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Sudoku - My Programs - Palm - PDAs - Andrew Gregory's Web Pages

Description

Play Sudoku on the go! Features:

* Random and manual game setup. Have Sudoku generate a random game for you, or enter games from newspapers and books, then play them later.
* Supports the 5-way rocker for selecting and editing cells.
* Supports direct keyboard editing of cells, designed for Treo computers.
* Immediately indicates illegal plays (may be turned off).
* Check function to indicate mistakes (compares your game against the solution).
* Logical solver with log to show you how games can be logically solved.
* Supports pencilling - tap in possible digits then later "set" your decision.
* Can automatically erase illegal pencilmarks.
* Pencilmarks can be selectively shown/hidden - great for figuring out complex patterns (such as Colouring), or simply seeing that single digit.
* Undetermined cells can be coloured, for manual use of the Colouring strategy.
* Save the state of a game so you can later back-up. Great for diabolical puzzles when there isn't always a logical play.
* Hint mechanism - have the game indicate a position that can be logically worked out. It can fill it in for you too (that's cheating!).
* Game timer shows how long you've been staring at your Palm's screen.
* Games can be beamed to other Palm computers.
* Games can be copied/pasted to/from the clipboard (eg to/from Memos).
* While the game is active, the auto-off timeout is lengthened to allow for more thinking time.

Categories: Palm-OS, Freeware, Games

FreewarePalm: PassPhrase v1.1

Description:
Ever have trouble coming up with a new password? PassPhrase helps you choose secure passwords and passphrases for logins, encrypted data, web sites, and so on.

Each time you tap 'Generate', seven items are randomly selected from a self-contained dictionary of over nine-thousand common words, numbers, abbreviations, and symbols.

The selection is extremely random, using a strong random-number generator seeded by the exact timing and position of your stylus taps.

PassPhrase offers nearly 7 octillion possible seven-item sequences! (An 'octillion' is a 1 followed by 27 zeroes.)

For added security, working memory is scrubbed when PassPhrase exits; no trace of the selected phrase remains in your handheld's memory.

CHOOSING PASSWORDS
A good password for an online system is two unrelated words joined by a symbol, for example: jumbo*gate

To properly secure encrypted data a pass-phrase of four or more words is recommended, for example: split envoy clove born mayhem

PassPhrase was written entirely on-board a Palm Powered™ handheld using the Quartus Forth compiler.

If you'd like to write apps on your Palm, please check out Quartus Forth!

CoreCodec.org: TCPMP Reaches One Million Downloads Milestone

Lacey, New Jersey (PRWEB) September 27, 2005 -- CoreCodec announced that The Core Pocket Media Player ‘TCPMP’ (formally known as BetaPlayer) has reached its one millionth download mark today. TCPMP is the worlds most popular Open Source Media Player for PalmOS, PocketPC and Smartphone based Mobile Devices. It is designed to make it easy for the mobile media community to play all their digital media files.

“I want to thank the community for its fast adoption and support for The Core Pocket Media Player” said Dan Marlin, Founder of the CoreCodec Audio and Video Community. "It's not just numbers to us. It validates our team’s hard work and the value of having a platform without limitations for mobile devices”.

Handango Software - BackUp Pro

Overview

Professional Back up Utility and Free Lite Version

BackUp Pro can protect your data by keeping an up-to-date copy of everything on a memory card (SD, MMC). It does this in a very efficient manner and is extremely fast. To give you complete peace-of-mind it also allows for unattended automatic backups at a pre-determined time of the day. Files can be selectively backed up and restored.
Try it for yourself. We are giving the Lite version away for free. Get your copy of BackUp Lite today.

Features in the Pro version include:
# free Lite version
# enhanced for Palm OS 5
# great interface
# easy to use
# unattended backups
# removal of orphaned files
# exclusion of files for backup
# selective restore
# elaborate file view of backup directory and files in RAM
# quick toolbar access
# and much more ...

The application is distributed in two forms, a free lite version and the full version - BackUp Pro.

Categories: Palm-OS, Freeware, Utilities

Altec Lansing - News

Altec Lansing today unveiled the market’s first mobile speaker system for Palm® devices with the inMotion™ iMT1, a small audio dock that turns MP3 music files stored on Palm devices into a roomful of sound for headphone-free listening. The system -- which is compatible with the Palm LifeDrive™ mobile manager, Palm Tungsten™ T5 and Tungsten E2 handhelds, and Palm Treo™ 650 smartphone -- also charges the device, doubles as a desktop speakerphone for the Treo 650 smartphone, and is slim and trim enough for travel.

The product is being shown for the first time at the Palm booth, #311, at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment conference that opens today in San Francisco.

The iMT1 is a book-sized, white and silver unit that extends the technology used in Altec Lansing’s market-leading inMotion docks for the Apple iPod to the Palm platform. Like all inMotion portable speakers, it can run on AC power and then switch to batteries when no electrical outlet is available to permit out-loud listening on the road.

Press a button on the front of the iMT1, and a tiny flap rises from the surface to reveal the dock. Pop your device into the slot, attach it via the connector at the bottom of your Palm device, and let the concert begin. The system’s Class C digital amplifier powers four 1” neodymium micro drivers that reproduce every note, chord and lick over the entire frequency range. The speakers also incorporate patented MaxxBass® technology that delivers the all-important bump of the bass without a subwoofer.

Special features include:

* Charging and synchronization of the Palm device through the iMT1 dock. Charging is automatically initiated whenever the Palm product is docked and the iMT1 is plugged in. Data transfer can be triggered by connecting the iMT1 to the user’s computer via a standard USB 2.0 port on the back of the product and then pressing the “Sync” button.
* A full-duplex speakerphone, permitting hands-free conversation whenever a Palm Treo smartphone is in the iMT1 dock. The full-duplex feature makes it possible for both parties to hear each other when they are talking simultaneously. Users can switch from music to speakerphone mode by pressing a button on the iMT1 unit. The speakerphone can also be muted to prevent background noise from interfering with the conversation. - more -
* Fold-flat design for easy packing, with a closable dock door that also protects the connector mechanism when the iMT1 is not in use.
* Optional connectivity to other audio devices such as CD, MP3 and portable DVD players through an input jack on the back of the unit.

“Convergence is one of the major appeals of our Treo smartphones and our other mobile devices, and the iMT1 extends our capabilities even further by providing an audio docking system, speakerphone and charging device in a single piece of hardware,” said Jim Schwabe, general manger, Accessory Solutions, at Palm, Inc. “This is convergence at its best, a tribute to Altec Lansing’s engineering leadership in the portable audio space, and a strong alliance that adds even more versatility to products that are becoming essential in consumers’ everyday lives.”

DataViz to Bring Mobile ActiveSync Client and Document Editing Solution to Nokia 9300 Smartphone and 9500 Communicator

New RoadSync and Documents To Go for Symbian OS-based Series 80 devices to be Showcased at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2005

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 27, 2005 - DataViz, Inc., leading provider of Office compatibility solutions for over 21 years, today announced its mobile ActiveSync client, RoadSync, and mobile Office suite, Documents To Go, will support the Nokia 9300 smartphone and Nokia 9500 Communicator running Symbian OS-based Series 80. With the addition of this newly supported platform, DataViz' mobile Office portfolio will include support for three of the most popular smartphone platforms: Symbian OS-based UIQ, Series 80 and Palm OS. Demonstrations of these and other DataViz solutions will be available at the DataViz Booth #1405 located in the Enterprise Mobility Pavilion at CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2005, September 27-29 in San Francisco, California.

