Handango Announces the 2008 Handango Champion Award Winners Honoring Outstanding Smartphone Apps
Written by Handango
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Awards Announced at the Handango Future Forum in San Francisco
Irving, TX - Sept. 15, 2008 - Handango, the world's leading provider of
multi-platform smartphone apps, announced its 2008 Handango Champion
Award winners at the Handango Future Forum last Tuesday evening,
September 9th, in San Francisco. The award recipients were chosen
based on customer feedback, sales, product marketing as well as
overall product quality and were given for Windows Mobile Professional
(formerly Pocket PC), Windows Mobile Standard (formerly Smartphone),
BlackBerry, Symbian, and Palm OS applications in the following
categories: Best Evolution, Best Entertainment, Best Industry, and
Best Life Management.
"Handango is in the fortunate position of working with more than 23,000
developers from around the world," said Bill Stone, CEO of Handango.
"Selecting these winners from our catalog of over 140,000 applications
is not an easy task. We are at a watershed moment as more and more
mainstream consumers are entering the smartphone marketplace and
Handango is proud to recognize and extend our congratulations to the
developers who are creating groundbreaking apps that appeal to this
broader marketplace."
At the awards ceremony, Handango also recognized five content providers
with "Developer of the Year" and three with "Rookie Developer of the
Year" awards for outstanding software development, committed customer
care and innovation.
The winners of the 2008 Developer of the Year awards are:
* VidaOne, Inc. (for Windows Mobile Professional)
* Developer One, Inc. (for Windows Mobile Standard)
* Terratial Technologies (for BlackBerry)
* ZingMagic (for Symbian)
* Iambic, Inc. (for Palm)
The winners of the 2008 Rookie Developer of the Year awards are:
* Magmic Games (for Windows Mobile Professional)
* Capcom Interactive, Inc. (for Windows Mobile Standard)
* EA Mobile (for BlackBerry)
The 2008 Handango Champion Award winners are:
Windows Mobile Professional (formerly Pocket PC):
* Best Evolution: TouchBrower, Makayama Software
* Best Entertainment: Guitar Hero 3 Mobile, Magmic Games
* Best Industry: Spb Mobile Shell 2.1.1, Spb Software House
* Best Life Management: Agenda Fusion 8, Developer One, Inc.
Windows Mobile Standard (formerly Smartphone):
* Best Evolution: BPA Bowling, Concrete Software
* Best Entertainment: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Capcom
Interactive, Inc.
* Best Industry: Fizz Traveller 3.0 Standard, Fizz Software Ltd.
* Best Life Management: eWallet Professional Edition, Illium Software
Blackberry:
* Best Evolution: Caller ID, I D You, LLC
* Best Entertainment: The Sims 2, EA Mobile
* Best Industry: Garmin Mobile, Garmin International
* Best Life Management: SplashMoney, SlashData
Symbian:
* Best Evolution: Mobiscope, SHAPE Services
* Best Entertainment: Sky Force UIQ 3.0, Infinite Dreams
* Best Industry: WorldMate Professional Subscription for UIQ,
WorldMate, Inc.
* Best Life Management: Voice on the Go
Palm OS:
* Best Evolution/ Invention: Resco Explorer 2008, Resco.net
* Best Entertainment: Frogger, Konami
* Best Industry: RDM+ Remote Desktop, Shape Services
* Best Life Management: Ringo Pro, Electric Pocket
Handango is currently offering these winning applications at a 20%
discount through October 15th when the code "CHAMPION" is entered in
the coupon code field of the shopping cart on Handango.com.
About Handango
Handango is the leading provider of smartphone applications globally
for the BlackBerry®, Palm®, Windows MobileTM, Symbian OSTM and Linux
platforms. Leveraging its 140,000+ apps, network of 23,000+ content
partners, and vast distribution network, Handango delivers top-selling
mobile applications including games, business and entertainment apps
and productivity tools to millions of consumers. Applications can be
downloaded via www.handango.com
, partner Web sites, SD cards and Handango's proprietary on-device
catalog, InHand, the industry's leading content delivery platform that
allows consumers to purchase mobile apps directly from their
smartphone and download them over the air. Handango's unparalleled
content expertise has attracted numerous mobile industry partners
including Microsoft, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, AT&T, and AOL. For
more information, visit http://corp.handango.com
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