7 days to go until show time and win a Sony Ericsson Smart phone
This day week we will be putting the final touches to the Mansion House’s main room in anticipation for the 6.30pm start.
Be sure to book your ticket for the event and enjoy the pre-event exhibition and drinks reception from 6.30pm onwards.
We are also delighted to promote our Best Android category sponsor Sony Ericsson’s new Facebook competition.
If your favourite Android app matches that of our judges you are in with a chance of wining a spanking new smart phone, the Xperia arc S. Have a go and remember to enter early and often.
To have a look at who is in with a chance of winning go to our shortlist page on the website.
Bits and Bobs
- 6.30pm Start in the Mansion House, Dublin 2
- Dress code is what-ever you like, most people will be casual/ smart casual
- The award-show is presented by RTE’s Dermot Whelan and Phantom FM’s Michelle Doherty
- The short-list is available on the website
If you have any questions or comments give Alice a ring on 01 284 6096
The People’s Choice Award – vote for your favourite app
To celebrate its sponsorship of the People’s Choice Award, The Carphone Warehouse is running a Facebook competition for fans to vote for their favourite app. Visit facebook.com/Thecarphonewarehouseireland to vote.
Every day until November 3rd, 2011, fans have a chance to vote for their top three apps. The first time you vote, your name is entered into a draw to win a Playbook, the much awaited new tablet PC from Blackberry. You can vote three times a day on Facebook and again on Twitter by tweeting the hashtag #CPWAppys, saying which app you want to win.
Apps on the run
To coincide with the launch of the People’s Choice App, there will also be a number of events happening across Dublin city commencing Monday, October 24th. To brighten up commuters’ cold mornings, there will also be people dressed in costumes resembling three of the apps in the running for the People’s Choice App – Skype, Angry Birds and Twitter. They will be appearing along Luas and Dart lines from 7.30am to 9.30am each morning. The commuters who spot the ‘Apps on the Run’ might also be in with a chance to win a prize thanks to The Carphone Warehouse.
The night’s gonna be a good night
The Appys with The Carphone Warehouse will take place on November 3rd, 2011 in the salubrious surroundings of Dublin’s Mansion House. This year’s Appys, will be hosted by Phantom FM hottie, Michelle Doherty, and Republic of Telly funny man, Dermot Whelan, promising an electrifying evening of fun and high-tech hi-jinks. You can book your seat at theappys.ie.
The Appys are staged to celebrate the innovation and creativity now abundant in the app development industry and reward the best, most useful, and most creative apps and their developers.
Web: www.theappys.ie
The learned and respected judges* of this year’s Appys with The Carphone Warehouse are:
Cassandra Stokes, TV3
Patrick Lenehan, Independent.ie
Barry McAlistair, IrishDev.com
John Dunne, director of digital, FLE Marsh
Conor Lynch, connector.TV & socialmedia.ie
Doug Farrell, Mail Online
Aidan McCullen, head of digital, Communicorp
Cathy Orr, senior director, International PR, PopCap
Brian Carolan, Cybercom
Christian Hughes, Irish International
Sarah McDevitt, head of digital, RedAnt
Dena Walker, Irish International
Stephen O’Leary, O’Leary Analytics
Ian Dodson, head of Digital Marketing Institute
Ciaran Norris, head of digital, Mindshare
Judging begins at The Appys with over 200 entries received
The judging of this year’s Appys with The Carphone Warehouse has started and entries are now closed. This year The Appys received over 200 entries across 15 categories. “What struck us the most this year was the quality of the apps and how the quality of the apps in terms of utility and design had improved so much since last year’s awards,” says Des Doris, event organiser.
This year iPad apps and Facebook apps were invited to enter the awards. “It’s been great to see so many new app developers entering the awards. We even got entries in from as far away as Romania, Germany, Italy and Sweden as well as the UK and the US,” says Doris. “The iPad and Facebook app categories will only get larger and larger as the years progress.”
The learned and respected judges* of this year’s Appys with The Carphone Warehouse are:
Cassandra Stokes, TV3
Patrick Lenehan, Independent.ie
Barry McAlistair, IrishDev.com
Conor Lynch, connector.TV & socialmedia.ie
John Dunne, director of digital, FLE Marsh
Doug Farrell, Mail Online
Aidan McCullen, head of digital, Communicorp
Cathy Orr, senior director, International PR, PopCap
Brian Carolan, Cybercom
Christian Hughes, Irish International
Sarah McDevitt, head of digital, RedAnt
Dena Walker, Irish International
Stephen O’Leary, O’Leary Analytics
Ian Dodson, head of Digital Marketing Institute
Ciaran Norris, head of digital, Mindshare
Book your tickets for the event
Obviously, if you have entered you will want to attend on the night, not just to celebrate Ireland’s growing app industry but to meet and socialise with the key players in Ireland’s mobile and app community. Also, if you have an interest in apps and the mobile economy, then this is an event to attend. Book your tickets at theappys.ie, for what promises to be a great night.
Thanks
Once again we would like to thank our title sponsor, The Carphone Warehouse for their commitment to The Appys. We would also like to thank all of our partners for making The Appys possible – Samsung Ireland, Sony Ericson, Nokia Ireland, O2, Furious Tribe, Tapadoo, 3e fyi., Alternatives Digital and independent.ie.
The Appys aims to recognise and reward the best in app development and design – apps across all platforms are invited to enter.
*Judges are not allowed to judge (or vote on) any category or app that they have an interest in.
