{"id":1696,"date":"2010-03-29T11:04:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T18:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=1696"},"modified":"2014-04-21T00:09:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T07:09:00","slug":"mobile-add-ons-challenge-ends-april-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2010\/03\/29\/mobile-add-ons-challenge-ends-april-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Add-ons Challenge Ends April 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Act now and enter the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/En\/Mobile\/Challenge\">Mobile Add-ons Challenge<\/a> for your chance to win Mozilla swag and a shiny new Nokia N900.<\/p>\n<p>There are exactly two weeks left to submit your winning Firefox mobile add-on.\u00a0 Developers are challenged to build an add-on that shows innovation, compatibility and that considers the mobile context  (small screen size, touch screen, on-the-go, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the Challenge period (April 12), our panel of judges (consisting  of members from the Mobile and Add-ons teams) will select ten (10) winners  who will receive a new <a href=\"http:\/\/maemo.nokia.com\/n900\/\">Nokia N900<\/a> in addition to other great mobile merchandise!<\/p>\n<p>The last challenge resulted in many fantastic add-ons. <a href=\"http:\/\/missmobile.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/14\/congrats-to-our-mobile-add-on-challenge-winners\/\">Check  out our previous winners\u2019 award-winning add-ons<\/a> that are being used by thousands and recognized by press around the globe. Despite these awesome innovations,  there is much more room to help enhance the look, feel and  functionality of Firefox on mobile devices. Here are some themes the  Mozilla Mobile team finds especially interesting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Using device APIs:<\/strong> js-ctypes (Fennec 1.0)  might be  used to hook into the device (addressbook or camera) and add   functionality to a Web app by making a pagemod (jetpack- or   greasemonkey-like add-on)<em>. Check out these helpful resources  around js-cytypes:<\/em><em><a rel=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/JavaScript_code_modules\/ctypes.jsm\">ctypes   on Mobile Developer Center<\/a><\/em> and\u00a0<em><a rel=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/#_http:\/\/blog.desre.org\/post\/2009\/11\/19\/Using-GStreamer-with-js-ctypes_#\">blog   post using GStreamer js-ctypes <\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Photo,  media, social and sharing tools<\/strong>: Create a  social aggregator for  quickly viewing streams from Twitter, Facebook,  etc; Create a tool for  sharing images, links and text<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saving files and Session  Restore<\/strong>: Save as PDF,  Save Image, Remember last open tabs,  etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So what are you waiting for? Develop a Firefox mobile add-on for a  chance to win a new phone, and most importantly, see your innovation  used by people around the world on multiple platforms and devices!\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/En\/Mobile\/Challenge\"> See the  complete contest details and rules here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Act now and enter the Mobile Add-ons Challenge for your chance to win Mozilla swag and a shiny new Nokia N900. 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