Mobile application developers are sure to be busy figuring out what Rhomobile has in store as far as its Mobile Application Development Challenge is concerned but can now get the details from the said $10,000 challenge.

Rhomobile today announced additional details for their Mobile Application Development Challenge including an extended deadline date and additional prize packages. To enter the contest, developers must complete a free registration available at the Rhomobile website by April 15, 2009.

The contest promotes Rhomobile’s Rhodes framework, which allows developers to write once to create native apps for all leading smartphones including iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Android, and features a $10,000 grand prize.

The Rhomobile Mobile Application Development Challenge was organized as a way to encourage developers to experiment with Open Source and the Rhodes framework, which allows developers to write native applications for smartphones using HTML templates. Rhomobile is encouraging contest submissions that utilize the access Rhodes provides developers to smartphone capabilities such as GPS, PIM contacts and camera.

The Mobile Application Development Challenge submission deadline date has been extended to May 24, 2009, enabling developers to use the latest release of Rhodes 1.0, with a first prize of $10,000 to the individual or company building the best mobile application. Additional prize packages will include iPhone 3G 16GB, AT&T (HTC) Fuze with Windows Mobile, BlackBerry Storm smartphones, Nokia N97 and G2 Google Android phones. The grand prize of $10,000 will be announced on June 1, 2009 and additional prizes will be announced at a later date.

Contest Requirements

• Registration deadline: April 15, 2009
• Application submission deadline: May 24, 2009
• Applications must run on at least two device operating systems
• Applications must operate upon synchronized local data via RhoSync
  Criteria for Judging

Rhomobile will evaluate submissions in the following areas:

• Application Originality: value proposition to end users and usefulness of the application
• User Experience: overall usability of the application
• Device Leverage: demonstration of device capabilities
• Code Quality: documentation and maintainability of the code

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