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Winners, Finalists, and Nominees

The 2006 Best Software Awards winners are now public. The top vote getters have a winner or finalist icon besides their name in the nominations listings. Winners are also announced in the publication of the 2007 Smartphone & Pocket PC Buyer's Guide.

This page contains all 2006 Smartphone and Pocket PC nominees, finalists, and winners. To traverse this list, use the search function in your Internet browser or follow the links in the table of contents. The list of nominations was frozen July 19, 2006, and listed here shortly thereafter.

Winners and judges' comments on their favorites can be found in the 2007 Buyer's Guide and a $5.95, 20 plus page special report available for download. The Buyers Guide is send to subscribers and available on Newsstands from October 18 through November. The special report is given away free to all subscribers.

From June 30-July 14 Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine accepted suggestions for nominations, un-nominations, and mis-categorizations from judges, users, and vendors, who used the nominations form. Nominated products should be in the top 20% of Windows Mobile software. Any product may be suggested for nomination, but for logistical reasons, to be eligible for the voting, the product must be listed in the Encyclopedia of Software and Accessories where listings are free. 

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Other views of nominations and finalists

Pocket PC nominees/finalists by category with product description

Pocket PC nominations with rest of Encyclopedia listings by category with product description

Smartphone nominees/finalists with product description

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Pocket PC Nominations

Communication

Phone and Fax

Try It, Buy It

Caller2Picture (V2R Vision To Reality GmbH, www.v2r.ag)

connect2internet PRO (2K development Handels GmbH, www.2kdevelopment.com)

EZdial 2 (ME Software, www.mesoftware.biz)

Jeyo Mobile Companion (Jeyo, Inc, www.jeyo.com)

phoneAlarm (pocketMax, www.pocketmax.net)     

Running Voice GSM (Pocket Presence, www.pocketpresence.com)

Skype (Skype, www.skype.com)     

Spb GPRS Monitor (Spb Software House, www.spbsoftwarehouse.com)     

Synchronization

Try It, Buy It

Add2Exchange Sync Suite for Exchange & Outlook Calendars, Contacts and Tasks (Advantage International, Inc., www.diditbetter.com)

Intellisync (Intellisync Corporation, www.intellisync.com)     

Missing Sync (Mark/Space, Inc., www.markspace.com)     

MobSync (DooSoft, doosoft.seesaa.net/)

Peacemaker Professional (Conduits Technologies, Inc., www.conduits.com)

PocketMac (Information Appliance Associates, www.doctorce.com)

PocketMirror Professional (Chapura, Inc., www.chapura.com)     

SyncExpress (Syncdata, www.syncdata.it)

Games

Action Games

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Anthelion 2: Celestial Vigilance (PDAmill Game Studios, www.pdamill.com)     

Arcade Challenge (eSoft Interactive, www.esoftinteractive.com)

Assaultaire (JLE Software, lejjo.4t.com)     

Enslave (MoreGames Entertainment, www.pocketmoregames.com)     

Gold Miner Joe (Viex Games, www.viex.org)

Great Gold Rush (4Pockets.com, www.4pockets.com)

Gringos (Clickgamer Technologies Ltd., www.clickgamer.com)

My Little Tank (Astraware Limited, www.astraware.com)

Pocket Death Match (StormMill, www.stormmill.com)

Quake Mobile (Pulse Interactive, www.pulsemobilegames.com)     

RocketElite (Digital Concepts, www.dig-concepts.com)

TapzMania (RU0 Games, www.ru0-games.com)

Adventure Games

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Atlantis Redux (Tetraedge Games, www.tetraedge.com)     

Fade (Fade Team, www.fade-team.com)

Gilbert Goodmate PDA (Z-Logics Development, www.z-logics.com)

Myst (Mean Hamster Software, www.meanhamstersoftware.com)     

Return to Mysterious Island (Tetraedge Games, www.tetraedge.com)

Board Games

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4Connect (4Pockets.com, www.4pockets.com)

