BBC iPlayer on mobile is an extension of the BBC's iPlayer service which allows audiences to view 400 hours of full BBC programmes up to seven days after transmission. BBC iPlayer on mobile incorporates a wide variety of BBC content from its TV and radio output. Viewers can access programmes from BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News Channel, BBC Parliament, Radio1, 1Xtra, Radio2, Radio3, Radio4, Radio 5live Sports Extra, 6Music, Radio 7 and Asian Network.
This is the first time full BBC programmes have been available to UK audiences on mobile devices.Website

Judges' comments: "This is a very appealing application that has taken the online world by storm. Other broadcasters - both public and commercial - should be trying to achieve similar levels of engagement with the audience on all devices."

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MobiTV, founded in 1999 (as Idetic), launched the first television service for mobile phones in 2003 with Sprint. The MobiTV service is available on over 20 carriers in North and South America, and currently watched by over five million subscribers.
Consumers can watch live television, made-for-mobile and VoD content from major broadcasters, and tune in to digital music services. Features include a scrollable channel guide and a sub one-second channel change capability.
MobiTV delivers personalised and targeted advertising to mobile users providing its broadcast and operator partners with a profile of the preferences and general behaviour of the end user.Website

Judges' comments: "A great service with a simple user interface available on an impressive range of handsets – this is likely to encourage greater uptake of mobile TV services."

Nokia Sports Tracker is a web-based application for mobile devices that monitors exercise and tracks fitness levels while making the information available online to share with friends. This unique application, available from sportstracker.nokia.com, acts like a virtual training buddy by monitoring activity as it happens and uploading it to a personal page while the online community is a hub of advice-giving, route-sharing fitness fans from all over the world.
Phenomenal demand meant Nokia Sports Tracker was launched ahead of schedule in 150 countries to ensure fitness fans could start using it as soon as possible. Available on all Nokia S60 3rd edition devices, it has been downloaded by a massive 2.5million people to date, recording a total exercise distance of 31 times the distance to the moon!Website

Judges' comments: "A great example of a service that utilises the capabilities of high tier handsets to deliver a compelling application and service proposition. The ability to share data captured on the handset with a community of users typifies how social networks are increasingly being driven by mobile use."

INQ describes INQ¹ as the first Social Mobile, because the INQ¹ is an affordable handset with a range of fully-integrated social networking features like Facebook, Skype, Windows Live Messenger and Last.fm. INQ is also one of the first mobile companies to create a ‘living address book' which merges and automatically updates phone numbers, emails and Facebook status and photos of all your contacts. The result is a device featuring Internet-driven applications that are so intuitive and seamless it's actually incredibly easy for mass market consumers to enjoy fully portable social networking at a
reasonable price.Website

Judges' comments: "The INQ¹ represents a significant step towards the mobile device as a social networking hub and also represents superb value for money. Its approach to the deep integration of services such as Facebook outshines that of much costlier smartphones, and it presents a compelling proposition by treating the phonebook as the focal point of the device. With its ingenious ability to transform from phone to 3G modem by simply plugging it into your USB port, the INQ¹ delivers data services to the mass market and for an affordable price."

Email is made easy with the Nokia E71. The world's thinnest mobile QWERTY device, the Nokia E71 is designed for easy setup and use, offering access to a wide range of personal and professional messaging needs – including Microsoft Exchange, the world's most widely adopted corporate email solution – as well as thousands of ISPs.
Designed for a busy mobile lifestyle, the Nokia E71 provides one-touch access to email, calendar and contacts. It's compatible with Nokia's Ovi services including maps, music and media and comes with customizable home screens – one for work, one for home – which allows users to switch over when they switch off from work.Website

T-Mobile G1 is the device built for the mobile internet. The unique design of its hard- and software makes it a device that brings the value of the mobile internet to everyone.
G1 is the world's first Android based mobile phone. Android, a mobile software stack developed by the Open Handset Alliance, gives users and developers unparalleled opportunities to customize their phone and enrich its features.
Android Market offers thousands of great applications for download to tailor-make G1 to one´s individual needs. Efficient and modern multi-tasking allows T-Mobile G1 to respond and perform swiftly with the wide variety of applications. Website

