App: The Roundbox Electronic Service Guide Solution
Company: TV Guide/Roundbox
Year it was a Top Mobile App: 2006
Why it was a Top Mobile App: Mobile TV was still nascent, but the Roundbox application showed a lot of promise. It helped users navigate video, radio and datacasting services like stock tickers. The familiarity of what was essentially an enhanced TV Guide for the mobile platform had a lot of appeal. Click here [1] for more.
Its current status: According to Roundbox CEO Dennis Specht, the application has been very successful, and is now just one element of the company's larger mobile broadcast suite of services. Indeed, he said the technology has been sold to a number of broadcasters who support mobile DTV. The company also just launched its own iPhone app, and plans to support other smartphone platforms.
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/top-mobile-applications-2006-roundbox
[2] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/special-reports/seeme-tv-top-mobile-apps-revisited-2006
[3] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/special-reports/revisiting-top-mobile-apps-winners-2006
[4] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/special-reports/sprint-music-store-top-mobile-apps-revisited-2006