Smartphone & Pocket PC Buyer's Guide 2007 MS Reader - When the Pocket PC was announced in April of 2000, three U.S. manufacturers introduced one device each. When we gave out our first Best Software Awards in 2001, our 20-member Board of Experts selected 49 winners out of 300 nominations. Contrast that with the current situation. As of September 2006, 47 manufacturers offer over 100 Windows Mobile devices world wide. And this year, our 90-member Board of Experts nominated 694 titles from the over 3000 software products in our online Encyclopedia of Software and Accessories, and selected 91 Pocket PC software and 27 Smartphone software winners. The success of the Windows Mobile platform has encouraged the development of a greater variety of devices and software. In 2000 the challenge was finding a device or software program that met your needs. In 2006 the challenge is selecting from an increasing number of options.
That's where the Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine Buyers Guide 2007 comes in. We have a number of articles that will help you with your buying decisions, including:
Smartphone & Pocket PC magazines Best Software Awards 2006: A listing and brief description of the 128 winners and over 200 finalists in our sixth annual software awards. The best of the best are listed here.
Pros and Cons: A look at the currently available Pocket PCs, Phone Edition devices, and Smartphones, along with our evaluation of their strengths, weaknesses, and suitability for different users.
Ten Ways to Make a Good Thing Better: The ten most important things you can do to enhance the capabilities of your Windows Mobile device and have more fun with it. This one includes product recommendations.
Buyers Guide to Web sites: Places you can go online to get information about new products; read reviews of them, download freeware, commercial software, and media content; and online stores that specialize in hardware and accessories for Windows Mobile devices.
What's the Best GPS Solution for You?: Reviews of the top consumer GPS navigation software for Windows Mobile devices.
Comments from our Board of Experts on the best Windows Mobile devices, third-party software, and hardware accessories.
A comprehensive enterprise section describing the pros and cons associated with the currently available ruggedized/niche devices using Windows Mobile software, custom software solutions, a list of custom software developers, and more.
This issue is our biggest challenge each year, checking prices and contact information, and making sure that everything is as up-to-date as it can be. However, new devices, software, and services inevitably show up after we send this to the printer. If you come across anything you think we missed, send the information to me (rich@pocketpcmag.com) and I'll check it out for a future issue.
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Supported operating systems:
Pocket PC 2002, Windows Mobile 2003, Windows Mobile 5.0
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