Mobile Star Award Winners Announced: Best in Mobile, Wireless

MobileVillage® / PDA Inc. has announced over 40 winners in its annual Mobile Star Awards that honor and promote the best companies, products, implementations, and leaders in mobile and wireless technology.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 23, 2003 -- MobileVillage® / PDA Inc., the market development company and news service based in Silicon Valley, has announced winners of its Spring 2003 Mobile Star Awards (www.mobilevillage.com/awards.htm). The awards honor and promote the best companies, products, implementations, and leaders in mobile and wireless technology.

"With literally tens of thousands of mobile technology companies doing business and several thousand more started every year, IT buyers and solution providers need help in spotting the very best companies, products, potential partners, and implementations," says Jon Covington, chairman and founder of MobileVillage / PDA Inc. "The recognition provided by the Mobile Star Awards meets these needs."

The Spring 2003 Awards featured nearly 100 entrants competing in over 40 categories, according to Gary Thayer, editor of Go Mobile®, MobileVillages free online newsletter sent to technology executives, buyers, IT managers, and top tech journalists. "We let our newsletter subscribers vote for the award winners because they are very mobile-savvy people," says Thayer. "Given our readers real-world expertise, the award winners really do represent the best in mobile."

Thayer says that readers who are not familiar with an entrant or winner can learn about them by visiting the companys summary page on the MobileVillage web site.

Award winners can use the Mobile Star Award Winner logo, and are featured on the MobileVillage web site and newsletter. Winners and entrants also are invited to MobileVillages MobileEXPO Best of Mobile exposition and conference planned for early December, 2003 in San Mateo, California.

The Spring 2003 Mobile Star Award Winners are:

Accessories
Gold Star: Pacific Design
Silver Star: Rhinoskin

Component: Data Storage
Gold Star: M-Systems

Developer Tool
Gold Star: Odyssey Software's ViaXML
Silver Star: SYWARE's Visual CE

Hardware: Enterprise Customer Service
Gold Star: LXE Inc.
Silver Star: Psion Teklogix

Hardware: General Use Handheld / PDA
Gold Star: Mentor Engineering's Stryder

Hardware: Rugged Handheld / PDA
Gold Star: LXE's MX series
Silver Star: Psion Teklogix' netpad

Hardware: Mobile Phone
Gold Star: Handspring's Treo 300 PCS Phone
Silver Star: SpectraLink

Hardware: Mounting System
Gold Star: ProClip USA

Hardware: Rugged Notebook
Gold Star: Panasonic's Toughbook T-1
Silver Star: Itronix's GoBook II

Hardware: Tablet
Gold Star: Panasonic's Toughbook 18
Silver Star: Wyse's Winterm 3820TX

Implementation: Field Service
Gold Star: Shell Pipeline
Silver Star: Florida Power

Implementation: Healthcare
Gold Star: University of Cincinnati
Silver Star: USC University Hospital
Bronze Star: Northshore-LIJ Health System

Implementation: Law Enforcement
Gold Star: City of Oakland, CA

Implementation: Manufacturing
Gold Star: Unilever Bestfoods
Silver Star: Frantschach

Implementation: Sales & Service
Gold Star: Taylor Made-adidas Golf

Leader: Enterprise IT Manager and/or Mobile User
Gold Star: Lt. Craig Meier, Baltimore Police

Leader: Solutions Provider - Individual
Gold Star: Randy Brouckman, Telispark

Leader: Solutions Provider - Company
Gold Star: Mentor Engineering

OEM Customer Service
Gold Star: Flarion Technologies

Public Relations Firm
Gold Star: High Road Communications and TalonPR (tie)
Silver Star: Connect Public Relations

Software: Business Productivity Tool
Gold Star: Cutting Edge's Quickoffice Premier
Silver Star: DataViz's Documents to Go
Bronze Star: Mindjet's MindManager for Tablet PC

Software: Data Entry
Gold Star: Warshaw Group's QBS

Software: Customizable Database
Gold Star: Expand Beyond's PocketDBA and SYWARE's Visual CE (tie)
Silver Star: PointBase Micro

