Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Best LBS application at CTIA Wireless 2006
We had a good Vegas trip, here is a post from the INMAN NEWS BLOG, as well as a media release:
from Inman:
Pays to be 'smart'Congrats to Smarter Agent on its latest recognition for having the best-in-show location-based service at a huge industry event last week. The Philadelphia-based company tells us that it was selected as the first place winner of the Wireless Emerging Technologies Award at CTIA Wireless 2006 for location-based services. Smarter Agent was judged on its Recently Sold Home Search application that will launch on cell phone wireless carriers this quarter, enabling consumers quick and easy access to last-sold prices, sales data and additional information on properties that have sold within the last approximately three years. Picture it this way: Consumers sign up for location-based service; they walk around a neighborhood in which they want to buy a home; they click on the Smarter Agent icon and see recently-sold prices and other information on houses that are right in front of them.--Jessica Swesey, Inman News
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Smarter Agent Receives CTIA Wireless 2006 E-Tech Award for Best in Show for Location Based Services
Judges noted Innovation, ease-of-use and WOW! factor
Smarter Agent was selected as the FIRST PLACE winner of the Wireless Emerging Technologies Award at CTIA Wireless 2006 for Location Based Services (LBS).
Award recipients were announced in a ceremony at the Las Vegas Convention Center during the CTIA Wireless 2006 Convention. CTIA Wireless is the largest telecom show in the world with over 40,000 US and International attendees.
The Wireless E-tech Awards program is designed to give industry recognition and exposure to the best wireless products and services in the areas of consumer, enterprise and network technology. Over 200 applications were submitted and reviewed by a panel of recognized members of the media, industry analysts and executives, as well as select show attendees.
Products were judged on innovation, functionality, technological importance, implementation and overall "WOW!" factor.
"We are extremely proud of the e-Tech awards program and continually amazed at the level of ingenuity present in the submissions," said Robert Mesirow, vice president and show director for CTIA WIRELESS. "On behalf of CTIA, we congratulate Smarter Agent on this accomplishment and look forward to their continued innovation in the field of LBS."
Smarter Agent was judged on its Recently Sold Home Search application that will launch on wireless carriers this quarter.
With Smarter Agent’s Recently Sold Home Search, consumers and professionals can learn the actual last sold price, sale date and information about properties that have sold within the last +/- 3 years.
Smarter Agent uses GPS already in the user’s cell phone to pinpoint their location and instantly deliver detailed recently sold information about properties around them. No-typing required. In 1-click. The user can utilize Smarter Agent nationwide.
About Smarter Agent
Smarter Agent® is creating a communication revolution by combining the powerful capabilities of mobile LBS (location based services) technology with real estate content about properties, neighborhoods and interesting places around you. Smarter Agent is the inventor of mobile LBS triggered real estate searching. Smarter Agent has been granted several patents governing the use of LBS in the real estate vertical. The company's application platform delivers dynamic, location-relevant content to both mobile devices and the Internet. This allows consumers and enterprise users to learn, interact and transact with the world around them as never before possible.
About CTIA WIRELESS 2006
As the premiere global event representing the complete wireless, mobile computing and wireless Internet industry and as the largest wireless show in the world, CTIA WIRELESS 2006 brings together all industries within the communications ecosystem and all those affected by wireless technology for three days of intense learning and networking. Visit www.ctiawireless.com.
CTIA-The Wireless Association is the international association for the wireless telecommunications industry, representing carriers, manufacturers and wireless Internet providers. Visit www.ctia.org.
OTHER WINNERS at CTIA WIRELESS E-TECH AWARDS 2006 included Google for Google Local in the Consumer Application category; Motorola Inc. for Motorola SLVR in the L7Hardware category; Dell Inc. for Latitude D620/D820 Notebook Computers in the Enterprise Solutions category.
