Bangalore, Karnataka -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/28/2010 -- Alcatel-Lucent has announced the Open API Service Hackathon to do battle with their APIs for a chance at fame and fortune! Participatns have time until noon, November 10 2010, to either work in teams or alone to mash up Open API Service APIs with any other API you can find on ProgrammableWeb, and compete for prizes in several categories. The People's Choice and first prizes are 20,000 Rs. each, second prize is 15,000 Rs, third prize is 10,000 Rs and other fun stufff.

Contest categories are Gaming / Entertainment, Social Networking and Services / Commerce (search, shopping, etc). Platforms are iOS (Apple Devices), Android, Windows Mobile and any Web-Based Platform (can get to it via normal browser).

Sign up for the contest here: http://www.mobiledevelopersummit.com/mods/alu_hackathon_signuptest.html, learn about the finalist at the official brief by Tim Cloonan (Regional Manager for Community Evangelism, Alcatel-Lucent in Asia Pacific) at the summit on 10 November 2010. Vote for the People's Choice winner in the afternoon session by Jonathan Beard, Alcatel-Lucent Community Developer and lead judge for the hackathon.

For more information refer http://www.mobiledevelopersummit.com/alu_hackathon.html, and post questions for assistance on the forums http://openapiservice.com/forum.

About Mobile Developer Summit 2010
As the focus world-wide shifts from App Stores to Developers (some even calling 2010 the Year of the Developer) the annual Mobile Developer Summit (MODS) brings together thought leaders and experts from different aspects of the mobile ecosystem to share their passion, experience, grit and learning to a gathering of over a 1000 mobile/web application developers and technologists. Whether experienced or new developers, or industry experts and decision makers, all share the floor to debate, share and rethink the world of mobile.

Handcrafted by Saltmarch Media, MODS 2010 allows for creative solutions to be generated, insider information to be found and personal contacts to be made, all essential ingredients to your innovation and your business. Mobile Developer Summit 2010 will feature a convergence of thousands of developers, technologists and industry players from the mobile and web developer communities. Startups, investors, mobile carriers and device manufacturers will benefit from better understanding the latest technologies that will define the mobile market of tomorrow.

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