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Handango announces Champion Award winners at Handango Partner Summit

Posted on 28-Jun-2005 11:43 | Filed under: News


Handango has announced the winners of the Handango Champion Awards at the fifth annual Handango Partner Summit, this year held in Miami, Florida.

Judged by a panel of industry experts and media, the Handango Champion Awards were presented for BlackBerry, Palm OS, Symbian UIQ, Symbian Series 60 and Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone applications in the following categories: Best Application for Work, Best Application for Play, Best Application for Life, Best New Application and Best Industry Application.

At the awards ceremony, Handango also recognized six software companies as "Developers of the Year" for their software development, committed customer care and forward-thinking innovation. The winners of the Developer of the Year awards are:

  • BlackBerry: Terratial Technologies
  • Palm OS: Chapura
  • UIQ: EPOCWARE
  • Series 60: Mobile Digital Media
  • Windows Mobile Pocket PC: Developer One, Inc.
  • Windows Mobile Smartphone: Ilium Software

    Sponsored by Microsoft, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and the Microsoft Tablet PC Team, the event was hosted on the Sir Winston yacht.

    Each Handango Champion Award recipient will receive a prize package that includes a US$5,000 marketing stipend, placement in a special edition of the Handango Champion Newsletter and a variety of additional promotional opportunities.

    The Handango Champion Award winners are:

    Windows Mobile Pocket PC
  • Best Application for Work - Pocket Informant 2005 by WebIS
  • Best Application for Play - Fish Tycoon by LDW Software
  • Best Application for Life - Spb Pocket Plus by Spb Software House
  • Best New Application - CodeWallet Pro 2005 by Developer One
  • Best Industry Application - MobiLearn Talking Phrasebook by MobiLearn

    Windows Mobile Smartphone
  • Best Application for Work - Papyrus by SBSH
  • Best Application for Play - Legacy by Redshift
  • Best Application for Life - Fizz Traveller by Fizz Software
  • Best New Application - Jeyo Mobile Extender by Jeyo
  • Best Industry Application - NewsBreak by Ilium Software

    Blackberry
  • Best Application for Work - Mail2Fax by software-for-blackberry.com
  • Best Application for Play - Ring Tone Megaplex by Terratial Technologies
  • Best Application for Life - WorldMate by MobiMate
  • Best New Application - eSpell by DynoPlex

    Palm OS
  • Best Application for Work - SnapperMail Premier Bundle by Snapperfish
  • Best Application for Play - Pocket Tunes Deluxe by NormSoft
  • Best Application for Life - VeriChat by PDAapps
  • Best New Application - SplashBlog by SplashData
  • Best Industry Application - Davis's Drug Guide by Unbound Medicine

    Symbian UIQ
  • Best Application for Work - Handy Day 2005 by EPOCWARE
  • Best Application for Play - Aces Texas Hold'em - No Limit by Concrete Software
  • Best Application for Life - eZiTap FEP by Zi Corporation
  • Best New Application - Wayfinder Navigator by Wayfinder Systems

    Symbian Series 60
  • Best Application for Work - Quickoffice Premier by Mobile Digital Media
  • Best Application for Play - SKY FORCE by Infinite Dreams
  • Best Application for Life - IM+: Instant Messenger by SHAPE Services
  • Best New Application - Stuntcar Extreme by Fathammer

    All these software titles are available through our Geekzone Software Store, powered by Handango.