- Spb Software House Releases Spb Insight - a Full-Text Pocket PC News Reader
- Skweezer Selected by Ask.com for New Ask Mobile Search
- Skweezer Selected by Bloglines to Improve Mobile Experience
- PlanMaker 2006 for Pocket PCs enters public beta test phase
- Spb Software House releases Spb Finance 2.6 with Microsoft Money 2007 synchronization support.
- SoftMaker Office 2006 for Windows released
- New website for PDA Developers
- Spb Software House Releases Spb Diary 2.0
- Demand for Mobile Access to Social Networking Sites Growing
- Skweezer Nominated for Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine's Best Software Awards
First Ever Fighting Game On N-Gage - King of Fighters: Extreme - In Stores Now! Monday, January 31 2005
Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced that it has started to ship its first ever fighting game King of Fighters: Extreme. In The King of Fighters, our hero Kyo Kusanagi is invited to participate in the King of Fighters tournament, where the most brutal sluggers make their annual rendezvous to be crowned the ultimate master fighter. Bluetooth wireless gaming enables two players to have their teams battle it up.
"We are truly excited to have one of the most popular 'beat 'em up' franchises on the N-Gage platform," said Pasi Pölönen, Director, Games Publishing, Nokia. "Now gamers can have King Of Fighters on the palm of their hands."
In The King of Fighters: Extreme gamers can create their own different stories with different teams. Players battle the legendary King of Fighters environments through eight different levels.
King of Fighters is in stores now.
About N-Gage
The N-Gage game deck is an innovative mobile device that is creating an entirely new market for the games industry. Built for active gamers, the N-Gage platform is the first mobile and connected game deck to feature online high-quality 3D multiplayer game play over Bluetooth wireless technology and GPRS. The N-Gage device also offers unique online games services as well as a comprehensive and growing games catalogue from the leading game publishers. Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Nokia and N-Gage are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nokia Corporation.
Source: Nokia
Beiks updates LexSpell spelling checker for Palm OS PDAs Wednesday, January 26 2005
In the new version, configuration options are enhanced to give much better control over the spell-checking process and the generated suggestions; enhancements include automatic recognition of internet URLs, abbreviations and mixed case words, suggestion of split words and more.
Beiks has also responded to the growing market share of Mac OS owners among Palm users and has added a native Mac OS installation download in addition to the standard Windows executable and cross-platform ZIP formats.
The spelling checker is already well known by a vast majority of Palm OS users due the inclusion of its core spelling service LexLib in the most popular office suite available for the Palm operating system - Documents ToGo by DataViz.
LexSpell is a standalone application based on the same service, which extends the spell-checking abilities beyond DTG to any application which input or output is based on standard operating system text controls.
LexSpell is powered by language lexicons from the vast Beiks lexical database and matched against world language standards like Webster®, Oxford® and Cambridge®. Covering the most popular world languages, including American and British English, German, French, Spanish and Italian, LexSpell is an illustration of the company's motto for "essential applications for mobile users".
Based on the Beiks document reference technology used in other language and specialized reference solutions, the spelling checker comes optimized for easy one-hand operation on products like the Treo line by PalmOne, minimal memory requirements and optimal speed.
For individual users, LexSpell licenses are offered at $14.95 per language.
Site license discounts of up to 60% are offered to educational, medical, government and larger business organizations.
Each language database comes with the free LexSpell spelling checking engine.
Fully functional trials with a limit of 30 spell-checking sessions are available for free download and evaluation at http://www.beiks.com/lexspell.
All Beiks language and reference solutions are designed to work on the newer generation of Palm OS devices running OS 3.5 and higher.
Beiks' proprietary database format especially developed for Palm OS devices allows all reference data to be highly compressed, resulting in faster searches and lower memory requirements.
About Beiks LLC
Beiks LLC (http://www.beiks.com) is a privately-held company with headquarters in Dallas, TX. The company specializes in developing and distributing essential applications for mobile platforms such as Palm OS®, Windows CE®, Sharp Zaurus® and BlackBerry®.
Founded in 1997, the company is best known for its BDicty Dictionary Reader, one of the most popular dictionaries for handheld devices on the market. Beiks' product list now includes a growing catalog of over 250 titles across all major mobile platforms. Those include the award-winning Beiks Dictionary Reader dictionary series, games such as NetWalk, Karateka® and Pilot Lines, the Wall Street Financial Assistant business calculator, the Woman Calendar family planning organizer and many others.
