Java developments rewarded

Insignia Solutions has revealed the winners of its JPDA 2002 application developers contest.

Insignia Solutions has revealed the winners of its JPDA 2002 application developers contest.

It marked the end of the world's first search to promote the creation and public availability of Java technology based applications designed for use in high-performance PDAs and mobile devices.

Insignia received many entries from software developers in business, academia as well as individuals, all competing to develop the most innovative and industry applicable applications for the handheld and enterprise markets.

Along with Insignia, the JPDA 2002 application developers contest was sponsored by HP, Intel, Metrowerks, Sharp, Softbank Publishing and Sun Microsystems.

Steve Yegge from Cabochon Technologies was announced at Comdex as the grand prize winner for the Wyvern client, which enables players with PDAs to access Wyvern, his massive multiplayer online role-playing game.

He wins $10,000, in addition to the prize for winning first place in the games category.

Winners in other categories were: Szemes Lajos from Thinlet who won the communications/Internet category for AmazonBrowser, his client for Amazon.com web services; the office/business/enterprise category went to Gary Newbould from GRN Consulting for Project Professional, his project management tool for PDAs; and first place in the entertainment/educational/multimedia category was awarded to Stephen Weyer for Crozzword, his crossword and cryptic puzzle solver.

"We were pleased by the number of high quality entries we received, and Steve Yegge's application really stood out for its originality and extra innovation", said Peter Baldwin, executive vice president of operations at Insignia.

"The response to the competition shows huge interest in Java technology worldwide, proving that it is one of the key technologies for enabling innovation in next generation mobile devices".

"This contest demonstrates not just the strength of the worldwide Java developer community, but how suited it is to building and deploying significant mobile applications on both PDAs and wireless devices", commented Dan Stevens, Senior Product Manager, Java technology, at Sun Microsystems.

"The consistently high level of entries shows what the large base of Java developers for mobile devices can achieve - we see contests such as this directly increasing the amount of Java content available for mobile devices and therefore benefiting enterprises looking to deploy mobile solutions with PDAs".

Full results of the contest will be available from the Insignia website.

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