After this morning’s tense breakfast meeting which saw all three of the PUSH N900 MOD IN THE USA finalists pitching their ideas to the judges and answering their questions, we can now announce the official PUSH N900 MOD IN THE USA winner.

So, without further ado, the judges’ choices are:

1st Prize: Bike Dashboard: winning the cash prize of $10,000!

2nd Prize: Niko: who has been awarded with a $5,000 cash prize

3rd Prize: Pit Crew: who has been awarded with a $3,000 cash prize

The judges were seriously impressed with the ingenuity of all of the hacks: “Seeing what these teams were able to create using the Nokia N900 in just a few weeks time is a true testament to the spirit of human innovation,” said Eddie Hold, Vice President, Current Analysis. “It’s refreshing to see what people can come up with when they are supplied with tools like an open platform – such as the one that the Nokia N900 operates on. Kudos to Nokia and the participants for cultivating this kind of consumer innovation.”

It was no easy feat in selecting just one first prize winner!

People’s Choice Award:: Pit Crew: :winning an additional cash prize of $1000!

The People’s Choice Award has been a hotly contested feature of the official Nokia booth during CTIA, with a host of attendees casting their vote for which of the three finalists’s concepts they think deserves to be crowned the people’s champion. Massive congratulations to Pit Crew for scooping the title and thanks to all the CTIA attendees who cast their votes.

Please join the PUSH team in congratulating all three teams of finalists, in making it to the final and for showing what’s capable with the N900 and their tremendous creativity.