"We are pleased to see DataViz bring their mobility solutions to market for our Nokia 9300 smartphone and 9500 Communicator through the support of Forum Nokia Pro Enterprise Zone. We believe our devices' large color screens, integrated QWERTY keyboards and high-capacity memory, combined with business-critical applications like DataViz' mobile Office suite and mobile ActiveSync client, address many of the productivity needs of our enterprise customers." said Lee Epting, vice president, Forum Nokia.

Based on the Exchange ActiveSync protocol licensed from Microsoft, RoadSync provides secure, wireless and direct synchronization with Exchange Server 2003, thereby extending the existing mobile benefits of Exchange Server 2003 to non-Microsoft devices. RoadSync for Series 80-enabled devices will offer full mobile access to corporate Outlook e-mail, attachments, calendar and contacts, while eliminating the need for middleware servers, service fees, or subscriptions commonly associated with wireless e-mail. Additionally, features like "direct push" and "remote wipe" will be added into RoadSync, following the release of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 later this year, to enable more businesses to deploy a wireless e-mail solution for their workforce at a fraction of the cost associated with today's alternatives.

"Today more businesses are recognizing both the end-user productivity gains and cost-savings benefits that wireless e-mail can provide," said �yvind Lundbakk Pedersen, Director of Business Development for SmartPhones Telecom AS in Norway. "We strongly believe in this mobile ActiveSync client RoadSync from DataViz because it will give our customers the flexibility to deploy Series 80 devices faster into the enterprise space."

"I've been previewing RoadSync for Series 80 and am very impressed with its ease of installation and quick set-up," said Rob Gordon, CEO of Dezine Limited. "This is just what small business owners like myself need: an affordable, straight-forward solution that enables employees to get their Outlook e-mail, contacts and calendar on a variety of devices including the Nokia 9300 smartphone and Nokia 9500 Communicator."

Documents To Go for Series 80 will provide owners of Nokia 9300 smartphone and Nokia 9500 Communicator with the ability to open, view and edit Microsoft Word and Excel files. DataViz' unique InTact Technology will be included, ensuring complete original document integrity is maintained when Microsoft Office files are edited by users on the smartphone. This is especially vital when desktop documents containing complex formatting and layouts are edited in a mobile environment. By making sure that formatting associated with these files are always kept to their original form, users can confidently edit files on their smartphone without fear of negatively altering their files in the process. Any edits made in Documents To Go will be intelligently merged with a file's original formatting to create an updated document that can than be e-mailed or exchanged with others directly from the smartphone.

"We are very pleased that DataViz has expanded their product offerings to the Series 80 platform," said Salvador Casales, Sales Manager, INCODE. "Documents To Go and RoadSync will present many new opportunities for INCODE and resellers in Mexico by providing enterprise customers with cost-effective, easy-to-implement solutions for mobile access to their important Outlook e-mail, client proposals, budget reports and other business data".

"We are excited to be a part of the Nokia ecosystem and to provide owners of the Nokia 9300 smartphone and Nokia 9500 Communicator access to our mobile office solutions," said Bonnie Boyle, Senior Business Manager, DataViz. "As more businesses expand their IT strategy to include mobility, we are committed to providing enterprise-quality, cost-effective solutions that give mobile professionals reliable access to mission-critical files, e-mail and other corporate data using smartphones."

Availability

RoadSync for Series 80 will be available directly from DataViz (www.dataviz.com) beginning immediately and soon from international partners such as Swedish distributor Datan�t, UK dealer EMCC, ELMO ICT Systems in the Netherlands, distributor INCODE in Mexico and SF Solution Factory in Switzerland.

Documents To Go for Series 80 will be available in late October. Availability details will be announced at the time of the product's launch.

FreewarePalm: SolPok v2.1

Description:
SolPok is a simple and addictive card game. It is a solitaire in which poker hand scores must be obtained.

It provides large, highly recognisable cards, smooth animations, nice sounds and plenty of game statistics.

You can play either with your stylus or through the hardware buttons on your handheld.

It runs on all Palm OS devices, both color and black & white. SolPok is freeware!

A brief game description follows:

* Four columns are to be completed with five cards each. The goal of the game is to achieve the best poker hand in each column. The first row is filled automatically, then tap on one of the columns to place the next card. You cannot begin a new row of cards before completing the previous row. You go on until all four columns have five cards. Then your final score is calculated.
* In the 'Statistics' screen the three best scores with date and time stamps, the worst score, the overall number of games played and the average score per game are shown.

Palm - About Palm, Inc. - Investor Relations - Press Release

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2005--Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) will hold its annual meeting of shareholders tomorrow, Sept. 29, 2005, at 8 a.m. PDT at 950 W. Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, Calif. The record date for this meeting was set as Aug. 1, 2005. The agenda for the meeting is to elect directors and ratify the company's independent auditors.

An audio dial-in number for the call is being provided for those who are unable to attend. The listen-only numbers are 800-381-2652 (U.S.) and 312-461-9409 (international). A replay of the meeting will be available for one week by calling 888-203-1112 (U.S.) and 719-457-0820 (international). The replay passcode is 4135111.

UniCMD, Uni Commander, Universal Commander for Palm-OS®

UniCMD (Uni Commander, Universal Commander f�r Palm-OS®) is a program to manage, backup and exchange databases and files on Palm-OS® computers:

It encloses several powerful and comfortable functions :

- copy (in all directions/ expansion cards/ handy/ PC)
- beam, data exchange (EXG: bluetooth, IRDA, SMS; serial: X/Y-Modem)
- compress (ZIP)
- cipher, encode (BlowfishCBC, MD5, Mime64 (email-attachments))
- view (Jpeg/Exif, Text, HTML)
- file-associations (view/open files with other applications)
- backup (manual or scheduled, full or selective (Backup/Update)
- edit text (Text)
- info (Dateien Speichermedien, System)
- configure (Ansicht, Funktionen)

FreewarePalm: MyHome v1.81

Description:
MyHome is user friendly, simple and yet provides everything you need to managed your bills and expenses.

This is what you can do with MyHome:

* Create up to 128 accounts, with 16 Categories for each account, and sum up each account by category or by month or both.
* Sum up accounts.
* See each account graphically.
* Set repeating bills and payments.
* Beam and duplicate accounts.
* Create TODO list to pay bills.
* Set an alarm to pay bills.
* It includes both hebrew and English versions.

In addition, MyHome supports all resolutions portrait and landscape.

Categories: Palm-OS Freeware Financial

THE MIDLANDS, UK / CTIA, SAN FRANCISCO, CA - September 28th, 2005 - Following an announcement from Palm(R) Inc. and Microsoft(R) Corp., Astraware is excited to announce its support for Palm's future line of Windows Mobile(TM)-based Palm(R) Treo(TM) smartphones, the first of which is scheduled to be available to Verizon Wireless customers in early 2006. "We are delighted that Astraware will be supporting our use of this new operating system on our devices," said Paul Leeper, director of Developer Relations at Palm(R), Inc. "We have shared a long and successful relationship with Astraware, and we believe that the availability of their games for our new line of Treo smartphones will provide a great user experience." A number of Astraware's games are now Windows Mobile(TM) 5.0 compatible and these include Tradewinds, Bejeweled, Pixelus, Text Twist and Crazy Daisy. "We hope that the combination of great hardware and popular OS will bring many more people to the Smartphone fold, and to see the collection of games we have to offer," said Howard Tomlinson, CEO of Astraware. For more information on Astraware, visit http://www.astraware.com.

