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MOBILETRAX
ANNOUNCES MOBILITY AWARDS PROGRAM FOR 2004
LACKING BUILT-IN
INFRASTRUCTURE |
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Mobility
Awards Honor the Best and Finest Mobile Computing and Wireless
Data Communications Products and Services
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Cupertino, CA,
January 20, 2004
MobileTrax LLC, a leading source of information on the
mobile computing and wireless data communications industry,
announced today the release of the 2004 Mobility Awards
winners. |
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The 2004 Mobility Awards honor the best and
finest mobile computing and wireless data communications products
and services that were announced in 2003. “There’s
a need to honor the best and finest mobile computing and wireless
data communications products and services,” said J. Gerry
Purdy, Ph.D. Principal Analyst with MobileTrax LLC. “The
Mobility Awards are being resurrected due to popular demand
expressed by the vendor community.”
This years winners are: |
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Accessories
Juice (iGo Corp.)
Components
WAN Chipsets – CDMA2000 chipsets (QUALCOMM)
Integrated – Connect Plus 128MB + Wi-Fi CompactFlash (SanDisk
& Sychip)
Mobile CPU – Pentium M processor (Intel)
PC Card Wireless WAN – AirCard 580 (Sierra Wireless)
Wi-Fi – AR5004X Client (Atheros Communications)
Handhelds
Entertainment – Zodiac (Tapwave)
Palm/Entry Level – Zire 71 (palmOne)
Palm/High End – Clié NX80V (Sony)
PocketPC – iPAQ h4350 (HP)
Portable Entertainment – iPod (Apple)
SmartPhone/Entry – Nokia 6800 (Nokia)
SmartPhone/High End – Treo 600 (palmOne)
Notebooks
Convertibles – Portégé M200 (Toshiba)
Desktop Replacement – Lifebook N5000 (Fujitsu)
Tablet PCs – M 1300 Tablet PC (Motion Computing)
Thin & Light – ThinkPad T40 (IBM)
Ultraportables – Latitude D400 (Dell)
Value – 3150 Series (Averatec)
Security
Airlink – Wireless Wall (Cranite Systems)
Device – Credant Mobile Guardian (Credant Technologies)
Software
Handheld Email – SnapperMail (SnapperMail)
Mobile Entreprise – Synchrologic Mobile Suite (Pumatech)
Mobile Ressource Management/Large – Afaria (XcelleNet)
Mobile Resource Management/Small&Med – Mobility Management
Suite (AirPrism)
Mobility Management – NetMotion Mobility (NetMotion Wireless)
Notebook Email – Outlook 2003 (Microsoft)
Productivity – Documents To Go (Dataviz)
Synchronization – Intellisync (Pumatech)
Tablet PC Applications – OneNote (Microsoft)
Storage
Handheld – 4GB Microdrive (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies)
Notebook – Travelstar 5K80 80GB 2.5” disk (Hitachi Global
Storage Technologies)
Personal Storage Media – 40GB 1.8" Disk Drive (Toshiba
Storage)
Wireless Data
Email – GoodLink (Good Technology)
Software & Devices – RIM Blackberry (Research In Motion)
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Wireless LANs
Management/Gateways – Bluesocket Wireless Gateway (Bluesocket)
Enterprise Wi-Fi Service – iPass (iPass)
Enterprise Class – Airespace WLAN Switch (Airespace)
Municipal
wLAN Systems – Tropos Outdoor WiFi Cell (Tropos Networks)
Organization – Wi-Fi Industry Promotion (Wi-Fi Alliance)
Portal – Hotspot Locator (JIWIRE)
Public WiFi Service – T-Mobile Hotspot Service (T-Mobile) |
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Wireless WANs
Data Service – BroadbandAccess Service (Verizon Wireless)
Acceleration – Optigo Enterprise Optimizer (Bytemobile)
Data Service – PCS Vision Service (Sprint PCS)
Voice Processing – Voice-Activated Phonebook (Voice Signal)
Rookie of the Year
Mirra Personal Server (Mirra) |
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Product of the Year
Treo 600 (palmOne)
Companies (and their PR agencies) who believe their mobile or
wireless product or service should be considered for a Mobility
Award should go to the MobileTrax Web site and complete the
nomination form for the 2005 awards. The MobileTrax team will
consider all nominations as well as make awards on its own.
The selection process is at the sole discretion of MobileTrax.
The decision process is independent of any financial commitment
made by the vendor to MobileTrax. Only a limited number of Mobility
Awards will be issued.
About MobileTrax: MobileTrax, LLC is a Silicon Valley-based,
professional services firm that focuses on the mobile computing
and wireless data communications markets. MobileTrax provides
market research, executive conferences and consulting services
regarding enterprise and consumer markets. |
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MobileTrax publishes two free industry newsletters.
Inside Mobile and Wireless provides editorial analysis and insights
regarding important topics in mobile and wireless and is published
weekly. Mobile Letter covers insights regarding new products
and services and is published on the first and third Wednesdays
of the month. A new column, Vendor Viewpoint, provides a visionary
message from a senior executive at a vendor. |
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MobileTrax is headed by J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D., a globally recognized
authority on mobile computing and wireless data communications.
Dr. Purdy is also a Venture Consultant at Diamondhead Ventures,
an early-stage venture capital firm. More information can be
found at www.mobiletrax.com.
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Note: Brand or product names are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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