BDicty English Thesaurus (above)
Finalists
TrueTerm Thesaurus
www.trueterm.org
* * *
Travel
GPS Software
WINNER
ALK CoPilot Live
TravRoute
www.travroute.com
Software that gives you turn-by-turn voice directions. It will automatically recalculate your route if you go off course.
ALK CoPilot Live (above)
Finalists
PowerLOC Destinator
www.destinator1.com
TomTom Navigator
www.tomtom.com
* * *
Guides
WINNER
Vindigo
Vindigo, Inc.
www.vindigo.com
Local information service includes thousands of restaurants, movie reviews and show times, stores, bars, ATMs, museums, bathrooms, parking lots, pharmacies, and more.
Vindigo (above)
Finalists
PocketMap City Guide USA
www.pocketmap.com
* * *
Info Managers
WINNER
TripTracker
Two Peaks Software
www.twopeaks.com
Manage your travel information and keep track of your flights, hotel stays, car rentals, and frequent flier miles.
TripTracker (above)
Finalists
Pocket Travel
www.synctel.com
* * *
Multilingual Dictionaries
WINNER
Collins Bi-lingual Dictionaries
TomTom
www.tomtom.com
These dictionaries are available in combinations of English with French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Collins Bi-lingual Dictionaries (above)
Finalists
OutLoud! Phrasebooks
www.mobilearn.net
* * *
Time
WINNER
WorldMate
MobiMate
www.mobimate.com
A travel utility which can show time in your home city and four other places in the world.
WorldMate (above)
Finalists
CityTime
www.codecity.net
* * *
Utilities
Calculator
WINNER
RapidCalc
Developer One, Inc.
www.developerone.com
RapidCalc is an instant access, soft keyboard pop-up calculator that lets you calculate while you’re working in other applications.
RapidCalc (above)
Finalists
CoolCalc
www.applian.com
KSE Abacus XT
www.ksesoftware.com
* * *
Document Viewers
WINNER
RepliGo
Cerience Corporation
www.cerience.com
Converts, optimizes, and transfers Web pages and Office, Adobe, and other finds of document from your desktop computer to your Pocket PC while maintaining their original formatting and appearance.
Finalists
Adobe Acrobat Reader
www.adobe.com
ClearVue Suite
www.westtek.com
TextMaker
www.softmaker.de
* * *
File management
WINNER
Resco File Explorer
Resco
www.resco-net.com
This application has all the standard file/folder manipulation features that you can find in a file explorer.
Resco File Explorer (above)
Finalists
PE Explorer Suite
www.vieka.com
* * *
Handwriting
WINNER
CalliGrapher
PhatWare Corporation
www.paragraph.com
A natural handwriting recognition software that employs fuzzy logic and neural net techniques to recognize arbitrary symbol strings as well as words from its integrated dictionary and custom user dictionaries.
CalliGrapher (above)
Finalists
MyScript
www.visionobjects.com/
PenReader
www.penreader.com
* * *
Notes
WINNER
HPC Notes Professional Edition
PhatWare Corp
www.phatware.com
HPC Notes is a notes organizer. You can create notes and categorize them by type, subject, and creation and modification date, which helps you find required information quickly and easily.
HPC Notes Professional Edition (above)
Finalists
BugMe! Comics
www.bugme.net
* * *
Printing
WINNER
PrintPocketCE
FieldSoftware
www.fieldsoftware.com
PrintPocketCE prints out Pocket Word documents, e-mails, and rich text format (.rtf) and plain text (.txt) files. It supports text formatting including multiple fonts, text attributes, and justification.
PrintPocketCE (above)
Finalists
HP Mobile Printing
www.hp.com
PrintBoy for Pocket PC
www.bachmannsoftware.com
* * *
Remote Host Control
WINNER
Pocket Controller-Professional
Soft Object Technologies Inc,
www.soti.net
An application that lets you control and operate your Pocket PC from your desktop PC.
Pocket Controller-Professional (above)
Finalists
Remote Control
www.bitween.com
* * *
Screen Capture
WINNER
IA ScreenShot
IA Style, Inc.
www.iastyle.com
An application for capturing and managing screen images. It has built-in file management, browsing, viewing, cropping, and file conversion support.
IA ScreenShot (above)
Finalists
Pocket ScreenSnap
www.developerone.com
* * *
Screen Display
WINNER
Nyditot Virtual Display
Nyditot
A utility with which your Pocket PC can display at any resolution including industry standard VGA, SVGA, XGA, etc.
Nyditot Virtual Display (above)
Finalists
DockWare Pro
www.iliumsoft.com
Js LandscapeX
www.jimmysoftware.com
* * *
Security
WINNER
F-Secure FileCrypto Personal Edition
F-Secure Corporation
www.fsecure.com
A file encryption application. The data is encrypted using 128-bit AES algorithm. It automatically encrypts the built-in databases, such as e-mail, calendar, tasks, and contacts, without any need for user intervention.
