We are pleased to announce the winners for the 2008 BREW Developer Awards.

Best Up and Coming

Winner:
mSpot Make-UR-Tones, mSpot, Inc. (U.S.)

mSpot Make-UR-Tones is the first service that allows consumers to use mobile phones to easily and legally create customizable ringtones from their favorite songs. To make a ringtone, the consumer chooses the song they want using an advanced search and browse engine. Next, they choose the beginning and end of the ringtone with the application's easy-to-use waveform editor. Users can listen to the song while editing as well as preview the ringtone before downloading the DRM protected copy to their phones. Make-UR-Tones is available to mobile operators as a standalone service or a compliment to mSpot's other mobile music services.

Runner Up:
Eyespot MobileShare, Eyespot Corporation (U.S.)
ugenGames Mobile Center, Mobitween (Canada)

Best Public or Private Sector Business

Winner:
Farmer Friend, Sichuan Greatwall Software Technology Co. Ltd. (China)

This is a information service that will allow hundreds of millions of farmers in China to access abundant agricultural information such as weather forecast, market price for various products, market supply and demand information, agricultural expert's tips, etc. over very low cost cellular phone.

Runner Up:
Out of Office, SEVEN (U.S.)
Poultry Supply Chain Application for Avian Flu Prevention, Bandung Institute of Technology, School of Electrical Engineering & Informatics (Indonesia)

Best Location Based Service

Winner:
WHERE, uLocate (U.S.)

WHERE™ is the ideal mobile application for finding people, places, and things around you. Need to let your friends know where you are? Having trouble finding a good place to eat? Wondering what is happening tonight in the local music scene? Your phone has the answers! WHERE harnesses the power of global positioning systems (GPS) to enable mobile applications (called Widgets) such as local search, family/friend finder, maps & directions. WHERE Widgets are designed to be easily installed and used by mobile consumers. WHERE is also the world's first mobile location-based services (LBS) platform built with both consumers and developers in mind. The WHERE platform offers easy access to global positioning system data (GPS), a simple programming paradigm, and a unique go-to-market opportunity for mobile application developers.

Runner Up:
Copiloto Ubicacel, Telmap, Inc. (U.S.)
Garmin Mobile, Garmin International (U.S.)

Best Community/Social Networking

Winner:
Loopt, Loopt (U.S.)

Loopt is a revolutionary social mapping and communications service that changes the way friends communicate and connect in the mobile environment. Leveraging the latest location-based technologies, Loopt automatically updates and delivers friend location maps, messages and alerts on mobile handsets and the Web. Loopt puts users in control of their experience offering a variety of effective and easy-to-use privacy controls for subscribers.

Runner Up:
iSkoot for Skype, iSkoot (U.S.)
Match.com Mobile, Trilibis Mobile (U.S.)

Best Personalization/Infotainment

Winner:
MLB.com Gameday plus Gameday Audio, Major League Baseball Advanced Media (U.S.)

MLB.com Gameday with Gameday Audio is a live mobile baseball experience that lets users follow the full slate of MLB games in real-time with a multiple-view graphical 'data cast' and a Player Tracker that lets fans create and monitor a customized roster. The Gameday Audio feature adds another 'view' to the Gameday menu, allowing users to listen to the full slate of MLB game broadcasts without blackout restrictions. For each game the users can choose between the home call, away call, and in select markets, the Spanish-language call.

Runner Up:
mSpot Remix, mSpot, Inc. (U.S.)
StockExchDiamond, Unicom Huajian Network Co. (China)

Best Game

Winner:
Guitar Hero III Mobile, Hands-On Mobile (U.S.)

Guitar Hero III Mobile allows gamers to rock out anytime, anywhere. Delivering the franchise's signature easy to play, difficult to master gameplay, the mobile game challenges players to hit number keys on the handset in sync with colored notes that appear on a scrolling fret board. Guitar Hero III Mobile features songs from across the console series as well as original master tracks. With 15 songs instantly accessible upon purchase and new playable tracks available each month, cell phone rockers can grow their set list to over 50 songs. Fans can choose from their favorite Guitar Hero characters and play in three killer venues, along with shredding on four authentic guitars to legendary tracks.

Runner Up:
Metal Gear Solid Mobile, Konami Mobile (U.S.)
SolaRola, Eidos (U.K.)

People's Choice Award

Winner:
Guitar Hero III Mobile, Hands-On Mobile (U.S.)

Click here to see the BREW 2007 winners.

Please direct all inquiries regarding the BREW 2008 Developer Awards to: brew2008awards@qualcomm.com