Samsung Mobile Announces Mobile Application Boot Camp Winners, Awards $35,000 in Scholarships at International CES
LAS VEGAS–()–Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), the No. 1 mobile
phone provider in the United States and the No. 1 smartphone provider
worldwide1, recognized the top five students and their mobile
application concepts developed during the 2012 Mobile Application Boot
Camps.
“The goal for the Samsung Mobile Application Boot Camps is to inspire a
new generation of engineers”
Grand prize winner Joseph Romano, a tenth grader at Arlington High
School in Arlington, MA, received a $20,000 scholarship for his Better4All
volunteer application. Romano’s Better4All mobile application is
a crowd-sourced service which allows users within a specific region to
report and respond to volunteer opportunities within three main
categories: road hazards, off-road issues and volunteer positions. This
call-to-action application encourages users to identify areas in their
community that need emergency and philanthropic assistance.
“The goal for the Samsung Mobile Application Boot Camps is to inspire a
new generation of engineers,” said Dale Sohn, President of Samsung
Telecommunications America. “The students that participated are learning
a timely and relevant skill that has an opportunity to influence not
only their lives, but the lives of others as well. It is encouraging to
see the creativity these students have and the desire to empower change
through technology.”
Sophia Li, an eleventh grader at Lowell High School in San
Francisco, received second place and a $10,000 scholarship for her SoundUP app.
By allowing users to “piggyback” on multiple phone speakers, SoundUP delivers
a synchronized, extended speaker system. SoundUP not only brings
people together through the power of music, but also delivers on
convenience, personalization and versatility.
The third place prize of a $5,000 scholarship was awarded to
Article source: PRNewswire
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