The competition challenged developers to utilize the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Software Developer Kit (SDK) 1.7 to create new applications or ink-enable existing Windows XP-based applications. The contest, which took place between Mar. 22 and Aug. 31, 2004, attracted 260 global submissions from independent software vendors (ISVs), and 12.5 million visitors to the contest website.
The 12 top winners will share cash prizes totaling $165,000. The first runner-up, collecting $15,000, is Agilix Labs Inc. for its development of GoBinder, an application that helps faculty and students take notes and organize assignments, research projects, schedules and class work.
In alphabetical order, the remaining ten finalists are:
- Active Ink Form Designer from Active Ink Software Inc.
- eDrawings from SolidWorks Corp.
- EMS Field Bridge from Image Trend Inc.
- MathJournal from xThink Inc.
- OrangeGuava Desktop from OrangeGuava
- PDF Annotator from GRAHL software design
- Pink from XAND Corp.
- SignDoc from SOFTPRO (Software Professional GmbH & Co. KG)
- TalkWrite from Revelation Computing Pty Ltd.
- VisualClip 1.0 for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition from Graftabl.com
An in-depth look at the winning contestants, details about the competition and links to the winning applications can be found in a PC Magazine feature article,
"Apps That Think in Ink".
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