At the
BlackBerry Developer Conference, in the “Final 16” awards event, judges awarded 7digital
Music Store (by DevelopIQ) as the winner of the US$100,000 grand prize
in the 2009 BlackBerry Partners Fund Developer Challenge. The free app lets users browse and buy DRM-free music.
Here are the top 3 BlackBerry App winners.
- 7digital Music Store - (FREE) lets users browse the latest music
charts, preview the latest tracks and discover, purchase and download
high quality, DRM-free MP3 music directly to a BlackBerry smartphone.
The software also comes with an integrated advanced media player that
imports your existing playlists and music files. 
Fierce Towers ($4.99) is the first tower defense game for the
BlackBerry smartphone. Control the field to stop the waves of attacking
enemies as you place upgradeable towers around the field as you try
your best strategies to stop wave after wave of invading enemies.- Kik (FREE not available yet) lets users find, manage and play music files stored on BlackBerry devices.
The runner up
in this year’s Challenge, Fierce Towers (by Nickel Buddy), receives a
prize package valued at more than US$25,000. An on-the-spot honorable
mention and US$5,000 prize was also awarded to Kik (by Unsynced).
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7Digital Music Store and Fierce Towers were selected from among 16
applications that were presented and demoed to a panel of judges at the
“Final 16” event. 7Digital Music Store was voted to be the most
compelling product or service, backed by a clearly defined value
proposition, and stellar technical execution.
As an added bonus for this year’s winner, 7Digital Music Store will
also be entered into the GSMA Mobile Innovation Grand Prix competition
that will be judged as part of App Planet during the 2010 Mobile World
Congress.
About the BlackBerry Partners Fund Developer Challenge
With a total prize package valued at more than US$250,000, the
second annual BlackBerry Partners Fund Developer Challenge invited
developers to submit their original applications to BlackBerry App
World between June 1, 2009 and September 25, 2009.
From a pool of hundreds of applications, a total of 16 finalists
were selected over the four-month contest period. The finalists each
received a prize package valued at more than US$5,000 and were invited
to compete for the grand prize and runner up prize packages at the
“Final 16” event. A complete list of 2009 finalists can be found at http://www.blackberrypartnersfund.com/09contest/finalists.