What's Your Favorite Mobile App of 2009? #openwebawards

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Whatever your feelings about the iPhone, it's almost impossible to dismiss the notion that Apple introduced the idea of smartphones and always-on mobile connectivity to the masses. And while not the first makers of a mobile marketplace, they were the first to capitalize on creating a developer ecosystem to bring thousands of applications to iPhone owners. Apple's iPhone also contributed to the astronomical rise in AT&T's mobile data traffic, which is up 4,932% from three years ago.

Now we live in a world where there are countless mobile applications and markets which include the Ovi store and the Android Marketplace, the latter of which will become even more important as more and more carriers release phones running the Android operating system. By Reuters account, Google Android is forecasted to take over the number two spot in the smartphone market by 2012.

Regardless of your carrier or mobile device, you're clearly turning to the mobile web and using mobile applications more than ever before.

Vote for your favorites

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Mobile is more important than ever, with the application choices you make defining market trends. Your Open Web Awards pick for best location based mobile app, best mobile based Twitter app, best music site or app, best travel site or app, best mobile app, best mobile game, and best social network iPhone app, will help serve to create a pulse of what's hot in mobile.

The nominating process is simple, just visit the Open Web Awards site, sign in with Twitter or Facebook, and tell us your favorites. Nominations will remain open until 11:59 PM, ET on Sunday, November 15th.

Some of the leaders in the mobile categories so far are (in no particular order):

Best location based mobile app:

- Gowalla

- Foursquare

- Zillow

- iBurgh [iTunes Link]

- WHERE

- Google Maps

- Qype Radar

- GPS Assassins

- Aloqa

- layar