The company’s Medical Dictionary was honored as Best Medical Application in the Handango Champion Awards of 2003 and 2004.
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Public relations contact:
Kevin Doel
TalonPR, Inc.
785-273-9660
kevin@talonpr.com
Source: LexSpell Spelling Checker for Palm OS - New version
Viral outbreak sends Snakes slithering onto N-Gage game decks worldwide Tuesday, January 25 2005
Espoo, Finland - From the dark winter depths of the Finnish wilderness, a viral outbreak has begun, with a new generation of Snakes coming to the N-Gage platform. Available for free download from http://www.snakesoutbreak.com starting today, this latest incarnation of the world's most famous mobile game will infect N-Gage game deck users with that familiar Snakes desire to see how long you can go. Multiplayer games will quickly turn into a slippery session with support for up to 4 players via Bluetooth wireless technology. Players can start their own viral outbreak by sharing their "infection" with other N-Gage owners; a full copy of Snakes can easily be transmitted by Bluetooth connection.
"Snakes is the most famous mobile game ever, so we though it was entirely appropriate to bring a new generation to the N-Gage platform," said Pasi Pölönen, Director, Game Publishing, Nokia. "The unique method of viral distribution via Bluetooth, plus the free download, means that practically every N-Gage owner can enjoy the addictive gameplay and upload their high scores to the N-Gage Arena."
Snakes takes players deep into the interstitial space that exists in between the atoms, electrons and quarks that form matter. This constant struggle between the elements provides the perfect backdrop for 42 levels of intense and sometimes mind-boggling action. Players must navigate each level, searching for power boosts, travel along power paths and stay alert to avoid obstacles. Some levels are double-sided, forcing players to play both sides.
Visit http://www.snakesoutbreak.com to download a copy of the game and check out a lot of other cool stuff. You can send free SMS or e-mail pranks to your friends, watch the Snakes 3D in action. Most of all, just have a laugh, since the website is absolutely hilarious.
About N-Gage
The N-Gage game deck is an innovative mobile device that is creating an entirely new market for the games industry. Built for active gamers, the N-Gage platform is the first mobile and connected game deck to feature online high-quality 3D multiplayer game play over Bluetooth wireless technology and GPRS. The N-Gage device also offers unique online games services as well as a comprehensive and growing games catalogue from the leading game publishers. Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Nokia and N-Gage are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nokia Corporation.
Source: Nokia
Spb Software House Releases Spb Clone Tuesday, January 25 2005
January 25, 2005 - Spb Software House, a leading Pocket PC software developer, releases Spb Clone - an application that allows you to clone and restore applications, files and registry settings onto several Pocket PC devices.
Spb Clone software allows you to quickly deploy your business solution onto a huge number of Pocket PC devices. Only one device is wholly configured, and the rest are clone copies. The support solution has never been this simple. Your employees can quickly repair the software crashes by simply inserting a storage card with a self-extracting seft-starting clone image on it. Additionally, this software can provide some unique settings (like device names and IP settings) for the clones.
This program was being developed with enterprise scenario in mind. Spb Clone was initially supposed to be applicable for two major use-cases:
1. Deployment of a solution involving many identical devices
Suppose, your solution has in service many (maybe hundreds) identical Pocket PC devices. All these devices are supposed to be used in the same way, and have identical software and settings configuration. It takes a lot of time to configure necessary registry settings and deploy desired applications to a device that must be configured from zero. When one needs to configure a new device, re-configure the old one, or reconfigure the whole pack of devices he must perform all the same operations, like installing programs, changing registry, adding files, etc. This often requires attention to details, good memory and, last but not least, some skills and knowledge. All this procedure can take from 10 to 30 minutes for one single device. Therefore if you need to configure the whole set of devices, the entire process could take up to several weeks. And you may not be sure that you made no mistakes and did it all right for each device.
If you use Spb Clone, you will have to configure only one device and clone it to other ones. The whole process is performed automatically, all software is installed accurately configured, free of errors, with minimum human intervention and as fast as possible.
2. Deployed solution support
Suppose one of your devices, equipped with your application and used in another city, crashed. Your main application deployed on the device doesn't work and it needs fast repair. You could waste a lot of time going there and restoring its functionality or trying to solve the problem by phone.
Instead you use Spb Clone, create several storage cards with clone images of a configured Pocket PC, and provide your employees with these cards. In any software crash case your employee can hard-reset the device and plug the card in. The clone image will be restored automatically.