Backgammon Professional (ZingMagic Limited, www.zingmagic.com)

Championship Checkers Pro (DreamQuest Software, www.dqsoft.com)

Checkers Professional (ZingMagic Limited, www.zingmagic.com)

Go - Pocket GNU (Vieka Technology Inc., www.vieka.com)

Monopoly (Handmark, www.handmark.com)     

Multiplayer Championship Backgammon (Real Dice, www.realdice.com)     

Scrabble (Handmark, www.handmark.com)     

The Travel Collection (Pocket Adventures.com, www.pocketadventures.com)     

Card Games

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Championship Cribbage Pro (DreamQuest Software, www.dqsoft.com)     

Championship Spades Pro (DreamQuest Software, www.dqsoft.com)     

Omar Sharif Bridge (ZingMagic Limited, www.zingmagic.com)

Spades (ZingMagic Limited, www.zingmagic.com)

Casino Games

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Aces Blackjack (Concrete Software, Inc., www.concretesoftware.com)     

All Mobile Casino (Binaryfish, www.binaryfish.com)     

Black Jack Pro (G3 Studios, www.g3studios.com)

Full Hand Casino (JAMDAT Mobile, www.jamdat.com)

SpinX (PocketJock, www.pocketjock.com)

TriXXI (PocketJock, www.pocketjock.com)

Chess Games

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Championship Chess Pro (DreamQuest Software, www.dqsoft.com)     

Chess Professional (ZingMagic Limited, www.zingmagic.com)

Chinese Chess Professional (ZingMagic Limited, www.zingmagic.com)

Intorine IntelliChess (Intorine, www.intorine.com)     

Kasparov Chessmate (JAMDAT Mobile, www.jamdat.com)

Mastersoft Chess (Mastersoft Mobile Solutions, www.mastersoftmobilesolutions.com)

Multiplayer Championship Chess (Real Dice, www.realdice.com)     

Pocket Fritz (ChessBase GMBH, www.chessbase.com)

PocketGrandmaster (Clevergames, www.pocketgrandmaster.com/english/index.html)     

Rampart Chess (Rampart Games, www.rampartgames.com)

Classic Arcade

Try It, Buy It

4Pinball Cyber Storm (4Pockets.com, www.4pockets.com)

Acky's XP Breakout (Isotope 244, www.isotope244.com)     

Atomic Battle Dragons (Isotope 244, www.isotope244.com)     

Atomic Cannon Pocket (Isotope 244, www.isotope244.com)

Explode Arena (Infinite Dreams, www.idreams.pl)

Galaga (Namco Networks, www.namcogames.com)     

Galaxian (Namco Networks, www.namcogames.com)

G-Prime Xtreme (Brain Drain, www.braindrain.com)     

High Noon Drifter - Dead Man's Gulch (Clickgamer Technologies Ltd., www.clickgamer.com)

Jet Ducks (Absolutist, absolutist.com)

Kungfu Fighting (AIM Productions NV, www.aimproductions.be)

Marble Worlds (4Pockets.com, www.4pockets.com)

Ms. PAC-MAN (Namco Networks, www.namcogames.com)

Naval Ship Warfare (Alert Technologies, www.atechware.com)

Pocket Breakout 2 (4Pockets.com, www.4pockets.com)

Supertux for WinCE (oldray.net, www.oldray.net)

Color Matching

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Bejeweled 2 (Astraware Limited, www.astraware.com)     

Bubble Shooter (Absolutist, absolutist.com)

Resco Diamonds (Resco, Ltd., www.resco.net)

Super Elemental (4Pockets.com, www.4pockets.com)

Zuma (Astraware Limited, www.astraware.com)     

Game Emulators

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MorphGear (Spicy Pixel, Inc., www.morphgear.com)     

Pocket Commodore 64 (Clickgamer Technologies Ltd., www.clickgamer.com)

PocketGBA (Sunbug.net, sunbug.net)     