Book your seat at The Appys 2011 with The Carphone Warehouse
The judging of this year’s Appys with The Carphone Warehouse is about to begin and entries are now closed. This year The Appys received over 200 entries across 15 categories. “What struck us the most this year was the quality of the apps and how the quality of the apps in terms of utility and design had improved so much since last year’s awards,” says Des Doris, event organiser.
Book your tickets for the event
Obviously, if you have entered you will want to attend on the night, not just to celebrate Ireland’s growing app industry but to meet and socialise with the key players in Ireland’s mobile and app community. Also, if you have an interest in apps and the mobile economy, then this is an event to attend. Book your tickets here, for what promises to be a great night.
Thanks
Once again we would like to thank our title sponsor, The Carphone Warehouse for its commitment to The Appys. We would also like to thank all of our partners for making The Appys possible – Samsung Ireland, Sony Ericson, Nokia Ireland, O2, Furious Tribe, Tapadoo, and independent.ie.
The Appys aims to recognise and reward the best in app development and design – apps across all platforms are invited to enter. This year iPad apps and Facebook apps were also entered.
Over 18 billion apps downloaded from App Store
iPhone 4S - talk to me
* iOS has won back the #1 mobile-operating system spot with a 43% market share. Android is in second place with 33%. These numbers are as of July 2011, and are reported by ComScore.
* The App Store now has more than 500,000 apps, with 140,000 of those being designed specifically for the iPad.
* Apple’s App Store is the number one store for apps in the world. iOS users are downloading more than a billion apps a month now.
* Total app downloads have now exceeded 18 billion.
* iOS app developers have earned over $3 billion from their apps so far.
Importantly, all these figures are as of July 2011. The second half of 2011 is likely to paint an entirely different picture as Android gains market share.
98% of iPhone users download apps
Anyone going to rush out and buy the iPhone 4S?
On the day that Apple announces its latest iPhone, the research* shows that 28% of smartphone equipped adults have one of the devices with 14% of those without a smartphone intending to choose Apple for their next handset.
Young people are particularly likely to update to the iPhone with 23% of non smartphone owning 18-29 year olds wishing to make the iPhone their next purchase.
App usage
Apple users are ahead of the curve for app consumption with 98% downloading apps against 77% for all respondents. The research also shows Apple’s strength in the nascent tablet computing market with 6% of those surveyed owning an iPad.
“The rise of smartphones is certainly linked to the rise of social media. There is also certain ‘wow’ factor with Apple’s products design and usability. iPhones also benefit from the thriving content ecosystem Apple have created with the iTunes store,” says Eamon Hession, CEO Púca.
Finding apps
The survey also asked what were the most important ways users found apps with the top three ways being “word of mouth” (31% citing this of prime importance), searching for an app “like this” (21% citing this as most important) and the apps appearance in appstore charts (19% giving this prime importance).
“The results point the way to a three pronged approach to a successful app. The opportunity is there for brands to harness the power of word of mouth by making it easy for users to recommend the app via Facebook and Twitter integration. The high amount of users searching for “an app like this” means that a good app should have an inherent usefulness and fulfil an unmet need for users,” says Hession.
Location based services
Almost 75% of smartphone users are willing to share their location with a brand under certain conditions.
“Location enabled marketing has huge potential but our research underlines the importance of doing it right. The research shows that consent depends on how much the consumer trusts the brand, whether data is secure and if they receive a voucher or some other reward in return,” said Hession.
Púca’s research will be made fully available to subscribers of the company’s newsletter next week. To subscribe please visit http://www.puca.com/signup
* The survey was conducted by Market Research Company iReach during the period of 22nd September to 29th September using the iReach Consumer Decisions Research Panel which delivered 1,000 responses from adults in Ireland aged 18+ to 65+ and is nationally representative by Age, Region, Gender and Social Class.
Entering unpublished apps
Some companies were asking about entering un-published apps into the competition. Basically you can enter an app as long as we can load it onto a devise and all functions of the app work. This applies when people are waiting for approval of a working app from Apple or Android for example. We do accept entries from apps that are in this stage and they will be judged. However, if they are not live in the relevant app store at 11.59pm on the 1st of November they will be removed from the long/ short list and therefore cannot win. The fee paid to enter them is forfeited and the other apps in the category will be re-organised. Sorry, but we cannot do anymore than that.
Final call to enter The Appys 2011
Calling all apps and app developers. The deadline for entry to the Appys is Tuesday, October 11th at 10pm.
Have you built an app or published an app? If so, you should enter The Appys 2011 with the Carphone Warehouse. It couldn’t be easier to enter, just go here.
Open to all
The Appys is only dedicated awards programme in Ireland for app development and app design. Entries are open to anyone who has developed [or paid for the development of] a mobile app, a tablet app (e.g. an iPad app) or a Facebook app. All mobile platforms are invited – iOS, Android, Bada, Symbian, Ovi, Windows etc.
App attack
The event itself will be held at the Mansion House in Dublin on Thursday, November 3rd, 2011. Tickets are available from theappys.ie. As well as an excellent networking event, The Appys will host a pre-show gadget exhibition and after the Grand Prix has been announced there will be some awesome after-show entertainment.
Michelle Doherty (Phantom FM) and Dermot Whelan (Republic of Telly) are the co-presenters. The event itself is being recorded for TV.
There will be awesome spot prizes on the night as well as wine, food & drinks and there may even be a secret after show party. But it’s a secret.
If you have an app you should enter it and if you have an interest in the mobile & app sectors you should come along fro what promises to be a great night.
#TheAppys2011
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