Handango, one the largest providers of mobile software, recently handed out its annual Handango Champion Awards. The ceremony took place at the Handango Partner Summit. Winners received an awards package that included a $5,000 marketing stipend and other promotional opportunities.

Awards were presented for the best Symbian OS, Palm OS, Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC, Java, Windows Mobile-based Smartphone and Linux applications. The winners were:

Palm OS
· Best Business - Agendus Professional Edition by iambic
· Best Education - PocketLingo College by HLCSoft
· Best Fitness - PDAbs by Acrocat Software
· Best Game - Atari Retro by Mobile Digital Media
· Best Lifestyle - Vindigo City Guide by Vindigo
· Best Medical - BluefishRx Prescription Writer by Bluefish
· Best Productivity - Documents To Go by DataViz
· Best Travel - WorldMate 2004 by MobiMate

Symbian OS
· Best Business - Quickoffice Premier by iGo
· Best Education - Answer Please Unit Converter by neohand
· Best Game - MGS Karting by Noumena Innovations
· Best Lifestyle - 3GPP Philips Camcoder by Philips Software
· Best Medical - HealthCalc by L3Solutions
· Best Productivity - eZiTap FEP by Zi Corporation
· Best Travel - WorldMate 2004 by MobiMate

Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC
· Best Business - BillRate by Two Peaks Software
· Best Education - DictionaryToGo by LearningToGo
· Best Fitness - BioBody by Biomobility
· Best Game - 200 Solitaires Collection by Paragon Technologie
· Best Lifestyle - Intelligolf Birdie Edition by Karrier Communications
· Best Medical - Davis's Drug Guide by Unbound Medicine
· Best Productivity - PhatPad by PhatWare
· Best Travel - TUBE Map Series by Visual IT

Java
· Best Business - XTNDConnect PC Phone Sync by Extended Systems
· Best Education - Merriam-Webster Crossword by JSmart Technologies
· Best Game - Worms by THQ
· Best Lifestyle - SMSXtender by SIMEDA
· Best Fitness & Health - Carb Manager by Digital Brew House
· Best Productivity - Reqwireless Value Bundle by Reqwireless
· Best Travel - Rand McNally Mobile Travel Tools by Rand McNally

Emerging
(Windows Mobile-based Smartphone and Linux)
· Best Business - Power Calendar by Developer One
· Best Education - Sharp Doc & E-book Reader by ComCreation
· Best Game - Pocket Mini Golf by Momentum Games
· Best Lifestyle - SplashPhoto by SplashData
· Best Medical - Medical Dictionary by Beiks
· Best Productivity - Keep Track by Ilium Software
· Best Travel - Smart Traffic by Pharos Science and Applications

At the awards ceremony, Handango also recognized six software companies with a Developer of the Year award. The winners of the Developer of the Year award were:

· Palm OS: Astraware
· Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC: Futech
· Symbian OS: MobiMate
· Java: Sega Mobile
· Windows Mobile-based Smartphone: PocketX Software
· Linux: theKompany.com