*** Software Features ***
- Easy restoration (just insert the storage card).
- Optimized restoration speed
- Data security (password protection supplied by AES algorithm (Rijndael))
- The clone devices should not be wholly equal. In most cases they should have different names and IP settings in order to avoid conflicts. Spb Clone supports an administrative tool for providing both customizable names and IP addresses for the clone devices. This can be done by means of an initiation file, which contains templates for names and IP addresses. This feature does not affect the restoration simplicity.
Finally, it should be mentioned that Spb Clone and Spb Kiosk applications used in one business solution are a most effective combination. You can use Spb Kiosk for deploying your custom kiosk-mode application on a Pocket PC device and clone it onto several enterprise Pocket PC devices. More information about Spb Kiosk can be found at:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/kioskengine
*** Pricing and Availability ***
You can download a demo or a full version of Spb Clone. The demo version provides the same functionality, but on the clone copies from time to time there will appear demo version notifications. You can purchase the full version for an unlimited number of Pocket PC devices for USD 299 from Spb website:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/clone/purchase.html
*** Further information about Spb Clone ***
Further information regarding Spb Clone can be found on the Spb Web site:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/clone/
Spb Clone screenshots:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/clone/screenshots.html
Download Spb Clone here:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/clone/download.html
*** About Spb Software House ***
Spb Software House is a software development company, specializing mainly in Pocket PC software. Founded in 1999, the company offers advanced software solutions for use in a wide range of applications.
Source: Spb Software House
Greenlight Wireless launches online forum for Skweezer users Monday, January 24 2005
IRVINE, Calif., January 24, 2005—Greenlight Wireless today announced the release of a free online forum for Skweezer users, located at www.greenlightwireless.net/forum. The Skweezer forum is an online meeting place where Skweezer users can post comments and questions about the service, participate in contests and surveys, and share information about wireless-related topics.
The forum works like an online bulletin-board where visitors create "threaded" messages that are grouped by subject, allowing users to easily follow a topic of discussion. An integrated search feature allows visitors to find specific topics or posts made by a particular forum member. The forum is moderated by a combination of Skweezer "power users" and Greenlight Wireless Customer Care representatives, who have extensive experience using Skweezer and can provide helpful information about the service.
Greenlight Wireless will be inaugurating the new forum with two prize drawings, one for a Skweezer T-shirt and the other for a free year of Skweezer Pro. Anyone who joins the forum is eligible to participate in the drawings; visit www.greenlightwireless.net/forum for more information.
About Skweezer:
Skweezer is a free Web portal/browser that optimizes Web pages, searches, and e-mail for use on PDA's and cell phones. Mobile Internet users access Skweezer by visiting www.skweezer.net, then using the portal as a "wireless gateway" to browse and search the Web. Skweezer compresses and reformats content being downloaded to the user's device, so that it loads faster, looks better, and is easier to navigate. Skweezer Pro is an "ad-free" version of the service that includes unlimited e-mail customer support and is available for $14.99USD annually. For more information about Skweezer and Skweezer Pro, please visit the Greenlight Wireless Web site at www.greenlightwireless.net.
About Greenlight Wireless:
Greenlight Wireless is a leading innovator of wireless technologies, providing ASP and server-component solutions for enterprise-level businesses and wireless carriers. Greenlight Wireless' consumer-oriented Skweezer service optimizes Web content for wireless-enabled handheld devices. Greenlight Wireless provides value to partners and licensees by leveraging its robust and proven technologies across diverse platforms and operating systems.
Source: Greenlight Wireless
SSX: Out Of Bounds On The N-Gage Grinds Its Way To Stores Monday, January 24 2005
Nokia today announced that it has started to ship SSX(TM): Out of Bounds. With a new N-Gage exclusive 3D game engine, the season's only SSX game lets gamers experience head-spinning tricks on twelve unique, crazy tracks. Players can challenge others to some friendly competition head-to-head via the Bluetooth connection or via shadow racing on the N-Gage Arena.
"SSX is the premier fantasy snowboarding franchise and we are thrilled to offer our gamers a fantastic new 3D engine for the only SSX title this season," says Pasi Pölönen, Director, Games Publishing, Nokia. "In addition, the various multiplayer options extend the gaming experience even further."
