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iPhone App Wins Microsoft-Campus Programming Contest

Posted by timothy on from the cross-platform dept.

imamac writes "Startup Weekend was a 54-hour coding marathon held on Microsoft's campus last weekend. It was designed to encourage the use of MS programming technologies. However, the winner of the contest was an iPhone app: '"Awkward," whispered Startup Weekend organizer Clint Nelsen into the microphone upon announcing the top vote getter.'"

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  1. Re:Is there anything by natehoy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Use an industry-standard USB cable for charging AND data transfer without having to resort to proprietary cabling?

    Replace the battery?

    Upgrade the memory?

    Access the data onboard using "mass storage" (like USB memory stick) in the operating system of your choice without the need for proprietary software?

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  2. Re:Encourage use of MS tech by making the SDK free by dunkelfalke · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You can develop directly on your windows mobile pda.
    You can also develop for windows mobile pda under linux.

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