We shared our excitement earlier on - today, all 12 finalists have been announced, competing for prize money of more than US$2 million in Barcelona.
- IOTO International, Canada: WHAXI lets you hail a taxi to your GPS location with a push of a button.
- Livecontacts, The Netherlands: Livecontacts Mobile offers assurance, safety and security anywhere in the world through a unique set of features, including real-time tracking of mobile phones and GPS trackers.
- M2Mobi, The Netherlands: Nulaz is a social information source that allows you to see where people, places and events are located around you.
- Mobile Agreements, Austria: Mogree lets you interact with people around you who share your interests - talk to existing friends and meet new people.
- Mobilizy, Germany: Wikitude Drive is a turn-by-turn navigation system based on NAVTEQ maps that uses an augmented reality camera mode and text-to-speech instructions.
- Mobitee, France: Mobitee is a GPS golf assistant that allows you to find the nearest golf course, follow route guidance via NAVTEQ maps, know the distance to each green and calculate your score.
- Telmap, Israel: Telmap5 is the world's first personalised location companion that allows operators to differentiate their mobile offerings with highly targeted and local content in the framework of search, mapping and navigation.
- United Maps, Germany: Walk & Ride packs comprehensive map detail and extensive information into an offline application that works any place, any time, with no hassle.
- VIOM, Germany: VIOS Mobile Leader offers workforce management to go - keep in touch with your business, everywhere.
- XiLabs, France: Alien Attack is an outdoor GPS game in which you must destroy the alien's eggs before the monster catches you.
- Yoose, Germany: Yoose's coupon widget provides easy access to coupons and discounts close to where you are, directly from your mobile phone's home screen.
- ZorroGPS, China: ZorroGPS LIVE comes with sixteen live navigation services on SIM PNDs and mobile phones, including Europe or North America NAVTEQ maps.
The EMEA regional winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Barcelona, Spain on February 14th.
Here is a Prezi plus an embedded bonus track demoing Walk & Ride:
While we speak, a major update to 1.2 is underway to be submitted adding further Walk & Ride destinations for München (Munich), Berlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Köln (Cologne).