Palm - About Palm, Inc. - Investor Relations - Press Release

Solutions Providers to Support Palm's Future Line of Windows Mobile-based Treo Smartphones

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2005--Following Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) and Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq:MSFT) announcement yesterday, numerous third-party software developers are on board with an exciting lineup of applications for a future line of Palm(R) Treo(TM) smartphones running on the Microsoft(R) Windows Mobile(R) operating system, the first of which will be available on the Verizon Wireless network.(1)

In a press conference yesterday in San Francisco with Ed Colligan, president and chief executive officer of Palm; Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft; and Denny Strigl, chief executive officer of Verizon Wireless, the companies announced that Palm has licensed the Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system for a new line of Treo smartphones. The collaboration marks a dedicated effort to deliver one of the world's most innovative smartphone solutions on the software platform favored by many businesses and deliver new productivity to mobile developers through Visual Studio 2005 and the Windows Mobile development platform.

(NOTE: Video and images from yesterday's announcement are available from Business Wire (www.businesswire.com) and from Palm's Multimedia Library (www.palm.com/MultimediaLibrary).)

The following are some of the many developers that plan to launch an array of solutions that offer the productivity, communication and entertainment capabilities that matter most to Treo users:(2)

-- AppForge, Inc. (www.appforge.com) -- Crossfire: Crossfire is a leading mobile enterprise application development platform that uses industry-standard tools allowing applications to be written once and deployed to multiple devices, regardless of operating system or network.

-- Astraware Limited (www.astraware.com) -- Developer and publisher of award-winning games for Windows Mobile and Palm OS(R), Astraware continues its existing relationship with Palm by providing premier games to be bundled with Palm devices.

-- Avocent (www.avocent.com) -- SonicAdmin and SonicSentinel: Remotely manage servers and network equipment from a mobile device with SonicAdmin. SonicSentinel allows for users to monitor, manage, and secure all their mobile devices from a central location.

-- Epocrates, Inc. (www.epocrates.com) -- Epocrates, Inc. provides innovative clinical solutions and applications for physicians and healthcare professionals at the point of care. Epocrates(R) Essentials mobile suite features continually updated information on drugs, diseases, and diagnostics.

-- Good Technology, Inc. (www.good.com) -- GoodLink: GoodLink is SLA-backed, industry-standards-based wireless messaging software and service that provides two-way wireless synchronization of all Microsoft Outlook functions; enterprise-class, FIPS-certified security; and Zero-IT Touch with Secure OTA(TM) device and application provisioning and management.

-- Grabba International Pty Ltd (www.grabba.com) -- Grabba International has a well-established and proven range of barcode scanners, magnetic stripe, RFID and smart card readers.

-- Handmark (www.handmark.com) -- Handmark Pocket Express: Fast updates to news, sports, weather, stocks, movies, plus directory search, maps and driving directions; Tetris classic, Monopoly, Scrabble, and other must-have board games.

-- iAnywhere Solutions (www.ianywhere.com) -- AvantGo: iAnywhere, a Sybase subsidiary, powers the popular AvantGo mobile Internet service and provides market-leading mobile database, middleware, and device management solutions for the enterprise.

-- Intellisync Corp. (www.intellisync.com) -- Intellisync's wireless email and mobile platforms provide seamless synchronization, secure wireless email, device control and mobility management software connecting devices, data sources and applications.

-- MobiMate Ltd. (www.mobimate.com) -- WorldMate Professional Edition: The business traveler's all-in-one package -- Clocks, Weather, Currencies, Itinerary Management, Flight Information, Unit conversion and more. A best-seller on both Windows Mobile and Palm OS.

-- PatientKeeper, Inc. (www.patientkeeper.com) -- The award-winning PatientKeeper Platform(R) extends existing hospital information systems to mobile devices, providing a broad portfolio of mobile applications, including PatientKeeper Clinical Results(TM), PatientKeeper Charge Capture(TM), PatientKeeper Mobile Dictation(TM), PatientKeeper ePrescription(TM), PatientKeeper Reference Library(TM), and more.

-- Picsel Technologies Ltd. (www.picsel.com) -- Picsel PDF Viewer: Picsel PDF Viewer is the first available application that allows users to access full, native PDF documents directly on their handset, without the need for conversion or reformatting of content.

-- scanR (www.scanr.com) -- scanR for Treo smartphones: scanR will turn the Windows Mobile based Treo smartphones into a mobile scanner, copier and fax, enabling business professionals to scan and send documents and whiteboards wirelessly as a PDF file or fax.

-- Worldnet21 (www.worldnet21.com) -- AnthaVPN "Secured by Certicom": AnthaVPN provides secure wireless access to corporate network resources. Built on the IPSec standard, AnthaVPN works with the leading VPN gateways, handheld devices and wireless networks.

Developers interested in developing for Palm products should visit Palm's PluggedIn Program website for more information: http://www.palm.com/us/developers. The PluggedIn Program offers developers a wide range of technical and marketing resources to inspire new products, streamline the development process and get solutions to market quickly. Developers also can find out more about developing for Windows Mobile 5.0 using Visual Studio 2005 from http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/windowsmobile/howto/palmos.

SplashData’s SplashBlog Now Enables “Photoblogging” on Windows Mobile, Symbian and Palm OS Smartphones

San Francisco (CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment Exposition) September 27, 2005 – SplashData, Inc., the leading developer of “virtual wallet” applications for mobile devices, announced that its award winning SplashBlog photoblogging solution is now available for additional mobile devices—Windows Mobile and Symbian Series 60 and UIQ. Also, new features have been added to the existing Palm OS version and web photo-hosting service. Further, the company is announcing a new business model for SplashBlog that will enable anybody to start and maintain a photoblog of up to 100 images at absolutely no cost.

For the first time, users of Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC and Smartphone handhelds and Symbian Series 60 and UIQ wireless devices, will be able to instantly publish photos to a “photoblog” for friends and family members to see. Supported devices now include those from manufacturers such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Motorola, HP, i-mate and others. Users will also be able to subscribe to group photoblogs to share photos on their handhelds with their friends.

SplashData will be demonstrating the new versions of SplashBlog at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment Exposition from September 27 – 29 in the Nokia, Palm and Handango booths.

The process of “blogging,” maintaining a personal journal on the Internet that is frequently updated, has been steadily growing in popularity. SplashBlog adds an entirely new element to blogging—instantly publishing a photo diary from a wireless device. SplashBlog users can snap photos of vacations, newborns, and other momentous occasions, and wirelessly publish those pictures to their personal photoblogs within seconds for friends and family scattered throughout the world to enjoy.

SplashBlog streamlines the process of mobile photoblogging, allowing users to capture an image and publish it to an online photoblog in as little as two clicks. SplashBlog includes everything users need to publish their photos online, including free software for the mobile device and a free online photoblog account at SplashBlog.com. Users who publish more than 100 pictures can subscribe for additional hosting space at SplashBlog.com for $29.95 per year.

New features in SplashBlog include the ability to maintain multiple SplashBlogs from the same account—for those who may want to set up different photoblogs to suit different audiences, such as personal and business associates. And each photoblog can be configured with different access privileges enabling users to require a password to view the photoblog, or the ability to allow some or all users to post photos to a shared group blog.

