BlackBerry launches app challenge with exciting prizes for Malaysian developers and university students in collaboration with MDeC ICON.
BlackBerry® today launched a challenge for developers, both experienced and budding, to build BlackBerry®10 applications for Malaysians. Winners of the app challenge will win cash prizes as well as BlackBerry® smartphones. The BlackBerry® 10 App Challenge Malaysia is part of the BlackBerry and MSC Malaysia Integrated Content Development (ICON) programme, run by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) collaboration.
Annamalai Muthu, Country Director for Malaysia at BlackBerry shares, “BlackBerry is delighted to launch this initiative. The BlackBerry 10 platform provides a new and unique mobile computing experience, and it holds great possibilities for developers to build apps that will wow Malaysians. Developers will find it easy to build powerful and relevant local applications on the BlackBerry 10 platform. I hope this exciting challenge will spur Malaysian developers to build apps that BlackBerry users will love.”
(L to R:) 1. Wan Murdani Wan Mohamad, Director of Digital Enablement Division, Multimedia Development Corporation. 2. Annamalai Muthu, Country Director for Malaysia, BlackBerry.
Wan Murdani Wan Mohamad, Director of Digital Enablement Division, Multimedia Development Corporation, said “The ICON programme was conceived to encourage and facilitate the creation of local mobile apps by developing capacity and building the ecosystem for local developers. We are excited to support the BlackBerry 10 App Challenge which can play a key role in honing local talents to create practical and creative mobile apps on the new BlackBerry 10 platform that can be monetized and appeal to the global market.”
The BlackBerry 10 App Challenge Malaysia will have two categories for teams to compete in. Cash prize* totalling up to RM15,000 and three BlackBerry Z10 smartphones await the winners of the Open category while under the University Students category, participants stand a chance to win RM9,000 cash* and three BlackBerry Z10 smartphones as first prize*. Two second prizes winners* and five consolation prizes will be announced for each category and these winners will receive cash prizes.
Over the next few weeks, project managers for the challenge will reach out to mobile developers throughout the country as well as engage with universities all over Malaysia. Teams will be required to register before the end of April 2013 and complete their applications by end June 2013. The winning teams and members of the media will be invited back for the BlackBerry 10 App Challenge Malaysia Final event sometime in July 2013 where the winners will be announced.
More details of the BlackBerry 10 App Challenge Malaysia can be found at www.bb10appchallenge.my
*Note: Terms and conditions apply.
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