JUDGES: Judges for the E-Tech awards included: Business Week, Steve Wildstrom; CNET, Kent German; Fidelity Investments, Joseph Ferra; Forrester Research, Charles Golvin; General Catalyst Partners, John Simon; Jupiter Media, Michael Gartenberg; PC Magazine, Sascha Segan; RCR Wireless News, Tracy Ford; Siber Consulting, Richard Siber; Wireless Week, Rhonda Wickham: Yankee Group, Philip Marshal
from Inman:
Pays to be 'smart'Congrats to Smarter Agent on its latest recognition for having the best-in-show location-based service at a huge industry event last week. The Philadelphia-based company tells us that it was selected as the first place winner of the Wireless Emerging Technologies Award at CTIA Wireless 2006 for location-based services. Smarter Agent was judged on its Recently Sold Home Search application that will launch on cell phone wireless carriers this quarter, enabling consumers quick and easy access to last-sold prices, sales data and additional information on properties that have sold within the last approximately three years. Picture it this way: Consumers sign up for location-based service; they walk around a neighborhood in which they want to buy a home; they click on the Smarter Agent icon and see recently-sold prices and other information on houses that are right in front of them.--Jessica Swesey, Inman News
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Smarter Agent Receives CTIA Wireless 2006 E-Tech Award for Best in Show for Location Based Services
Judges noted Innovation, ease-of-use and WOW! factor
Smarter Agent was selected as the FIRST PLACE winner of the Wireless Emerging Technologies Award at CTIA Wireless 2006 for Location Based Services (LBS).
Award recipients were announced in a ceremony at the Las Vegas Convention Center during the CTIA Wireless 2006 Convention. CTIA Wireless is the largest telecom show in the world with over 40,000 US and International attendees.
The Wireless E-tech Awards program is designed to give industry recognition and exposure to the best wireless products and services in the areas of consumer, enterprise and network technology. Over 200 applications were submitted and reviewed by a panel of recognized members of the media, industry analysts and executives, as well as select show attendees.
Products were judged on innovation, functionality, technological importance, implementation and overall "WOW!" factor.
"We are extremely proud of the e-Tech awards program and continually amazed at the level of ingenuity present in the submissions," said Robert Mesirow, vice president and show director for CTIA WIRELESS. "On behalf of CTIA, we congratulate Smarter Agent on this accomplishment and look forward to their continued innovation in the field of LBS."
Smarter Agent was judged on its Recently Sold Home Search application that will launch on wireless carriers this quarter.
With Smarter Agent’s Recently Sold Home Search, consumers and professionals can learn the actual last sold price, sale date and information about properties that have sold within the last +/- 3 years.
Smarter Agent uses GPS already in the user’s cell phone to pinpoint their location and instantly deliver detailed recently sold information about properties around them. No-typing required. In 1-click. The user can utilize Smarter Agent nationwide.
About Smarter Agent
Smarter Agent® is creating a communication revolution by combining the powerful capabilities of mobile LBS (location based services) technology with real estate content about properties, neighborhoods and interesting places around you. Smarter Agent is the inventor of mobile LBS triggered real estate searching. Smarter Agent has been granted several patents governing the use of LBS in the real estate vertical. The company's application platform delivers dynamic, location-relevant content to both mobile devices and the Internet. This allows consumers and enterprise users to learn, interact and transact with the world around them as never before possible.
About CTIA WIRELESS 2006
As the premiere global event representing the complete wireless, mobile computing and wireless Internet industry and as the largest wireless show in the world, CTIA WIRELESS 2006 brings together all industries within the communications ecosystem and all those affected by wireless technology for three days of intense learning and networking. Visit www.ctiawireless.com.
CTIA-The Wireless Association is the international association for the wireless telecommunications industry, representing carriers, manufacturers and wireless Internet providers. Visit www.ctia.org.
OTHER WINNERS at CTIA WIRELESS E-TECH AWARDS 2006 included Google for Google Local in the Consumer Application category; Motorola Inc. for Motorola SLVR in the L7Hardware category; Dell Inc. for Latitude D620/D820 Notebook Computers in the Enterprise Solutions category.
JUDGES: Judges for the E-Tech awards included: Business Week, Steve Wildstrom; CNET, Kent German; Fidelity Investments, Joseph Ferra; Forrester Research, Charles Golvin; General Catalyst Partners, John Simon; Jupiter Media, Michael Gartenberg; PC Magazine, Sascha Segan; RCR Wireless News, Tracy Ford; Siber Consulting, Richard Siber; Wireless Week, Rhonda Wickham: Yankee Group, Philip Marshal
