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Battle Dot took 3rd place!!

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Darren and his team accepting their $2500 check for 3rd place.
The Battle Dot team: Darren, Kevin, & Mike 

Thanks to everyone who downloaded Battle Dot!! The competition that Darren participated in at BYU was a contest to see who's iPhone app could get the most downloads during a two week period. The first challenge was to write an app and get it approved by Apple so it could be added to the Apple app store. Darren had a couple of hang ups in this area. His app was rejected twice before being on approved on the 12th day of the two week period when the competition was running. Needless to say, it's pretty impressived that Battle Dot took 3rd place with only 3 days in the app store!!! The 1st and 2nd place apps were in the app store the full two weeks. I think Darren could have took 1st if his app would've been approved at the beginning of the judging period. Either way, I'm very impressed with his accomplishment! Props must also be given to his friends Michael Caldwell (my cousin-in-law) who designed all the graphics, and Kevin Shallbetter who helped with coding the app. 

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Meghan said…
Hooray! PS, I totally stole the pics for my blog too :) Good to hang out with you guys the other day. Good luck with your finals! We need to make sure and do something before you guys leave!
April 14, 2009 at 7:06 PM
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