Over 70 Windows Mobile experts from around the world will vote in Pocket PC magazine’s Fourth Annual Best Software Awards. The purpose of these awards is to help users select software that best suits their Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone needs, and to honor companies that produce outstanding software.
Pocket PC magazine's New Products Editor, Diane Dumas, and the 70+ Board of Experts will be finalizing the list of nominees for the 2004 awards in July. Approximately, 20% of the software in the Pocket PC magazine Encyclopedia of Software and Accessories will be nominated in 70 Pocket PC categories, 22 Smartphone categories, and 15 Developer categories. Vendors can enter their product information at the PocketPCmag.com Encyclopedia directly at no charge. The listings in the Encyclopedia are available for public viewing and searching.
On July 19 a preliminary version of the nominations will be made public at PocketPCmag.com/awards. The public is invited to comment and make suggestions at the PocketPCmag.com discussion forums. On July 31 nominations will be frozen. Handango will be supplying the expert judges with copies of the software. Finalists will be announced in September and winners in October. The Pocket PC magazine 2005 Buyers Guide, available in September, will contain descriptions of all the nominees. The December issue of Pocket PC magazine will contain descriptions of the finalists and winners.