Photo: Lt. Gen. Jeff Sorenson will discuss the Apps for the Army contest on a DoD Bloggers Roundtable, Aug 4, 2010, at 10:30am eastern. (Image: US Army)Androids, iPhones Prepped for Battle in Army’s First-Ever App Contest -- The Danger Room
Unleash the iPhones of war! The Army’s announced the winners of their first-ever mobile phone app development contest. And the general behind the program says some of the applications will be in the field “within a year.”
A total of 141 soldiers and Army civilians participated in the contest, called Apps for the Army (A4A), which launched on March 1st. Participants designed a total of 53 applications, mostly for Androids and iPhones, in five different categories. Twenty-five apps were short-listed and cleared for deployment, with first-prize winners in each category taking home $3,000.
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More News On The U.S. Army's App Contest
'Apps for Army' to shape future software acquisition -- Army.Mil
Army Names App Winners -- Information Week
Apps for the Army Wraps Up, Android Comes Out on Top -- Android Community
US Army Holds an App Challenge (A4A), Four Out of Five Winners Are Android -- Phandroid
‘Apps for Army’ Shapes Way Army Does Business -- Executive Gov
Will Apps for the Army pave the way? -- Armed With Science
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