Watch out! Market intelligence firm IDC Study has identified the 10 Emerging Mobile Players to Watch in 2008. The may be small businesses and essentially unknown but noted for their creativity and innovative thinking. Moreover, they have the potential to alter the playing field with their unique technology.

So, keep track of the following mobile companies:

• Aegis Mobile
• Enterprise Mobile
• Gearworks
• Hook Mobile
• INSIDE Contactless
• Medio
• mFoundry
• Mobile Posse
• Mobilians
• Vlingo

Selection are based on 4 broad strategies or attributes such as companies developing new ways to address existing or near-future customer and industry needs. Hopefully, we can interview the brains behind these companies and squeeze out insights from them.

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