Thank you to Gyrocade, Kuchbi, and Madsonline for sponsoring iPhoneDevCamp 2!

Gyrocade sprang from a passion for classic arcade games.  Based in Orlando, FL, their focus is to take the thrill of the arcade, and combine it with the freedom and portability of mobile technology.

Kuchbi provides custom consulting services for native iPhone application development. We offer a spectrum of services aimed at helping our clients develop applications in a wide range of areas such as media rich iPhone clients, casual games, and mobile extensions to corporate networks.

Madsonline - portable and sustainable power solutions that capture, store, charge and condition electricity for mobile devices.

Thank you to Sketches by LateNiteSoft, Trism by Demiforce, and SiK for sponsoring iPhoneDevCamp 2!

Sketches is a fun drawing application by LateNiteSoft that allows you to show off your iPhone to your friends: jot down your notes, scribble your thoughts or draw moustaches on their pictures!

Demiforce created the smash hit game “Trism” for iPhone and iPod Touch, and aims to be a leader of new and unique games for the emerging platform.

SiK develops innovative accessories, software and services for iPod, iPhone and Macintosh.

Thank you to ZAGG, Vidoop, and eComm Media for sponsoring iPhoneDevCamp 2!

With thousands of designs and over a million sold, ZAGG’s invisibleSHIELD is the new industry standard for protecting expensive personal electronics.  Amazingly thin and virtually indestructible, the invisibleSHIELD is made from a patented film exclusive to ZAGG for the purpose of protecting consumer devices, and combines unbeatable scratch protection with uncompromising quality.

Vidoop, believes that everyone is entitled to manage and protect their online identity, free from worry and hassle. Their state-of-the-art, image-based solutions utilize OpenID, microformats, & other open technologies to bring you the identity management tools and authentication you deserve - in a convenient, intuitive manner.

eComm is a new telecom event for those interested in radical innovation and seizing the new opportunity wave. It was the first conference to cover both Android and the iPhone and will take place again March 3-5 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.

Thank you to DS Media Labs, doubleTwist, and Greystripe for sponsoring iPhoneDevCamp 2!

DS Media Labs is a technology based design studio specializing in iPhone application development. DS Media Labs is working with many prominent companies on bringing their brands to the iPhone and is also working on many of their own projects, which includes games, social networking, and music.

doubletwist is developing software that enables users to easily move media between their computers, devices and friends. The company is currently hiring full-time Cocoa developers in San Francisco.

Greystripe is the world’s first and leading ad-supported mobile games and applications distribution platform. Greystripe’s AdWRAP product suite enables: brand advertisers to communicate their brand message with a unique mobile audience; publishers to gain advertising revenue by serving ads through their games; and consumers to download high quality games for free.

Thank you to Pandora, JBL, and Etymotic Research for sponsoring iPhoneDevCamp 2!

Pandora is a personalized Internet radio service available on the PC, through home entertainment devices and on mobile phones (including the Apple iPhone). Pandora is free, easy to use, and full of music discovery.

For over 60 years, JBL has engineered products deliver great sound wherever sound matters. As technology changes the way the world embraces music, JBL finds ways to enhance the listening experience-from car audio to home audio to audio systems for your favorite portable device.

Etymotic Research, now in its 25th year, is an R&D company that makes products to measure, enhance and protect hearing. Etymotic is the originator of in-ear noise-isolating high fidelity earphones and Musicians Earplugs.

Thank you to MotivePath, Mobclix, and Sam Levin Consulting for sponsoring iPhoneDevCamp 2!

MotivePath delivers to developers a powerful set of iPhone, mobile, social, and rich web media advertising solutions to better monetize their content. MotivePath advertisers engage consumers in new ways that have never been available before with advertising support for iPhone web and native apps, advanced features for location based targeting, video content, interactive ad units, and social network integration.

Mobclix provides free iPhone Analytics and Monetization Strategies to developers. MobClix helps iPhone developers make their Applications Better! Sign-Up Today.

Sam Levin works closely with mobile, technology and digital lifestyle companies, providing developers a special insight on the trends and future direction of personal computing and consumer electronics.

Thanks to everyone who completed our Registration form! At this point, we are at capacity for the San Francisco location. The organizers believe that some of you might not be able to attend the main event, so we’re taking a couple of steps today:

• Confirming the first group - you’ll get an email with a brief form that you must complete to reserve a spot;
• Engaging more Satellite locations around the US and around the world;
• Contacting people who haven’t already made travel plans, to see if they would like to attend a Satellite event instead;
• Creating a collaboration space for Satellite organizers via Adobe Acrobat Connect;
• Setting up General Attendance via Acrobat Connect, so that folks can listen in and chat from anywhere; and
• Asking some people to resubmit their registration due to incomplete information.

If you’d still like to register - please do!  There’s still a chance that you’ll be able to attend, if we get cancellations or find extra space.  We’d love to have you in our community, and we’ll try to include you somehow - if not on site, then either via Acrobat Connect, or with our Satellite locations.

As we gear up for iPhoneDevCamp 2 next month, we want to repeat the success of last year’s Hackathon where over 48 applications were presented during the Hackathon Show. Many of these apps were created by teams that had never met before the conference started.

To do this, we want to reward those who represent the following values:

• Contribution: by assisting the commons, offering value, and in general by being useful.
• Sharing: by offering help, sharing code or expertise, or by assistance in testing or debugging.
• Openness: by asking good questions, by answering them, by being open to people and ideas, and by making source code available.
• And of course, by demonstrating a “Can Do” attitude.

Like last year, iPhoneDevCamp staff will be handing out “tickets” when we see participants demonstrating these values. Then on Sunday, each team that participates by presenting during the Hackathon Show will also receive a ticket. These tickets will be used by raffle for many of the General Prizes — the more tickets you have, the more likely you’ll receive a General Prize.

Some of the Special Award Prizes so far:

• iPhone 3G
• Adobe Creative Suite 3
• Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
• $500 Apple Store Gift Certificate

Special Award Categories

• Best Open Source
• Coolest
• Most Useful
• Best Developer Tool
• Most Educational
• Best Game
• Best Use of the Web

Note: Categories are not final yet, nor are their special requirements.  For more detail on the contest and Special Award eligability, see our Contest page.

Thank you to Six Apart, AdMob, and Bamboudesign for sponsoring iPhoneDevCamp 2!

Six Apart was founded in 2001 by two bloggers with a great idea, and is now the world’s leading blogging software and services company. The company makes the best blogging tools on the market and offers personalized services and innovative advertising programs that enable bloggers to be more successful.

AdMob is the world’s largest and highest quality mobile advertising marketplace, serving more than 3.5 billion mobile banner and text ads per month. AdMob offers both advertisers and publishers the ability to leverage targeted and personalized mobile advertising in more than 160 countries.

Bamboudesign specializes in user experience design for iPhone applications. The company creates high-end interfaces that meet iPhone user needs and business goals quickly and effectively.

Thank you to Speck, Mac|Life, and Manning Publications for sponsoring iPhoneDevCamp 2!

Speck is a leading designer and maker of original, high quality cases for iPhone, iPod, MacBook and other popular devices. Speck is best-known for creating refreshing designs that offer quality, thoughtful features, and distinctive style.

Mac|Life is the ultimate magazine about all things Apple. It provides unique content that helps readers use their Macs, iPhones, iPods and their related hardware and software in every facet of their personal and professional lives.

Manning Publications presents iPhone in Action: Introduction to Web and SDK Development. Early access available now.