Symbian announces winners of the Star Developer Awards
LONDON, United Kingdom – Symbian Limited, developer and licensor of Symbian OS™, the market-leading open operating system for mobile phones, announced the winners of the Symbian Star Developer Awards. These awards recognise the most unique and innovative applications developed for mobile phones based on Symbian OS, as chosen by Forum Nokia, Motorola, NAVTEQ and Symbian Academy.
The winners of the ‘Most Innovative Symbian Application' are as follows:
Winner as voted by Forum Nokia: Joiku, JoikuSpot
www.joikuspot.com
JoikuSpot turns your mobile phone to a mobile WLAN HotSpot with no need for USB sticks, cables or Bluetooth. Email, corporate intraweb and other secured access information is VPN-supported. JoikuSpot software installs direct to a mobile phone enabling the user to carry 3G internet in their pockets, and share with others over WLAN.
"Nokia is pleased to recognise JoikuSpot, one of the developers in the Forum Nokia Innovation Series, as a Star Developer Award winner for 2008. JoikuSpot application is an innovative example of out-of-the-box thinking that introduces new use cases and demonstrates the full capabilities of the S60 platform," said Seppo Oksa, Director of EMEA, Forum Nokia. "Forum Nokia is proud to provide the technical and business support services for innovators like Joiku and is excited to continue putting applications like this in front of consumers."
Winner as voted by Motorola: WeComm, Sky Anytime
www.wecomm.com
Sky Anytime on Mobile is an interactive TV application that extends Sky's digital TV experience to the mobile platform. As well as offering access to an on-demand news, entertainment and sports, Sky's Anytime application also provides an access point to Sky's range of live mobile TV services.
The Anytime application also allows customers to use their mobile phone to programme their Sky+ boxes remotely, place bets through SkyBet, and search their full 7-day electronic programme guide (EPG). Anytime on Mobile replicates the standard Sky EPG, allowing for an intuitive and fully accessible mobile content experience.
Winner as voted by NAVTEQ: Gypsii®, PlaceMe
corporate.gypsii.com/content/view/51/70/
"GyPSii's PlaceMe is an easy-to-use social networking application which is integrated with location search and web services so geotagged pictures, audio and video, text and Points of Interest can be shared, viewed and uploaded to a map. Users can also geotag places and track each other within its defined community," explained Marc Naddell, VP Partner & Developer Programs at NAVTEQ . "GyPSii made a huge impact at the finals of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge earlier this year with its innovative, Symbian-based PlaceMe application, so we had no hesitation in nominating it for a Symbian Star Developer Award."
Winner as voted by Symbian Academy: Andreas Jakl, ShakerRacer
symbian-resources.com/projects/shakerracer.php
ShakerRacer allows users of Symbian mobile phones to control a remote-controlled car using the acceleration sensor in their mobile phones. Users can manipulate the movements of the car by tilting the mobile phone in all directions.
"Symbian is pleased to recognise Andreas Jakl, Assistant Professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg, for his work in education on Symbian OS," said Antony Edwards, Vice President Developer Product Marketing, Symbian. "Andreas brings inspiration to the new generation of mobile developers with enthusiasm and commitment for new technologies in the mobile space."
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About Symbian Limited
Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS™, the market-leading open operating system for mobile phones.
Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers and has built close co-operative business relationships with leading companies across the mobile industry. During Q2 2008, 19.6 million Symbian mobile phones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of units shipped up to 30 June 2008 to 226 million.
Symbian has its headquarters in London, with offices in Cambridge, United Kingdom, China, India, Japan, Korea and United States. For more information, please visit www.symbian.com.
The winners of the ‘Most Innovative Symbian Application' are as follows:
Winner as voted by Forum Nokia: Joiku, JoikuSpot
www.joikuspot.com
JoikuSpot turns your mobile phone to a mobile WLAN HotSpot with no need for USB sticks, cables or Bluetooth. Email, corporate intraweb and other secured access information is VPN-supported. JoikuSpot software installs direct to a mobile phone enabling the user to carry 3G internet in their pockets, and share with others over WLAN.
"Nokia is pleased to recognise JoikuSpot, one of the developers in the Forum Nokia Innovation Series, as a Star Developer Award winner for 2008. JoikuSpot application is an innovative example of out-of-the-box thinking that introduces new use cases and demonstrates the full capabilities of the S60 platform," said Seppo Oksa, Director of EMEA, Forum Nokia. "Forum Nokia is proud to provide the technical and business support services for innovators like Joiku and is excited to continue putting applications like this in front of consumers."
Winner as voted by Motorola: WeComm, Sky Anytime
www.wecomm.com
Sky Anytime on Mobile is an interactive TV application that extends Sky's digital TV experience to the mobile platform. As well as offering access to an on-demand news, entertainment and sports, Sky's Anytime application also provides an access point to Sky's range of live mobile TV services.
The Anytime application also allows customers to use their mobile phone to programme their Sky+ boxes remotely, place bets through SkyBet, and search their full 7-day electronic programme guide (EPG). Anytime on Mobile replicates the standard Sky EPG, allowing for an intuitive and fully accessible mobile content experience.
Winner as voted by NAVTEQ: Gypsii®, PlaceMe
corporate.gypsii.com/content/view/51/70/
"GyPSii's PlaceMe is an easy-to-use social networking application which is integrated with location search and web services so geotagged pictures, audio and video, text and Points of Interest can be shared, viewed and uploaded to a map. Users can also geotag places and track each other within its defined community," explained Marc Naddell, VP Partner & Developer Programs at NAVTEQ . "GyPSii made a huge impact at the finals of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge earlier this year with its innovative, Symbian-based PlaceMe application, so we had no hesitation in nominating it for a Symbian Star Developer Award."
Winner as voted by Symbian Academy: Andreas Jakl, ShakerRacer
symbian-resources.com/projects/shakerracer.php
ShakerRacer allows users of Symbian mobile phones to control a remote-controlled car using the acceleration sensor in their mobile phones. Users can manipulate the movements of the car by tilting the mobile phone in all directions.
"Symbian is pleased to recognise Andreas Jakl, Assistant Professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg, for his work in education on Symbian OS," said Antony Edwards, Vice President Developer Product Marketing, Symbian. "Andreas brings inspiration to the new generation of mobile developers with enthusiasm and commitment for new technologies in the mobile space."
- Ends -
About Symbian Limited
Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS™, the market-leading open operating system for mobile phones.
Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers and has built close co-operative business relationships with leading companies across the mobile industry. During Q2 2008, 19.6 million Symbian mobile phones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of units shipped up to 30 June 2008 to 226 million.
Symbian has its headquarters in London, with offices in Cambridge, United Kingdom, China, India, Japan, Korea and United States. For more information, please visit www.symbian.com.
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