ANN: PPC mag Best Software Award Winners

From: Jim Karpen-PPC mag (jim_karpen_at_pocketpcmag.com)
Date: 10/27/04


Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:10:13 -0500

Pocket PC Magazine Announces the Winners of its Fourth Annual Windows Mobile
Best Software Awards 2004
<http://www.PocketPCmag.com/awards>

San Francisco, CA ­ October 26, 2004 The winners of the Fourth Annual Pocket
PC magazine Best Software Awards have been announced at
<http://www.pocketpcmag.com/awards> and at CTIA Wireless I.T. &
Entertainment conference.

Over 80 of the Pocket PC magazine Board of Experts judged 581 Windows Mobile
products in 100 Pocket PC, Smartphone, and Developer categories to determine
finalists and winners.

Pocket PC magazine publisher, Hal Goldstein, said that ³The annual Pocket PC
magazine Best Software Awards helps users select software that best suits
their Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone needs by honoring companies
that produce outstanding software. The awards process is a huge 6-month
undertaking involving the experts of the Windows Mobile communiity and
beginning with several thousand Pocket PC and Smartphone products."

Pocket PC magazine¹s New Products Editor, Diane Dumas, and the Board of
Expert judges selected the 2004 award nominees. Approximately, 20% of the
software in the Pocket PC magazine Encyclopedia of Software and Accessories
were nominated. Only products and versions released by July 31, 2004 were
eligible for the voting. Christian Forsberg of
<http://www.businessanyplace.net> and Bob Katayama of
<http://www.han-d-solutions.com> headed a team of experts to determine
nominations for Developer Software.

Over 80 experts in Pocket PC and Smartphone software from around the world
helped select the nominations and then voted for winners. These experts run
prominent Web Sites, serve as Microsoft MVPs, and write for Pocket PC
magazine and other orgranizations. These are all volunteers and none are
employed by Pocket PC magazine.

Special 14-page report

A 2 MB PDF special downloadable report ($5.95) contains screen shots and
descriptions of all the Best Software Award Pocket PC and Smartphone
winners, as well as the product names and URLs of the finalists. In
addition, it includes a special section of judges¹ answers to the question,
³Of all the products that your tested for this year¹s Best Software Awards,
which was your favorite and why?² Find a link to the report on this page:
<http://www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/main.asp>.

About Pocket PC magazine

Bi-monthly Pocket PC magazine is a print and multi-digital publication
dedicated to users of Windows Mobile PDA¹s and Smartphone devices. Each
issue includes hardware and software reviews, user profiles, practical tips,
plus an ³Enterprise Solutions² supplement. Its companion Web site,
www.PocketPCmag.com, is updated each day with news, hot downloads, Web
sites, reviews, and tips; and also contains archives, a directory of the
best Windows Mobile Web sites, and an Encyclopedia of 3000 third-party
software and accessories products at
http://www.PocketPCmag.com/encyclopedia.asp.



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