A vital ingredient to blogging that has made it a global phenomenon is the ability to add personal comments to an original post, fostering a spirit of community and even controversy as differing views are expressed. The new version of SplashBlog follows in this tradition by allowing visitors to post their own comments about each published image. Comments can either be posted on the Web by visitors using a PC, or from a wireless device using SplashBlog. The user experience for reading and replying to comments using SplashBlog on a wireless device is similar to that of an instant messaging client and provides a whole new level of wireless communication with pictures and words.

While SplashData has greatly expanded both the feature-set and potential number of SplashBloggers by adding versions for Windows Mobile and Symbian OS devices, it has also made it possible for wireless device users to start and maintain online photoblogs with no out-of-pocket expenses at all. Anybody can create and maintain a SplashBlog of up to 100 images for free. Those who want to store more than 100 images at SplashBlog.com can purchase a subscription for unlimited photo hosting for $29.95 per year.

“The beauty of SplashBlog is the immediacy in which users can capture, organize and share photos, which is made possible by the tight integration between the SplashBlog handheld software and the online photo sharing site, SplashBlog.com. SplashBlog has changed the way people share photos by eliminating the hassle out of creating and maintaining an online photo album,” said John Chaffee, president of SplashData. “We believe that as camera phone image quality continues to improve and the wireless networks continue to get faster and more affordable, SplashBlog will become the primary way users capture, organize and share photos.”

Availability and System Requirements

SplashBlog is available now and may be downloaded from www.splashblog.com. It supports handhelds with wireless connectivity running the following operating systems:

* Palm OS 4.1 or later (Palm Treo)
* Windows Mobile 5.for Pocket PC and Smartphone (HP, Motorola, Samsung, i-mate, etc.)
* Symbian Series 60 (Nokia)
* Symbian UIQ (Sony Ericsson) – Coming soon

Palm - About Palm, Inc. - Investor Relations - Press Release

Palm and Microsoft Join to Bring the Palm Experience to Windows Mobile

SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 26, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Verizon Wireless First to Market with New Treo Smartphone

Mobile-computing pioneer Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) and software pioneer Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) today announced a strategic alliance to accelerate the smartphone market segment with a new device for mobile professionals and businesses. Palm has licensed the Microsoft(R) Windows Mobile(R) operating system for an expanded line of Treo(TM) smartphones, the first of which will be available on Verizon Wireless' national wireless broadband network. The news was revealed in a press conference with Ed Colligan, president and chief executive officer of Palm, Inc.; Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corp.; and Denny Strigl, president and chief executive officer of Verizon Wireless.

The collaboration gives customers more choices and marks a dedicated effort to deliver one of the world's most innovative smartphone solutions on the software platform favored by many businesses. Treo smartphones combine the hallmark Palm experience of a full-featured mobile phone with email, messaging, web access(1) and organizational software -- in an attractive, compact design. The new Treo smartphone takes advantage of the Windows Mobile 5.0 platform in multiple ways, offering Outlook Mobile, Office Mobile and Internet Explorer Mobile built into the smartphone, as well as direct access to Exchange Server 2003 for mobile access to information.(2) In addition, the new Treo will operate with Verizon Wireless' BroadbandAccess service, the largest high-speed wireless broadband network in the United States. Verizon Wireless expects the new Treo smartphone to be available to its customers in early 2006.

"We've long believed that the future of personal computing is mobile computing, and our collaboration with Microsoft is a historic step in delivering that vision to a larger market," said Colligan. "We're confident customers will see a differentiated smartphone that delivers our world-class usability on Microsoft's flexible and robust Windows Mobile operating system. We collaborated with Verizon Wireless first because of its high-speed wireless network and growing footprint of BroadbandAccess cities."

"This is a landmark alliance that will help businesses remain on the cutting edge of competitiveness," Gates said. "Demand for accessing information on mobile devices is soaring, and businesses want a low-cost, scalable solution. We're excited to team with Palm and Verizon Wireless to deliver a winning Windows Mobile solution that connects professionals to their critical information while on the go."

The Treo smartphone on Windows Mobile is a CDMA-based phone targeted for the U.S. market and takes advantage of Verizon Wireless' BroadbandAccess service on its EV-DO network with download speeds averaging 400-700 kilobits per second. Today, about half the U.S. population, in more than 84 metropolitan areas and in hundreds of airports across the nation, can access download speeds comparable to DSL or cable-modem connections. Verizon Wireless has been expanding its BroadbandAccess service area steadily since its debut in the fall of 2003.

"The new Treo smartphone running Windows Mobile will highlight the speed and power of our BroadbandAccess service," said Strigl. "The Treo will deliver fast downloading of email and attachments as well as quick access to critical-business information, providing businesses with a great return on investment. Our strong relationships with Microsoft and Palm continue to provide real value for our customers."

The new Treo smartphone is powered by an Intel processor and joins Palm's award-winning family of Treo smartphones, which includes the Treo 600 and Treo 650, both offered today to Verizon Wireless customers.

The Palm Experience on Windows Mobile

During the press conference, the companies demonstrated the Palm experience now brought to life on Windows Mobile. The audience saw a sampling of Palm's award-winning hardware design integrated thoughtfully with a rich Palm software suite, including the ability to:

-- Contact someone quickly from the Today Screen and choose between home, office or mobile numbers, or select email or SMS. With only two letters entered, a customer can find a record from among thousands of contacts;

-- Reach people most often called via photo speed dials visible as a band of images on the Today Screen;

-- Decline a call with a friendly SMS, signaling "In a meeting" or "Talking with the boss" instead of simply ignoring the call; and

-- Rewind, delete or fast-forward through work or cell phone voicemail with familiar and consistent on-screen icons.

Full product details will be disclosed when the product is available for purchase in early calendar 2006. No plans were revealed for additional mobile operators. Palm indicated that a Treo smartphone using Windows Mobile based on other wireless technologies was not anticipated to be released earlier than the second half of 2006.

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Palm, Inc., Microsoft Corporation and Verizon Wireless Announce Press Conference for Sept. 26

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2005--Ed Colligan, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) president and chief executive officer; Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect; and Denny Strigl, president and chief executive officer of Verizon Wireless, invite the news media to join them for a press conference on Monday, Sept. 26, at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco beginning at 9 a.m. PDT.

Admission will be limited to members of the business and technology news media who present current press credentials. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. outside the Twin Peaks conference room on the second floor of the hotel.

RSVP

Members of the news media who plan to attend in person are asked to RSVP to Ryan Luckin of A&R Partners at rluckin@arpartners.com.

Webcast Details

The press conference will be accessible via live webcast at links below beginning at 9 a.m. A replay, podcast and written transcript of the press conference also will be available starting at approximately 12 p.m. and listed in Monday's news release.

To view the webcast please click on the following links (Due to their length, the following URLs may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove extra spaces if they exists.):

For 56 kbps:
http://metahost.savvislive.com/microsoft/20050926/
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For 100 kbps:
http://metahost.savvislive.com/microsoft/20050926/
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For 300 kbps or broadband:
http://metahost.savvislive.com/microsoft/20050926/
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Price Tag for Palm OS at PalmGear.com

Application Description


This little program let you compare the price with different stores and organize it on your PDA.

