Wednesday August 20, 2008 Eh-yah, Cahn't get thyah from hyah with an iPhone
Here's an interesting programming contest that bans iPhone and Google Android devices, but instead includes Java ME technology. Hurray! JavaWorld and xconomy.com both pointed out how the recent AT&T "Fast Pitch New England" contest excludes the iPhone and Google Android platforms for consideration. To win their mobile app development contest that lasts until Sept.. 30th, you must live in New England and you must not use a loser device like an iPhone or Google Android (maybe because there are no Android devices! Ya think?) ;-) See: AT&T Fast Pitch New England contest bans iPhone & Android Here's a quote: Perhaps eager to remind software developers that the Apple iPhone isn’t the only game in town—or even its only game in town— AT&T is sponsoring a contest for New England-based makers of mobile applications for competing platforms. ...AT&T is asking software developers to submit applications that run on the non-Apple devices that the company sells, including those based on the Java, Palm OS, RIM Blackberry, Symbian, and Windows Mobile...Personally, I'd choose to enter the contest using Java ME technology--much easier and faster to program a cool cell phone app that way. But, I don't live in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont... and most important, I don't like Tom Brady. So, I guess that rules me out. :-) |
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So, are you saying that in order to win the contest, one would have to create a pro-Tom Brady app using Java ME? Hmmm... interesting idea there.
Posted by kristen on August 21, 2008 at 02:03 PM PDT #
Ha! That's correct. :-)
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Posted by Hinkmond Wong on August 21, 2008 at 06:05 PM PDT #