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And the winners are . . .

After 2 grueling weeks of waiting for the contest to end I'm sure you're all ready to find out if you won the I LOVE UMPC contest. Remember the top 5 essays win a Samsung Q1 with a Slingbox and 10 honorable mentions will receive an Origami Project t-shirt. Emily will be e-mailing the 15 winners to get mailing information so keep an eye on that junk mail folder :)

We had a great response to the contest with over 300 essays submitted! Essays ran the gamut from fun, to practical, to emotional to poetic. It was a lot of fun for the team to read through the ideas that the community has on how a UMPC will improve your lives.

So, without further ado, drum roll please.

The winners of the Samsung Q1 and Slingbox are:

Bridget S.

Marc B.

Nathan F.

Gary K.

Mark P.

We've posted the top 5 essays here for your reading pleasure.

The honorable mentions and winners of an Origami Project T-Shirt are:

Aaron B.

Jim and Marcie

Patrick S.

Dawn O.

Debbie E.

Jenny L.

Amy G.

Keith B.

Bill E.

Max L.

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Well, I guess that does it for this contest. Thanks to everyone that entered and don't worry we'll have different contests running throughout the summer to help keep you excited and rewarded for spending time on our site. Stay mobile!

Thanks,
Dustin

Published Monday, May 15, 2006 1:53 PM by Dustin

Comments

	Eric said: Congrats to everybody who won. Those really are some excellent essays. Dustin it's time for a new contest!! :-P May 15, 2006 2:31 PM
	andrewk said: Well, I am certainly looking forward to the next contest! -Andrew K. www.andrewk.us May 15, 2006 2:46 PM
	andrewk said: Congratulations to all who did win! -Andrew K. www.andrewk.us May 15, 2006 2:56 PM
	KJohn said: Rats! You win this time microsoft, but next time you might not be so lucky... and to everyone who lost like me, to make you feel even worse the odds of getting a Q1 were about 1/70 (on a 350 entry basis) May 15, 2006 5:07 PM
	Maxwelllove said: A couple of questions, will we be able to win a UMPC again, can you give us a taste of the contests to come, and please...will you sign the shirts? May 15, 2006 9:10 PM
	Handlebar Sandwich » Blog Archive » Surviving the Whiskey said: PingBack from http://www.handlebarsandwich.com/05/15/2006/surviving-the-whiskey/ May 15, 2006 11:58 PM
	andrewk said: Part three of the My Potential, Your Passion series is now available your reading pleasure at http://www.andrewk.us. It contains my essay for the I Love UMPC Contest! Feel free to go there read it and as of today you can now leave comments there for me too! -Andrew K. of http://www.andrewk.us May 17, 2006 6:29 PM
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About Dustin

I've been at Microsoft for 9 years and I interned here for 3 years in college, so basically I've been around for a while. My technical background is in application development, web development, database design and to a lesser extent networking. I've been managing teams at Microsoft for over 8 years now in various capacities. I love software, technology, marketing and business so I tend to dabble in a lot of areas. In my spare time I hang out with my awesome wife and two young boys. When I'm not golfing that is :)