The 2010 CrackBerry Awards took place this week and some Canadians took home hardware for their BlackBerry Apps.
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.).
Congrats to our Canadian winners:
Winner for Health/Wellness: Gym Technik from Vancouver's Gym Technik
Winner for Utility - General: Halifax's Tether
Winner for Sports: Toronto's Score Mobile
Runner Up for Location Based: Poynt from Calgary's Multiplied Media (behind Google Apps)
Runner Up for News/Weather: Toronto-born, RIM acquired Viigo
Runner Up for Best BlackBerry App Developer of the Year: Toronto's Xtreme Labs
Runner Up for Best BlackBerry Game Developer of the Year: Ottawa's Magmic
Toronto's Fixmo was nominated for the Utility - OS Enhancement category but didn't place.
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...
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At last, an easy to-use, all-in-one tool to connect you with local businesses, retailers and events while you’re on the go. From inspiration to action, Poynt helps transform the mobile device from an everyday communication tool to a powerful entertainment and utility tool.
Poynt is available for BlackBerry smartphones, Android, iPhone and iPod Touch, Windows Phone 7 and Nokia Qt devices. Poynt is available in...
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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,...
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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.
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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...
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Score Media Inc. (TSX: SCR) is a media company committed to delivering interactive and authentic sports entertainment. Created in 1997 in response to the growing desire for increased participation in the consumption of sports, Score Media has now established itself as the home for hardcore sports fans. Score Media’s main asset, The Score Television Network, is a national, specialty television service providing...
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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.
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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...
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