Thanks to our readers for letting me know that my widget design submission made it to the top 50 entries on the Nokia N97 Widget Competition. They will announce the top 10 entries on Friday, March 13th, so please help me win a Nokia N97 by voting for my widget, Ping Status!

My widget design basically uses the Ping.fm service by letting me update all my social media sites like Jaiku, Facebook and Twitter with one click. Tapping on the title would ideally show options that will let me choose the specific site I want to update (for example: update Twitter, but not Facebook).

Voting for the widget is not very straightforward though. Ricky Cadden explained the user voting experience accurately:

*Note* To actually submit your vote, you must click the ‘This is my favorite’ link beside the widget, then scroll ALL the way to the bottom of the page, and click the ‘Submit my Vote’ button. There is also a CAPTCHA, so don’t forget to scroll to the bottom again to make sure that you’ve successfully submitted your vote.

Please help me win the contest and the Nokia N97 by voting! We’ll find out on Friday the results.