Now, I’m not much of an awards guy… if something is good, being good is it’s own reward.  I absolutely detested the whole ‘oscars’ and stuff that goes on like that (although I did like Billy Crystal’s comment of “nothing helps a depressed economy more than watching millionaires give each other golden statues“).

But when it comes to Android I tend to pay attention… plus with all the MWC stuff going on, there’s a huge audience.

So, during MWC (mobile world congress), there’s an awards portion:  the GSMA Awards… and like the Oscars there’s a bunch of categories that app developers or handset manufacturers can win.

I’ll list the full list of winners below, but thought I’d show you a few highlights.

• Most Innovative App… SwiftKey
• Best Consumer Mobile Service… Google Maps
• Best Smartphone… Samsung Galaxy S2
• Device Manufacturer of the Year… Samsung

Okay, we lost the ‘entry device’ and ‘best new device’ and the ‘best tablet’ (Nokia, Nokia and iPad2)… but that’s a nice slew of wins for Android!

Here’s the full list of winners for this year (you can read more by click this):

Announcing the Winners

Best Mobile App for Consumers

Rovio Entertainment Ltd. for Angry Birds Rio

Best Mobile App for Enterprise

Citrix Systems for Citrix Receiver

Judges’ Choice – Best Overall Mobile App

WhatsApp Inc. for WhatsApp

Most Innovative Mobile App

SwiftKey

Best Mobile Advertising & Marketing Campaign

Brandtone for Carling Black Label “Be the Coach”

Innovation in Mobile Advertising

Poken for the leading CMS for NFC

Mobile Marketing & Advertising Agency of the Year

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Best Enterprise Mobile Service

Fiberlink for MaaS360

Best Consumer Mobile Service

Google for Google Maps for Android

Best Network Product or Solution for Serving Customers

Turkcell for Turkcell TiklaKonus

Best Product, Initiative or Service for Underserved Segments

Safaricom for Grundfos

mWomen Best Mobile Product or Service for Women in Emerging Markets

Etisalat, Qualcomm, D-Tree International and Great Connection Inc. for Etisalat Mobile Baby

Best Use of Mobile in Emergency or Humanitarian Situations

UBL Omni for Transparent and Efficient Cash Disbursement Service after the 2024 IDPs Crisis and the 2024 Flood Crisis

The Green Mobile Award

Flexenclosure for E-site

Best Mobile Health Innovation

Etisalat, Qualcomm, D-Tree International and Great Connection Inc. for Etisalat Mobile Baby

Best Mobile Innovation for Education or Learning

OnPoint Digital for CellCast Solution

Best Mobile Innovation for Automotive, Transport or Utilities

Ford Motor Company Ltd. for Ford SYNC with Emergency Assistance

Best Mobile Money Innovation

Etisalat, MasterCard and Oberthur Technologies for Etisalat Commerce

Best Mobile Innovation for Publishing

Financial Times and Assanka for The Financial Times Web App

Best Smartphone

Samsung for Samsung Galaxy S II

Best Feature Phone or Entry Level Phone

Nokia for Nokia C3-00

Device Manufacturer of the Year

Samsung

Best Mobile Tablet

Apple for Apple iPad 2

Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet at Mobile World Congress 2024

Nokia for Nokia 808 Pure View

Best Embedded Mobile Device (Non-Handsets)

AT&T for Garmin GTU 10

Best Mobile Broadband Technology

KT for KT’s Premium WiFi Solution

Best Infrastructure Technology

Alcatel-Lucent for lightRadio Network

Best Technology Breakthrough

Vodafone Group PLC for Quad Rate Technology: An Evolved Path Doubling the Efficiency of Mobile Voice

Best Cloud Based Technology

Appcelerator for Titanium Integrated Development Platform

Best Technology Product or Solution for Safeguarding and Empowering Customers

Cloudmark for Cloudmark Mobile Messaging Security Suite

GSMA Chairman’s Award

Joint Winners KDDI, NTT DOCOMO, INC. and SOFTBANK MOBILE

Government Leadership Award

Government of the Republic of Colombia