PocketNester (Rick Lei, www.jetech.org)     

PocketVCS (Stuart Russell, pocketvcs.emuunlim.com)

Game Packs

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Arcade Park (C-EON Software, www.c-eon.com)

ChromaGames (Astraware Limited, www.astraware.com)

GameBox Classics (PDAmill Game Studios, www.pdamill.com)     

GameBox Gems (PDAmill Game Studios, www.pdamill.com)     

Illustrix Dream Pack (Absolutist, absolutist.com)

Multiplayer Championship Series (Real Dice, www.realdice.com)     

Kids' Games

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Countdown! (Island Labs, /www.islandlabs.com)     

Pixel Dinosaurs Lite (Pixel Studios, pixelstudios.hit.bg)

Time Tracker (Pocket Tutor, www.PocketTutor.com)

Zaz Kids Alphabet (PocketSoft)     

Mahjong

Try It, Buy It

Mahjongg Deluxe 3D (Klaar, www.finished.nl)

Majong Paradise (Aidem Systems Inc., www.aidem.com.tw/English/index_english.htm)

Multiplayer Championship Mahjong (Real Dice, www.realdice.com)     

Pocket Mahjongg (Oopdreams software, inc., www.oopdreams.com)

Pocket-Jongg (C-Labs, www.c-labs.com)

Shanghai Pocket Essentials (LandWare, Inc., www.landware.com)     

Number Puzzles

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Digit Invader (GreenBulb, www.greenbulb.com)

Mastersoft Kakuro (Mastersoft Mobile Solutions, www.mastersoftmobilesolutions.com)     

Pick 11 (XI-ART, www.xi-art.com)     

Platform Scrollers

Try It, Buy It

Curse of the Pharaohs (Just Mobile Games, www.justmobilegames.com)     

Li-Nuggz (Elements Interactive, www.elementsgames.com)     

Moon Child (Klaar, www.finished.nl)

Super Miners (Infinite Dreams, www.idreams.pl)     

Poker Games

Try It, Buy It

Aces Omaha - No Limit (Concrete Software, Inc., www.concretesoftware.com)

Aces Texas Hold'em - No Limit (Concrete Software, Inc., www.concretesoftware.com)     

All-In Hold 'Em (Birdsoft, www.birdsoft.net)     

Multiplayer Championship Poker - Texas Hold'em (Real Dice, www.realdice.com)     

Texas Hold'em Poker (Andy Jurko, www.aisoftware.spb.ru)

Puzzle Games

Try It, Buy It

Butterflight 2.2. (Absolutist, absolutist.com)

Cavemen (Lightworks Games, www.lightworksgames.com)     

Chukchi Kerling (BallShooter Games, www.ballshooter.com)

Chuzzle (Astraware Limited, www.astraware.com)     

Cubis (Astraware Limited, www.astraware.com)     

Deep Down Race (Erik Chong, www.geocities.com/bonelyfish/ddr.html)

Done In 50 Seconds (AIM Productions NV, www.aimproductions.be)     

Dots (Ilium Software, www.iliumsoft.com)

Juggler (SurvivorSoft, www.SurvivorSoft.com)

Obulis: The Second Epoch (IonFx Studios, www.ionfx.com)     

Shape Shifter (Astraware Limited, www.astraware.com)

SuperJezzin (Birdsoft, www.birdsoft.net)

TMax (AIM Productions NV, www.aimproductions.be)

Racing Games

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Flux Challenge (PDAmill Game Studios, www.pdamill.com)     

Gangsta Race (Garga Games, www.gargagames.com)

GTS Racing Challenge (Astraware Limited, www.astraware.com)

Michael Schumacher Racing World - Kart (Inverse Entertainment GmbH, www.inverse-entertainment.de)

MicroQuad (Viex Games, www.viex.org)

Street Duel: Underground Racing (Pixelogic Ltd, www.pixelogic.co.uk)     

