The special awards issue, on sale in December, saw Samsung claim two of the big hardware trophies, winning Manufacturer of the Year as well as Phone of the Year for the Galaxy S II. In the other key categories Asus won the Tablet of the Year award for the Eee Pad Transformer, while ALK’s CoPilot Live satnav app was named App of the Year.
“2011 was an incredible year for Android. It became the world’s biggest selling mobile OS, and saw an unrivalled level of innovation and creativity in phones, tablets and apps,” commented Andy Betts (pictured), Editor of Android Magazine. “We created the Android Magazine awards because we wanted to celebrate these fantastic achievements in consumer technology. An Android Magazine award can be seen as a benchmark for quality in a hugely competitive market, and after the tremendous success of these inaugural awards we have big plans to develop them further in 2012.”
The full list of Android Magazine Awards 2011 winners is as follows:
App of the Year: ALK CoPilot Live
Best Lifestyle and Entertainment app: TuneIn Radio Pro
Best Everyday app: SwiftKey X
Best Productivity app: Feedly
Game of the Year: Words with Friends
Innovation Award (Apps): Google Translate
Style Award: PowerAMP 2.0
Best Social App: Viber
Phone of the Year: Samsung Galaxy S II
Tablet of the Year: Asus Eee Pad Transformer
Manufacturer of the Year: Samsung
Innovation Award (Devices): Motorola Atrix
Best Value Phone: Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray
Best Multimedia Phone: HTC Sensation XE
Android Magazine was launched in July 2011 and, says Imagine Publishing, is currently the UK’s only magazine dedicated to the platform, quickly establishing itself as a trusted and authoritative voice in the Android community.
