Facebook uses a forked version of Apache Cordova in their mobile SDK. You can learn more about Facebook’s mobile SDK at Facebook Developer.
Salesforce
Salesforce uses a fork of Apache Cordova for their mobile development SDK. The forked version of their SDK is included within both their iOS and Android SDK repositories on GitHub (inside of the “external” sub directories).
IBM
IBM acquired Worklight, who provides a platform for developing mobile applications. IBM/Worklight’s mobile application development platform is built on top of PhoneGap. IBM is also heavily involved with core Apache Cordova development (see thelist of committers).
Microsoft
Microsoft is involved with core Apache Cordova development (specifically for the Windows Phone platform). Not only are staff from Microsoft committers for the core Apache Cordova project, Microsoft has also used PhoneGap on public mobile applications that target multiple platforms. This includes the XBox-Live integrated gaming application Halo Waypoint, for bothiOS and Android. Check out Halo Waypoint in the video below, it looks awesome:
Adobe
Adobe is deeply involved with PhoneGap, In late 2011, Adobe acquired Nitobi, the creators of PhoneGap, and contributed PhoneGap to the Apache Software Foundation as the Apache Cordova project. Adobe has resources dedicated to furthering PhoneGap and is dedicated to the success of the platform. Not only are they helping develop and mature PhoneGap/Apache Cordova, they also build some of their own applications with it.
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RIM
Research in Motion (RIM), the company behind the BlackBerry platform not only developed the core PhoneGap/Cordova API for BlackBerry Playbook devices, but also is heavily involved in Cordova-JS development, and has integrated PhoneGap/Cordova support in the Ripple device emulator. (Note: The BlackBerry smartphone implementation was pre-existing and was implemented by IBM and Nitobi.)
Zynga
Zynga, one of the largest gaming companies, usesPhoneGap and HTML5 to build awesome games. For example, the popular Mafia Wars title is built using PhoneGap.
Logitech
Logitech used PhoneGap to develop the Logitech Squeezebox Controller application, which uses your home wifi connection to control a Squeezebox Internet radio device from your smart phone. You can read more about this application on the PhoneGap application showcase, or download it now for iOS or Android.
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