Stuntcar Extreme (Fathammer Ltd., www.fathammer.com)     

Role Playing Games

Try It, Buy It

Adventurer - The Island Chronicles (Pocket Adventures.com, www.pocketadventures.com)

Ancient Evil (Pocket PC Studios, www.ppcstudios.com)     

Arvale II: Ocean of Time (PDAmill Game Studios, www.pdamill.com)     

Arvale: Journey of Illusion (PDAmill Game Studios, www.pdamill.com)

Everquest: Attack On Qeynos (Sony Online Entertainment, Inc., eqpocket.station.sony.com)

Legacy (Redshift, www.redshift.hu)

Undercroft (Rake in Grass, www.rakeingrass.com)     

Scrolling Shooters

Try It, Buy It

Particle Wars (4Pockets.com, www.4pockets.com)     

Realms (SpaceTime Mathematics, www.spacetime.us/arcade)     

SkyForce Reloaded (Infinite Dreams, www.idreams.pl)     

Simulations

Try It, Buy It

Drum Kit Ace (Momentum Games, www.momentumgames.com)

Insaniquarium (Astraware Limited, www.astraware.com)     

Lemonade Tycoon (JAMDAT Mobile, www.jamdat.com)     

Mini-Jetfight (OmniG Software, www.omnigsoft.com)

SimCity 2000 (ZIO Interactive, Inc., www.ziointeractive.com)

Solitaire Games

Try It, Buy It

Can't Stop Solitaires Collection (Paragon Software, www.penreader.com)     

GameBox Solitaire (PDAmill Game Studios, www.pdamill.com)     

GameBox Solitaire II (PDAmill Game Studios, www.pdamill.com)     

King Sol Solitaire 2004 (Rapture Technologies, Inc., www.rapturetech.com)

Magic Solitaires Collection (SMK Software, www.smksoftware.ru)

Spb FreeCell (Spb Software House, www.spbsoftwarehouse.com)

Towers (XI-ART, www.xi-art.com)

Sports Games

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Baseball Addict (JAMDAT Mobile, www.jamdat.com)

Harry Putters Crazy Golf (4Pockets.com, www.4pockets.com)     

Links (JAMDAT Mobile, www.jamdat.com)

Pocket Mini Golf 2 Future City (Momentum Games, www.momentumgames.com)     

Pool Challenge (AIM Productions NV, www.aimproductions.be)

Tennis Addict (JAMDAT Mobile, www.jamdat.com)

Virtual Pool Mobile (Celeris, Inc., www.celeris.com)     

ZIOGolf 2 (ZIO Interactive, Inc., www.ziointeractive.com)

Strategy Games

Try It, Buy It

Add-Venture 1.83 (Qsoftz, www.qsoftz.com)

Age of Empires (ZIO Interactive, Inc., www.ziointeractive.com)     

Allods II: Necromancer (Absolutist, absolutist.com)

Snails (PDAmill Game Studios, www.pdamill.com)

Spb AirIslands (Spb Software House, www.spbsoftwarehouse.com)     

Warfare Incorporated (Handmark, www.handmark.com)     

Warlords II - Pocket PC Edition (Pocket PC Studios, www.ppcstudios.com)

Sudoku Puzzles

Try It, Buy It

Astraware Sudoku (Astraware Limited, www.astraware.com)     

Fast Sudoku (PPCLink Mobile Software, www.ppclink.com)

Mastersoft SuDoku V2 (Mastersoft Mobile Solutions, www.mastersoftmobilesolutions.com)     

Pocket Sudoku (DKM Software, www.dkmsoftware.com)     

Resco Sudoku (Resco, Ltd., www.resco.net)     

Sensible Sudoku (Ludimate, www.Ludimate.com)

Sudoku Master (Real Dice, www.realdice.com)

Sudoku Pack (Mobile Digital Media, www.gomdm.com)

Sudoku Rules Extreme! (Spiral Mile, www.spiralmile.com)     

