WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

GetJar  has announced the mobile app finalists for The Gettie Awards 2010.Winners from each category will be determined by review of the actual physical applications. The Gettie Award winner will be determined by a combination of nominations and judge's votes.

The finalists in their respective categories are:

• Best Android application: DriveSafe.ly, Lookout, Trip Journal.
• Best Blackberry application: Kayak Flight/Hotel Search, Waze, Cnectd.
• Best iPhone application: Tap Tap Revenge 3, Mint.com Personal Finance, Finger Physics.
• Best Java application: Snaptu, WaveSecure Backup, Trippo Voice Translator.
• Best Symbian application: NetQin Mobile Anti-virus, Nimbuzz, Point & Find.
• Best Windows Mobile application: Opera Mini, SportyPal, Glympse.
• Best Overall App (Gettie Award): Shazam on Android, Layar, eBuddy.

The Gettie Awards ceremony will take place in conjunction with the first evening of VentureBeat's annual MobileBeat conference scheduled for July 12, 2010, at 7 p.m. at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California.

"GetJar is thrilled to honor some of the world's best mobile applications developers for their outstanding work," said Patrick Mork, CMO of GetJar. "2010 is really the year of the mobile developer and the industry owes a lot to the men and women who are creating the outstanding content that's helping drive our industry. The diversity, creativity and innovation across all the major development platforms really made it difficult for us to select these 21 finalists from the thousands of nominations we received. However, the Gettie Awards is as much a tribute to all mobile developers as it is to the select few that will be honored on July 12th. The industry wouldn't be where it is without them."

Best of Android an' Droid Apps Page.
Top Ten (Plus) Best Coolest Free Android an' Droid Apps Review of Reviews.

BlackBerry Storm Apps and Accessories.
BlackBerry Tour Apps and Accessories.