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Derek Bruff has compiled a very comprehensive bibliography on classroom-response systems:
http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/docs/classroom-response-system-clickers-bibliography/

Last year I led an ATIP review on clickers that included folks from several colleges around the U and the IT Director for the Rochester campus and the head of ITSS at UM-Duluth. Part of this process included taking a look at what's next for clickers beyond the device specific options offered currently by most vendors. We opened this question up to a broader interpretation to include polling systems, etc.... I'm reformatting most of those finding as my blog post. The information is about a year old, but still relatively new in the field.

Popular Polling software (most used by some faculty at the U):

PollEverywhere:

• Text message (SMS) polls and voting
• Can display results on web or through PowerPoint (updates automatically)
• Can also vote via Twitter or Smartphones

polldaddy:

• no innovations - simply a free/for pay pro options easy to use online poll and survey tool

misterpoll:

• Internet's Largest Poll Database
• free and easy to use
• polls made by accounts are searchable
• automatically adds a threaded discussion for every poll that folks can go to immediately after completing poll

Software driven clickers (including mobile devices):

iRespond AnyPlace - web-based version of clicker

• Allows for essay answers
• Homework

eInstruction:

• vClicker mobile edition - virtual clicker

TurningPoint:

• ResponseWare - web-based polling on laptops and cell phones/smart phones with web browsers
• works on Wi-Fi and cell/data networks
• Allows alphanumeric entry
• Aids with accessibility issues
• RemotePoll - Simultaneously connect multiple lecture rooms through the internet using ResponseCard hardware and RemotePoll to enable the host site to gather and display results immediately from all locations.

iClicker:

• web>clicker - browser-based voting system that combines the simplicity and reliability of i>clicker with the flexibility of laptops and handheld devices.
• works with laptops
• works with mobile devices that support a browser

Systems adding new functionality beyond traditional clickers:

Quizdom:

• Q7 Presenter Tablet - allows teachers to draw, annotate, and control computer applications without being tethered to a computer. Additionally, presenters can view notes, presentation indicators, and input from participants on the tablet's LCD screen.
• Q5 instructor remote - can start and stop media as well as initiate a spontaneous question right from the remote.
• Slide/question bank available for many disciplines from company

iRespond:

• Intellislate - device that allows annotation over presentations, programs, documents and web pages Clip Art Library for Geography, Math, Science, History and more
• iRespond mini tablet
• Control your PC using the iRespond Mini-Tablet!
• Tablet technology functionality at one-half the cost
• Issue questions to students
• Use as a teacher's/presenter's remote
• Draw and capture capability

eInstruction:

• InterWrite WorkSpace - vendor provided content (content, lessons, assessments, etc...)
• InterWriteMobi - The teacher and student can concurrently interact with and contribute to the same digital content - ideal for team activities, learning simulations, student exploration, and more.

Hotseat (developed internally for use at Purdue http://www.purdue/hotseat):

• Enabling collaborative micro-discussion in and out of the classroom
• social networking-powered mobile Web application
• creates a collaborative classroom, allowing students to provide near real-time feedback during class and enabling professors to adjust the course content and improve the learning experience
• Students can post messages to Hotseat using:
• Facebook
• Twitter
• text messages
• logging into Hotseat site
• Students can also vote on questions posed to help instructor prioritize questions to answer

DyKnow (more of a technology classroom management tool):

• Has a polling tool
• Unique in that there is 2-way communication through the tool (faculty can address students questions individually)