Fast-Pitch Contest at CTIA Wireless April 1-3, 2008
Thank you to all the developers who participated in this year's Fast-Pitch 2008 Contest! We
had a stellar turn-out with many strong application, content and device entries to
review.
Many congratulations to all the talented developers we met with at CTIA Wireless 2008, and in
particular to this year's platinum award winners and runners-up.
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Consumer Fast-Pitch 2008 Contest Winners Platinum Award Winner of $25,000 and 'What's Hot' Placement within MEdia Net: Company name: Chacha Runner Up, Awarded $5,000: Company name:
GPShopper Runner Up, Awarded $5,000: Company name: Positive
Motion Honorable Mentions The following companies submitted highly scoring entries that are deserving of honorable mention:
Enterprise Fast-Pitch 2008 Contest Winners Best New Application 1st Place Winner of $15,000 Company name: e-Nabler Corp Website: http://www.e-nablercorp.com Description: The e-Nabler Mobile Suite components are eMobileSales, eMobilePOS, eMobileService and eMobilePay, which covers the field sales, mobile retail sales, field service and mobile credit card payment acceptance markets. All share the basic cornerstones: - For Windows Mobile devices - On-line/Off-line design enabling operation in areas with no signal - Software-as-a-Service, no servers or software to buy or maintain - Connectors to popular accounting packages like QuickBooks and Peachtree - A web based admin tool where all traffic from mobile devices can be monitored and transactions can be reprinted with captured signatures and images - Software updates, upgrades and support are included with the low monthly fee - Over the air installation We want to demonstrate eMobilePOS which is a mobile retail sales solution with bar code scanning, credit card payment, signature capture, receipt printing and wireless synchronization. It can be run from a Cingular 8525, Tilt or from a specialty device like the Casio IT-3000. We can also demonstrate eMobileService which is a field service automation system with a robust web based dispatch tool, mapping functions in dispatcher and in PocketPC Phone, wireless synching, before and after digital picture capture, signature capture, credit card processing and receipt printing 2nd Place Winner of $5,000 Company name: JavaDive Technologies, Inc Website: http://www.javadive.com/ Description: MedsTimer solves the major challenges in outpatient drug trials. In these drug trials, the greatest challenge is to monitor the patients and make sure that they are compliant with trial protocols. Patient compliance is very important in clinical trials. MedsTimer solves the two crucial compliance issues: drug dosing compliance and symptom self-report compliance. Mobile device reminds the patient of the dose schedule and maintains the patient diary of self-reporting. Recent studies have attributed 40% inaccurate Patients diaries resulting in incorrect results. MedsTimer can be customized for specific drug trial protocol and reporting structure. An optional client/server version is also available. 3rd Place Company name: OpenPath Products Website: http://openpathproducts.com Best New Small-Medium Business (SMB) Targeted Application 1st Place Winner of $5,000 Company name: Activity Management Inc. Website: www.activitymanagementinc.com Description: Insight is a management tool that helps increase the productivity of a mobile workforce. Insight uses a combination of a Smartphone, CRM system, Software, Google Maps and a database to report the weekly call activity and client visits the outside sales and technical teams each week. Insight also computes all mileage reimbursement for an organizations mobile workforce. The insight client application runs on a Blackberry or Windows Mobile device. AMI geocodes (patent pending) an enterprise client's CRM database such as Salesforce.com, Siebel, Microsoft CRM for GPS locations. Insight allows a user to input call activity from their Smartphone directly into their corporate CRM system from the field. Insight also reports the billable revenue for each client and the time utilization of each technical resource each week. Lastly, insight displays the real-time location of a clients entire mobile workforce on a Google Map which assists a service organization with the dispatching service calls to the field. 2nd Place Company name: AMT-Sybex Website: www.dexterra.com 3rd Place Company name: HyperOffice Website: www.hyperoffice.com Most Improved Previously-Certified Application 1st Place Winner of $5,000 Company name: BlueTech LLC Website: www.fieldranger.com Description: FieldRanger is primarily a field force automation application. Work Orders are created online, dispatched to technicians in the field, and sent to QuickBooks for invoicing when completed. Prior to this year, our application was only able to track time, collect signatures, and transfer notes between worker and dispatcher. Over the course of last year, FieldRanger is now able to track parts and services billed in the field, gives dispatchers the ability to see where their workers have been with our Location History feature, allows customers to view their completed jobs on our new customer our new customer portal, and QuickBooks integration has been updated to include 2007 and 2008. 2nd Place Company name: Conceivium Business Solutions Website: www.conceivium.com 3rd Place Company name: PortNexus Corp Website: www.portnexus.com Best New Specialty Vertical Device 1st Place Winner of $5,000 Company name: Opticon, Inc Website: www.opticonusa.com Description: The Opticon H19 is a new rugged SmartPhone device that offers the business enterprise user a price to performance level never before available. The H19 incorporates GSM/eGPRS (only, no CDMA), WiFi, BlueTooth, GPS, signature capture and high-performance bar code scanning and imaging into a small and lightweight IP54 based handheld device. With a four foot drop to concrete specification and IP54 rating, the H19 is built to withstand today's demanding mobile environments - in a very compact and ergonomic package weighing in at only 7 ounces including the battery. Based on Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional, the H19 is compatible with a broad range of robust software applications available on the market today. 2nd Place Company name: InfoTek Associates Website: www.infotekwireless.com 3rd Place Company name: ITS Telecom Website: www.its-tel.com |