FreewarePalm: Getdeblu v1.2

Description:
It allows you to receive files into the expansion card through Bluetooth

Palm - About Palm, Inc. - Investor Relations - Press Release

Palm Reports Q1 FY06 Results; Quarterly Revenue $342.2M; Up 25% Year over Year

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2005--Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today reported revenue of $342.2 million in its first quarter of fiscal year 2006, ended Sept. 2, up 25 percent from the year-ago period and marking the ninth-consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

Net income was $18.2 million, or $0.35 per diluted share. This compares to net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2005 of $19.6 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, and net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2005 of $17.7 million, or $0.35 per diluted share.

Net income in the first fiscal quarter, measured on a non-GAAP(1) basis, totaled $21.1 million, or $0.41 per diluted share, excluding the effects of amortization of intangible assets and deferred stock-based compensation. This compares to non-GAAP net income in the first quarter of fiscal year 2005 of $21.9 million, or $0.43 per diluted share, which excluded the effects of amortization of intangible assets and deferred stock-based compensation.

The company generated $48.5 million in cash and cash equivalents from operations in its first quarter of fiscal year 2006, bringing the total cash and investments balance to $411.3 million at quarter's end. DSO, or days sales outstanding, were 34 days at the end of the quarter compared with 44 days in the year-ago period.

"We're pleased with the company's performance during the quarter," said Ed Colligan, Palm president and chief executive officer. "Treo smartphone sell-through was 470,000 units, which reflects an increase of more than 160 percent from the year-ago period. Our share in the handheld-computer market rose, and we're excited about our overall product roadmap."

Yadr for Palm OS at PalmGear.com

Application Description

Yadr (Yet Another Document Reader) is used to read the popular DOC format on your Palm Handheld. Currently Yadr only supports the Doc format, but support for other formats are planned.

Yadr can read documents located in memory as well on a MMC card (only the first card detected). Other highlights of Yadr are: bookmarks and customization of fonts, colors etc.

PalmAddicts: Treo owners should stand up for Palm!

Treo owners should stand up for Palm!

From Peter Arts today. I am a Treo owner. I have had some documented QA issues with both my Treo 600 and Treo 650. I am not suing Palm because of this, and want to know where the 3 idiots suing Palm in California get the brass to bring a class-action suit. Class-action means that they are bringing suit on behalf of all Treo owners. Who the hell gave them the right to claim Speakership for myself and all of the faithful Treonauts around the globe? When I've had issues, I brought them directly to Palm, and have gotten the attention of some of Palm's top exec's. I guess these losers couldn't call Palm, because of their Treo's problems, eh?

Now, on what possible basis do these wretches believe they are entitled to financial relief from Palm? Let's think of some possible scenarios:

"Blimey! My Treo wasn't loud enough when I was talking to my bookie...and I bet on Villarreal instead of Manchester United. Gawd d_mn Palm...it's all their fault!!!"

"My Treo's speakerphone wasn't clear enough for people to hear my buddy pass gas over the phone. Palm made me look like a fool."

"My date left me, because of the static she got while using my Treo to talk to her girlfriends. Palm owes me for emotional distress!"

I have left a message for Ed Colligan, asking him for an email address or contact at Palm Legal Department. It is my intention to ask every Palm and/or Treo-centric blog to post this information, so that honest Treo owners can provide their names to Palm as being opposed to this travesty.

There is no doubt that the Treo line (especially the Treo 600) suffered from a lot of QA problems. On the other hand, every buyer had the option to exchange or return an unsatisfactory device to their personal wireless carrier. I don't know who should be smacked first:

* The 3 bottom-feeders who are perpetrating this scam
* The shyster lawyers who are facilitating this scam
* The moronic judge who is allowing this scam to come to court. Of course, what else would you expect from a California judge? They are the same geniuses who say the Pledge of Allegiance is illegal, because a few atheists don't like it.

TO WAR! It is high time for honest men and women to state for the record: "...down with the scoundrels!

From PalmAddicts

Find your parked car before the meter expires.

FreewarePalm: Parking Info

Description:
Simple program for storing parking information.

The program include information on: location, level, sectors and time alarm reminder.

Categories: Palm-OS Freeware Travel

Free Blocks, Aylin.biz! Handheld game and applications oasis

Free Blocks
Free Blocks Free action game: blocks with different shapes are falling down. Your goal is to guide the fall so to form full lines at the bottom.

Full lines disappear, increasing your score. The speed increases with time...

Categories: Palm-OS Freeware Games

FreewarePalm: FlightStatus v1.02

Description: Retrieve from the Internet live Flight Status for most all commercial flights which operate in the U.S. Over 70 airlines are supported. All you need to know is the airline and the flight number. Flight Status will do the rest. Also included is a flight number lookup feature - useful when you don't know the flight number and an airport/city lookup table. Features: * This software is useful whether you are trying to catch a flight or as an aid when picking someone up at the airport. * This program supports any Palm OS device that has an Internet connection (Smartphones such as the Treo and Samsung lines, Wi-Fi enabled palms and bluetooth enabled palms that have Internet access via a bluetooth enabled cell phone.) * This software is about 10 times faster than using your palm's conventional browser to get this information. * This software was written by a high school freshman and is being offered as freeware/begware. No subscriptions, no fees. * This software is handy when you need to pickup someone at the airport. It will tell you very accurately when the flight is going to land or when a flight is estimated to take off.

NOTE: All actual departure times are the time of takeoff not the time the flight departed from the gate. Actual arrival times are the time of landing not the time the aircraft arrived at the gate.

DataViz to Showcase Upcoming Native Adobe PDF File Support for Palm OS at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2005

MILFORD, CT, September 21, 2005 - DataViz, Inc., leading provider of Office compatibility solutions for over 21 years, today announced it will be providing a demonstration of its native Adobe® PDF support for Palm OS® at next week's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show (Booth#1405), September 27-29 in San Francisco, CA. This native PDF solution provides Palm® TreoTM smartphones and other Palm OS devices with an image-rich, WYSIWYG-view of product brochures, manuals, annual reports and other common Adobe PDF files without requiring any desktop conversion. Later this fall DataViz will be adding this new native Adobe PDF support into Documents To Go® Premium Edition, making Documents To Go the only commercially available native PDF solution for the Palm OS platform.

"We are pleased to see DataViz continue to innovate and expand its Documents To Go offerings to support native Adobe PDF files," said David Diangson, director of business development and licensing at Palm, Inc. "Having the ability to view content in PDF format, without the need for any desktop interaction, using our Treo smartphones, LifeDrive mobile managers or Tungsten handhelds effectively addresses a significant need in the market."

Native PDF technology will include support for embedded graphics, tables, multiple zoom levels, page layout and word wrap views to provide a desktop-quality view of PDF files on Treo smartphones and other popular Palm OS devices. In addition, no desktop application or pre-processing of files is required before the file can be viewed on the mobile device. For instance, customers who receive PDF files as e-mail attachments can easily view them right on their mobile device.

"Native PDF support is a natural extension of the Premium Edition of Documents To Go," said Danny Tu, Product Manager, DataViz, Inc. "This has been by far the top feature request as our customers begin to migrate to the wireless world. So we are anxious to bring this ground breaking capability to market."

