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CTIA Invites You to Vote for the New Big Idea Contest
International CTIA WIRELESS 2011 today announced the launch of its public voting site for the new Big Idea Contest. The five entry categories include Apps, Content & Money; Enterprise & Vertical Markets; Handheld Devices, Modules and Wearables; Operator/Carrier Services &&…
App Contest Deadline Approaching, Most Underrated App of 2010, 12/31
Nominations are still open for the Most Underrated Mobile App of 2010 awards. Mobile application developers can submit their applications - free of charge - through December 31 to earn the recognition for their overlooked but award-worthy apps. The award is sponsored by PR4apps, offering…
Android Sprint 4G Apps Winners: NASA Images, Say What?, Recipe Search, Facebook Upload & Mediafly
Sprint, with partners WIRED, Reddit and Ars Technica, announced the winners of the Sprint 4G App Challenge today. Submissions were based on four criteria - creativity, intuitive navigation, functionality and design. The judges' panel was composed of product an…
MEA Winners Best of the Best in Mobile Media: Opera, ChaCha, Tap11 & Angry Birds
Earlier this week, the winners of the Mobile Excellence Awards were presented in a gala that took place at the Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California. The Mobile Excellence Awards Master of Ceremony and host was entertainment industry veteran Brain Seth Hurst, CEO, Opportunity Management Comp…
BlackBerry Super App Winners Poynt, Vlingo, UbiNav & Love Indonesia
BlackBerry Partners Fund announced the Regional Winners of the "Super Apps" Developer Challenge.North American Winner - Poynt, which is developed by Multiplied Media Corporation, enables users to find businesses, retailers, restaurants, movies, gas prices (US only) and weather information. …
MMA Announces Winners of Global Marketing Awards
The MMA announced the winners of its Sixth Annual Global Mobile Marketing Awards during the Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony on November 17 at the Mobile Marketing Forum in Los Angeles.The MMA received hundreds of submissions from companies across the globe. Winners are selected by the MM…
CTIA Hot for the Holidays Award Winners: Samsung Tab, HTC Evo 4G, Samsung Epic 4G, Vibrant Big Winners
CTIA 2010 Hot for the Holidays winners were announced at an awards ceremony hosted by Jon Fortt, technology correspondent for CNBC. The winners of the CTIA Hot for the Holidays awards are the perfect gifts for your favorite types of friends and family. Fashionista - Samsung Galaxy Tab, …
T-Mobile Tops in Customer Care Followed by AT&T, Reports J.D. Power
J.D. Power surveyed all the types of customer care for major U.S. carriers and rated them. There has been an increase of contact in areas other then phone support, with more support from the web and retail store help.T-Mobile ranked highest in wireless customer care performance with an overall scor…
Top Best Android, BlackBerry, Windows, iPhone, Java and More Apps from Getjar Getties Winners
The best app winners of the GetJar "Gettie Awards" were announced last night in San Franciso. All of the mobile software applications winners are very useful. And the winners are: Best Blackberry app: Kayak Flight/Hotel Search (Free)- Helps you compare hundreds of travel s…
Best Top Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Java, WinMo, Symbian and All Gettie Finalists
GetJar has announced the mobile app finalists for The Gettie Awards 2010.Winners from each category will be determined by review of the actual physical applications. The Gettie Award winner will be determined by a combination of nominations and judge's votes. …
Verizon Opens Up Catalog, Qualcomm Honors Verizon’s Lynch
Verizon and Qualcomm have been working together for a long time, Dick Lynch was instrumental in getting CDMA approved and Qualcomm provided Verizon with apps and development tools. The marriage is not over. Qualcomm gave Lynch an award and Verizon opened up its catalog to Brew develo…
MEFFY’s Best / Top App Mobile Entertainment Winners: Dr. Hsu Touchscreen Inventor Honored
The Mobile Entertainment Fourum has announced the winners of the Meffys for 2010. NCAA March Madness was an App Store Blockbuster. The best mobile conneted device was the MiFi mobile hotspot, while Shazam won for music service, Flirtomatic was a social media winner and Layar bested augmented realit…
App Devs: GetJar Gets Getties Ready Open Call for Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Java, Symbian and WinMo Apps
GetJar has opened their mobile app competition “The Gettie Awards 2010”, to mobile application developers. The Gettie Awards 2010 will honor the successes and innovations of the best application developers across all major platforms including Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Java, Symbian,an…
AT&T Apps for All Developer Contest Winners Announced
AT&T awarded top honors in its annual "Open Call - Apps for All!" developer contest. The winners were selected for innovation, market…
Samsung Mobile Helps Students Recharge, Free Phones Gifts and Massages at More U.S. Colleges
Samsung announced it is installing of 37 mobile charging stations today at nine U.S. colleges including Brown University, Florida State University, Northwestern University, Syracuse University, The University of Miami, The University of New Hampshire, The University o…
Vote for Wireless and Mobile News Wirefly Blog Awards Winnings Given to mGive
Wireless and Mobile News is a finalist in Wirefly's 2010 Blog Awards in the cell phone news category. Finalists were selected after hours of impassioned debate among staff at Wirefly headquarters, and extra weight was given to the quantity of unique nominations for each blog considere…
Billboard Music iPhone, BlackBerry, Nokia and Android App Awards Call for Entries
Billboard announced today that it will hold its first-ever Music App Awards at Mobile Entertainment Live!: The Music App Summit on October 5, 2010. The event will take place in conjunction with the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2010, Fall Show, in San Francisco, CA. …
Nominate Wireless and Mobile News for Wirefly Award
Wirefly announced the launch of its first ever Wirefly Blog Awards to recognize and reward the other sites on the Web that best help consumers stay up-to-date and well-informed about cell phones and the cell phone industry.Wireless and Mobile News hopes that you show your support by nominating W…
Cypress Solutions Wins NAVTEQ LBS Challenge
NAVTEQ , announced at an awards ceremony at Where 2.0 that Cypress Solutions Inc. is the Grand Prize Winner of the North America edition of the 2010 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge. Vancouver-based Cypress Solutions Inc. (www.cypress.bc.ca), won the competition with its mobile LBS application, …
Apps Awards: Bike Dashboard, Niko Twitter-Controled Droid, and Pit Crew Win PUSH N90
The winner of PUSH N900 MOD IN THE USA competition - BrettSarahTops - turned the Nokia N900 into a car-like dashboard showcasing odometer, speedometer with Bike Dashboard and won $10,000. Second prize went to Twitter-controlled N900 robot Niko and third prize went to Pit Crew slot car racing contr…
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