CODE:MOTO Competition

Developers 'pull out all the stops' for Motorola competition held at JavaOne 2006.

In an ongoing quest to support excellence in mobile application development, Motorola, Inc. is proud to announce the winners of 2006//CODE:MOTO, Motorola's developer competition held at JavaOne.

2006//CODE:MOTO tested the technical agility and innovation skills of top independent developers at the event. Participants in the competition were challenged to create compelling new Java applications in one of two categories — games & multimedia and productivity.

Winners for each application category include:

Gaming & Multimedia Category

* Grand Prize — Anki Nelaturu of ExcellApps for "Boomerang," a puzzle
designed with the goal of building a bridge across a river by using a
boomerang to swipe the necessary building objects, carried by
butterflies overhead.

* Runner Up — Isaac de la Pena for "Number Place," an app consisting of
two logic-based placement puzzles from Japan.

Productivity Category

* Grand Prize — Raffaele Sena for "Fuel Meter," an application enabling
you to manage gas consumption for your vehicle.

* Runner Up — J. Selvin of Sabre for "Trip Downloader," an application
that allows users to retrieve their travel details.

All Java applications were developed for use with Motorola's iconic RAZR, PEBL and SLVR models and/or Java-enabled iDEN devices. An esteemed panel of judges featuring executives from Cingular, Electronic Arts, Fierce Wireless, Handango, Motorola and Sprint, evaluated each application and convened to select the winners.

"The winners of our 2006//CODE:MOTO competition truly embody the innovative spirit of the mobile development community — I am thrilled to recognize their achievements among industry representatives here at JavaOne," said Christy Wyatt, Vice President, Ecosystem and Market Development, Motorola Mobile Devices. "Through our new MOTODEV developer network, Motorola proudly supports mobile development activity that enables our handsets to be just as cool on the inside as they are on the outside — encouraging applications such as these that could very well become the next big thing."

Grand prize winners received a portfolio of devices — including Motorola RAZR, PEBL, SLVR, ROKR E2, A1200 and i870 — in a special edition case, a cash prize and most importantly, a shot at making their application commercially available through business and promotional opportunities.
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