Check out the video of the session below.
CONGRATS to SHOP SAVVY by Big in Japan for a PERFECT SCORE!

Check out the contestants (and download them!!):
* BottleRocket Apps’ Voxie Voice Recorder
* FidoFactor
* Game Salad by Gendai Games
* Big in Japan’s Shop Savvy
* iBrightStudios’ TightWire (note: got the MOST LAUGHS)
* Qipit White
* ZoomSafer

Grad Circle Presenter: Tungle
Twitter: @tungle
Presenter: Marc Gingras

If you missed Tungle present as a Grad Circle/Sector Leader during yesterday’s Business Apps session at Under the Radar: mobility, here’s your chance to check out what I think is a MUST HAVE APP for any mobile worker who’s constantly meeting with colleagues and clients across multiple timezones, and who are on multiple calendar platforms (iCal, Google Calendar, MSFT Outlook, etc). Stop sending pesky emails asking people what times they might be available… Just select the contacts from your iPhone’s contact list, shake it (err, Tungle it….) and VOILA.

Check it out in Marc’s words below:

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About the Grad Circle at Under the Radar
The Graduate Circle comprises a hand-picked group of companies that have “graduated” from being under the radar and are gaining major momentum. Graduate Circle companies will be making presentations on stage during the regular sessions as “sector leaders” on recent product launches, news and announcements.

Grad Circle Presenter: Utest
Twitter: @utest
Presenter: Doron Reuveni, CEO

uTest presented earlier this year at Under the Radar: Clarity in the Cloud - a SaaS/business apps-focused conference and Doron hit it out of the park. For anyone looking to deploy an application across multiple mobile platforms and a gazillion different handsets, one massive probel awaits them: QA. uTest solves this problem with an army of testers across the world. Crowdsourced QA… Problem solved.

Check out their recent pitch as a Grad Circle presenter at Under the Radar: Mobility 2009:

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About the Grad Circle at Under the Radar:
The Graduate Circle comprises a hand-picked group of companies that have “graduated” from being under the radar and are gaining major momentum. Graduate Circle companies will be making presentations on stage during the regular sessions as “sector leaders” on recent product launches, news and announcements.

Grad Circle Presenter: Shozu
Presenter: Chris Wade

If you didn’t get a chance to see Grad Circle presenter Chris Wade make a killer come back at Under the Radar this week, you missed out. ShoZu has been around the block a few times… The company has been a leader in the photo-sharing space for some time and hit the stage at Under the Radar as a “sector leader” in the consumer apps category to tell us how the company is continuing to gain momentum….

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ShoZu is an innovative media hub, designed to keep people connected through the sharing of videos, photos and comments between their mobile phones and social communities. ShoZu’s pioneering and patented technology allows: fast, simultaneous and one-click uploads to multiple sites; full-resolution uploading of media without compression; ability to maintain uploads even after connection is dropped; and other unique features designed to simplify user’s ability to stay connected.

About the Grad Circle at Under the Radar:
The Graduate Circle comprises a hand-picked group of companies that have “graduated” from being under the radar and are gaining major momentum. Graduate Circle companies will be making presentations on stage during the regular sessions as “sector leaders” on recent product launches, news and announcements.

Grad Circle Presenter: MPlayit
Twitter: @mplayit
Presenter: Michael Powers, CEO

In case you missed Mplayit present at Under the Radar: Mobility yesterday, we’ve got you covered! Watch Michael’s presentation below - where he tells us about how MPlayit has made it easier to discover, share and download the latest killer mobile games:

Mplayit is the leading global provider for online discovery and social merchandising of mobile games and applications. The company’s proprietary software solutions enable mobile content providers, operators and App Store owners to better merchandise, market, and interact with a targeted user audience of mobile consumers. Mplayit is based in Ashburn, Va., and is backed by New Atlantic Ventures.

About the Graduate Circle at Under the Radar:
The Graduate Circle comprises a hand-picked group of companies that have “graduated” from being under the radar and are gaining major momentum. Graduate Circle companies will be making presentations on stage during the regular sessions as “sector leaders” on recent product launches, news and announcements.

Grad Circle Presenter: Boku
Twitter: @boku
Presenter: Hon Hirson

If you missed out on Ron’s presentation at Under the Radar yesterday, he told the audience about Boku’s mobile payment solution that’s taking the online commerce world by storm. Starting in digital goods like music and gaming, Boku is growing into the world of physical goods and real-world payments as well. Watch his preso below:

BOKU is creating the standard for online payments using your mobile phone, making it easy to pay for digital goods and social experiences across the web. With a strong focus on reliability and security, BOKU’s goal is to bring bank-grade payments technology and mobile users together on the web, creating a trusted, viable and accessible market for consumers, publishers and carriers alike. Based in San Francisco with offices in Europe, Asia and Latin America, BOKU reaches over 1.8 billion consumers worldwide, and is funded by leading Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and venture capitalists Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures.

