Palm Developer Blog: Get Amped About Cross-Platform Mobile Web Development at Web Directions USA

Get Amped About Cross-Platform Mobile Web Development at Web Directions USA

Join Palm and Web Directions in Atlanta on September 25 as we reinvent the traditional hackathon. Amped is a free, all-day, high-octane hack event featuring the Palm® webOS™ challenge, where you’ll build creative cross-platform mobile apps using the web languages and technologies you already know and love. Best of all, you’ll walk away with apps that can be deployed across platforms—a huge advantage in today’s mobile market.

The webOS challenge includes four prize categories for best-in-class apps, with prizes including Palm and HP products. The team that builds the best overall app will also win an all-expense-paid trip to Palm Developer Day in New York City on November 19th and 20th, 2010!

We recommend you warm up on webOS before you arrive, and have designed a simple cross-platform curriculum to bring you up to speed on the tools for success. Hackers who complete the curriculum before they arrive at the Amped event will receive a webOS T-Shirt—and more importantly, a competitive advantage.

There’ll be free food and drinks as well as an Amped after-party—but space is limited, so register now.

Team Size
3-5 people per team working together on a single app submission.

Prize Categories

• Best Overall App (Grand Prize)
• Most Useful App (i.e., most market potential)
• Most Creative Idea/Approach
• Best App Converted to webOS

Prizes

Grand Prize

Awarded to each person in a single team of up to five people in the Best Overall App prize category:

• Domestic economy class flight, hotel accommodation, and round trip ground transportation to and from New York metro airports (JFK, LGA, or NWK) arriving on Thursday Nov 18th- departing on Sunday November 21st
• Free Registration to Palm Developer Day, New York City, November 19-20, 2010
• On stage recognition as the Amped webOS challenge winner at Palm Developer Day, New York City
• Palm Pre Plus developer device
• HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Wireless ePrinter
• Palm T-Shirt
• Gift certificate for $20 in free apps from Palm app catalog

First Prizes

Awarded to each person in a single team of up to five people in the following prize categories: Most Useful App, Most Creative Idea/Approach, Best App Converted to webOS.

• Palm Pre Plus developer device
• HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Wireless ePrinter
• Palm T-Shirt
• Gift certificate for $20 in free apps from Palm app catalog

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