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Truphone shortlisted for Top Ten Mobile Apps Showdown at CES

Things are hotting up over at CES in Las Vegas!

Following our post last week about having been short listed for the Top 20 for the Mobile Apps Showdown at CES, we are delighted to discover that we are now down to the final ten!

The voting closes today, but thanks to everyone who took the time to vote for their favourite VoIP application J The Apps Showdown takes place tomorrow, Saturday 8th January at 12.30pm PST at the North Hall in the Las Vegas Convention Centre, CES. 

Have a good weekend everyone!

Help us win the Ballot Box!

Following on from our recent success winning the BIMA Award, our iPod touch app has been short-listed in the Top 20 for the Mobile Apps Showdown at CES.

But to actually win, we need the help of all of our Truphone family (including you!).

To help, all you need to do is:

• Go to the Showdown website (you can click the logo on the right)
• Vote, vote, vote for Truphone (we are in the bottom left corner)

Everyone gets 25 votes, you don't need to register or give any details to vote, and it will take less than a minute to do. 

Voting closes on January 7. Thanks to everyone that votes.

As you may know, we have just released a great update of Truphone for the iPod touch into the App Store. New features include speaker phone support and an in app tour guide. Find out more at the App Store.

We won a BIMA Award!

A little while ago our iPod touch app was nominated for a British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) Award for best Mobile App/Game.

The award ceremony was held last week, and we are very excited to say that we won!

We were up against some strong competition (congratulations to the other nominees) so to win is very exciting and shows that turning an iPod touch into a phone with Truphone is something that really impresses people.

If you have an iPod touch (2nd Gen) and would like to turn it into a phone for free, download Truphone here.

Please nominate Truphone for Best Mobile App

Calling all Truphone fans - we need your help!

Please nominate Truphone for Best Mobile App in the Mashable Open Web Awards.

All you have to do is click on the banner below, login to your Twitter or Facebook account, and press submit.

Thank you to everyone who votes - we really appreciate it :)

Our iPod Touch app nominated for best Mobile App/Game

Friday's are usually great at Truphone.

And when we find out we have been nominated for a BIMA (British Interactive Media Association) Award, it makes it even better!

Truphone for the iPod Touch has been nominated in the category of best Mobile Apps and Games, among some tough competition.

What a great way to head into the weekend.

Truphone shortlisted for World Communication Award

Exciting news! Truphone has just been shortlisted as one of the finalists for a 2009 World Communication Award, to be awarded on November 25!

The awards are designed to “recognise the companies and individuals responsible for the innovations, achievements and great new services that are helping to build tomorrows industry” (description from the World Communications Award website).

Truphone has been nominated in the category of ‘Best Change-Maker’, among some quite well-known companies, so we are all crossing our fingers that the judges decide that our great range of applications is the most ‘change-making’. We think they are!

Truphone nominated for Macworld Award

Truphone has just been nominated for a 2009 Macworld Award in the category of Best iPhone/iPod touch application.

Macworld describes the award as "most innovative and successful products and companies in the Mac community for their achievements and contributions to the industry."

We are up against some tough competition, including Google Earth. Winners will be announced on June 18. Wish us luck!

UPDATE - We didn't win :( - well done to ConcertVault though, who took away the award.

Vote for us at Crunchies

We are calling on you, our Truphone fans, to help us out. We have been nominated for a Crunchie award for 2008's Best Mobile Startup.

The Crunchies website describes the awards as an "award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year."

We are up against some strong competition, so need all the help we can get.

Voting closes on Wednesday January 7 at 5pm GMT (midnight PST)- so don't delay!

To vote for Truphone, simply click on the badge above or here. Thanks in advance to everyone who votes. Winners are announced on January 9.

ITSPA name Truphone as Best Consumer VoIP finalist

The Internet Telephony Services Providers' Association (ITSPA) has announced the nominations for the 2008 ITSPA Awards, to be held and announced on December 11.

Truphone has been nominated as Best Consumer VoIP, and will be up against some tough competition, including the Tesco Internet Phone.

Eli Katz, Chairman of ITSPA, said: "The purpose of the ITSPA awards 2008 is to foster excellence and to recognise and reward achievement."

Wish us luck!

If you would like to read more about the awards, have a look at the ITSPA website.

UPDATE - We just missed out on the win this time, but next year we will be doing our best to make sure it doesn't happen again!

Truphone named one of the 'FierceVoIP 15'

We are very pleased to announce that Truphone has today been named as one of FierceVoIP's 'Fierce 15'.

After evaluating hundreds of organisations, the editors of FierceVoIP awarded Truphone with one of the 15 coveted positions.

The positions are awarded to companies that demonstrate the most 'ferocity' in their creativity and innovation in the marketplace. Membership into the 'Fierce 15' designates Truphone as being one of the top IP communications companies of 2008.

FierceVoIP stated that Truphone "decided to power its way around the me-too mobile VoIP pack".

We are glad they noticed! We have always focused (and will continue to focus) on staying one step ahead of our competition in making sure our applications are not only innovative and clever, but more importantly, they save our customers lots of money.

Not a bad way to start November!