Hackathon comes to an end, Plusmo SoLo widget takes the title
Written by Symbianone
Friday, 01 May 2009
The hackathon has come and gone and a winner was crowned. Nokia Conversations has some fine coverage of this developer hack-fest including details of the top apps.
Some details from the "Conversation"... With its Social Location Widget, Plusmo scooped the top prize of €15,000 and four weeks spotlight promotion in the Ovi Store, which launches next month.
The top 3 apps were as follows:
Social Location widget (SoLo)
This application enables users to connect with their facebook and Twitter contacts to see what they are doing and where they are.
Travel Planner
Record and store all your travel related data in one convenient location, it also has Twitter integration
Shoppy Widget
Create, categorize and share shopping lists as well as integration with location information to locate shops and display their location on a map
The Nseries blog has also done a great job of covering the hackathon from start to finish. Check out videos from the event and see the developers up close. Check out some videos over on Vimeo
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