The Sudoku Collection (Pocket Adventures.com, www.pocketadventures.com)

Tetris

Try It, Buy It

Handmark Tetris (Handmark, www.handmark.com)     

Kevtris (Caywen, /www.caywen.com/)     

Tantric (Astraware Limited, www.astraware.com)

Tetris (Original Games, www.original-games.net/)

Trivia Games

Try It, Buy It

Invasion: Trivia (Clickgamer Technologies Ltd., www.clickgamer.com)     

Smarty Pants Trivia (Rampart Games, www.rampartgames.com)

Trivia Deluxe (Cosmi Corporation, www.cosmi.com)

Trivial Pursuit Handheld Edition (Handmark, www.handmark.com)     

Urban Myth (Island Labs, /www.islandlabs.com)

Who Said That? (Rampart Games, www.rampartgames.com)     

Word Puzzles

Try It, Buy It

Across Lite Mobile (Binaryfish, www.binaryfish.com)     

Hangman PPC 17th Century Style (Baggetta_Ware, www.baggetta.com)

Super Wild Wild Words (Astraware Limited, www.astraware.com)     

Word Wizard PPC (Baggetta_Ware, www.baggetta.com)

WordBlast for Pocket PC (GanX Private Ltd., www.ganx.com)

WordPop! (Smart Box Design, www.smartboxdesign.com)     

GPS

GPS Geocaching

Try It, Buy It

BeeLineGPS (VisualGPS, LLC, www.visualgps.net)     

GPS Tuner (Megalith - Gabor Tarnok, www.gpstuner.com)     

GPSdash (Stefan Plattner, gpsdash.com)     

GPS Moving Map

Try It, Buy It

Map for PDA (SearchQuest, Inc., www.searchquest.com)

Memory-Map Navigator USA 250 (Memory-Map, Inc., www.memory-map.com)     

OziExplorerCE (Des & Lorraine Newman, www.oziexplorer.com)     

Pocket Streets (Microsoft Software, www.windowsmobile.com)     

GPS Utilities

Try It, Buy It

Franson GpsGate (Franson, franson.com)     

GPS Sentry (SentrySoft, www.sentry-soft.com#http://www.sentry-soft.com#)

GPS Speed Sentry (Tchart Development, www.tchartdev.com)     

MySportTraining GPS (VidaOne, Inc., www.VidaOne.com)

Port Splitter (JAL, www.gpsmeter.com)

VITO AstroNavigator (VITO Technology, vitotechnology.com)     

Information Managers

Contact Management

Try It, Buy It

.mobile Contacts (Sygic, www.sygic.com)     

Essential Contax Pro (PocketX Software Inc., www.pocketX.net)

Inesoft Address Book (Inesoft, www.inesoft.com)     

Pocket Sales Manager (SoftwareOnSailboats, www.softwareonsailboats.com)

Database

Try It, Buy It

abcDB Professional (PocketSoft.ca, www.pocketsoft.ca)     

HanDBase Professional (DDH Software, Inc., www.ddhsoftware.com)     

MoviGanizer 2.0 (Danso Interactive Solutions, www.danso.com)

Visual CE Professional (SYWARE, Inc., www.syware.com)     

XSDesigner (GrandaSoft, www.grandasoft.com)

Dining

Try It, Buy It

AceBartender (Ace Bartender, www.acebartender.com)

BarBack Drink Guide (Mobifusion Inc., www.mobifusion.com/)     

PDA Sommelier (Alambicor, Inc., www.pdasommelier.com)

Pocket Cook (The Little Motion Pixel Co., www.pocketcook.net)     

Wine Enthusiast Guide (LandWare, Inc., www.landware.com)     

Finance

Try It, Buy It

Cash Organizer Premium (Inesoft, www.inesoft.com)     

Pocket Quicken (LandWare, Inc., www.landware.com)

PocketMoney (Handmark, www.handmark.com)

Spb Finance (Spb Software House, www.spbsoftwarehouse.com)     

