BlackBerry Developer Challenge finalists

As you may have heard, the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Developer Conference is coming up next week, and the Partners Fund venture capital firm will be scoping out some talent at the show, primarily by way of their Developer Challenge. Finalists have been named for each of the five categories…

Personal Productivity and Lifestyle
AP Mobile News Network by Associated Press and FreeRange Communications
PaperIQ Digital Flipchart by DevelopIQ
Poynt by Multiplied Media

Multimedia
Flycast Mobile Broadcast Network by Flycast
Nobex Radio Companion by Nobex Technologies, Inc.
Strands Social Player by Strands Inc.

Web
Billing Revolution Merchant Account Tool by Billing Revolution
Gym Technik by TSR Gym Technik Ltd.
MLB.com Gameday by Major League Baseball Advanced Media

Game
Astraware Platypus by Handmark
Hard Rock Casino 2 by EA Mobile
Nintaii by Mobigloo LLC

Enterprise
B*Nator Remote Control for BlackBerry by ISEC7 GmbH
Bridge for Highrise by Metova, Inc.
Optimii by Outerin Limited

Some of these I recognize from the Wireless Enterprise Symposium last year, but there are lots of new faces there that will be worth meeting next week in Santa Clara. Stick around for our coverage!