Software: Data Security
Gold Star: Trust Digital's PDA Secure
Silver Star: RSA Security's BSAFE

Software: Data Synchronization
Gold Star: PointBase UniSync
Silver Star: Extended Systems' XTNDConnect Server

Software: Enterprise Data/Email Access
Gold Star: Telispark's Mobile Enterprise
Silver Star: Orsus' Mobile Framework
Bronze Star: AvantGo's Pylon

Software: GIS / Mapping
Gold Star: MapInfo Professional

Software: GPS / Location Based Services
Gold Star: Motorola's VIAMOTO
Silver Star: Networkcar's Networkfleet and Vettro Fleet (tie)

Software: Mobile Device Management
Gold Star: CampusMobility HQ and RPA Wireless' MobileManager (tie)
Silver Star: PointBase UniSync
Bronze Star: Extended Systems' XTNDConnect Server

Software: Remote Network Management
Gold Star: Padcom's Connectivity Suite
Silver Star: RPA Wireless' MobileManager
Bronze Star: Narus Prepaid Data

Software: Printing
Gold Star: Bachmann Software's PrintBoy
Silver Star: PrinterOn's PocketWhere

Software: Education
Gold Star: CampusMobility IQ

Software: Engineering & Construction
Gold Star: Warshaw Group's QBS Inspect

Software: Field Service
Gold Star: Telispark's Mobile Enterprise
Silver Star: Antenna Software's A3 Mobile Foundation

Software: Healthcare Data Capture
Gold Star: MDeverywhere's EveryCharge
Silver Star: PatientKeepers ChargeKeeper

Software: Healthcare Professional Reference
Gold Star: Global Bay's AccessPoint

Software: Healthcare Specialty Application
Gold Star: CampusMobility Healthcare Platform
Silver Star: Global Bay's AccessPoint

Software: Law Enforcement, Security & Surveillance
Gold Star: Narus Intelligence

Software: M-Commerce
Gold Star: Narus Prepaid Data

Software: Real Estate
Gold Star: RDC's Mobile Listing Advantage

Software: Sales & Marketing
Gold Star: Retrieval Dynamic's GoFigure
Silver Star: Global Bay's AccessPoint

Software: Supply Chain
Gold Star: Telispark's Mobile Enterprise

Systems Integrator
Gold Star: CampusMobility and Global Bay (tie)
Silver Star: Mobile Automation

Wireless Application Infrastructure
Gold Star: Air2Web platform

Details on the winning companies, people, and products are available at www.mobilevillage.com/awards.htm.

"The awards are just one of the ways that we're trying to bring these leaders together," says Jon Covington, chairman and founder of MobileVillage / PDA Inc. "The awards are a springboard to our live events, where company presidents and IT project managers can meet face-to-face, learn from each other, and do deals."

The December MobileEXPO conference marks MobileVillages 20th event. The companys past events include MobileEXPO, The Mobile & PDA Expo, The Utility Industry Mobile Computing Forum, The Forum for Handheld Computing in Healthcare, and the PDA Forum.

The latter event -- the PDA Forum -- was held from 1994 to 1996 as one of the first events ever to promote the benefits of mobile computing to enterprises. Today, mobile technology has become commonplace at many companies, allowing mobile workers to access and send important information that cuts costs and increases efficiency and profits.

About MobileVillage / PDA Inc.

MobileVillage® / PDA Inc., is a market and solution development company dedicated to advancing mobile and wireless enterprise computing within select vertical and horizontal market segments. MobileVillage accomplishes this by fostering technical and professional alliances through web-based networking, professional conferences, news, consulting, staffing, education and Best of Breed" solution identification, creation, management and delivery.

A privately held company, MobileVillage® / PDA Inc. was launched in 1994. For more information about MobileVillage services, visit www.mobilevillage.com, call (650) 355-1125 or email info@mobilevillage.com.

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Press Contact:
Gary Thayer
news@mobilevillage.com