Here's an offer any great Windows developer might have trouble ignoring... write a great program for UMPCs and you can win one. Have you got that application idea that you've been sitting on? Maybe this is the time to write it.
"Today’s apps must work in an increasingly mobile environment and must allow new means of input: ink, touch, and more. Build a great application that encompasses these needs, write an article about what you’ve done, and you may win one of three cool Samsung Ultra-Mobile PCs. One winner per month, 3/15/07–6/15/07. Check out
www.CodeProject.com for more details."
But don't surrender yourself entirely in the hands of a few judges. I'd suggest that you make sure it's an application you already have the desire to write, and that you don't have to give up rights to the application to the contest owners. Otherwise, if you don't win you might be left being nothing but free labor for someone else that gets your program and idea.
Update: In case you are wondering, it turns out that there are two apparent weaknesses to the contest:
1) They are the older Q1 models, not the new higher resolution Q1 Ultra that is so tempting for e-book reading.
2) You seem to lose all rights to the program
Intellectual Property
It is a condition of entry that you grant to The Code Project a royalty-free, non-exclusive, transferable, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide license to reproduce, and otherwise use and publicly display your entry (in part or in its entirety) in any and all media for any purpose. All entries submitted and judged as winners may appear on The Code Project Web site(s). All articles submitted by you will retain your copyright and will be attributed to you.