer Program periodically there are exiciting challenges and contests where these developers can even win huge prizes.
Regards
Rooven
Technical Support Team
Intel® Atom™ Developer Program Team
Intel® AppUp(SM) Center Team
Hello,
What is difference between Intel AppupCenter and Moblin Garage ?
Regards.
Hello Mark,
at this time Intel employees are not allowed to officially join the Intel Atom Developer Program as independent developers to sell applications and/or components.
You find this in iKnow faq_465.
Best Regards,
Andre B.
Technical Support Team
Intel® Atom™ Developer Program
Intel® AppUp(SM) Center
In one of the earlier comments, it was mentioned that a policy is forthcoming regarding Intel employees participation in selling apps through the IADP. Any update on this policy?
Hi,
Go here to download store client: http://www.intel.com/consumer/products/appup.htm
Best Regards,
Hal G.
Intel® Atom™ Developer Program
Where does the end user go to buy the apps?
I dont see anything about the go to market to actually sell, fulfill, and attract buyers.
Hi,
As long as you follow the guidelines and use the SDK, there should not be any issue.
If you experience any issues, you can post your queries on the forums other developers might be able to guide you as well:
SDK: http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/sdk
Guidelines: http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/article/validation-guidelines
Blogs: http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/blog
Forums: http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/forum
Regards
Rooven
Intel® Atom™ Developer Program Team