- A good point made by Shashank Nigam at SimpliFlying on Richard Branson’s interview about Virgin America.

This week, the winners of the 13th annual Webby Awards were announced. The dotMobi blog writes that in the mobile division there were several .mobi winners and honorees, which represents a very strong showing from .mobi users as well as representing a broad swath of uses of the .mobi domain.

Let’s see the company of honorees ArrivedOK found itself in:

• http://arrivedok.mobi (ArrivedOK, the personal arrival tracker)
  
• http://muslim.mobi (daily prayer times for the global Muslim community with city locator)
• http://dolcegabbana.mobi (D&G Fashion Channel)
• http://radiodisney.mobi (Radio Disney)
• http://tinkfairies.mobi (Disney Interactive Media Group)
• http://udrapartments.mobi (UDR’s mobile apartment search)
• http://blackberry.mobi (Blackberry)

And the winners are… The Best Use of GPS or Location Technology award went to Adidas Marathon Run Tracker http://marathon.marvellous.mobi. The Mobile Entertainment award went to Discovery Mobile at http://discovery.mlogic.mobi. The Mobile Sports award winner and People’s Voice award winner went to ESPN Mobile at http://espn.mobi.

Also nominated for Integrated Mobile Experience was Virgin Atlantic’s Love from Above campaign (formerly at lovefromabove.mobi) and for Listings & Updates was previous award winner Zagat.mobi.

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Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my pleasure to inform you that ArrivedOK, the Personal Arrival Tracker has been selected as an Official Honoree in The 13th Annual Webby Awards in two categories: (1) Experimental & Innovation and (2) Best Use of GPS or Location Technology.

The Official Honoree distinction is awarded to the top 15% of all work entered that exhibits remarkable achievement. With nearly 10,000 entries received from all 50 states and over 60 countries, this is an outstanding accomplishment for ArrivedOK team.

We want to thank all our supporters, especially beta testers, for keeping us believing that ArrivedOK is a real thing.

Being recognized by The Webby Awards is incredibly cool. Key Facts about The Webby Awards:

The Webby Awards is the Internet’s most respected symbol of success. The 13th Annual Webby Awards received over 9,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. Webby Awards are awarded in over 125 categories.

Judges:
Winners are chosen by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences a global organizations whose members incluce David Bowie, Harvey Weinstein, Arianna Huffington, Matt Groening, Internet inventor Vinton Cerf, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson, and R/GA Chairman and CEO Bob Greenberg.

Judging Criteria:
Winners are selected for recognition based on excellence in the following criteria:

Websites & Mobile:
content, structure and navigation, visual design, functionality, interactivity and overall experience

Interactive Advertising:
creativity, integration, overall experience

Film & Video:
concept & writing, quality of craft, integration, overall experience

Past Winners:
Recognition by the Webby Award puts you in the esteemed group of industry leaders such as Amazon.com, eBay, Yahoo!, iTunes, Google, FedEx, BBC News, CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, NPR, Salon Magazine, Evite, Meetup, Wikipedia, Flickr, ESPN, Comedy Central, PBS, and The Onion.

We know that ArrivedOK is completely new kind of service, which hardly falls into existing app categories related to travel and flight status reporting. How would you call ArrivedOK? (Please, don’t forget that it’s not only tracking flights; it tracks one’s personal arrival and alerts your buddies about it).

How would you define ArrivedOK?

• Personal Arrival Messenger
• Personal Landing Alert Service
• Personal Flight Tracker
• Personal Arrival Tracker
• Flight Arrival Alert Service
• Flight Tracker & Arrival Messenger
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