Darius Wey
07-01-2005, 05:15 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/main.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/main.asp</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Pocket PC magazine's Best Software Awards – the most comprehensive awards for Pocket PC and Smartphone software – is now in its fifth year; and the 2005 Nominees have just been announced! New Products Editor, Diane Dumas, and the 2005 Board of Experts have selected the nominees from Pocket PC magazine’s exhaustive Encyclopedia of Software and Accessories. Over 493 Nominees, in 122 categories have been selected. Nominations are now open to public comment until July 15, 2005 when they will be frozen."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20050701-PPCMag05.gif" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pocketpcmag.com/">Pocket PC Magazine</a> has just announced the nominees for this year's Best Software Awards. From now until July 15, the nominations are open for public comment, and if you feel a couple of unlisted applications should be in the list of nominees, you're more than welcome to forward your suggestion through the <a href="http://www.pocketpcmag.com/survey/nominationsfeedback.htm">Nominations Suggestion form</a>. Read on for the press release. <!><br /><br /><b>Pocket PC magazine announces the Best Software Awards 2005 nominees</b><br />Pocket PC magazine’s Best Software Awards – the most comprehensive awards for Pocket PC and Smartphone software – is now in its fifth year; and the 2005 Nominees have just been announced! <br /><br />New Products Editor, Diane Dumas, and the 2005 Board of Experts have selected the nominees from Pocket PC magazine’s exhaustive Encyclopedia of Software and Accessories. Over 493 Nominees, in 122 categories have been selected. Nominations are now open to public comment until July 15, 2005 when they will be frozen.<br /><br />More information is available at the Awards page on Pocket PC magazine’s website: <a href="www.pocketpcmag.com/awards">www.pocketpcmag.com/awards</a><br /><br />The awards are divided into three sections:<br /><br />1) Pocket PC Software: <a href="www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/nominees_2005.asp">www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/nominees_2005.asp</a><br />2) Smartphones Software: <a href="www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/categorysp_2005.asp">www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/categorysp_2005.asp</a><br />3) Software for Developers: <a href="www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/category_2005.asp?catid=46">www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/category_2005.asp?catid=46</a><br /><br />List of all nominees in all categories: <a href="www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/category_all_2005.asp">www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/category_all_2005.asp</a><br /><br />From July 1, 2005 through July 15, 2005 the nominations are open to feedback from the general public and are open to modification. The final list of nominations will be frozen July 15 and published shortly thereafter at <a href="www.pocketpcmag.com/awards">www.pocketpcmag.com/awards</a><br /><br />Feedback may be given at through Nominations Suggestion Form: <a href="http://www.pocketpcmag.com/survey/nominationsfeedback.htm">http://www.pocketpcmag.com/survey/nominationsfeedback.htm</a> <br /><br />Discussion of the nominations are found on the Pocket PC magazine Forums:<br />• Pocket PC End-User Software Discussion Forum<br />• Smartphone End-User Software Discussion Forum<br />• Developer Software Discussion Forum<br />These nominations are frozen on July 15, 2005, and only products and versions released by July 15, 2005 are eligible for the voting.<br /><br />Eighty-three experts in Pocket PC and Smartphone software from around the world help select the nominations and then vote for winners. These experts are prominent Web Sites associates, Microsoft MVPs, support forum contributors, and Pocket PC magazine contributors. Their qualifications can be view from the board of experts page. These are all volunteers and none who vote are employed by Pocket PC magazine. Developer Software nominations are determined by a team of experts headed by Christian Forsberg of <a href="www.businessanyplace.net">www.businessanyplace.net</a> and Bob Katayama of <a href="www.han-d-solutions.com">www.han-d-solutions.com</a>.<br /><br />The Board of Experts cast votes to determine the winners. Winners and finalists are the top vote getters. These experts also submit comments about the software for publication in 2006 issues of Pocket PC magazine.