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Mobile Web Developer Challenge--Yankee Group and Netbiscuits Aim to Boost Mobile Internet Diversity

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Posted August 18, 2008

In conjunction with Yankee Group's
upcoming Mobile Internet World conference, Netbiscuits, lead sponsor of the
MIW Developers Summit, is inviting everyone to share their vision of the
Mobile Internet and compete in the first Mobile Web Developer Challenge.
Participants will submit their own Mobile Websites, portals, communities,
games, download centers, video channels, shops, campaigns, or landing pages
created with a free trial of the Netbiscuits platform. Submissions entered by
11:59 pm PT on October 15th will be judged by a panel of industry experts on
design, fluidity, content and execution to win free access to professional
development tools used by eBay, Yahoo!, and Nokia.


The Netbiscuits development platform is a Web-based interface that allows
quick and easy development of Mobile Websites and applications that work on
every phone across all carriers, worldwide. Professional and budding
developers can register for the contest and a free Netbiscuits trial account
at http://www.netbiscuits.com/miw


"If you are a coder, just download Netbiscuits' plug-ins and snippets for
your preferred IDE, connect your server to our API and write your Mobile Web
apps line by line", says Lars Hartkopf, Netbiscuits' Head of Marketing, "If
you are a designer, use the Netbiscuits drag & drop site builder to create
next generation Mobile Web experiences, hosted by Netbiscuits. Either way the
platform is easy to use and helps anyone to create rich media sites that are
seamlessly optimized for all mobile handsets worldwide. Once registered, all
applications and Websites developed will be automatically submitted into the
contest."


A panel of judges representing industry experts from leading mobile
companies such as Yahoo!, Ebay, Cisco, and Nokia Interactive will announce
winners at Yankee Group's Mobile Internet World Developer Summit in Boston.
Winners will be announced at 12:30 pm PT on Oct. 21st at Netbiscuits' booth
#407. The 6 best Mobile Websites will win prizes worth more than $40,000:

 

-- 1st Prize: Netbiscuits Enterprise Edition, 6-month developer account,
incl. 1m PI/month


-- 2nd and 3rd Prize: Netbiscuits Premium Edition, 6-month developer
account, incl. 500k PI/month


-- 4th to 6th Prize: Netbiscuits Basic Edition, 6-month developer account,
incl. 100k PI/month

 


For official contest rules and additional information, please visit
http://www.netbiscuits.com/miw


In addition to the contest, Netbiscuits will be hosting a series of Mobile
Web development best practice workshops at the Mobile Internet World
conference sharing valuable information for developers who want to learn more
about Netbiscuits and how to create Mobile Web apps for virtually all mobile
devices. During four workshop sessions heavy users of Netbiscuits including
eBay, Nokia Interactive, and Cisco will demonstrate how they brought mobile
portals and projects to life with the Netbiscuits platform. For the complete
program, please visit the MIW Website at http://www.mobilenetx.com/?p=21

 

About Netbiscuits


Netbiscuits operates the world's leading B2B web software platform for
development, publishing and advertising in the Mobile Internet. Founded in
2000, the company with more than 80 employees in the USA, Germany, and
Singapore serves the global Mobile Internet programs of premium brands such as
Yahoo!, AOL, BILD, Spiegel, RTL, Konami, Sixt, and eBay. Globally Netbiscuits
delivers more than 1 Billion mobile page impressions each month.


Following a unique approach, the Netbiscuits platform is available as a
web-based software service. The platform provides all tools, interfaces and
mobile enabling technologies online that are needed to create, publish, and
monetize professional Mobile Web applications. Thereby Netbiscuits allows
content & media publishers, marketing & advertising agencies, application
developers, and service providers to achieve a faster path to profit from
their Mobile Internet programs.


For more information please visit: http://www.netbiscuits.com.

 


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