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Webonise Lab announces Android developer contest

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PUNE, INDIA: Remember the time when you would huddle with your siblings in a family gathering and play summer games. How about reliving those days with your smart phone?

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Webonise Lab, a Pune based Web and Mobile Application Development Company plans to release an India specific mobile App store for Android phone users.

The product will be launched under the brand name "AppBazar" and is expected to hit the market by first week of April.

According to the press release, AppBazar will feature apps like Indian game suite, religious applications like Aarti Sangrah, Indian Panchang and an array of apps catering to Indian taste in vernacular languages.

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"Our target is the tier 1, 2 and 3 cities. With mobile manufacturers joining hands with Android to woo the common Indian user, there is a huge opportunity for the development of India specific content. We intend to give the users `a new mobile experience with an Indian background that too in their own respective languages," said Shardul Mohite, CEO, Webonise Lab.

To set the ball rolling, the company has hosted a developer contest to encourage developers to build India specific Android Applications.

The Developer contest is targeted to students, freelancers, platform enthusiasts and Android app development community and encourages developers to develop applications around Indian theme and language.

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Saurav Mishra, business head, Webonise Lab said, "Indians love their flavour. Take a look around. Everything western has been adapted to Indian taste. The world calls it globalization. We call it Indianization. Why not Indianize the one thing which our present world is pivoted on- our phones?"

Details related to AppBazar developer contest including the details on categories, eligibility, rewards and registration can be found at contest.mobinise.com.

"We have our eyes on future trends but all our solutions will be consumer centric", says Saurav, "It's about reliving the traditions of past with the Technology of Future".

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