webOS Nation Best of 2011 Awards Winners
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the webOS Nation Best of 2011 Awards. We received nine thousand votes for this year’s awards, and the wide array of winners reflects the variety and ingenuity of the webOS developer community, both official and homebrew. Dozens of apps to choose from, made by dozens of skilled developers, but in the end, there can be only one Best of 2011.
So, without further ado, the winners are... listed after the break. Yeah, such a tease.
Overall Awards
Best webOS Tablet App of 2011
Winner: Splashtop Remote Desktop HD, by Splashtop Inc.
Splashtop is honored to be voted by webOS Nation fans the Best webOS Tablet App and Best webOS Business/Finance App of 2011. We would like to give special thanks to HP and Qualcomm who worked closely with us on optimizing Splashtop Remote Desktop to deliver the best possible experience to delight webOS users
- Mark Lee, Splashtop CEO and cofounder
Runner Up: Glimpse, by Inglorious Apps
Other Nominees: FlashCards, Graphite, incredible!, KalemSoft Media Player, Paper Mache, Picsel Smart Office, ReadOnTouch Pro, USA Today
Best webOS Smartphone App of 2011
Winner: Internalz Pro, by Jason Robitaille
Runner Up: phnx, by David Strack
Other Nominees: Carbon, Paper Mache, Picsel Smart Office, Pix, ReadOnTouch Pro, Reciva, Squeeze Control Player, Voogle 3.0
Best webOS Developer of 2011
Winner: Jason Robitaille
I'm incredibly grateful and honored. The past year has been a time of highs and lows, but in the end it's the community that has been the driving force behind my developments. webOSnation has become like an extended family to me. I look forward to the upcoming release of Internalz HD; it's got quite the legacy to live upto.
- Jason Robitaille
Runner Up: Inglorious Apps
Other Nominees: Angry Goat, dots & lines, James Harris, Picsel, Ryan Watkins, Splashtop Inc, Sven Ziegler, Zhephree
App Catalog Apps
Best webOS Game of 2011
Winner: Angry Birds HD, by Rovio Mobile
We're honored to have been selected. Thanks so much to all of our fans for their support.
- Rovio Mobile
Runner Up: Quell HD, by Fallen Tree Games
Other Nominees: Asphalt 6 HD, Big Boss, Supersonic HD
Best webOS Music App of 2011
Winner: Music Player (Remix), by HedamiSoft
Thanks to everyone that voted for Music Player (Remix) as the best webOS music app of the year. I'm very happy that so many people are enjoying the app. I'm greatly honored that I received this award considering all of the other great music apps that were released this year. It's truly an honor that the webOS community voted for Music Player (Remix). I'd also like to thank my wife who put up with me working crazy hours on this app (and my other apps).
- Dan Perlberger
Runner Up: TuneIn Radio, by TuneIn
Other Nominees: AudiophileHDPro, Koto Player, Reciva
Best webOS Location/Mapping App of 2011
Winner: Maps, by HP
Runner Up: MapTool Pro, by MetaViewSoft
Other Nominees: GC-gogo, nDrive, WhitePages
Best webOS Social Networking App of 2011
Winner: Facebook (Tablet), by HP
Runner Up: phnx, by David Strack
Other Nominees: Graphite, incredible!, Spaz HD
Best webOS News App of 2011
Winner: USA Today, by USA Today
Runner Up: Newsroom, by Trileet
Other Nominees: News Republic, NomNomNom, Paper Mache
Best webOS Productivity App of 2011
Winner: Picsel Smart Office, by Picsel
Runner Up: Splashtop Remote Desktop HD, by Splashtop Inc
Other Nominees: Glimpse, QuickOffice, toodleTasks HD
Best webOS Education App of 2011
Winner: FlashCards, by James Harris
Thanks goes to all the FlashCards users. Without you guiding me, this app would not be what it is today. I look forward to improving it even more!