Stock Manager (TinyStocks, www.tinystocks.com)     

Genealogy

Try It, Buy It

CE My Family (on eMan software, www.cemyfamily.com)     

Pocket Genealogist (Northern Hills Software, www.northernhillssoftware.com)     

Health and Fitness

Try It, Buy It

Gym Journal (SoundTells, www.soundtells.com)

HealthFile Plus (WakefieldSoft, LLC, www.wakefieldsoft.com)

MyPersonalDiet (VidaOne, Inc., www.VidaOne.com)     

MySportTraining (VidaOne, Inc., www.VidaOne.com)     

Personal Health & Diet Manager (Two Peaks Software, www.twopeaks.com)

Pocket Workout (Electric Dreams Inc., www.edreams.ca)

List Managers

Try It, Buy It

cyAct (cyWren Systems, Inc., www.cywren.com)

InfoShare List Manager (Unwired Software, Inc., www.unwiredsoftware.com)     

ListPro (Ilium Software, www.iliumsoft.com)     

PocketThinker (PocketThinker Software, www.pocketthinker.com)

ShoppingList (dillSoft.com, dillSoft.com)

TreNotes (Fann Software, www.fannsoftware.com)     

PIMs	Try It, Buy It

Agenda Fusion (Developer One, Inc., www.developerone.com)     

Project-ing (Birdsoft, www.birdsoft.net)

Ulti-Planner (Birdsoft, www.birdsoft.net)

Secure Information Managers

Try It, Buy It

CodeWallet Pro (Developer One, Inc., www.developerone.com)     

Cresotech PocketSafe (Cresotech, Inc., www.cresotech.com)

eWallet Professional (Ilium Software, www.iliumsoft.com)     

FlexWallet (WebIS, Inc., www.webis.net)     

visKeeper Professional (SFR, www.sfr-software.com)

Sporting

Try It, Buy It

GolfPS (GolfPS, LLC, www.golfps.com)     

IntelliGolf Eagle Edition for Pocket PCs (IntelliGolf, Inc., www.intelligolf.com)     

PocketPigskin (PocketPigskin, www.pocketpigskin.com)

StarCaddy (LinksPoint, Inc., www.starcaddy.com)

World Cup Mobile (pocketland.net, pocketland.net)     

Student Planners

Try It, Buy It

4.0Student (Handmark, www.handmark.com)     

PocketKnowledge (Basioware, www.basioware.com)

The Dog Ate It (Birdsoft, www.birdsoft.net)     

Internet

Browsers and Web Utilities

Try It, Buy It

Hubdog (Société Radio Numérique (SRN) Inc., www.hubdog.com)

MultiIE (Southway Corporation Ltd, www.multiie.info)

NetFront (ACCESS Co., Ltd, www.access-us-inc.com)     

Opera Mobile (Opera Software, www.opera.com)     

PIEPlus (ReenSoft, www.reensoft.com)     

Skweezer (Greenlight Wireless Corporation, www.greenlightwireless.net)

ThunderHawk (Bitstream Inc., www.bitstream.com/wireless)

toonel.net (Toonel.net, www.toonel.net)

v2 Mobile Virtual Browser (MobileLeap, www.mobileleap.net/mainsite/)

Chat and Messaging

Try It, Buy It

Agile Messenger (Agilemobile.com Limited, www.agilemobile.com)     

IM+ Mobile Instant Messenger (SHAPE Services Ltd., www.shapeservices.de)     

imov Messenger (mov Software, www.movsoftware.com)

E-mail

Try It, Buy It

FlexMail (WebIS, Inc., www.webis.net)     

MessageExpress (Visto Corporation, www.visto.com)

OpenHand Mobile (OpenHand Software Ltd, www.openhand-mobile.com)

Pocket SpamFilter (PocketPCSoft, www.pocketpcsoft.com)     

Qmail (Satoshi Nakamura, www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=1344)     

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