F-Secure FileCrypto Personal Edition (above)
Finalists
PDA Secure Premium
www.trustdigital.com
* * *
Soft Keyboards
WINNER
Spb Full Screen Keyboard
Spb Software House
www.softspb.com
A soft keyboard that covers the entire screen area in landscape view and has keys large enough to be typed on with fingertips.
Spb Full Screen Keyboard (above)
Finalists
Resco Keyboard Pro
www.resco-net.com
Typango
www.previsionary.com
* * *
Speech
WINNER
Speereo Voice Organizer
Speereo Software
www.speereo.com
This utility will let you organize your schedule and events using voice commands.
Speereo Voice Organizer (above)
Finalists
Fonix VoiceCentral Lite
www.fonix.com
ViaVoice Mobility Suite
www-3.ibm.com/pvc/products/voice/ipaq_36003700.shtml
* * *
System and Registry
WINNER
Pocket Backup Plus
Sprite Software Limited
www.spritesoftware.com
Pocket Backup Plus includes all of the functionality of the standard edition of Pocket Backup, and also allows you to back up directly to your PC or network.
Pocket Backup Plus (above)
Finalists
Flash Format
www.cnetx.com
PHM Registry Editor
www.phm.lu/products
RegKing 2003
www.cewindows.net
* * *
Task Management
WINNER
Spb Pocket Plus
Spb Software House
www.softspb.com
This application adds a number of enhancements to your Pocket PC.
Spb Pocket Plus (above)
Finalists
GigaBar
www.thumbsupsoft.com
Wisbar
www.pelmarinc.com
* * *
Theme Creation/Management
WINNER
ThemeMaker (Basic, Pro, & Plus)
Kamware
www.thememaker.biz
A utility that lets you create themes and import themes. You can adjust gamma, brightness, and contrast; save theme images in either 256 colors or 16 million colors; adjust colors of the title bar, command bar, and text, lines, and dialog box headings.
ThemeMaker (Basic, Pro, & Plus) (above)
Finalists
Theme Master
www.theraggios.com/rpa
ThemeMaker McDeb by KAMware
www.thememaker.biz
* * *
Time and Expenses
WINNER
TimeTTracker MX
R&F Consulting, Inc.
www.rfcons.com
A project management software that will track your time and expenses. With this application you can keep track of all your clients, projects, and subprojects, and easily view your tasks.
TimeTTracker MX (above)
Finalists
TimeBiller
www.fannsoftware.com
* * *
Time Utilities
WINNER
Timekeeper
Conduits Technologies, Inc.
www.conduits.com
A customizable stop watch with unique activity skins. You can use it to keep track of a relay or a chess game, or while baking a dish. It will alert you when the time is up.
Timekeeper (above)
Finalists
Time Recorder
www.owlseeker.demon.co.uk
* * *
Today-screen Plug-in
WINNER
Battery Pack 2002
Omega One Software LLC
www.omegaone.com
A Today screen plug-in that shows remaining battery life in hours and minutes, and free storage space in your program memory, storage memory, and your storage cards.
Battery Pack 2002 (above)
Finalists
Animated Today 2002
www.gigabytesol.com
Dashboard
www.snoopsoft.com
Journal Bar
www.omegaone.com
* * *
TV & Stereo Remote
WINNER
TV remote controller
PDAwin s.r.o.
www.pdawin.com
A universal remote control application which can control 30 predefined devices such as TVs, VCRs, etc.
TV remote controller (above)
Finalists
Total Remote
www.griffinmobile.com
* * *
Unit Conversion
WINNER
Conversions In Hand
Burr Oak Software
www.burroak.on.ca
A unit conversion program that includes over 200 different conversion types, including currencies.
Conversions In Hand (above)
Finalists
Better Measure
www.visualbyte.com
* * *
Best Smartphone Software
Introduction by Stephen Schmidt (www.smartphone2002.com)
The first Windows Powered Smartphone, the Orange SPV, was launched on October 22, 2002 in London. And less than a year later we have over 110 nominations in 22 different categories for the Best Smartphone Software Awards.
Not only have a lot of Pocket PC titles been ported to the Smartphone platform, but a number of great brand-new applications have been developed.
The pace of software development is rapid. These winners and finalists will give you an excellent introduction to the ever-expanding world of Smartphone software.
Communication
Caller ID Tools
WINNER
IA Caller ID
IA Style, Inc.
www.iastyle.com
A Smartphone application for assigning still or animated pictures to your Contacts.
IA Caller ID (above)
Finalists
Caller2Picture
www.v2r.ag
Photo Contacts