FreewarePalm: Schedule v1.1

Schedule v1.1
Size: 7 KB
Date: September 20, 2005 (Updated)
Type: Freeware
Min. Requirement:
• Any hardware
• Palm OS v3.0

Description:
Small program for students. It keeps notes about school subjects from Monday to Friday.

iambic Unveils Agendus for Palm OS Version 10, the Next Generation of its Award-Winning Productivity Enhancement Software Includes Many Breakthrough Features for Simplifying Time and Contact Management; Optimized to Make One-handed Operation of Treo Devices Easier SUNNYVALE, Calif., September 20, 2005 – iambic, Inc., a leading provider of productivity enhancement software for handheld computers (PDAs and smartphones), today announced the release of Agendus for Palm OS Version 10, a powerful and engaging new version of its award-winning, fully-integrated, personal information manager for Palm OS handhelds and smartphones. This latest version of Agendus is more intuitive and includes many new features that simplify time and contact management. Plus, it has been optimized for one-hand operation, making it an ideal add-on program for users of the Treo smartphone. “We are very excited about our 10th version of Agendus —a product line that truly gets better with age,” said Adriano Chiaretta, chief operating officer at iambic, Inc. “Agendus for Palm OS Version 10 is the result of an outstanding team effort and really does a great job of improving the program’s functionality and ease-of-use, while ensuring that it can leverage many of the capabilities found in the newest generation of Palm OS-based handhelds.” Optimized for Usability. To simplify ease-of-use, version 10 of Agendus for Palm OS has web-style hyperlinks that enable users to move quickly from a meeting, to a memo, to placing a call or sending an email/SMS. This “one-tap” operation is especially beneficial for Treo owners because they can operate their device with one hand, using the dpad. Other dpad-friendly features include the all-new, icon-clustered toolbar, and the dialogs for setting alarms (now available for memos) and meeting times. The user interface has been improved with a new feature called Glance@Agenda, which automatically shows an optimized layout for viewing details of a meeting, call, task or contact. Plus, users now can see a whole year on their calendar at-a-glance. For contact management, version 10 of Agendus has a new networking feature that allows users to establish relationships between contacts. This feature makes it easy to navigate from one contact to another, which saves time and simplifies the management of a growing address book. Taking Agendus for Palm OS Professional Edition to a New Level. New to version 10 of Agendus for Palm OS Professional Edition is a trip wizard that makes it easy to group together all trip-related activities to create an itinerary in the palm of your hand. This version of Agendus expands upon the types of information that can be connected to a meeting, memo or To Do, by enabling users to add voice recordings and drawings/sketches. Furthermore, version 10 of Agendus for Palm OS Professional Edition is designed to work directly with the Treo built-in camera. And, the new image picker feature makes it easy to crop photos (which is especially useful for getting a headshot from a group photo) to add to a contact. Expanded Over-The-Air (OTA) Features. For users of Agendus for Palm OS Professional Edition with Web-enabled devices, there now is an option to download “This Day in History” information. From the Contact view, users can perform address verification and obtain driving directions. The user also can select when and how often the OTA information is updated. Pricing and Availability. Agendus for Palm OS Professional Edition, Version 10 can be downloaded and purchased from www.iambic.com for $39.95. For information on upgrade options, visit http://www.iambic.com/upgrade/

Handango Software - Panzer Assault

A World War II Emulator. There are 215 units of 12 counties with about 20. Many maps of famous World War II battles. Can you rewrite history?

Categories: Palm-OS Freeware Games

Palm - About Palm, Inc. - Investor Relations - Press Release SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2005--Palm, Inc., (Nasdaq:PALM) today announced it will host an Analyst Day for buy-side and sell-side analysts, investors and members of the press on Monday, Sept. 26, 2005, at its corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. (950 W. Maude Ave.). The Palm executive management team will discuss Palm's vision that the future of personal computing is mobile computing. In addition, there will be product demonstrations and a partner showcase. A live video webcast of Palm's Analyst Day conference can be accessed on Sept. 26 beginning at 1 p.m. Pacific Time. The event is scheduled to end at 5 p.m. Pacific Time. To watch the live webcast, go to the Palm, Inc., website at www.palm.com and access the investor relations section. The event will be archived for six months.

Palm Names Michael R. Farese and Rena Lane as Senior Vice Presidents SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 2005--Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today announced the appointments of Michael R. "Mike" Farese, senior vice president, engineering, and Rena Lane, senior vice president, human resources. Farese and Lane report to Ed Colligan, Palm president and chief executive officer. "Mike and Rena are great additions to our executive team," said Colligan. "We're delighted to have someone like Mike on board with so much depth and breadth in the mobile handset space. His understanding of technology ranges from the component level all the way up to the developing 3G networks. And Rena brings a wealth of HR experience in high-growth companies, plus familiarity with building winning cultures in small to global companies." Farese is responsible for all engineering programs associated with new product development. He brings to Palm more than 20 years' experience in the development of wireless telecommunication products at such leading handset companies as Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia, and including work on some of the first GSM world phones and TDMA digital smartphones in the industry. Prior to joining Palm, Farese was president and chief executive officer of WJ Communications, a leading provider of semiconductors for the wireless industry. He also served as president and chief executive officer for Tropian Inc., a provider of ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits) for GSM cellular networks and for 3-G UMTS/W-CDMA cellular networks. Farese also has held management positions at ITT Corp. and AT&T Corp., and engineering positions at Bell Laboratories. Farese received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a master's degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University, and a doctorate in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic. He also is a member of the board of directors of Communications Intelligence Corp. and Newfound Communications Inc. Lane is responsible for worldwide human resources and brings more than 15 years' experience providing progressive human-resources leadership to companies during all stages of development and global organizational growth. She joined Palm from WebEx Communications, Inc., where she was vice president of human resources. Previously, Lane was vice president of human resources at MIPS Technologies, Inc. at the time of its spin-out and IPO, and she was one of the original HR leaders at SGI during the period of rapid growth when it reached $1 billion in revenue. She also held roles with Exxon Corp.'s high-technology mergers and acquisitions team. Lane received a bachelor's degree in economics from the State University of New York at Geneseo and a master's degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University.

Handango Software - eQuickRecipes My sister-in-law's husband stores his favourite recipes on his Treo 600. Here's a recipe database program that can facilitate that kind of storage. eQuickRecipes 2.5 Use eQuickRecipes to store your favorite and most often used cooking recipes. With this application you can easily carry the recipes for your favorite appetizers, dessert, entrée, etc. everywhere you go from your kitchen at home, to a friend’s house, to a party or reunion, and all the way to the store. The application already contains an initial set of 30 very good recipes to get you started. Adding more recipes and edit them is a simple two steps process. You can add as many as your device’s memory allows it, and categorize them using categories that you define and make sense to you. The application will calculate the amounts of each ingredient depending on the number of servings needed. If you have Lakshmi Solutions LLC Shopping List 2.2 in your device, you can rapidly add ingredients to your shopping list directly from the eQuickRecipes 2.2 application. Also look for Drinking Cooking and Shopping suite from Lakshmi Solutions LLC, which includes the eQuickRecipes 2.2 and more. The application contains Help features describing each screen. Categories: Palm-OS Software Food

Palm Opens Retail Store at Stanford Shopping Center SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2005-- Palm Retail Stores Continue to Attract New Mobile-computing Customers Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today announced it has opened a new Palm Retail Store showcasing the current line of popular Palm(R) products and accessories, including Palm Treo(TM) smartphones and the Palm LifeDrive(TM) mobile manager. Featuring an updated design, the 800-square-foot Palo Alto, Calif., store opened its doors this week at the Stanford Shopping Center, which offers one of the premier shopping experiences in the San Francisco Bay Area. New design elements include an accessories wall, which makes products more accessible to customers, and a computer area where sales experts can demonstrate applications and HotSync(R) capabilities. As with existing Palm stores, the new location will offer the expert support and exceptional brand experience customers expect from Palm. 'Through the retail stores, we continue to offer new and existing customers a comfortable, inviting place where they can learn about and purchase our powerful yet easy-to-use mobile computing products,' said Kanwal Sharma, director of Palm Retail Stores. 'We are very pleased with the success of the stores, both in terms of devices purchased and interaction with our customers." Categories: Palm-OS News Retail

