32 apps selected by the team fought it out over 4 categories, with open voting at every step of the way. All of the applications were of a high quality and would make a great starter pack for a new user. I wonder if we'll see the 32 listed in the App Highlights section on Nokia Windows Phone devices? Anyway, the section winners were as follows.
Winner of the Games Category: Gravity Guy
Miniclip have done well here, with a good mix of easy to reach goals. For example, pass three checkpoints without dying, or flip Gravity 1000 times, right up to the almost impossible - complete a perfect run, i.e. all the way through the story without dying once. As well as a good learning curve while playing, they've got a good curve on the XBox Live goals as well. In short, Gravity Guy is simple, fast, addictive, and has just enough skill to reward a good player. Definitely one to look out for.
(From the AAWP review, download the app here).
Winner of the Social Apps Category: 4th and Mayor
4th and Mayor can do all the work of checking in and managing a Foursquare account, it does it with style, and it feels less of a chore than any other way of checking in. Now that the two major clients have released their updates for Mango, 4th and Mayor is going to be my preferred client.
(From the AAWP review, download the app here).
Winner of the News & Entertainment Category: All About Windows Phone
The app is packed full with everything you need to know as it happens including latest articles, device, app and game reviews, tutorials, opinion-editorials, links, media and podcasts. You can now easily browse, read and share all the essential news quickly and easily on the move and the live tile support will notify you when new articles are available so you can stay ahead of the game. Once you've found something of interest you can share it with friends on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or email.
(From our "about the app" page, download the app here)
Utilities and Productivity Category; NextGen Reader
Even before this latest update NextGen Reader was an impressive application. The core features of the application include full integration with Google Reader, a clean Metro UI design (which draw its inspiration from the Windows Phone email client), support for multiple live tiles (e.g. pin your favourite feed or folder to the start screen), integration with popular services (Twitter, Facebook, InstaPaper, YouTube, Read It Later, Readability) and a fully functional offline mode.
(From our coverage of NextGen Reader, download the app here)
The overall winner was announced on the site this morning, and the honour goes to NextGen Reader. Congratulations to all who took part, and also congrats to the Conversations team in promoting the app economy on Nokia's latest platform.