Announcement: Finalists of Vodafone Mobile Clicks 2010! Vote now!
Posted on: September 16, 2010 – Filed under: Barcelona
With 20 excellent nominees (5 for each competing country), the jury had a lot of difficulty to decide on the four finalists that will be invited to represent their country in a live final at PICNIC Festival, which will be held in the Netherlands on September 24th.
The four finalists that are still competing for the €150,000 total prize fund are:
Netherlands (Akvo Phone): A mobile application that allows live field-reporting for development aid project workers. Akvo Phone allows reports including pictures, text, phone identity, geographic location (GPS) and time stamp to be remotely submitted, freeing up time for field workers to get on with their jobs. Visit their website.
Portugal (Cardmobili): A comprehensive collection of membership and loyalty cards is gathered through crowd-sourcing as well as comprehensive searches of loyalty programs and then sent to the customer’s mobile phone. The digitalisation of opt-in loyalty cards, coupons and vouchers gives customers convenient and easy access to relevant purchase offers. Visit their website.
Spain (MALCOM): A mobile application lifecycle management system which is a revolution both for publishers and developers. The service – accessed through a simple web interface – takes the complexity, time and cost out of managing, updating and rolling out mobile applications, making it much more straightforward for application developers to manage their work. Visit their website.
UK (Roulette Cricket): Part of a new wave of mobile entertainment, so-called ‘2nd screen gaming’ gives fans a new way to engage with their favourite sport. Roulette Cricket is designed to be played whilst watching live sport, either at the ground, on TV or online, also allowing fans conveniently to place bets or friendly wagers via their mobile device. Visit their website.
Vote now for your favourite start-up!
It is now possible to vote for your favourite entry. At the live final, the ranking from the public vote will carry equal weighting to the vote of one official panel member. Vote now by visiting http://www.vodafonemobileclicks.com/vote and help your favourite entry win Vodafone Mobile Clicks 2010!
At the final the winner and runner up will be chosen by a world class jury panel. Amongst them are mobile industry experts like Om Malik, Russell Buckley, Rudy de Waele and Robin Wauters. See http://www.vodafonemobileclicks.com/jury for the complete list.
The jury members that made the selection of the finalists possible
Global jury members:
– Rudy de Waele – Founder Mobile 2.0 Europe (www.m-trends.org)
– Peter Vesterbacka – Co-Founder Mobile Monday (www.mobilemonday.com)
– Wolfgang Schuster – Vodafone Ventures Europe (www.vodafone.com)
– Renato Valdés Olmos – Founder My Name is E and finalist VMC2009 (www.mynameise.com)
Local jury members that judged entries from their respective country:
– Belen Aparicio – Marketing Specialist (Vodafone Spain)
– Jochem Heerkens – Head of Postpaid Terminals Marketing (Vodafone Netherlands)
– Nuno Inácio – Product Manager (Vodafone Portugal)
– Glenn Millard – Product Manager (Vodafone UK)