Crunchies 2008 Winners...

Crunchies 2008 has some interesting winners for this year... like Microsoft making into the list, competition in mobile apps has been strong...

1. Best Application or Service - Google Reader - http://www.google.com/reader/view/
2. Best Technology Innovation/Achievement - Windows Live Mesh - https://www.mesh.com/Welcome/default.aspx
3. Best Design - Cooliris - http://www.cooliris.com/
4. Best Bootstrapped Startup - GitHub - http://github.com/
5. Best Enterprise Startup - Amazon Web Services - http://aws.amazon.com/
6. Best International Startup - eBuddy - http://www.ebuddy.com/
7. Best Clean Tech Startup - Project Frog - http://www.projectfrog.com/
8. Best Gadget - iPhone 3G - http://www.apple.com/iphone/
9. Best Mobile Startup - Evernote - http://www.evernote.com/
10. Best Mobile Application - imeem mobile - http://www.imeem.com/
11. Best New Startup of 2008 - Friendfeed - http://friendfeed.com/
12. Best Overall Startup - Facebook - http://www.facebook.com

Read more on Crunchies site @ http://crunchies2008.techcrunch.com/

Few questions to think / ponder about:
1. What are the learning's to take from these startup's that have won the award? is it their business model? team? funding? - behind their success...
2. How many years will social networks dominate? Facebook is the winner for second consecutive year & FriendFeed being the new startup
3. Is Google Android giving any serious competition to iPhone? will they be able to get the required adoption by mobile manufacturers?
4. Can Windows 7 introduce any new products for startup category next year?
5. Looks like India based startup's did not even make into final nominees, are we being innovative enough?

-Bhaskara