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This entry is based on creative and innovative programs completed jointly by Bharti Airtel, India's leading Mobile Carrier, and T9 Predictive Text (now a Nuance Communications product) to drive mobile vernacular messaging in India. The objective was to promote Hindi script to communicate via SMS -- utilizing Hindi T9 -- to Hindi-speaking family and friends. The result, measured by Airtel messaging servers, was a sharp uptake in SMS usage. This represents a social phenomenon against globalization: by utilizing mobile phones, Indian society can maintain Hindi and vernacular language script, and thereby retain traditional linguistic and cultural identity into the 21st century. Website

Judges' comments: "A truly moving project that combines technology and tradition to protect and encourage the use of a language that is core to a national identity. With literacy posing a major issue with SMS, this is one very impactful way of resolving it."

The LifeCache Social Networking Solution 2.0 comprises of LifeCache™ Social Networking Gateway and Social Networking Client. It provides the most comprehensive aggregated mobile social networking experience within an operator environment. It lets subscribers fully immerse themselves in their favorite social networks, right from their handsets. They can immediately post and view pictures and videos, blog and add comments on popular community sites such as MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Bebo, LinkedIn and Flickr. LifeCache Social Networking solution positions operators at the center of subscribers' digital lifestyles. Website

Judges' comments: "An impressive product for stimulating network usage and revenue. The flexible deployment models should fit with any operator or MVNO looking to tap in to the Internet social networking culture."

The revolutionary BlackBerry® Storm™ 9500 SurePressTM touchscreen is large and vibrant with a truly tactile touch interface. Purpose-built for exclusive carriers, Vodafone and Verizon Wireless, the BlackBerry Storm SurePress touchscreen is a world first and overcomes difficulties associated with typing on traditional touchscreen devices. It builds on RIM's acknowledged leadership in the smartphone market and takes it to the next level by incorporating touch with confirmation so users are able to experience a new level of interaction with a touchscreen mobile device. The precision typing and navigation enables a whwhole range of applications and features that have not been possible
on a touchscreen mobile device. Website

Judges' comments: "RIM does it again, with a new twist to the touch screen. The SurePress screen incorporates touch with confirmation, taking interaction to a new level."

RIM was founded by Mike Lazaridis, Co-CEO and President, while a student in Ontario in 1984. He was later joined by Jim Balsillie as Co-CEO in 1992. In the early days, it championed the cause of wireless paging, and then ten years ago unleashed the BlackBerry, a device that changed the face of corporate communication. Throughout the years, BlackBerry devices have become a central communications tool for not only email, but for social networking, SMS, instant messaging, Internet browsing, and of course, for making phone calls.  In recent years, RIM has brought innovative new devices to market including the BlackBerry Pearl, the Curve, the Bold and the BlackBerry Storm, which was nominated in the awards earlier tonight. 
GSMA Chairman Izosimov said: "In my opinion, the BlackBerry helped keep the mobile data flame alive with email everywhere, and it helped the industry justify investment in GPRS and 3G in the face of early scepticism. It's hard to imagine life – especially in business – before the BlackBerry. Before the revolution of the "push email" service, finding a dial up and accessing email was a painful experience. It's an extraordinary story." Website

The Government of France has taken several key policy decisions that will ensure the vast majority of its people will be able to benefit from cost-effective, high-performance Mobile Broadband services. "This award recognises both the leadership of the French government in implementing a clear spectrum policy that will lead to ubiquitous Mobile Broadband services and the influence this policy is having on other European governments," said Rob Conway, CEO of the GSMA. "France is creating the conditions that will enable the mobile industry to invest in the broadband networks that will deliver the productivity improvements and economic growth necessary to help pull the world through these tough times."

Founded in 2007, CooTek is aiming at improving the usability and enriching the functionalities of mobile devices through our innovative software. TouchPal, based on our patent pending T+ technology, offers an good substitution to hardware keyboard. After using TouchPal for a while, users often find they could type faster than ever on a virtual keyboard.