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Pepcom and Laptop Magazine Announce Awards Tonight at MobileFocus Media Event in New Orleans; Awards Will Honor the Best in Mobile and Wireless Technology

Posted on: Monday, 14 March 2005, 12:00 CST

The winners and finalists for the 5th Annual MobileFocus Awards will be honored this evening at the MobileFocus(R) 2005 media event. Top honors this year went to companies that include Dell, gate5, IBM, Jabra, Kodak, LG, Motorola, NETGEAR, Nokia, palmOne, Samsung, Sony and Verizon for their outstanding products during the past year. (See complete list below.)

The MobileFocus Awards are among the most respected awards in the field of mobile technology. The awards annually honor the top mobile and wireless products in eleven different categories. This year Pepcom partnered with Laptop Magazine to co-sponsor the awards, which are held at Pepcom's MobileFocus event the first night of the Wireless trade show in New Orleans. This year's MobileFocus will take place from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Monday, March 14th at the Hyatt Regency.

"The MobileFocus showcase and awards are among the most prestigious happenings in the mobile and wireless world," said Pepcom co-founder Jon Pepper. "We are pleased to be co-sponsoring these awards with Laptop Magazine, one of the top publications in the field."

The winners and finalists for the 5th Annual MobileFocus Awards are: -0- *T Wireless Phone/Color Winner: LG F9100 Finalists: Motorola V186, Samsung p207, Nokia 3220 Wireless Phone/Camera Winner: Samsung a800 Finalists: MM-7400 by Sanyo, Motorola E815, Nokia 6682, LG VX8000 Wireless Phone/Smartphones/Handheld Computers Winner (tie): palmOne Treo 650 -- and -- Nokia 9300 Finalists: Samsung i730, Siemens SX66, Microsoft/Siemens SX66, BlackBerry 7100g Mobile Computer/Professional Winner: IBM ThinkPad T43 Finalists: Toshiba Tecra M3, Dell Latitude D410, Panasonic Toughbook Y2, Motion Computing M1400 Tablet PC Mobile Computer/Consumer Winner: Dell XPS Gen 2 Finalists: HP Pavilion dv1000, Toshiba Qosmio G15-AV501, Fujitsu LifeBook N3500, Sony VAIO VGN-S360 Mobile/Imaging Winner: Kodak EasyShare-One Finalists: Fujifilm Digital Mobile Printer MP-70, NVIDIA Wireless Media Processor, Sony Ericsson MMV-100 Media Viewer Mobile/Remote Software Winner: gate5 smart2go Mobile Navigator Finalists: Citrix GoToMeeting Corporate 1.1, HP Mobile Printing for Pocket PC, Disney Kingdom Hearts 3D, JAMDAT 3D Bowling Mobile/Remote Service Winner: Verizon V CAST Finalists: Teleo VoIP Service, Music Choice Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Service, NewSoft Presto! WMS, Rocket Mobile Song IDentity program Mobile Accessories Winner: Jabra BT800 Finalists: Logitech Mobile Freedom Headset (HS02-V05), RAZRWire, Plantronics Voyager 510, Kingston DataTraveler Elite, eGrips Wireless Networking Winner: NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless Router Finalists: Linksys WRT54G Broadband Router, Buffalo LinkTheater, ViewSonic Wireless Media Kit, ParkerVision SignalMAX PC LAN Card Mobile Innovations Award Winner: Sony Ericsson S710a, Motorola Razr V3 Finalists: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6, Samsung p207, Immersion VibeTonz(TM) System, Novatel Wireless Ovation 3G Multimedia Application Consoles, QUALCOMM MSM6550 Enhanced Platform chipset *T

Following MobileFocus, Pepcom's next events are eFocus at E3 on May 17th in Los Angeles and the Digital Experience! in New York City on June 27 (the evening before the C3 trade show opens). Companies interested in participating in these events should contact either Jon Pepper at 212-355-6326 (jon@pepcom.com), or Jen Ferency at 561-278-5094 (jen@pepcom.com).

About Pepcom

Pepcom Inc., based in Delray Beach, FL, is the leader in technology showcase events. Each event joins the world's top technology companies with the most influential press and analysts. Pepcom's showcases include DigitalFocus(TM), MobileFocus(TM), eFocus(TM), Digital Experience!(TM), Rave!(TM), and Holiday Spectacular!(TM). For more information visit: www.pepcom.com. All company names are trademarks of their respective owners.

About Laptop Magazine

LAPTOP is the mobile technology authority. Every issue delivers hands-on product reviews, objective comparisons, groundbreaking coverage of the latest tech trends, and insightful interviews with industry leaders. Cell phones, notebooks, PDAs, Wi-Fi, and projectors: LAPTOP's got it covered. LAPTOP premiered in 1991 and has since flourished to become Bedford Communications' flagship publication. LAPTOP is published 14 times per year. For more information visit: www.laptopmag.com.

Source: Business Wire

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