WWDC '08 - Winners of Apple Design Awards '08 Disclosed

This morning, Apple announced the winners of its annual Apple Design Awards (ADA). Winners received two 15-inch MacBook Pros, two 30-inch Apple Cinema Displays, one iPod touch (16GB), one iPhone (8GB), an ADC Premier Membership, reimbursement for one WWDC 2008 E-ticket (including airfare and accommodations), and one 2009 ADC Macworld Expo Exclusive Marketing Package.

"The Apple Design Awards, held at Moscone West during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, recognize technical excellence, innovation, and outstanding achievement in software development. With new categories for iPhone development, this year's Apple Design Awards will be more exciting than ever," Apple said.

The Apple Design Awards main categories are:

- iPhone Developer Showcase
- Best iPhone Web Application
- Best Mac OS X Leopard Application
- Best New Mac OS X Leopard Game
- Best Mac OS X Leopard User Experience
- Best Mac OS X Leopard Graphics and Media Application
- Best Mac OS X Leopard Student Product


Winners of this year's ADAs, as reported by TheiLife, include:

MAC

Best OS X Student Project
- Squirrel (finance management) by Axel Peju
Best OS X Graphics and Media Application
- ScreenFlow (Screencasting) by Vara Software Limited
Best OS X Application
- ScreenFlow (Screencasting) by Vara Software Limited
Best OS X User Experience
- Macnification (organize microscopic images) by Orbicule
Best OS X Game
- Guitar Hero III by Aspyr Media, Inc

IPHONE

Best iPhone Web App
- Remember the Milk (task management) by Remember the Milk
Best iPhone Game
- Enigmo by Pangea
Best iPhone Entertainment App
- AOL Radio by AOL LLC
Best iPhone Social Networking App
- Twitteriffic (twitter client) by The Icon Factory
Best iPhone Productivity App
- OmniFocus (task management) by The Omni Group
Best iPhone Healthcare & Fitness Application Winner
- MIM (medical imaging) by MIMVista, Corp.


Winners for the native iPhone software categories haven't been disclosed yet. For more information on Apple's WWDC '08 Design Awards and the specifics of each category in part, visit the company's official Developer Connection page.