3rd October 2007 Nominations announced for PDA Essentials Excellence Awards 2007 UK’s bestselling PDA and GPS magazine prepares for its annual awards show in association with eXpansys
PDA Essentials magazine today announced the nominations
for the PDA Excellence Awards 2007 in association with
eXpansys. The awards ceremony celebrates the past year’s
greatest achievements in the fields of handheld computing
and satnav, and will be held at the BAFTA Theatre in London
on 25 October.
The nominations list has been compiled into six categories,
and the industry’s biggest names, including Nokia, HTC,
TomTom and Garmin are in the running. Additional awards
will be presented on the night for the Best Mobile Network,
Manufacturer of the Year and Handheld of the Year.
The nominations in the Best PDA and Best Smartphone categories exemplify the scale of
innovation throughout a year that saw some of the most powerful devices ever released.
Some, including Nokia’s massive-selling N95, have brought previously unseen levels of
mainstream appeal to the smartphone world. Others, including HTC’s TyTN II have become
essential productivity tools in the business arena. The Best GPS Device category looks set
to be the most competitive, and is packed with famous names now commonplace in cars
up and down the land.
The categories have been carefully designed to reflect not only the breadth of models
being sold today, but also the changing market as the move towards convergence
continues, with single all-encompassing handsets replacing the multiple gadgets previously
so popular. This year’s awards also include two special categories for Best PDA and Best
Satnav System voted on by PDA Essentials readers and eXpansys customers.
The panel of judges is made up of the PDA Essentials
team plus leading names from the retail industry, including
Roger Butterworth – CEO eXpansys, Mike McMinn – Project
Implementation Manager DeviceWire, and Chris Love – Managing
Director of Clove Technology.
magazine.
Editor Andy Betts commented: “It has been a strong year for the
handheld computing industry. Each of our categories includes
some of the most innovative products we have seen, and should
ensure that the voting is a lively and fiercely contested process.”
A special issue of PDA Essentials announcing the winners in full goes
on sale 8 November.
The full nominations list is as follows:
Best PDA
HTC TyTN II, Nokia E90, E-TEN X500+,
Toshiba Portege G900, BlackBerry Curve
Best Smartphone
Nokia N95, Sony Ericsson P1i, HTC
S710, Samsung i600, Palm Treo 680
Best Value Handheld
HP iPAQ 514, Nokia 6120 classic,
i-mate JAMA, Acer N321, Asus A696
Best Mobile Accessory
Proporta Mobile Survival Kit, Holux
GPSlim 240, SanDisk V-Mate, Think
Outside Boomtube
Best GPS device
TomTom GO 720, Mio C520t, Garmin
Nuvi 660, Packard Bell Compasseo
500, ViaMichelin X980T
Best GPS Software
TomTom Navigator 6, Navigon
MobileNavigator 6, CoPilot Live 7,
Telmap Navigator, Route 66 Mobile 7
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