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This past April, the BlackBerry Partners Fund announced the 2011 BlackBerry Developer Challenge with three competitions developers could participate in:
- Best Adobe Flash®/AIR app
- Most Innovative BlackBerry WebWorks™ app on the BlackBerry PlayBook and BlackBerry 6
- Most Addictive social app using the BBM™ Social Platform
Participants in the competitions have the chance to win $3 million worth of prizes such as; BlackBerry Smartphones, BlackBerry PlayBook, BlackBerry Alliance Program membership and more. Today, the BlackBerry Partners Fund announced the winners of the “Most Innovative BlackBerry WebWorks app on the BlackBerry PlayBook and BlackBerry 6” competition (or just WebWorks for short). The winners were chosen from four global regions, which are; North America, Asia Pacific and Europe/MiddleEast/Africa. Let’s check out the winners:
North America:
- Grand Prize Winner – Guitarist's Reference and Guitarist's Reference Torch (vendor: My App Catalog LLC)
- First Runners-up – Meeting Cost (vendor: Hindam Innovation Corp.)
- Second Runners-up – Light 'Em Up (vendor: Thomas Kiefer)
Europe, Middle East, Africa:
- Grand Prize Winner – Daily Express UK (vendor: Refresh Mobile Ltd)
- First Runners-up – Twinoo Lite (vendor: Razum d.o.o.)
- Second Runners-up – Interlecta (vendor: Interlecta OOD)
Asia Pacific:
- Grand Prize Winner – Shogomo (vendor: Quintell Business Intelligence Pte Ltd)
- First Runners-up – Chatmosphere IRC Chat Finder (vendor: Mobile Ventures Pty Ltd)
- Second Runners-up – Rock Paper Scissors (vendor: MMMOOO)
Congratulations to the winners! Just a friendly reminder that those who wish to participate in the competition for Most Addictive social app using BBM Social Platform, you have until September 23rd to submit your entry.
More details available at the BlackBerry Partners Fund website
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