About the Graduate Circle at Under the Radar:
The Graduate Circle comprises a hand-picked group of companies that have “graduated” from being under the radar and are gaining major momentum. Graduate Circle companies will be making presentations on stage during the regular sessions as “sector leaders” on recent product launches, news and announcements.

With over half of UTR’s past presenting companies having raised funding or get acquired after hitting our stage, something tells me this batch of companies might bump this statistic up even higher. Every single startup hit it out of the park!

*Scroll down for links to ALL presenter’s videos and profiles.

So…. who came out on top?

** Audience Choice: BEST IN SHOW - Melodis! Check out their video here.

** Judges’ Choice: BEST IN SHOW - Tie: Yowza!! (video) and MobileIron (video)

View all Under the Radar company presentations and winners below:

MOBILE PAYMENTS:
Presenting Companies:
- Bling Nation
- Payfone
- m-Via *Winner: Audience Choice & Judges’ Choice

LOCATION:
Presenting Companies:
- Aloqa
- Aha Mobile
- Layar
- SimpleGeo *Winner: Audience Choice & Judges’ Choice

BUSINESS APPS
Presenting Companies:
Producteev
fonYou Telecom
Roambi *Winner: Audience Choice
MobileIron *Winner: Judges’ Choice

Consumer Apps
FlightCaster
SocialScope
Melodis *Winner: Audience Choice & Judges’ Choice

Development Tools
PercentMobile
SocialDeck
Motally *Winner: Audience Choice & Judges’ Choice

Marketing/ Advertising
CardStar
Tapjoy
Yowza!! *Winner: Audience Choice & Judges’ Choice

Grad Circle Companies:
The Graduate Circle comprises a hand-picked group of companies that have “graduated” from being under the radar and are gaining major momentum. Graduate Circle companies will be making presentations on stage during the regular sessions as “sector leaders” on recent product launches, news and announcements. Check out their videos:

http://www.undertheradarblog.com/companies/?id=6#utest“>

  

Josh’s “aha!” moment came after meeting a volunteer community health worker who would walk miles upon miles everyday to check up on patients, then trek even more miles back to the hospital to report back to nurses; toting with him a very special notebook, filled with meticulously updated patient data.

Josh is the Executive Director of FrontlineSMS:Medic and driving force behind HopePhones.org

Below is his afternoon keynote presentation from yesterday’s Under the Radar conference. See how your old mobile phone can impact lives in developing communities: (Thanks Josh!!)

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PS: follow Josh on Twitter at @joshnesbit and to donate your old mobile phones, go here.

Digging into data collected by MIT as well as a history lesson (and reminder that Marshall McLuhan was smack-on about media, global villages, privacy and convenience), Peter talked about the implicit and explicit data collected in our mobile world.

Watch the video here. Apologies for the highs and lows in audio - seems the audio from Peter’s microphone and the volume from his presentation aren’t as well-balanced in the recording as we’d like. I’ll see if we can tweak the levels and updload a new version soon.

Still - you can’t beat this presentation. It was amazing…

PS: Follow Peter on Twitter @hirshberg and search the Twitter hash tag #engagingdata for his related posts and thoughts.

Starry eyes aside, Yowza’s creator Greg Grunberg goes above and beyond to prove celebrity and consumer technology do mix… and in fact, they make a terrific concoction. Take a Hollywood actor who finds a co-founder on Twitter, add a simple iPhone app idea and some Biz Dev know-how and voila: you have a company (and a good one)!

Missed Greg and August at Under the Radar today? Check out their presentation below:

Company Description | Yowza!! is an innovative platform for location-based mobile coupons distributed through devices such as the iPhone and iPod Touch. Designed to save consumers money as well as stimulate retail business, the Yowza!! application removes the need for customers to clip coupons or print email.

Yowza!! has already teamed with an impressive list of retailers including Sears, McDonald’s, Regency Shopping Centers, California Pizza Kitchen, American Golf Corporation, ESPN Zone, Rubio’s Mexican Grill, The Container Store, Finish Line, Islands Restaurant, Sports Authority, Sports Chalet, Marmalade Café, Pier 1 Imports, REIEI, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Aveda Salon/Spa.

Competitors | Cellfire, Coups, MobiQpons, Coupious, Coupon Sherpa, Yelp
Customers | Consumers nationwide

Presenters | Greg Grunberg and August Trometer | Co-Founders
Writer, director, and actor Greg Grunberg is the star of TV’s “Heroes” as well “Felicity” and “Alias.” Grunberg is also a philanthropist, creating BAND FROM TV, which has helped raise more than $2 million dollars for charity.

Developer and entrepreneur August Trometer helped pioneer the field of podcasting with the creation of iPodderX, the world’s first podcasting application. Trometer has also written “Optimizing Your Website for Mobile Safari,” the first book on the subject of developing web-based software for the iPhone. He regularly speaks on the topic of both Mac and iPhone software development.

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