Apple, its iPhone and its App Store have been declared 'Best Handset Company" during this year's Mobile Entertainment (ME) Awards.
Apple was recognised by the 400 judges for the user interface of its iPhone, along with the achievements it has made in terms of content with the creation of the App Store.
The award was collected at a star-studded industry event by Michel Sutter, Apple's senior partnership manager, Worldwide Developer Relations-Europe.
Other winners included Taptu (best mobile search provider); EA Mobile - best games publisher and Sony BMG for best music label. O2 UK and Ideaworks 3D scooped the awards for the best operator and best games developer categories respectively.
Tim Green, executive editor of Mobile Entertainment magazine, said: “The mobile content market has had another blistering year, turbo-charged by the collective drive of Nokia, Apple, Google and others to take mobile rich media into the mainstream. We’re delighted that nearly 400 execs came together last night to help us celebrate the industry’s amazing progress. Congratulations to all the winners.”
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