- James Harris
Runner Up: Preware Homebrew Documentation, by WebOS Internals
Other Nominees: BrainPOP Featured Movie, Khan Academy, Study Buddy HD
Best webOS Health App of 2011
Winner: Epicurious, by Epicurious
Runner Up: FitTrack, by Miller Technologies
Other Nominees: Diet Control HD, Lexicomp On-Hand, intervalGym
Best webOS Business/Finance App of 2011
Winner: Splashtop Remote Desktop HD, by Splashtop Inc
Runner Up: Picsel Smart Office, by Picsel
Other Nominees: Fidelity Market Monitor, Loan Analyzer, Market Pulse HD
Best webOS Sports App of 2011
Winner: Sports Live! HD, by More Solutions
It's truly amazing to have Sports Live! HD honored by the webOS Nation community. It has been great to please the faithful webOS fans for the past two years. Without all of you, this app would not exist, so stay tuned, since there's more to come in 2012. Thanks to everyone for all the support!
- Tony Arous, More Solutions
Runner Up: ESPN ScoreCenter
Other Nominees: At Bat 11, CBS Sports, FitTrack
Best webOS Utility App of 2011
Winner: Internalz, by Jason Robitaille
Runner Up: Gemini File Manager, by Oma Studios
Other Nominees: Dashboard Utilities, SecuStore 2, Wallpaper Switcharoo
Homebrew
Best webOS Homebrew/Beta App of 2011
Winner: Tweaks, by WebOS Internals
WebOS Internals is honoured to receive this award for Tweaks, and would like to share that honour with the many webOS homebrew developers who create the patches and tweaks which allow us all to customise the operation of our individual devices.
- Rod Whitby, WebOS Internals
Runner Up: Xecutah, by WebOS Internals
Other Nominees: Project Macaw, Suborbital, Theme Manager
Best webOS Homebrew Developer of 2011
Winner: Jason Robitaille
Runner Up: Rod Whitby
Other Nominees: Minego, Sconix, uNiXpSyChO
Best webOS Patch of 2011
Winner: Advanced System Patches, by sconix
Wow, thats all I can say :) I am really honored about this award for Advanced System Patches and it certainly motivates me more to continue to work with them. Partly the thanks belongs to you, all the users of these patches, for giving me great ideas for them. As my thanks for this award I can reveal that I have already something planned for 2012 regarding both, my Advanced System Patches and Tweaks.
- sconix
Runner Up: UberCalendar HD, by MetaView
Other Nominees: Make It So, Private Browsing, Sharing Super Mix
Best webOS Theme of 2011
Winner: Glass Effect Suite for TouchPad, by Garret92C
Runner Up: Dark Glass, by michote
Other Nominees: 8-bit, Christmas Theme, Metro Effect Suite
Technical Awards
Best use of webOS Notifications in 2011
Winner: Glimpse, by Inglorious Apps
Runner Up: Graphite, by dots & lines
Other Nominees: Sports Live! HD, Spotify, Weather Dashboard HD
Best webOS Cloud Integration of 2011
Winner: Box for TouchPad, by Box.net
Runner Up: QuickOffice, by QuickOffice
Other Nominees: incredible!, Picsel Smart Office, Reciva
Most Innovative webOS App of 2011
Winner: Glimpse, by Inglorious Apps
I would like to thank every webOS user for the support. I look forward to what the future holds. In the meantime, go buy Glimpse, if you haven't. Now!
- Ruky, Inglorious Apps
Runner Up: Xecutah, by WebOS Interanls
Other Nominees: incredible!, ReadOnTouch Pro, TouchPlayer
Most Beautiful webOS App of 2011
Winner: Graphite, by dots & lines
Runner Up: phnx, by David Strack
Other Nominees: Glimpse, incredible!, Radius
Congratulations to all of this year's winners and nominees. It really was a spectacular selection of apps, and that fills us with hopes for the coming year. Be sure to drop a note of congratulations in the comments - these developers have earned it!