Judges Greenlight Five iPhone Applications
Nov. 2008
Text by Mike McKean, RJI Futures Lab Director
Video by Travis McMillen, RJI Video Producer
Five teams are taking the next step in the RJI iPhone Student Competition with applications that focus on gaming, new advertising strategies and location-based services. A panel of judges chose the five from 13 teams of journalism, computer science and business students who took part in Pitch Night on November 20th in RJI’s Fred W. Smith Forum.
The finalists will receive up to $3,000 per team to complete research, development and marketing of their news, information and advertising apps by mid-March of 2009.
Watch pitch excerpts from the Final Five
Each team received 15 minutes to make its case to the panel of judges. Here are two-minute excerpts from each of the five finalists:
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They five finalist teams will travel to Cupertino, CA on January 29-30, 2009 to receive advice from Apple’s iPhone engineers and marketers. Each team is also receiving free service from AT&T Mobility to develop its app and test it with real consumers.
The iPhone Developer Competition follows on the heels of last year’s successful Adobe AIR Competition. RJI sponsors these contests to deliver solutions for local media through the innovation and entrepreneurship of top students.