Everyone was wondering what that unnamed embargoed LG smartphone was among the E-Tech Award nominees. Now we know the just announced LG Thrill because it won second place in the smartphone category.
The HTC ThunderBolt did not win but came in third to the Motorola Atrix, with all its super-docking accessories.
Do you remember when we thought Viewdle was really interesting? It won best mobile app.
The winners were just announced on stage at CTIA Wireless in Orlando, Florida. The winners are listed in each category:
Phones/Smartphones
- First: Motorola ATRIX 4G - a powerful Android smartphone that acts like a computer, the Motorola ATRIX 4G delivers both
the power and performance of mobile computing, all while fitting
comfortably in the user's pocket (read review). - Second: LG Thrill 4G - a 3D dual-core Android smartphone with a 4G name for the AT&T network with ability to shoot 3D video. It is the AT&T version of the LG Optimus 3D.
- Third: HTC ThunderBolt - currently the fastest data smartphone on the Verizon Network with great reviews and features.
The smartphones are familiar because they appeared previously in our top best Android smartphones now an' later.
Tablets/Netbooks/Embedded Wireless Devices
- First: MOTOROLA XOOM - state-of-the-art Android Honeycomb 3.0 tablet with a dual-core processor and lots of media capabilities (read review).
- Second: AT&T-connected Vitality GlowCaps, AT&T.
- Third: T-Mobile G-Slate with Google by LG, LG Mobile Phones.
MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Social Networking/Content/Entertainment
- First: Viewdle SocialCamera, Viewdle.
- Second: Muve Music from Cricket, Cricket Communications/Leap Wireless, Int.
- Third: Digimarc Discover, Digimarc.
Health, Wellness & Fitness
- First: The Telcare Cellular-Enabled Blood Glucose Meter, Telcare, Inc.
- Second: WellDoc Diabetes Manager System, WellDoc.
- Third: Alcatel-Lucent TeleHealth Manager, Alcatel-Lucent.
Mobile Commerce
- First: Key Ring Reward Cards, Mobestream Media.
- Second: BilltoMobile, BilltoMobile.
- Third: aisle411, aisle411.
Productivity, Utility and Public Safety
- First: LogMeIn Ignition, LogMeIn, Inc.
- Second: SwiftKey Tablet, TouchType Ltd.
- Third: GadgetTrak, ActiveTrak.
Accessories
- First: Novatel Wireless 4G MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot, Novatel Wireless.
- Second: Jabra STONE2, Jabra.
- Third: Samsung 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot, Samsung Telecommunications America.
Fashion & Lifestyle Products
- First: ZuniConnect Travel, ZuniDigital, Inc.
- Second: ZOMM, ZOMM, LLC.
ENTERPRISE & VERTICAL MARKET
General Business
- First: TerreStar GENUS, TerreStar.
- Second: Roambi ES3 v3.1, MeLLmo.
- Third: Symantec Next Generation Network Protection, Symantec.
Healthcare & Wellness
- First: Telcare's Diabetes Disease Management Solution, Telcare, Inc.
- Second: Reflection, powered by Aframe Digital, Reflection Solutions.
- Third: Bluetooth v4.0 with low energy technology, Bluetooth SIG.
Mobile Marketing or Advertising
- First: Mobile Marketing Console (MMC), ZOS Communications.
- Second: Appcelerator Titanium Commerce, Appcelerator.
- Third: miSpot for Advertisers, GoldSpot Media.
Green Telecom & Smart Energy Solutions, Applications and Hardware
- First: WYSIPS - What You See Is Photovoltaic Surface, WYSIPS SAS.
- Second: LilyPad, Wireless NRG, LLC.
- Third: E-2500 Fuel Cell System, ReliOn.
INFRASTRUCTURE
In-Building Wireless/Wi-Fi/LAN
- First: Powerwave 4G MIMO Active Array Antenna, Powerwave Technologies.
- Second: Powerwave LTE Picocell, Powerwave Technologies.
- Third: ZTE Gecko, ZTE Corporation.
Wide Area Network
- First: Alcatel-Lucent Light Radio, Alcatel-Lucent .
- Second: Smart WLAN Connectivity, Nokia Siemens Networks.
- Third: Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station, Nokia.