Check out the Windows Phone Student App-a-thon.

This Summer, students built Windows Phone 7 apps and many earned exciting prizes to catch a movie, eat ice – cream, buy camping gear and more!!

The first 1,000 students who entered received an Xbox 360® game, and the one who published the most apps won a Windows Phone.*

Want to build your own app?
See below to get started.

* The first 1,000 students to publish will receive a copy of Halo Reach®, Fable 3®, Dance Central™, Kinect Joy Ride or Kinect Sports game for the Xbox 360®. Each week we will randomly select 2 winners from among all entries received to win one $25 gift card. At the close of the sweepstakes the student with the most approved apps published to the marketplace will receive a Windows Phone 7.

: App Ideas:

Build an app for your favorite amusement parks, map your favorite places to hang with friends this summer, and more.
Get inspired

Get started by following these steps to enter:

DreamSpark enables you to create your App Hub account for free.

Download the FREE tools

Download everything you need to get going in one install.

Build and submit your app

Create your app and publish it to the Windows Phone Marketplace.

Enter the Student App-a-thon

Enter your app for a chance to receive a cool prize.

Resources, Tools & Inspiration

App Hub

Registration walkthrough
App submission process
Identity validation process
Geotrust chat line or email
more...

Training Resources

Getting Started video
WP7 Development for Beginners
Sample code, tutorials & articles
Create an App without any coding
more...

Connect

App Hub Community forums
Windows Phone: Facebook & Twitter
Tech Student: Facebook & Twitter
Windows Phone Student Insider
more...

Inspiration

Johnny Simmons has always loved technology, and at age 13 he has more apps in the marketplace than years he's been alive! Read his story
Check out more Windows Phone apps

You do not need a Windows Phone to participate in this campaign or to submit an app in marketplace.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open only to legal U.S. residents, 18+, who are full-time or part-time students enrolled in a U.S. college or university at time of participation. Game ends 9/30/11. See Official Terms & Conditions for complete details.

App Ideas:

Get started by following these steps to enter:

Resources, Tools & Inspiration