The NRSV Bible and the Webster's American Family Dictionary from GMPSoft Bible Bundle (NRSV/Webster) includes quality Bible Study and family reference software designed for your Palm OS PDA. Read and study the Bible with the help of Bible With You and Bible Concordance With You for the NRSV Bible, widely acclaimed and supported by scholars and leaders and written in graceful, understandable English. Explore the meaning of words with a wonderful reference resource - Webster's American Family Dictionary, which aim is to capture and record the standard vocabulary of American English in a way that reflects the common ethical, moral, religious, social, and civic values of mainstream Americans. You may use dictionary in Bible With You to provide the definitions of words in the text or lookup words in the DEPReader dictionary program included as a bonus in the package. Categories: Palm-OS ebook Bible Christianity GMPSoft

Town Compass presents the Star Trek Episode Guide, with episode & movie summaries and cast biographies.

The Guide contains:

• The Original Series, including the Original Pilot and Seasons 1-3 (each listing includes Production Number, Original Air Date, Mission Stardate, and Synopsis)
• The Next Generation, including Seasons 1-7 (each listing includes Production Number, Original Air Date, Mission Stardate, and Synopsis)
• Deep Space 9, including Seasons 1-7 (each listing includes Production Number, Original Air Date, Mission Stardate, and Synopsis)
• Voyager, including Seasons 1-7 (each listing includes Production Number, Original Air Date, Mission Stardate, and Synopsis)
• Enterprise, including Seasons 1-4 (each listing includes Production Number, Original Air Date, Mission Stardate, and Synopsis)
• Animated Series, including Seasons 1-2 (each listing includes Production Number, Original Air Date, Mission Stardate, and Synopsis)
• Movies, including The Motion Picture, The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, The Voyage Home, The Final Frontier, The Undiscovered Country, Generations, First Contact, Insurrection, and Nemesis (each listing includes Production Number, Original Release Date, Mission Stardate, and Synopsis)
• Cast & Creator Bios, including Creators, The Original Series Cast, The Next Generation Cast, Deep Space 9 Cast, Voyager Cast, and Enterprise Cast (each listing includes Photo, Character Portrayed, and full Biography)

Save yourself $30,000 or more: Pocket MBA

The Complete Library Pass can be obtained for the low price of $49.99 at the following links.

Complete Library Pass Palm Edition

Handango Software - Perfect Hunting - Mole Operation Perfect Hunting is a fun shooting game, just grap your stylus to shoot the moving mole, they all hide in the ground, you should shoot down as much as you can. For those who have problems on reload, just click the bullets on the right hand side and it will do a full load. Features: # Exciting game play # Simple shooting control # Simple reload control # 20 levels + 10 super hard levels, totally 30 levels of game play # Color supported # Score sign up # Score History Recall # Main menu # Accuratcy calculated # Target counter # Hits counter Categories: Palm-OS Freeware Games

FreewarePalm: Open Chess v2.0.1 Description: OpenChess is a GNU/GPL chess program for the PalmOS Platform, for color handhelds (3.5 and higher). Basically, OpenChess is a simple retailoring of the old but famous GNU Chess2 program, from the Free Software Fundation, which was originately designed for DOS/Unix platforms, in alphanumeric mode. OpenChess gives you the same features as GNU Chess 2, but with with a complete presentation in colors ! This first version of OpenChess is fully based on GNU Chess2... Gets already a smart engine, a 240 openings library, and the port effort onto PalmOS was minimized, as this original version was designed for console interface, or DOS window. Most porting effort has been placed on the GUI interface, while the engine code has been left almost unchanged ! Currently, it is available in colors (love that !), and Hires; grayscale or B&W versions can be very easily issued after. Categories: Palm-OS Freeware Game

ACCESS to Extend Leadership in Mobile Device Software with Acquisition of PalmSource - Press Release Acquisition broadens ACCESS product portfolio TOKYO, JAPAN and SUNNYVALE, CA---September 9, 2005 (Tokyo) & September 8, 2005 (Sunnyvale) — ACCESS Co., Ltd., (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4813), a global provider of mobile content delivery and Internet access software, and PalmSource, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSRC), provider of Palm OS®, a leading operating system powering next generation phones and mobile devices, today announced they have signed a definitive agreement for ACCESS to acquire PalmSource in an all-cash transaction valued at USD $18.50 per share of PalmSource common stock , or approximately USD $324.3 million (approximately ¥35.9 billion). ACCESS' USD $18.50 per share offer represents an 83% premium for PalmSource stockholders based on the market closing price of USD $10.09 on September 8, 2005. The acquisition of PalmSource is expected to further extend ACCESS' leadership as a provider of mobile content delivery and Internet access software for mobile devices worldwide. The combination of Palm OS with ACCESS' software products is expected to give ACCESS one of the broadest lines of mobile software in the industry, as well as extend its market opportunity. With this acquisition, ACCESS gains operating system platform expertise and Linux development resources for mobile devices in the U.S., France and China. "PalmSource is a global leader in mobile device software and the developer of the well known Palm OS operating system," said Toru Arakawa, CEO of ACCESS. "The PalmSource family of software products which run on over 39 million devices, and the PalmSource community of approximately 400,000 mobile application developers, provide an established worldwide mobile software platform. In addition, PalmSource's earlier acquisition of China MobileSoft, a developer of Linux technology, provides the foundation to promote Linux-based platforms for mobile devices. By combining ACCESS' robust NetFront browser platform and its proven business relationships with PalmSource's advanced operating system, application portfolio, user interface and developer communities, we will be able to produce a comprehensive yet flexible solution for the mobile market." "We are very excited about joining forces with ACCESS to help create a leading provider of software for the mobile market, " said Patrick McVeigh, interim CEO of PalmSource. "We believe the customer and technology synergies of the combined companies will open up new market opportunities for both companies worldwide." Ed Colligan, Palm, Inc. president and chief executive officer said, "Palm's award-winning user experience and application expertise, combined with ACCESS' leading software development capabilities, will allow us to continue to deliver great products for our customers. ACCESS is currently a software technology partner and we look forward to continuing our strong working relationship to advance the Palm OS® platform." The merger agreement has been approved by the board of directors of each of ACCESS Co., Ltd. and PalmSource, Inc. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of 2005 calendar year, pending regulatory approval and the approval of PalmSource's shareholders. PalmSource plans to file a proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and schedule the date of a special meeting of stockholders to vote on the transaction. Jefferies Broadview, a division of Jefferies & Company, Inc., acted as financial advisor to PalmSource, while Credit Suisse First Boston LLC advised ACCESS on the deal. Categories: Palm-OS News PalmSource

FreewarePalm: Wabylyrics v1.0p Description: Lyrics songbook editor, scrolling screen similar as karaoke, import and export function (text files, midi files). First version of this software. Categories: Palm-OS Freeware music

GMP Soft has released two new add-ons for Bible With You:

KJV Scofield Bible

The KJV Scofield Bible is a Bible study bundled software that includes Bible With You reader for the KJV translation and the Scofield Reference Notes (1917 edition.)

