Mobile Insights Announces a Call for Nominations for the Annual Mobility Awards
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 30, 1999 — November 30, 1999 — Sixth Annual Mobile Insights Conference to Be Held March 5-7, Marriott Desert Springs Resort, Palm Springs
Mobile Insights today announced it would be taking nominations for the Year 2000 Mobility Awards.
Presentation of the awards will be held during the sixth annual Mobile Insights 2000 conference for leaders in the mobile computing and data communications industry. The venue for the conference is the luxurious Marriott Desert Springs Resort, in Palm Springs. The sixth annual conference will be held March 5 through 7, 2000.
The categories for the Mobility Awards are:
Notebook Computing:
Entry Level Notebook (low price)
Ultraportable (1-spindle)
All-in-One (3-spindle)
Small Business Portable
Consumer
Ultralight (under 3 lbs.)
PC Companion
Handheld Computing:
PalmOS Platform Products
Windows CE Palm-sized PC
Industrial Handheld Systems
eBooks, HW & SW
Palmtops
Music/audio players
Software:
Internet/Intranet Backup & Retrieval
Internet Portals
Web PIM
Application
System Software
Synchronization
Database
Mobile Complements:
PC Card
CF Card
Peripherals
Accessories
Service & Support
Components
Notebook Storage
Mobile Storage
Solid State Storage
Professional Projectors
Personal Projectors
Digital Cameras
Wireless:
Software/Service
Hardware
Network Mgmt/Remote Access
Excellence Awards:
Management Team of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Technology Achievement of the Year
Product of the Year
Director's Award
Nominations for the Mobility Awards are requested to be submitted directly on the Web via www.mobileinsights.com/mi2kawards or via email to Sonia Russell at srussell@mobileinsights.com. Once a final ballot is determined, it will be distributed to the Mobile Insights, Inc. Mobility Awards Committee, which is made up of approximately 50 of the industry's top press and analysts. Their votes will determine the winners of the Year 2000 Mobility Awards. A complete list of this year's Awards Committee members will be available from Mobile Insights.
In addition to the five Mobile Insights analysts and editors, this year's committee members include:
— Steve Wildstrom, Business Week
— Matt Hamblen, Computerworld
— Michael Kanellos, CNET
— Eliot Van Buskirk, CNET
— John Dickinson, CurtCo
— Robert Katzive, DISK/TREND
— Jim Porter, DISK/TREND
— Rick Boyd-Merritt, EE Times
— Matt Purdue, Field Force Automation
— Craig Mathias, Farpoint Group
— Bob Egan, Gartner Group
— Toni Kistner, Home Office Computing
— Rob Enderle, Giga Information Group
— Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld
— Michael Vizard, InfoWorld
— William Ablondi, Market Maps
— Mike Feibus, Mercury Research
— Jack Gold, Meta Group
— Conrad Blickenstorfer, Pen Computing
— Mike Elgan, PortableLife.com
— Henry Norr, San Francisco Chronicle
— Jerry Michalski, Sociate
— Jim Louderback, ZDTV
"The Mobility Awards have become one of the most prestigious awards in the mobile computing industry," said Dr. J. Gerry Purdy, President and CEO of Mobile Insights. "The Mobility Awards are proudly displayed in the lobbies of the top mobile computing companies, and the Mobility Awards logo has been used by winners in their literature to indicate their products' best-of-class status."
About Mobile Insights
Mobile Insights is the world's leading authority on mobile computing and data communications. Established in September 1994, the company provides professional services to vendors of hardware, software, and services in the mobile computing and data communications industry. In addition to market analysis, consulting, and publishing, Mobile Insights' service brands include: Mobile Letter, an electronic newsletter that provides reviews of new products and offers industry insights; MobileTrax Online, a syndicated continuous Internet information subscription service publishing 50+ reports annually; the Mobility Awards, which are given annually to top products and services in 27 categories; Go Mobile, a new conference for leading Information Technology decision-makers; and the flagship Mobile Insights conference, an annual conference that brings together 400 to 500 of the mobile industry's key vendor executives. Mobile Insights' clients include 3Com (Nasdaq:COMS), AMD (NYSE:AMD), Compaq (Nasdaq:CPQ), Dell (Nasdaq:DELL), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP), IBM (NYSE:IBM), Intel (Nasdaq:INTC), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), Qualcomm (Nasdaq:QCOM), Toshiba, and more.
For more information on Mobile Insights and its services, visit the company's Web site at www.mobileinsights.com.
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CONTACT:
Mobile Insights
Sonia Raye Russell, 650/937-0932 (Mobility Awards info) sonia.russell@mobileinsights.com
Kerry Schwartz, 650/937-0958 (Registration info) kschwartz@mobileinsights.com