2010 CrackBerry App Awards include Canadians

Posted by Rob Lewis on 2010-09-20 10:25:00 AM

CrackBerry has dropped accessories from their annual CrackBerry Awards and this year are completely focused on BlackBerry applications.

This year thereare 15 awards categories - 11 are application categories, three are developer awards (best app, game and theme developer of the year awards) and the final is the CrackBerry Editor's Choice awards, which don't have nominees but will be announced at the CrackBerry App Awards party. There are five finalists in each app and developer awards category. Nominees were both submitted by the CrackBerry community and by members of the Crack team (writers, moderators, etc.).

The following finalists hail from Canada:

  • Location Based: Poynt from Calgary's Multiplied Media
  • Health/Wellness: Gym Technik from Vancouver's Gym Technik
  • News/Weather: Toronto-born, RIM acquired Viigo
  • Utility - General: Halifax's Tether
  • Utility - OS Enhancement: Toronto's Fixmo
  • Sports: Score Mobile
  • Best BlackBerry App Developer of the Year:  Toronto's Xtreme Labs makers of Urbanspoon, Fixmo Tools and NBA Gametime
  • Best BlackBerry Game Developer of the Year: Ottawa's Magmic - makers of NY Times Soduku, NY Times Crosswords and Texas Hold Em' 3

The winners will be announced live at the CrackBerry App Awards party in San Francisco on Wednesday, September 29th during the BlackBerry Developer Conference.

Company:
Magmic
Website:
http://www.magmic.com
Location:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Magmic is a leading independent developer and publisher of mobile social games, apps, and entertainment. Magmic publishes a full range of content, from original titles including Ka-Glom, and THK Live to top licensed content from leading entertainment publishers like The New York Times Crosswords, Mattel, and Rubik’s Cube. Magmic has led the mobile entertainment revolution since 2002, and currently ship products to... more

Company:
Viigo
Website:
http://viigo.com
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Viigo™ is revolutionizing the way users access information on their smartphone. Every day, people around the world rely on Viigo as their gateway to a vast array of up-to-the-minute content and useful services, wherever they are and whenever they need it. In one simple, fully customizable application, Viigo delivers news, weather, flight schedules and status, real-time sports scores, stock quotes and market data,... more

Company:
Gym Technik
Website:
http://www.gymtechnik.com
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Gym Technik is a cutting edge mobile fitness tracking service. Members can setup their workout routines online and when they hit the gym - they can use their mobile smartphone to follow their workout routine with visual guidance, track their workout stats, track their cardio information, and also track body statistics. more

Company:
Xtreme Labs
Website:
http://xtremelabs.com/
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

We create quality software and achieve success rapidly through our Agile engineering process. Our process produces results that allow rapid time-to-market where user feedback can be used to iterate to the ideal solution. Our team of web and mobile experts can do it all for you. Web & Mobile Development. We’ve built award-winning, best-of-breed, cutting-edge solutions for the BlackBerry, iPhone, and other mobile... more

Company:
Fixmo
Website:
http://www.fixmo.com
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Co-founders Rick Segal and Shyam Sheth along with their partner Joyce Janczyn believe there are a number of areas where smartphones could really benefit from added functionality to make people more productive and satisfied using them. To that end, we have created a product line that is a growing set of utility bundles, each having features that enhance, augment and improve your smartphone experience. more


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Rob Lewis

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Rob is the President of Techvibes Media Inc. and Editor-in-Chief of Techvibes.com.  His diverse background includes stints in International Trade Finance, Web Development, and Enterprise Software and he is a graduate of the University of British Columbia, British Columbia Institute of Technology, and Simon Fraser University. When not running Canada's leading technology media property, Rob can... more



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