Do you love to take pictures of yourself with your mobile phone? Well if you are, here is something you can check out. All you have to do is take a picture of yourself, smile and upload the raw image at the Sony Ericsson site and you get a chance to receive an unspecified selection of Sony Ericsson goodies.

Contestants in the Sony Ericsson Smile Hunt must upload unretouched images of smiles, captured using camera phones only. The images must have been taken during 2009, and Sony Ericsson will award prizes to three individuals - a Judges Winner, People’s Winner, and Smile Ambassador winner. The People’s Winner will be selected via global public voting on Sony Ericsson’s website, and the winner will receive an unspecified selection of Sony Ericsson products.

Selection for the Judges Winner is rather more complex, with three entries being considered from each eligible country, as nominated by local competition organizers or their media partners if applicable, or by the number of public votes received in countries with no media partner.

From the many dozens of nominees, one winner will then be selected by a panel of five judges. In no particular order, the judges are Sony Ericsson’s senior designer Martin Wezowski, Reuters UK & Ireland Chief of Photography David Viggers, and three well-known photographers - Tony Briggs, Liu Heung Shing and Angela Boatwright.

(Source) Imaging Resource

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According to Reuters sources, Deutsche Telekom has signed an exclusive deal with Apple to sell the iPhone in Germany. An official statement is expected next week. The Reuters report goes on to say that Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile has agreed to share voice/data revenues generated by the phones with Apple. With the European launch of the iPhone imminent, it remains to be seen how the phone will fare in that part of the world.

There’s still no confirmation if a 3G version of the iPhone will hit Europe.

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