We’re starting something new here at 40Tech that we hope turns into a tradition each year. At the end of the year, we’re going to name an “App of the Year.” We have some ideas of our own, but we want to hear from you, too. So let us know in the comments what your favorite app was in 2011, to be included in a poll that we’ll run in another week.

By design, we are keeping the definition of “App of the Year” very loose. The app doesn’t have to be a new app, as long as it was your favorite app this year. We’re also not going to give you specific criteria, such as telling you it must be innovative, or that it must be a complex, full-fledged app. Forget all that – simply let us know what app was your favorite in 2011. We’ll come back in a week with a poll, that will contain our choices and some or all of the nominations (depending on how many we get).