webOS community ramps up for Pre-aversary [Twitter Contest] 39
Sunday, June 6th is the 1-year anniversary of the release of the original Palm Pre on Sprint. Pre fans in our forums are planning on celebrating their line-waiting with some webOS boosterism.
MDsmartphone suggests making June 6th "Buy an App Day," a sentiment we can definitely get behind, while joejoe1 suggests webOS fans invade ChatRoulette to talk up their favorite phones. Abyssul takes that discussion to not-so-potentially NSFW place by suggesting Twitter and Facebook instead.
We like a combination of the above and want to help out a bit, so let's make it a contest!
- On June 6th, buy an app for webOS.
- Follow @precentral on Twitter (so we can DM you)
- Post a Tweet on June 6th: "I just bought XYZ, it's awesome. #webOSappday" or something similar. Just be sure to name the app and include the hashtag #webOSappday. Toss in "@precentral" too if you have space in your tweet.
- We'll randomly pick three winners throughout the day to receive a Touchstone and a case of your choice for your Pre or Pixi phone from what's available in the PreCentral Store.
Simple, eh? Let's see if we can't drive up some numbers for the developers who are keeping webOS exciting while we wait to see what Palm + HP have in store.
(A few more rules after the break).
- We may ask you to email us a screenshot of your new app to prove you bought one. You can do a free app too, if you must, but it's not really in the sprit of things, you know?
- Contest only available to US and Canada. Sorry.
- Contest not open to Smartphone Experts employees or contractors. Sorry again.
39 Comments
i'm all over that
come on Sunday!
ill buy an app for that:)
I need a new case...LET'S GO
Brilliant idea!!! I'm in :D
what if I buy several apps does each one count or is it 1 per person eligable
Dang, what's up with Precentral's obsession with Twitter? It's infuriating.
+1
+1 I'll do all the stuff that's laid out above that's not twitter related. If that means no prize so be it.
Want to count me up, then do it in a way that's not twitter-based.
+1 --- I don't twitter but will do my best to do the WebOS thing tomorrow! I love my pre plus and the pre|central community.
Tweet;
I just didn't buy XYZ, although it might be awesome. Cause I can
Woot! Finally a good reason to keep my Pre for another week ;)
Finally got my name on the front page again. :) I'd use Twitter but I refuse to get in that mess of a social media. I'll stick to Facebook.
Thanks for taking my suggestion and turning it into a contest. :)
webOS easily has the most loyal and creative community out there. In conjunction with Precentral of course.
webOS easily has the most loyal and creative community out there. In conjunction with Precentral of course.
This seems cool, although the last contest run for touchstone during #viral campaign never had an announced winner...
i do want a case for my phone, so I will give it a go!
Im in :)
i'm in...it will be cool to show how strong our webos community is
"By mauro1 on Fri, 04 Jun reply.
Woot! Finally a good reason to keep my Pre for another week ;)"
"mauro1"
you have to enjoy what you do if not, not do it at all, i love my phone and i will wait as long as i have to for another webos device.
I'm on Telcel so I can't buy anything, but I'll donate something at least :D
How do we screenshot if it's a PDK app?
Put it in card mode.
Cool idea, I was already planning on getting a few apps on the 6th to celebrate the 1 year anniversary. Now more of a reason, thanks.
Better confirmation of purchase would be to have us forward the receipt palm emails us after purchase. ::crossing fingers::: I want a touchstone so bad!
What I want is a new phone. When is the new phone coming out? As a sprint customer, I'm entitled to a new phone every year...I want that phone to be a Web OS phone, but come on....let's get going.
I'm totally with it!!!! FOLLOW ME..http://www.twitter.com/antihood
Now, that's what I referred to in my earlier post about Twitter publishing.
Well, I guess 1.4.5 will hit us this Sunday then.
Why is it limited to USA and Canada?
Hey Dieter, what about previous contractors? ;)
wow 1 yr flop... lets celebrate ....yey....NOT
ok ok im a bit pessimistic ....but what can i say ... rubbish apps maybe 1 good one every month ...no FLASH!!!!!! ..and not much off a future...but still 18month contract ...cheers palm..happy bday
Awesome. I know the app I'm buying already.
aww to bad that i am from austria :(
i got so excited i did it today... dang hope i can retweet tomorrow and still be valid. http://bit.ly/as9qfR
Since PreCentral doesn't follow me, how do they know I Tweeted for this contest?
Does the 'hashtag' make it available to whoever is concerned? Just curious.
Great day to show support and buy an app!
This should answer your question; http://twitter.com/#search?q=webosappday
Im buying my Pre tomorrow. Can I just put "Hey I bought a Palm Pre!!!!!!" :) I already have a list of apps I want!
Even though UK cant be part of the contest, I have bought some new apps today to support the event Stickyman is brilliant. Love it
Tweeted. I bought three apps that I'd been planning on. Happy Bday Pre!
Went out and bought a Pre. Now that is a birthday celebration.