The leading independent app store, Getjar has announce the launch of The Gettie Awards 2010, honouring successes and innovations of the best application developers across all major platforms from around the world while giving them the opportunity to showcase their work in front of industry luminaries, investors, technology press and peers.
The Gettie Awards will take place in conjunction with the first evening of VentureBeat’s annual MobileBeat conference scheduled for July 12, 2010, 7 pm at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California. The event will include dinner, entertainment, the awards ceremony and promises to showcase the world’s best mobile applications across all leading platforms.
Awards will be given for:
Best Android application
Best Blackberry application
Best iPhone application
Best Java application
Best Symbian application
Best Windows Mobile application
The Gettie Award for best overall application
A panel of five judges including prominent industry heavyweights, press and analysts will first select three (3) nominees within each category from all submissions of files/applications. Winners from each category will be determined by review of the actual physical applications. The Gettie Award winner will be determined by a combination of popular vote and judge’s votes. Developers get the chance to be the best within each category and best for overall application at this prestigious event.
The list of judges include:
Rich Wong, Accel Partners
Kevin Thau, Twitter
Mike Rowehl, Silicon Valley Mobile Monday and Chomp
Jessica Dolcourt, CNET
Matt Marshall, VentureBeat
The deadline for entries is June 25, 2010. Submissions after this date may not be eligible for consideration.
Submission, guideline details and event information available from Gettie Awards
For ticket purchases and information visit EventBrite
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