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the contest
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It was a race against the clock, and right up to the last minute entries were being received for the Orange Innovation Contest.
Nearly 70 applicants entered to win a possible commercial contract with Orange (and a Wurlitzer jukebox) or the Access prize (a brand new award for this Contest in Cadiz).
 who were the winners?
who were the finalists?
who were the judges from France Telecom Group?
what was the judging criteria?
The quality and calibre of products and services was astounding, making it extremely tough for the judges to narrow down the competitors to a list of 10 companies to go through to the first round of presentations. |
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The debates amongst the judges (a range of representatives from across the Orange and the France Telecom Group) got more and more intense as the morning rolled on.
After careful study and much deliberation and discussion, a short-list was finally chosen. The 5 lucky shortlisted companies were invited back to present to senior decision makers that afternoon.
But, whilst the competition was incredibly fierce….there could only be one Orange Innovation Contest winner and one Access (PalmSource) Prize winner!
who were the winners?
Orange Innovation Contest winner - Qix-search & Discovery from Zi Corporation
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what is Qix-search & Discovery?
Qix is a mobile search and service discovery solution that enables rapid discovery of contacts, features, services and more, on mobile handsets.
what does it do?
Qix removes barriers to revenue-producing features on mobile phones by significantly reducing the number of key presses needed to navigate through content.
As a result, it increases service usage and adoption resulting in greater ARPU for carriers.
Qix interactive memory remembers user data for future access, and tracks and prioritizes frequently used personal selections based on individual usage patterns.
The judges felt Qix to be a product that demonstrated highly innovative and original search facility with clear commercial benefits for Orange and France Telecom Group and value add to the end user.
The product is in-line with the Orange strategy of simplifying the user-experience on a mobile by allowing customers to potentially access all applications, content and other stored information including contacts, and downloaded content in just a few simple clicks. |
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'We are honoured by Orange's recognition of Qix revolutionary role in helping users get the most from their phones while helping operators generate revenues.
Orange is a leader in providing compelling technological solutions for the mobile market and this award has given us unparalleled exposure to the major decision makers within Orange and the France Telecom Group. It also supports our strategy to roll out Qix globally'
(Milos Djokovic, Zi President and CEO - Cadiz 2006)
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Access (PalmSource) prize winner - muvee from muvee Technologies what is muvee?
muvee's patented 'Instant Personal Video' technology automates video production and introduces a much quicker and easier way for consumers to generate compelling content on various platforms. muvee's technology is available on PCs, mobile phones, online, kiosks, and embedded in CE devices.
what does it do?
muveeGo is a new Java client that brings muvee's technology to Symbian-based handsets. This consumer video creation service enables users to automatically create stylish music video clips or video ring tones in 3 easy steps using their own content. Users simply connect to the web via their phones, upload their video and pictures via GPRS/3G and choose a muvee style, which adds music and visual effects to create the finished muvee video clip using muvee's core web service technology. Users are sent an SMS notification containing a link to view/download their muvees, which have a viral quality that encourages sharing.
View muveeGo demo
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who were the finalists?
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AccessMyLan.com from Asavie
what is AccessMyLan.com?
It's a subscription-based, hosted Virtual Private Network (VPN) service.
what does it do?
AccessMyLan.com provides secure remote access to office applications and networks from any handset, desktop or laptop.
It requires no hardware installation or reconfiguration of office network since it's completely managed and deployed from the Internet.
It includes high-availability and business-class security features as standard and supports devices on 3G, Wifi and Broadband connections. |
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GamearraY from GamearraY
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what is GamearraY?
GamearraY allows users to personalize games, download them to their phone and share them with their friends.
what does it do?
The GamearraY platform includes a social networking site in which people can personalise games, rate and review other games, preview games online and download user generated content. The games are personalised with easy to use tools ranging from a quick 3-steps wizard, to a more powerful editor up to a full blown professional version that enables content makers to design games without a single line of code.
In addition, GamearraY works cross-platform by using a unique downloadable client that includes a powerful multiple-genres gaming engine and a games management system that enables users to download games using an easy to use catalog, rate games and share games with their friends directly from their mobile phone. The client is adapted only once in the lifetime of the device, afterwhich every GamearraY game can work on the device without any kind of porting.
www.gamearray.com |
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Instant Mobile Voice Translator from Echo Translator
what is Instant Mobile Voice Translator?
Echo Translator uses Echo Phraselogic™ (patent pending technology) to guide a user to instantly build sentences in a target language without any prior knowledge of that language.
what does it do?
It allows a user using voice, in real time in once click to instantly speak another language instantly without needing to learn it.
With over 250 categories, a user can book a hotel, order drinks & dinner, ask for directions, seek help, medical, police etc go shopping and lots more...
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who were the judges from FT?
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Head of Partner Catalogue
Partner Catalogue Manager
Senior Director, Developer Ecosystem & Technology Acquisition*
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Roadmap Manager
Head of LiveBox Lab
Head of Partner Catalogues
Head of Partner Technology
Marketing Manager, Next.com
Head of Partner Program, Amena
Product Manager Content SMS-MMS
Project leader, Livebox Lab, FT R&D
Senior Product Manager, Orange Romania
Responsible Développement des Services Grand Public
Senior Director, Developer Ecosystem & Technology Acquisition
Product Manager, Business Livebox, Technocentre Business Department
Director of Business Development & Partnerships with Start-Ups & VC's Worldwide
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final round
Director of Multi-media
Vice-President Next.com
Head of Partner Catalogues
Head of Partner Technology
Games downloads manager
Manager of Mobile Broadband
Vice-President Product Manager
Head of Roadmap and Partnerships
Director of Orange Partners& Operations
Director of, De-portalization and Ecosystem
Responsible Développement des Services Grand Public
Senior Director, Developer Ecosystem & Technology Acquisition
* from Access
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