The 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 are divided into three sections: consumer software for Pocket PCs, consumer software for Smartphones, and software for developers. .
Pocket PC magazine’s New Products Editor, Diane Dumas, and our Board of Expert judges selected the 2004 award nominees. Approximately, 20% of the software in the Encyclopedia of Software and Accessories was nominated. These nominations become frozen on July 31, 2004, and only products and versions released by July 31, 2004 are eligible for the voting. Christian Forsberg of www.businessanyplace.net and Bob Katayama of www.han-d-solutions.com headed a team of experts to determine nominations for Developer Software.
In addition, Pocket PC magazine also gives annual Community Outstanding Achievement Awards. These annual awards are given to individuals and their organizations whose extraordinary contributions benefit the entire Windows Mobile community.
To view this year’s nominees click on the links below:
Or click here for a simple listing of all nominees in all categories.
Your suggestions for nominees
If you have a suggestion for nominations, please use our suggestion form. All suggestions received prior to July 31 will be considered. Nominated products should be in top 20% of their category. Submissions received after July 31 will be considered for next year’s awards. IMPORTANT: before submitting the form, first check if the product is in our Encyclopedia of Software and Accessories. If it isn’t, you will need to provide us with company contact information (URL, E-mail address), as we can only nominate products in our database. You can also use the form to suggest a product is wrongly nominated or miscategorized.
Despite our best efforts, we will likely overlook strong products. The closer it is to July 31, the less chance that your suggestion will be nominated. Please use one form for each suggestion: http://www.pocketpcmag.com/survey/nominationsfeedback.htm
Use the Pocket PC magazine forums to voice your opinion about which products are your favorites and should win awards.
Pocket PC End-User Software Discussion Forum
Smartphone End-User Software Discussion Forum
Developer Software Discussion Forum
How winners get selected: The Board of Experts
Over 75 experts in Pocket PC and Smartphone software from around the world help select the nominations and determine the award winners. These experts are prominent Web Sites associates, Microsoft MVPs, support forum contributors, and Pocket PC magazine contributors. These are all volunteers and none are employed by Pocket PC magazine.
The Board of Experts casts votes to determine the winners. These judges also submit comments about the software for future publication in Pocket PC magazine. More details, below.
A big thank you goes to Handango, www.handango.com. Handango works with Pocket PC magazine to provide The Board of Experts the software that they needed to judge.