Last but not least, what would a developer conference be without awards. At its Chinese conference, PalmSource honored three Palm OS developers with the first Chinese Powered Up Awards. The awards recognize three developers who have created software that takes advantage of the new features of Palm OS 5 Simplified Chinese Edition. The company said winners were selected based on the following criteria: innovation, newness to the category, value, ease-of-use, expansion and relevance to the Chinese market.

Kinoma Player 2 SC by Kinoma won in the best Games/Entertainment category. Kinoma Player 2 is a platform for delivering interactive multimedia applications and one of the most popular video players for the Palm OS.

ESRI China (HK) Global Business/AirZip won for best Business/Utilities solution. AirZip client and server software solutions enable images - maps, schematics, drawings, pictures, and signatures -- to be encoded and displayed on a Palm OS wireless devices.

Memory Engine on English Study by Mintel Learning Technologies, a learning system that provides Chinese students with vocabulary building tools for the English language, won in the best Home/Education category. This solution is also being built into Legend's new Lenovo handhelds.