Cape Coral, FL, November 2009 -- Want to have a voice in nominating and choosing this year's most amazing mobile and wireless hardware and software? You don't have to be an expert or a lobbyist. The eighth annual Mobile Star Awards™ program lets you nominate and vote for your favorite mobile and wireless gadgets, applications, and even visionary leaders. Voting for this year's entrants takes place now until noon EST on November 20, 2009 on the mobile news and events site MobileVillage.com.

As in years past, this year's Mobile Star Awards competition will showcase over a hundred entrants in dozens of "best of" categories covering wireless gadgets, mobile email and messaging, voice services, GPS services, wireless networking solutions, enterprise success stories, technology visionaries, and more. This year's entrants include big names such as Lexar, MobileFrame, Novatel Wireless, Sybase and VeriSign, as well as smaller, innovative startup companies.

To qualify to vote, you only need to take a few seconds to subscribe online to MobileVillage's free "Go Mobile™" email newsletter. "Go Mobile" delivers headlines and links to the top mobile technology stories from popular websites such as Cnet, Engadget, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Computerworld, AppScout, and others. With almost ten years of history under its belt, "Go Mobile" is published every three weeks and boasts thousands of readers.

"Because 'Go Mobile' readers are the industry's most savvy mobile business users, Mobile Star Awards winners can claim they are the users' choice," says Jon Covington, MobileVillage founder and president. "Winners are chosen by real users based on real results, not hype. Brand new mobile services can compete on equal footing with well-established solutions, and the both nominees and winners are respected in the mobile industry as the new leaders to watch."

During most of the voting period, voters can write in their votes for products that aren't yet on the ballot, the nominees are contacted, and new entrants are added until November 13, 2009. Award winners will be announced in late November.

"Entrants win even if they don't end up winning," according to awards program director Gary Thayer. "That's because the Mobile Star Awards program can give them recognition for their products and success stories that might otherwise go unrecognized." Besides gaining recognition and potential customers, Mobile Star Awards entrants receive a nominee logo for use in marketing their products, plus a listing in MobileVillage's online industry directory. Winners also receive a winner's logo.

In addition to MobileVillage, the Sponsors for the 2009 Mobile Star Awards were Clickatell, Funambol, MobileFrame, Nadel Phelan, OnPoint Digital, and Syclo. For information on entering or sponsoring the Mobile Star Awards, visit MobileVillage.com or contact awards (at) mobilevillage.com.

About MobileVillage / PDA Inc.

Founded in 1993, MobileVillage is a market and solution development company dedicated to advancing mobile and wireless technology in a wide range of industries. MobileVillage accomplishes this by fostering education and alliances through "Best of Breed" solution identification, event partnerships, an online industry directory, industry job postings, daily online news, its widely respected Go Mobile™ newsletter, a Mobile Mentors™ program, and popular annual Mobile Star Awards™ program. Visit MobileVillage online at www.mobilevillage.com.

MobileVillage®, the Mobile Star Awards™, and Go Mobile™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of MobileVillage / PDA Inc.

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