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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Handango Honors the Best in Mobile Software with the Handango Champion Awards
Thirty-one awards given by a panel of industry experts at the Handango Partner Summit
HURST, Texas - July 28, 2003 - Handango, the leading provider of mobile downloads, announced the winners of the Handango Champion Awards at the Handango Partner Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona last week. Honoring the best in mobile software, the Handango Champion Awards were judged by members of the media and other industry experts. Each winner received a generous awards package including promotional opportunities and a $5,000 marketing stipend. A complete list of winners is available at www.handango.com/Awards2003.htm.
"The Handango Champion Awards is a rare opportunity to shine a spotlight on the exceptional developers and outstanding applications in the mobile software market," said Laura Rippy, chief executive officer of Handango. "We're thrilled to be able to recognize their achievement. We're also honored that such an elite panel of judges agreed to give their time to help recognize these companies whose work has made our lives more productive, portable and fun."
Three nominees in each category were recognized. These nominees were chosen by the votes of thousands of industry influencers and customers. The winners were determined by an elite panel of judges including experts from Gannet News Service/USA TODAY, Network Computing, ABC Radio - KGO AM810, Pen Computing, Wireless Gaming Review, Java World, Phone Scoop, Pocket Goddess, Palm Infocenter, Wireless Developer Network, My-Symbian, The Gadget Guy, Bityard Magazine, Visor Central and PDAStreet.
Awards were presented for Palm OS(R), Pocket PC, Symbian OS(TM), Java(TM), Windows(R) Mobile Smartphone and Linux platforms in the following categories:
Best Productivity Application
Best Game
Best Lifestyle Application
Best Business Application
Best Travel Application
Best Medical Application
Best Education & Reference Application
Winners in each category were:
Category Excellence for Palm OS
Best Productivity Application - DateBk5 by Pimlico Software
Best Business Application - Quickoffice Premier by Cutting Edge Software
Best Game - Bejeweled by Astraware
Best Lifestyle Application - SplashPhoto by SplashData
Best Medical Application - PatientKeeper Personal 2.33 by PatientKeeper
Best Education & Reference Application - DictionaryToGo by LearningToGo
Best Travel Application - Rand McNally StreetFinder by Handmark
Category Excellence for Pocket PC
Best Productivity Application - Pocket Informant by WebIS
Best Business Application - Pocket SlideShow by CNetX
Best Game - Lemonade Tycoon by Hexacto
Best Lifestyle Application - CodeWallet Pro by Developer One
Best Medical Application - Medical Dictionary by Beiks
Best Education & Reference Application - Pocket Stars by Nomad Electronics
Best Travel Application - Pocket Streets by Microsoft Corporation
Category Excellence for Symbian OS
Best Productivity Application - BugMe! by Electric Pocket
Best Business Application - Remote Control by Bitween
Best Game - Interstellar Flames by Xen Games
Best Lifestyle Application - MP3Go by m-internet.com
Best Education & Reference Application - Dictionaries by Paragon
Best Travel Application - WorldMate by MobiMate
Category Excellence for Emerging
(Includes Windows Mobile Smartphone and Linux platforms)
Best Productivity Application - IA SIM Manager by IA Style Inc.
Best Business Application - eWallet by Ilium Software
Best Game - Strategic Assault by Eon Games
Best Lifestyle Application - tkcKapital by the Kompany
Best Education & Reference Application - Speed Reader Plus by MobileDynamo
Best Travel Applicatio
- Travel Dictionary by AIM Productions
Category Excellence for Java
Best Productivity Application - WebViewer by Reqwireless
Best Business Application - MidCast by HillCast Technologies
Best Game - MotoGP by THQ
Best Education & Reference Application - Pocket Quotes by JSmart
Best Travel Application - ActiveViewer by SIMEDA
At the awards ceremony, Handango also recognized six software developers for their outstanding accomplishments. Recipients of the Developer of the Year award represent the complete package: outstanding software development, committed customer care and forward-thinking innovation.
The winners of the Developer of the Year award were as follows:
Palm OS: Handmark
Pocket PC: Spb Software House
Symbian: Xen Games
Java: Sumea Interactive
Windows Mobile Smartphone: IA Style
Linux: Bundu Technology
Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Palm, Microsoft and Handspring sponsored this year's Handango Champion Awards.
About Handango
Handango is the leading provider of mobile downloads, bringing over 35,000 applications and 25,000 digital media titles to market through an extensive global distribution network that reaches more than six million mobile users each month. Handango's application management and provisioning platform, Handango AMPP, has been chosen as the mobile software delivery platform for Nokia, Motorola, Sprint, Orange SA, Sony Ericsson, Palm, Microsoft, Sony, HP, Handspring, SEGA Mobile, Sharp Electronics and more than 100 others. For more information, visit www.handango.com.
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