Japan Developers Win BREW Awards
At the BREW 2004 Developer Conference in San Diego, awards to honor stand-out BREW products and services were announced in six categories. EZFM and EZ Naviwalk won 1st prize in the Best Entertainment and Best Location-Based categories, respectively. Other Japanese entries from Edia Co., MediaSeek Inc., and Namco were selected as finalists in the information, entertainment and productivity categories.
Best Productivity /M-Commerce Application:
Winner: Mobile Banking – China M-World Co., Ltd. (China)
Finalists:
2D Code Reader – MediaSeek Inc. (Japan)
Smart Traffic™ – Pharos Science & Applications (U.S.)
Best Entertainment Application:
Winner: EZFM – NANO Media, Inc. & ITOCHU Corp. (Japan)
Finalists:
Magic Photo – IBSnet Co., Ltd. (Korea)
Takio no Tatsujin – Namco® Ltd. (Japan)
Best Game Application:
Winner: JAMDAT® Bowling 2 – JAMDAT® Mobile Inc. (U.S.)
Finalists:
Battle Baseball 2004 – GAMEVIL Inc. (Korea)
Sword of Troodon – Troodon Entertainment Technology Co., Ltd. (China)
Best Location-Based Service Application:
Winner: EZnaviwalk – Navitime Japan Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Finalists:
OKMap – Chengdu ChinaOK Network Technology Corp. (China)
Vindigo® City Guide – Vindigo Studios (U.S.)
Best Communications Application:
Winner: RocketMMS™ – Rocket Mobile Inc. (U.S.)
Finalists:
Tencent QQ – Tencent Technology Ltd. (China)
WMail 2.0 – Wiz Technologies (Brazil)
Best Information Application:
Winner: Weathernews – Weathernews Americas Inc. (U.S.)
Finalists:
JTB Norikae Jikuhyou – Edia Co., Ltd. (Japan)