SAN FRANCISCO, California (March 25, 2008) - kannuu™, the global leader in lookup technology, today announced that it has received a prestigious Technology Innovation Award for Best Mobile Multimedia experience. Selected by a panel of world-renowned industry leading technology judges in Nokia’s annual ‘Mobile Rules! 08’ competition, further extends kannuu’s critical role, as essential innovators in the mobile environment.
Announced in the heart of Silicon Valley at an exclusive Mobile Rules! 08 Awards Ceremony at San Jose City Hall, the Mobile Rules! awards recognize the leaders among emerging mobile applications, technologies and business models that are creating new value, new revenue and exciting services and applications for mobile workforces and the mobile lifestyle.
Sponsored by Nokia in conjunction with other leading companies and organizations in the mobility industry, this world leading competition recognizes and honours entrepreneurs, technologies, applications and services at the cutting-edge in the mobile environment. The second annual Mobile Rules! competition culminates an eight-month selection process from among hundreds of entries in three competition tracks in the areas of mobile technology innovations and applications. This year’s landmark win for kannuu, further extends the importance of an accurate, fail-safe mobile search solution.
kannuu’s superiority in Technology Innovation for the best Mobile Multimedia Experience was judged on the basis of ingenuity and excellence in technology development, that will drive future innovations in miniaturization, and enhanced performance in mobile devices designed for the consumer and business market. Advancing mobile search, kannuu’s powerful and precise Partial Word Completion™ technology empowers users with the critical ability to find, instead of search. Enhancing access to the vast array of mobile services and innovation, users are no longer limited by the traditional keypad/keyboard. kannuu simply requires a device to contain the bare essentials, a screen and a set of four-way directional arrow keys. Using kannuu, it is impossible to spell a word incorrectly, if it is in the database kannuu will find it, preventing the dreaded “no results found.” Whether it’s a contact on the phone, a song in a music library, or a restaurant's location on the Web, kannuu's technology finds the exact results - without the frustrations associated with “searching,” in the mobile environment.
“Nokia congratulates kannuu for having been chosen a Best Technology Innovation Award winner in the Mobile Rules! 08 competition,” said Juha Lampela, Director, Productization Technology Management, Nokia. “By encouraging innovative technology solutions from emerging companies and developers around the globe, Nokia’s annual Mobile Rules! competition aims to help drive the miniaturization, enhanced performance and green technologies that are the future in mobile devices and services.”
“We are thrilled to be recognized by Nokia as Best Technology Innovation in the Mobile Multimedia Experience category,” said Sean-Michael Daley, CEO of kannuu “The winners of this year’s competition are the undisputed cream of the crop, and we are honored to take home such a prestigious award; which further solidifies our position as a global leader in mobile content discovery, with the ability to profoundly impact both peoples’ lives and their businesses.”
kannuu was chosen as a Best Technology Innovation Award winner by a jury comprised of representatives of Nokia and other Mobile Rules! 08 sponsors from among three finalists in the Mobile Multimedia Experience category. The Best Mobile Multimedia Experience award carries a prize that includes the right to negotiate solution development and product creation with Nokia and other competition sponsors and participation in an Innovation Expo to be held at Nokia headquarters in Espoo, Finland. Winners also receive the right to use the title “Mobile Ruler ‘08” in all promotional materials.
In its second year of existence, the ‘Mobile Rules!’ competition promotes excellence in the development of advanced applications for the mobile environment and in the launch of innovative businesses and technologies in the mobile arena.
Corporate sponsors of Mobile Rules! 08 included Accel, Advanced Technology Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, CMEA Ventures, FinNode, IDEO, Nexit, Nokia Growth Partners, Orange, Palo Alto Software, SINA, SK Telecom International, SVASE, Swisscom, Vision Capital and ZEF Solutions. Media and Community sponsors included GigaOM, LIVEdigitally, Mobile Game Developer Magazine, Red Herring, Teknopreneur Indonesia, Stirr and VentureBeat.
For more information on Mobile Rules! Best Technology Innovation competition, visit: www.mobilerules.org/technology.
About Forum Nokia:
Nokia's global developer program, Forum Nokia connects developers to tools, technical information, support, and distribution channels they can use to build and market applications around the globe. From offices in the U.S., Europe, Japan, China, and Singapore, Forum Nokia provides technical and business development support to developers and operators to assist them in achieving their goal of successfully launching applications and services to consumers and enterprises. More information is available at www.forum.nokia.com.
About Nokia:
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with experiences in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and business mobility through these devices. Nokia also provides equipment, solutions and services for communications networks.
About kannuu:
A privately funded company, kannuu unveiled its patented technology at DEMOfall 2007. The leaders in lookup innovation, kannuu distributes its application globally through strategic licensing partnerships with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), software platforms, online content providers and ecommerce solutions. kannuu, the world’s fastest and most accurate lookup technology, has set a new standard in defining how content is accessed in the mobile and device environment. kannuu’s patented Partial Word Completion™ defines new models for how consumers interact with a wide array of software, consumer electronics, mobile devices, set-top players, PCs and more. kannuu, is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with sales and marketing offices in San Francisco, California. The kannuu team is comprised of individuals dedicated to providing innovation with the power of finding, not searching.
Availability:
kannuu is available now. For more information, please visit www.kannuu.com.
Licensing:
For more information regarding the kannuu technology-licensing program, please contact Sean-Michael Daley, CEO kannuu or visit www.kannuu.com.
Press Inquires: contact Sarah Duckett, Vice President Communications at (510) 701-3402 or sarah.duckett@kannuu.com.
kannuu, the kannuu logo, and Partial Word Completion are trademarks or registered trademarks of kannuu in the United States and/or other countries.
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