And the Winner for Best Handset Award 2009 is INQ1
Finally the wait is over, as we have the list of winners, which made it to prestigious awards in different categories at 14th Global Mobile Awards. And, as you were most interested in knowing the winner of Best Mobile Handset or Device, the award was bagged by INQ1, defeating biggies like Nokia E71 and Blackberry Storm.
The factors which contributed the most in bringing this fame to INQ1 are its association with social networking. Providing facilities like Facebook access, along with last.fm, the cell phone impressed its users as well as the critics. Also, Skype and Windows Live Messenger added to the worth of this device.
All other nominees in this category were also praised for providing new faces to the trend of cell phones. The award for Best Mobile Internet Service was given to Nokia for its Nokia Sports Tracker. It is worth mentioning that this feature keeps track of activities like jogging and running, using GPS technology. It also allows taking pictures on the way and displaying information about speed and route followed.
The award for Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough was grabbed by Sure Press technology from none other than Blackberry. Sure Press is the technology implied for cell phones to click the area on screen like a hardware button. The technology confirms that future of cell phones is bright with touch screen and associated functionality.
While the event this year was magnificent, you can expect the celebrations to increase manifolds in the next year’s event and the credit goes to Mobile Innovation Grand Prix. Let’s hold our breath for what will be offered in the year ahead.
