Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine publisher, Hal Goldstein, said that "The annual Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine Best Software Awards helps users select software that best suits their Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone needs by honoring companies that produce outstanding software. The awards process is a huge 6-month undertaking involving the experts of the Windows Mobile community and over 3000 Pocket PC and Smartphone products."

Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine’s New Products Editor, Diane Dumas, and the Board of Expert judges spent two months selecting 675 award nominees, about 20% of the software in the Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine Encyclopedia of Software and Accessories.

The Board of Experts who helped select the nominations and then voted for winners are from all over the world. They run prominent Web Sites, serve as Microsoft MVPs, and write for Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine and other organizations. These experts all are volunteers and none are employed by Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine.

A 4MB PDF special downloadable report ($5.95) available at www.pocketpcmag.com/awards contains screen shots and descriptions of all Best Software Award Pocket PC and Smartphone winners, as well as a listing and URLs of the finalists. As a bonus, judges reveal their favorite software and why, and make recommendations about the best GPS software.

The report is given free to new Smartphone & Pocket PC subscribers. All this information and more can be found in the Smartphone & Pocket PC 2007 Buyers Guide, mailed to subscribers and appearing on newsstands starting mid-October.

About Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine

Bi-monthly Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine is a print publication also available in MS Reader and Zinio Digital format, written for users of Windows Mobile PDA’s and Smartphone devices. Each issue includes hardware and software reviews, user profiles, practical tips, plus an “Enterprise Solutions” supplement. Its companion Web site, www.PocketPCmag.com, is updated each day with news, hot downloads, Web sites, reviews, and tips; and also contains archives, a directory of the best Windows Mobile Web sites, and an Encyclopedia of  over 4000 third-party software and accessories products. Subscriptions include the annual Buyers Guide and coming December, The Ultimate Smartphone and Pocket PC How-to Guide.   

This release was submitted to Pocket PC Central by Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine.