LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- CTIA I.T. -- FierceMobileContent (www.fiercemobilecontent.com) announced the winners of its first-ever Top App Awards, featuring the top 10 leading mobile applications used on wireless handheld devices today. Editors at FierceMobileContent evaluated more than 200 leading mobile content apps based on their usability, ingenuity, revenue potential, user base and competitive position. The Top App Awards span the value chain and recognize the most successful applications across a variety of mobile content segments.
This year's winners include applications that solve the biggest problem facing the mobile content industry: the stagnant uptake of content services. Winners include an app that allows users to share mobile games and other content, a mobile TV solution that simplifies navigation to content, and a user-generated content service that actually makes the carrier money -- and the user too.
The 2006 Top App Award winners by category include:
-- Marketing -- Penalty Cup by IGA/Exit Games Neutron
-- Music -- The Sprint Music Store by Groove Mobile/Sprint
-- Video -- Comedy Central "Take Out" by Nellymoser/Comedy Central
-- Gaming -- Frogger by Cascada/Konami
-- Consumer Generated Content -- "SeeMeTV" by Yo Space/3
-- Convergence -- The Roundbox Electronic Service Guide Solution by TV
Guide/Roundbox
-- Messaging -- Disney Mobile's Family Alerts by Disney Mobile,
mPortal
-- Social Networking/Community -- MySpace Mobile on Helio, by
Helio/MySpace
-- Search -- JumpTap's mobile search platform by JumpTap
-- And Finally -- Mozzytone
"FierceMobileContent recognizes that 2006 has been a breakthrough year for mobile applications development," said Jeff Giesea, president of FierceMarkets. "These awards highlight the companies and applications that offer the greatest promise for increasing adoption of data services."
FierceMobileContent is an internationally recognized information service covering the mobile content sector. Every business day, more than 14,000 top wireless, media, and advertising executives rely on FierceMobileContent for a daily email briefing on the sector's top news, trends, and gossip. Sign up is free at www.fiercemobilecontent.com/subscribe.php.
The full Top App Award write-ups can be viewed at www.fiercemobilecontent.com
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