Bangkok--Sep 29--Siemens
After the huge success of last year’s competition, Siemens Information and Communication Mobile (Siemens mobile) is awarding prizes to Thai graduate students who win the “Best Java Application Award” with their strategic game “King of Mobile” in the worldwide Java Masters 2004 Competition. The participants in the Java Masters 2004 were asked to develop new Java applications for the Siemens mobile M55, MC60 and SX1.
The aim of the annual competition is to establish Java development at universities worldwide and to motivate young developers to devote intensive effort to programming mobile applications.
Mr. Peter Klimt, Executive Vice President and Head of Siemens mobile, unveils that “We are very pleasure to know that Java application created by Thai graduate students impressed the judges in the category “Best Java Application Award”. Their victory does not only show the capabilities of Thai young developers, but is also another step of success to strengthen the company’s leading Java position worldwide. We are very proud to award Mr. Permbun Aimsupasit and Mr. Panuwat Jantharajhit, Thai winners of Java Masters 2004 Contest, with an additional exclusive high-end Siemens mobile phone-Siemens S65. We foresee greater success in the next Java contest and we would further our commitment in promoting new application development and driving innovation across the industry.”
The competition attracted enormous interest: 40% more applications were submitted than last year. Over 1,000 participants from 100 different countries, more than 70% of them are students, tried their hand as young Java developers for the Siemens mobile phones SX1, M55 and MC60. More than 10,000 enthusiasts logged on to the Java Masters website, which showed demos and project descriptions of the ten best candidates, to vote for their personal favorite.
The jury, consisting of technical and marketing experts from Siemens mobile, SMAC and Sun Microsystems, based their evaluation on the user-friendliness and marketing potential of the applications. The ultimate winner of the “Best Entertainment Application Award” was decided by users through online voting.
The category “Best Java Application Award” embraces two main areas: entrants could submit their innovative Java programs (based on J2ME) for the Siemens mobile phones SX1, MC60 and M55, in the sectors of Entertainment or Business Applications. This year the project “King of Mobile” from graduate students Permbun Aimsupasit and Panuwat Jantharajhit of Thailand impressed the voters in the Entertainment sector. In their strategy game the user takes on the role of handset vendor and tries to gain 70% of the market share within 30 years. To reach this goal, the virtual CEO has to set up infrastructures and coordinate the human resource management of the corporation.
The winner announcement has been recently organized by Sun Microsystems, Siemens and Siemens Mobile Acceleration in Munich, Germany. The first-place winners were presented with Siemens mobile phones and a trip to Munich, Germany, for the award ceremony, the highlight of their stay being an excursion to the Formula One race at Hockenheim, Germany. Second and third-place winners were also awarded Siemens mobiles and workstations from Sun.
The Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group (Siemens mobile) is one of the world’s leading full-line suppliers in the field of mobile communication, offering mobile phones, cordless phones, wireless modules and mobile infrastructure, as well as all radio and switching modules, consulting services and systems integration. The mobile communication arm of Siemens AG markets products and services in more than 120 countries, generating sales of ? 10 billion with a workforce of some 26,900 people in fiscal 2003 (September 30). Siemens mobile is the world market leader in prepaid solutions and digital cordless phones. More: www.siemens-mobile.com/press
Fore more information of Mr. Permbun’s presentation, please go to http://www.aimadvance.com/KoM-Present-270904.ppt. For ceremony images on Germany, please download at http://www.aimadvance.com/JavaMasterPic.zip
For more information please contact
Voraparn Eua-arporn
Head of Marketing Communications
Siemens Information and Communication Mobile
2922/283 Charn Issara Tower 2, 20th Fl.,
New Petchburi Rd., Bangkapi, Huay Kwang, Bangkok 10310
Tel: 662-7154527 Mobile: 661-3765927
Fax:662-7154954
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