PalmSource Now Accepting Nominations for U.S. Powered Up Awards
November 14 2005 - 7:56AM
PR Newswire (US)
- Palm, Cingular, PalmGear.com and CNET Download.com Co-Sponsor
Awards SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
PalmSource, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSRC), provider of Palm OS(R), a leading
operating system powering next generation phones and mobile
devices, today announced it has officially opened nominations for
the Fall 2005 U.S. Powered Up Awards. The Fall 2005 Powered Up
Awards are being co-sponsored by Palm, Inc., Cingular Wireless,
PalmGear.com, a division of Motricity and CNET Download.com. The
nominations are now being accepted and will close on Sunday,
December 11, 2005. The U.S. Powered Up Award winners will be
announced on Wednesday, December 14, 2005. The awards will be given
in five categories, and for the first time, the Powered Up Awards
feature a monetary prize for the Best-In-Class grand prize. The
winner of the Best-In-Class award will receive USD $10,000.00, a
Palm, Inc. device of their choice and a co-marketing package valued
at approximately USD $20,000.00. "With over 400,000 registered
developers, the PalmSource developer program comprises one of the
world's largest communities of mobile software developers for both
commercial and in-house/enterprise software applications. Twice a
year, with the Powered Up Awards, PalmSource traditionally
recognizes Palm OS developers by highlighting the most innovative
and compelling third party Palm OS applications," said Albert Chu,
PalmSource vice president of business development. "We are very
pleased that this year Palm, Cingular, Motricity and CNET
Download.com are co-sponsoring these awards, thereby demonstrating
their continued commitment to the community of Palm OS developers
and Palm Powered(TM) device customers." "The Palm OS(R) developer
community continues its rich history of innovation by continuing to
release a wide variety of applications. We believe these
applications personalize the experience and deliver meaningful
services enhancing the value and capabilities of smartphones and
handhelds from Palm, Inc.," said Paul Leeper, director of developer
relations for Palm, Inc. "Motricity, through its PalmGear.com
division, is a longtime supporter of the Palm OS developer
community," said Larry Wallace, vice president of global sales and
business development for Motricity. "Co-sponsoring the Powered Up
Awards enables us to not only honor Palm OS developers, but to also
encourage the development of new Palm OS solutions and further
expand the Palm Powered(TM) smartphone and handheld markets." Fall
2005 U.S. Powered Up Award Categories The Fall 2005 U.S. Powered Up
Awards celebrate Palm OS developers who have created innovative
software applications representing the best of breed in the Palm
Powered economy and take advantage of the advanced features of Palm
Powered phones and mobile devices. Powered Up Awards will be given
in five categories: -- Enterprise / Productivity -- In-House /
Custom Application (not commercially available) -- Wireless /
Over-the-Air -- Multimedia -- Games / Entertainment For the first
time, the Powered Up Awards have added a monetary award as part of
the Best-In-Class grand prize. The winner of the Best-In-Class
grand prize will be selected by the U.S. Powered Up Awards judges
from the nominees in the Enterprise/Productivity,
Wireless/Over-The-Air, Multimedia and Games/Entertainment
categories. -- The winner of the Best-In-Class award will receive
USD $10,000.00, a Palm, Inc. smartphone or handheld of their choice
and a co-marketing package valued at approximately USD $20,000.00.
-- The winner of the Enterprise/Productivity category will receive
a Palm Treo(TM) 650 smartphone and USD $1,000.00. -- The winner of
the Wireless/Over-the-Air category will receive a Palm Treo 650
smartphone and USD $1,000.00. -- The winner of the Multimedia
category will receive a Palm LifeDrive(TM) mobile manager and USD
$1,000.00. -- The Winner of the Games/Entertainment category will
receive a Palm Tungsten(TM) E2 handheld and USD $1,000.00. -- In
addition, the winners in these categories will also receive a
co-marketing package valued at approximately $13,000.00. PalmSource
is now accepting nominations for Powered Up Awards online at:
http://www.palmos.com/dev/programs/poweredup/ . Rules and an FAQ
are also available via this link. Palm OS(R) developers may
encourage nominations of their application by posting a banner on
their website available online at:
http://www.palmos.com/dev/programs/poweredup/promote_pua.html .
Nominations for the Powered Up Awards will close at 6:00 pm PST on
Sunday, December 11, 2005. Winners will be announced on Wednesday,
December 14, 2005. About PalmSource PalmSource, Inc., the company
behind Palm OS(R), a leading operating system powering smart mobile
devices, is a leading developer of software for mobile phones and
other mobile devices. Its products include a wide range of software
for mobile phones at all price points. More than 39 million mobile
phones, handhelds, and other mobile devices run PalmSource
software. More than 45 companies worldwide have licenses to
PalmSource software, including Fossil, Garmin, GSPDA, Kyocera,
Lenovo, Palm, Samsung, Sony, and Symbol Technologies. Palm OS has
given rise to a large community of users, enterprises, developers
and manufacturers, who together make up the Palm Powered(TM)
Economy. More information about PalmSource is available at
http://www.palmsource.com/, http://www.palmsource.co.uk/,
http://www.palmsource.fr/, http://www.palmsource.de/,
http://www.palmsource.com/es and http://www.palmsource.com.cn/.
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uncertainties, as well as assumptions that if they never
materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Such forward-looking statements include, without
limitation, statements regarding the Palm OS operating system, Palm
OS application developer community and Palm OS applications. The
risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements include, without limitation, the ability of the Palm OS
to perform as designed and to provided the anticipated features and
benefits; our ability to continue to maintain and support our
application developer community; the ability of our application
developer community to create new market opportunities using
open-standards-based software development environments and to
produce applications that enhance the value and capabilities of
Palm Powered devices; our ability to realize the anticipated
benefit from the expected increased value and capabilities of Palm
Powered devices; and other risks and uncertainties contained in our
public announcements, reports to stockholders and other documents
filed with and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended June
3, 2005 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
September 2, 2005. All forward-looking statements in this press
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CONTACT: Maureen O'Connell of PalmSource, Inc., +1-408-400-1542, or
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http://www.palmsource.com/
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