This PDA Study Bible and is an excellent assistant in reading and studying the KJV Bible on your PDA with the help of PDA Bible With You reader and the Scofield comments on the text.

Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)

 C. I. Scofield (1843-1921) developed a correspondence Bible study course that became the basis of the work for which he is chiefly remembered, the Scofield Reference Bible, a widely circulated and popular annotated study Bible.

The Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition) presented here are a database plug-in for your  Bible With You reader that allows you to read the Scofield comments.

Categories: Palm-OS GMPSoft Bible Christianity

Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzles on the Palm

Introduction

For an introduction to the games, and individual instructions, please see Simon's page; this is primarily a download page. Currently supported puzzles include Black Box, Cube, Dominosa, Fifteen, Flip, Guess (a Mastermind clone), Inertia, Map, Mines (a Minesweeper clone), Net, Netslide, Light Up, Loopy, Pattern (or Nonograms), Pegs (peg solitaire), Rect, Samegame, Sixteen, Slant, Solo (or Sudoku), Twiddle, and Untangle.

What's new in version 3.3 New Features: * The application now defaults to the Operating System language (i.e. installing on Windows in Spanish will have Agendus default to use Spanish) * Conduit now synchronizes weather to both Agendus for Palm OS 9 and 10 database formats Improvements: * Solved issue with shortcut keys in the edit dialogs often not working * Added support for keyboard shortcuts in the views for cut, copy, paste, and delete * Solved problem with dragging a to do in the year view to another month causing its date to change to 12/30/1899 * For consistency the word "To do" has been changed to "Task" throughout the application Categories: Windows Agendus PIM

Laridian releases four New Bible Reference titles from InterVarsity Press for use with MyBible 4 September 7, 2005 - Laridian® announced today the release of the New Bible Commentary, New Bible Dictionary, New Dictionary of Theology and New Dictionary of Biblical Theology— four leading Bible reference titles for use with MyBible® 4, its software for Palm OS®. These four titles add to the growing list of Bible study resources available for MyBible 4. These four companion volumes provide a library of essential reference material for every student of the Bible. The New Bible Commentary is the completely revised 4th edition and includes commentary for every book of the Bible, book introductions and more. The New Bible Dictionary is a comprehensive, up-to-date reference with over 2000 articles on the people, places, words and doctrines of the Bible. The New Dictionary of Theology covers the key individuals, ideas and movements in the history of Christianity. The New Dictionary of Biblical Theology builds on the other volumes by revealing the thematic terrain of the Bible. The four reference titles sell for $16.99 each or can be purchased as a four volume set for only $49.99. Additional information about MyBible 4 and these new reference titles is available at Laridian's Web site: www.laridian.com. Categories: Palm-OS Laridian MyBible Christianity Reference

[composed and posted with ecto]

The mission of Palms for Pastors is to introduce the use of hand held computers and the positive impact this technology can have in pastoral ministry.  We develop strategies for applying hand held computer programs to local church ministry and then share these strategies from our web site and in our training seminars.  We also develop our own hand held computer programs drawing on nearly fifteen years of experience in local church ministry and computer application development.

I guess I'm a little wrapped up in blogs, but this strikes me as the type of site that could benefit from being supplemented with a blog. My bias aside, Dan's got a helpful resource started here.

Relax and give your mind a workout with Astraware Sudoku! THE MIDLANDS, UK - September 7th, 2005 - Astraware is excited to announce the release of Astraware Sudoku - our take on the puzzle craze that's become a worldwide phenomenon. In addition to the release of the game for Palm OS(R) handhelds, we have created a dedicated website for Sudoku players from total beginners to complete experts - http://www.palmsudoku.com. Sudoku is a logical puzzle game, originally created in puzzle books and then made available in countless newspapers worldwide. The grid is 9 cells high by 9 cells wide and within the grid are 9 boxes each featuring 9 cells. The object is to fill in the numbers 1-9 in each row, column and box, but they must only appear once in each one. Many people are put off by seeing a grid with numbers in it, but in fact the puzzle doesn't require any arithmetic at all - just deduction and logic, and with the inbuilt assistance in the game and the aid of our accompanying website, everyone can play Sudoku. Astraware Sudoku is suitable for players of all abilities and features include 6 levels of difficulty, pencilmarks in a choice of styles, optional completion and tracking of pencilmarks, a unique and innovative notepad which enables players to make handwritten notes and sketches overlaid upon the grid, and an advanced hint system to assist you by highlighting areas where progress can be made without giving away the answer. "Several Astraware staff, myself included, had become hopelessly addicted to the Sudoku puzzles appearing in the newspapers." said Howard Tomlinson, Astraware's CEO. "We decided that if we were going to produce a Sudoku game for PDAs, it would be one that we'd want to play, with just the features that allowed each of us to play in the way we wanted to. We hope that people will particularly appreciate some of the more unique features that we've created, such as the notepad and advanced hints!" Astraware Sudoku includes a selection of inbuilt puzzles of varying difficulty for you to evaluate. After registration the game will allow a range of additional pre-built puzzle packs to be added. These extra packs will be available free of charge from http://www.palmsudoku.com. The unlocked version of Astraware Sudoku includes a puzzle creator which will generate literally billions of true Sudoku puzzles, all of which are solveable by logic alone. It also includes a puzzle solver, so you can input any Sudoku from a newspaper or book and Astraware Sudoku can show you the solution or give you hints to help you play along. Sudoku is a logical puzzle game, originally created in puzzle books and then made available in countless newspapers worldwide. The grid is 9 cells high by 9 cells wide and within the grid are 9 boxes each featuring 9 cells. The object is to fill in the numbers 1-9 in each row, column and box, but they must only appear once in each one. Many people are put off by seeing a grid with numbers in it, but in fact the puzzle doesn't require any arithmetic at all - just deduction and logic, and with the inbuilt assistance in the game and the aid of our accompanying website, everyone can play Sudoku. Astraware Sudoku is suitable for players of all abilities and features include 6 levels of difficulty, pencilmarks in a choice of styles, optional completion and tracking of pencilmarks, a unique and innovative notepad which enables players to make handwritten notes and sketches overlaid upon the grid, and an advanced hint system to assist you by highlighting areas where progress can be made without giving away the answer. "Several Astraware staff, myself included, had become hopelessly addicted to the Sudoku puzzles appearing in the newspapers." said Howard Tomlinson, Astraware's CEO. "We decided that if we were going to produce a Sudoku game for PDAs, it would be one that we'd want to play, with just the features that allowed each of us to play in the way we wanted to. We hope that people will particularly appreciate some of the more unique features that we've created, such as the notepad and advanced hints!" Astraware Sudoku includes a selection of inbuilt puzzles of varying difficulty for you to evaluate. After registration the game will allow a range of additional pre-built puzzle packs to be added. These extra packs will be available free of charge from http://www.palmsudoku.com. The unlocked version of Astraware Sudoku includes a puzzle creator which will generate literally billions of true Sudoku puzzles, all of which are solveable by logic alone. It also includes a puzzle solver, so you can input any Sudoku from a newspaper or book and Astraware Sudoku can show you the solution or give you hints to help you play along. Astraware Sudoku is available for Palm OS(R) handhelds running OS4.0 and above and is priced $19.95, however the game will be available with a special release discount making it just $9.95. Categories: Palm-OS games Astraware