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[February 17, 2009]
International Jury Chooses Finalists for
Gemalto SIMagine Contest
Feb 17, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- The SIMagine developer
contest challenges Java developers to present new Value Added Services
for the cell phone.
Expanding over the past nine years, the SIMagine contest has become a
major event in the mobile value-added services ecosystem. As part of the
2009 SIMagine developer contest, around 200 entries in the field of
wireless applications were evaluated by a selection committee composed
of international members. The eight finalist projects from are now selected,
and their teams invited to present to the public and to an international jury
at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
This year's edition is again strongly themed around two technologies where
the SIM card enables new services: Near Field Communication (NFC) and
Smart Card Web Server (SCWS).
The prizes - over 60,000 euros plus the supply of valuable development
resources and marketing support to bring the winning ideas to market -
attracted entries from mobile service specialists, application developers
and students.
"Through this contest, Gemalto is proud to bring forward-thinking ideas and
intuitive insights to the market, and make the most creative wireless
services quickly available to operators and subscribers," said Philippe
Vallee, Executive Vice President, Telecom, Gemalto. "The SIMagine
contest continues to catalyze innovative ideas from all over the world,
leveraging SIM capabilities while meeting operators and subscribers
demand." "Sun is pleased to sponsor this prestigious contest which brings
together Java Developers from around the world with their innovative
ideas," said David Bryant, Senior Director of Marketing, Client Software
Products. "The interoperability and success of Sun's Java Card platform
open up these applications to world-wide deployment." The eight finalists
are the following: - APiCARDIO - APIILINX (France). The goal of the
application itself is to monitor patients anytime, anywhere with regards to
physiological parameters needed to prevent cardiac heart failures, diabetes
side effects and obesity.
- BioXpress - Precise Biometrics AB (Sweden). BioXpress enables the
implementation of an electronic ticket in a mobile phone SIM card,
leveraging notably NFC and SCWS technologies.
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2. - iCanSee - Rhodes University (South Africa). iCanSee is a Smart Card
Web Server (SCWS) based application, developed particularly for the
visually impaired community.
- KONNEXSIM - Scientific Engineering Services (Greece). KONNEXSIM is
an application that uses the KNX open-standard, the standard for home
automation, to create a link between a SIM card and any KNX connected
device. This can be a heater, air-conditioning, lights, alarms, or shutters.
- SIMail - FH Hagenberg (Austria). SIMail is a device independent
application to administrate business tasks, like mails and calendar events.
- SSA (SIM Single Authenticator) - University Carlos III of Madrid (Spain).
This application allows introducing user's credentials (e.g. username and
password) associated to web services in a secure way.
- TaggyNet - Polytech Marseille (France). TaggyNet proposes an additional
value to on-line communities like MySpace.com, facebook.com or hi5.com.
This application provides new ways to exchange information and to be in
touch for community members.
- Web gate - Moscow State University (Russia). Web gate provides mobile
web developers with a tool for designing web pages using the SIM card
functionalities through Smart Card Web Server (SCWS).
The eight finalists will present their projects to the jury during the Mobile
World Congress in Barcelona.
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