Comments on: Handheld Computing Announces Award Winners

Some of the winners deserve to be there, but some definitely are just way out.

For instance, Best Palm Web Site should have been Palm InfoCenter!!

I haven't been able to find this magazine on store shelves until finally this issue appeared at various boookstores. A good sign. :) Editor Denny Atkin was editor of Computer Games magazine before his obsession with his Visor (and the fact Handheld Computing is in Vermont just like CG magazine) led him away. :)

On the other hand, Pen Computing, which I really enjoy reading has suddenly disappeared from the bookstores I used to find it at.

OK, opinions are like, ah- er' Elbows! Everybody has at least 1.
I agree w/ some not others... Some of the catagories are so specific, the products are all alone anyway. On the other hand, "Best Replacement Application" is such a broad & sweeping catagory that it could be a separate contest all together. Datebk4 & Launch 'Em are like sushi to cottage cheese.
Where is the contact management catagory? Isn't to manage our lives the first reason we laid down the cash for these precious units?
Best Replacement Application WINNER:
DateBk4, Pimlico Software
FINALIST: Launch 'Em 2, Synergy Solutions

I tried Datebk4 for nearly a month. Datebk4 doesn't FEEL right. I'm on the road ALOT so, I rely on my Palm to hadle my schedule, todos, & contacts. I've tried many other contact manager add-on's & always find myself going back to Action Names from Iambic. Although It feels simple, it's very robust. I can assign specific icons, link a name to an apointment, & schedule a follow up just like in Datebk4; But, AN just FEELS better.
I use Launch 'Em. Works great on my 505. Would like to see some color enhancements but since they were bought out 18 months ago, we haven't seen any new stuff & probably won't.

My opinions,
Mad Max
The Road Warrior

Are you kidding me? SplashPhoto kicks all these image viewer's butts when it comes to displaying photos on your handheld (esp. color photos on a Prism!!!)

Did anybody notice that the authors of the databases were all messed up? HanDBase=DDH, not Land-J! Hope it's not that way in the print article...

There is no comparison btwn the Smartphone & the Visorphone. At best the Visorphone is a kludge. The Kyocera Smartphone is not only the best wireless device ever made, it is the best PalmOS device. Get a grip Handheld Computing!

Now I can agree about WordSmith, and I do think FireViewer is the best Image App there is, but I was a tad dissapointed. First off, the M105 as the runner up? The M105 is the one handheld by Palm I simply cannot love. Try the M500 or something, but not the M105!!

I dunno how old GoBar is, but I like how familiar its interface is. It does a good job of adding some windows and doodads while keeping the Palm simplicity.

I also think comparing the VisorPhone to the Smartphone is like comparing oranges to apples.

And finally, I find palmgear so-so. Great for software, but I think sites like visorcentral or palminfocenter should be up there.

I think this awards bit is just a publicity act. For all it's worth, I could do a "PDA AWARDS 2001" bit myself!

Space trader is the best freeware game, only it takes a lot of space in the memory (200kb). But if you dont have it, you should defnetley download it!

I can only say that the m105 is an elegant little device, plenty powerful for my needs. Certainly, a power user might require the extra memory flash provides, but 8mb lets me have my dictionary, some books, slews of apps including a wordprocessor, several games...I've still got room to spare. It's good that there is a Palm device to make everybody happy : )

Why is it that you can no longer DL HHC from Peanut Press by using the number from your hard copy label?