Sony Ericsson announces the winners of “I Love Being Famous”

A recognition & mentorship program for mobile developers who want to partner with Sony Ericsson Developer World to create applications for Sony Ericsson handsets

Bangalore, 24 April 2009: Sony Ericsson Developer World is a catalyst for securing a wide variety of applications and content addressing business and personal productivity, games and entertainment for Sony Ericsson’s mobile phones.

Sony Ericsson Developer World launched, “I Love Being Famous” in November ‘08, to engage third-party mobile developers to create user experiences and innovative applications, with Sony Ericsson Developer World acting as a content creation catalyst offering free assistance to the Indian mobile developer community to get the best market potential for their ideas and coding efforts.

Winners and Top Winning applications:

Application	Winners	Quick glimpse of the applications they have come up with
Create-a-card	SOC, Bangalore	Allowing a user to create personalized greeting cards – with the recipient’s name and the greetings messages embedded in the card - on the mobile, capture it as an image, and send the image to the recipient using MMS
My World	Guru, LBS application, Nagpur	Facilitating you to do things interactively in your world, around you and from your unique perspective.
Live Cricket	ZengaMail, Delhi	Get live coverage of Test matches, ODIs, Twenty20 matches, IPL Event Calendar
MBA coaching clinic	Mospay, Delhi	A learning solution that provides learning framework on mobile devices. User’s can access tests online and download them on his mobile device
Geo Scapper	Prem Rathi, Impetus Nagpur	To allow user to add location based scraps which would be available within their social community for viewing & replying when they come in vicinity of the Geotag
On Shake Key Pad Lock	Hari Vemula	An option that on shaking the phone in air in one direction, the key pad gets locked and in opposite direction it gets be unlocked. So no longer a need to press 2 keys for locking or unlocking.
Ride n Rhythm	Abhijit Jayapal, Synqua Games ltd

Jens Greve, Global Head, Sony Ericsson Developer World said, ““We are extremely delighted and encouraged with the response we have received in the I Love Being Famous campaign. We see the immense potential and talent in the Indian developer community and are highly dependent on the innovation coming from the content industry to drive the business forward together with us.”

Sony Ericsson Developer World’s endeavour is to empower developers around the world to achieve business success by providing assistance throughout the entire development and go-to-market process for commercial applications. Sony Ericsson plans to showcase all the outstanding achievers in mobile content development, by giving them an opportunity to attend a 100 day mentorship program with the expert panel at Sony Ericsson. The winners will be put on a platform open to international success and certification by Sony Ericsson.

About Sony Ericsson and Sony Ericsson Developer World

Sony Ericsson Developer World is a global support program and web portal (www.sonyericsson.com/developer) totally dedicated to helping professional wireless developers achieve business success by providing easy-to-find documentation, tools, technical advice and go-to-market support. Sony Ericsson Developer World guides developers through the development process in four steps – Think it, Make it, Test it, Sell it - thereby ensuring a constant stream of fun, useful and innovative content and applications for Sony Ericsson phones. Visit www.sonyericsson.com/developer/india for more details about the Sony Ericsson Developer World Awards in India.

Having sold over 100 million phones in 2007, Sony Ericsson is currently one of the five largest mobile phone manufacturers in the world. An important industry player operating in over 80 countries, our phones, accessories and PC cards are synonymous with innovation and style. With R&D sites in Europe, Japan, China, India and North America, diversity is one of the core strengths of the company. Sony Ericsson was established as a 50:50 joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in October 2001, with global corporate functions located in London. For more information about Sony Ericsson please visit www.sonyericsson.com

FOR MEDIA INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Natasha Dutta

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications

Ph: 9971169746

natasha.dutta@sonyericsson.com

Neha Jain

20:20 Media

Ph: 9899473715

nehajain@2020india.com

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Sony Ericsson announces the winners of “I Love Being Famous”

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