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HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.3.1114/styles/kendo.mobile.all.min.css">
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.3.1114/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<div id="home" data-role="view" data-model="selectViewModel" data-init="onInit">

            <select data-bind="value:model.product, source:products" data-text-field="name" data-value-field="name" ></select>
            Products

</div>

JavaScript

var app = new kendo.mobile.Application();
var selectViewModel = kendo.observable({
    products: [],
    model: {
        product: { "name": "Product 1",  "owner": "Test" }
    }
});

function onInit() {
    $.ajax({
        url: "/echo/json/",
        dataType: "json",
        type: "POST",
        data: { //using jsFiddle's echo service to simulate Json request
            json: JSON.stringify([ 
                    { "name": "Product 1",  "owner": "Test" },
                    { "name": "Product 2", "owner": "Test" }
                ])
            },
        success: function (response) {
            selectViewModel.set("products", response);
        }
    })
}