Latitude

The Latitude team is currently on its way to the 2010 International CES in Las Vegas, where we’ll be launching an on-site, team-based idea generation contest to critique a selection of this year’s smartphone offerings.

Our CTO, Dan Hemmerly-Brown (dbrown@latd.com), breaks down the competition and the voting process (from Boston’s Logan Airport, en route to CES), and describes what the winners will get–aside from due credit for brilliant, outside-of-the-box thinking, of course.

Beat the Veep: Greetings! from latddotcom on Vimeo.

Given the steady success of iPhones and the recent Android explosion, how can Nokia and Blackberry plan to stay ahead?

We’re asking teams to collaborate on designated Facebook pages, propose concepts for improving upon the devices they review (with regard to hardware, software/UI, apps integration, or all of the above)–and to get creative in the process.

For more information, check out the full details here.

Current participants and those wishing to join the contest (only a couple spots left!) can email innovation@latd.com or text message Dan, on-site at CES, at 978-810-5034.

Team Pages on Facebook

Beat the Veep: Android

Beat the Veep: BlackBerry

Beat the Veep: Nokia

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