A contest to create beautiful applications for Windows Phone 7.
xapfest judges
Ben Lower
Ben Lower is a Sr. Product Manager on the Windows Phone Developer Experience team. He loves helping developers unleash their creativity and vision on the Windows Phone platform. He can be reached at @benlower.
Avesta Rasouli
Avesta Rasouli is the founder and CEO of Coloft, a community based workspace concept for startups, entrepreneurs, and freelancers located in Santa Monica, CA. In addition to Coloft, Avesta founded AppShows.com, a company focused on marketing and promoting mobile applications.
Giang Biscan
Giang Biscan, PhD. is the Founder of TheStartupAngel.com (previously AsAble.com) and the Advisor of Mixergy.com. In 1997, Giang founded an internet startup, which she sold her shares later in 1998.
best app
The Best App prize is awarded to the individual or team which produces the best overall Windows Phone 7 application produced at XAPFest, as determined by our judges.
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BEST APP $2,000 Cash prize (sponsored by Infragistics) & Windows Phone 7 device
The best app will be judged on the extent to which it implements the Metro UI, the functionality of the app, how well it takes advantage of native Windows Phone 7 platform features, and the quality of the overall user experience.
Best Port
The Best Port prize will be awarded to the individual or team that ports an existing mobile application from another platform (iOS, Android, WebOS, BlackBerry, etc...) to Windows Phone 7 at XAPFest, creating the best possible interpretation of the app on Windows Phone 7 given the features of the platform and the Metro UI.
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BEST PORT$500 American Express gift card & Windows Phone 7 device
user's choice
The User's Choice prize criteria will be fully explained onsite at XAPFest. In the meantime, ranking well on the XAPFest Leaderboard is a good way to get visibility for your app.
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USER'S CHOICE XBOX 360 with Kinect & Windows Phone 7 device
Your leaderboard score is determined by the number of people who view your XAPFest Apps online at XAPFest.com and the content (updates and screenshots) you associated with those apps.