SSX: Out of Bounds lets gamers race down the toughest runs, catch big air, grind crazy rails and pull off flips, grabs and tweaks. Players can choose from ten unique characters to complete a set of rewarded tasks to snag new character attributes, outfits and boards on the N-Gage Arena. In addition, the sickest moves and tricks can be uploaded or downloaded as video highlight clips.
SSX: Out of Bounds is in stores now and is rated E for Everyone.
About N-Gage
The N-Gage game deck is an innovative mobile device that is creating an entirely new market for the games industry. Built for active gamers, the N-Gage platform is the first mobile and connected game deck to feature online high-quality 3D multiplayer game play over Bluetooth wireless technology and GPRS. The N-Gage device also offers unique online games services as well as a comprehensive and growing games catalogue from the leading game publishers. Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Nokia and N-Gage are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nokia Corporation.
Source: Nokia
Mobile phones and RIM BlackBerry PDA keep personal health records Thursday, January 20 2005
UtrackSys.com LLC officially unveils the UTS Blood Pressure J2ME edition v. 1.0.2.
The software allows tracking blood pressure and
pulse on any Java-enabled mobile phone and on RIM
BlackBerry PDA as well.
UTS Blood Pressure J2ME edition offers you an
outstanding set of benefits to track and to monitor
your blood pressure:
- Colored records will alert you if your blood
pressure is normal, high or low.
- Supply your readings with text notes and importance
marks.
- Interactive charts and diagrams will help you and
your doctor analyze your blood pressure trend.
- Summarized reports shows what was your blood pressure
throughout day, week or month.
- Your blood pressure and pulse statistics is always
with you like your phone or PDA.
The software costs $9.95 (USD) per copy. Free demo
version and detailed user manual are available at
http://utracksys.com/j2me
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Related links:
UTS Blood Pressure J2ME edition - Info:
http://utracksys.com/j2me
UTS Blood Pressure J2ME edition - User Manual:
http://utracksys.com/j2me/UTSBP_java_readme.pdf
UTS Blood Pressure J2ME edition - Free trials:
http://utracksys.com/download/#j2me
Press Room:
http://utracksys.com/press/
Members of the press are invited to contact the company
to receive review copies of software.
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About UTrackSys.com LLC:
The company develops personal multipurpose tracking
software for handheld devices and mobile phones.
Well-known titles from the company include Universal
Tracking System, UTS Blood Pressure, UTS Weight, and
UTS Diabetes for Palm OS PDA. UTrackSys.com LLC also
provides custom software development and outsourcing
services for business and research projects.
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Contact person:
Dennis Crane, Co-Founder
UTrackSys.com, LLC
dennis@utracksys.com
http://www.utracksys.com
Source: UTrackSys.com, LLC
Z4CK - Zaurus Centric cyber thriller written on a PDA Wednesday, January 19 2005
A novel both about -- and written on -- a Linux-based Sharp Zaurus has been released in paper form. Z4CK, by Scottish security professional Kevin Milne, is a cyber thriller set in 2031, whose protagonist uses a wireless-enabled Sharp Zaurus to defend himself from false murder accusations. Unlike films like 'The Net', Z4CK gives a realistic insight into hacker tools and techniques. The novel features wireless hacking with the Zaurus, and a view of how an Open Source future might look. Z4CK was first released online in August, and the work remains available in downloadable form. The first six chapters are free, with complete PDF and plucker versions available for $3.
The newly available dead-trees version is priced at 7.50 GBP, and can be ordered from Amazon, or Barnes & Noble.
Source: Andrew Bowmer
Handango Named the "Hot Company" in Fort Worth by Fort Worth, Texas: The City's Magazine Thursday, January 13 2005
Handango, the leading provider of mobile downloads, was named the "Hot Company" in Fort Worth by the readers of Fort Worth, Texas: The City's Magazine in the Best of 2004 issue. The editors of the magazine wrote about Handango: "What began five years ago as a Fort Worth upstart has turned into one of the nation's leading providers of mobile downloads for everything from Palm Pilots to BlackBerrys."
"We're honored by this recognition from Fort Worth, Texas magazine," said Randy Eisenman, president and chief executive officer of Handango. "Out of all the exciting businesses in the Fort Worth area, it's an honor to be chosen. This distinction really is a testament to the creativity, passion and drive of the Handango team who has helped make Handango one of the fastest growing companies in the country."
"Our readers chose Handango because the company has displayed not only consistent growth locally, but also a palpable knowledge of the world marketplace," said Alexis Wilson, editor of Fort Worth, Texas: The City's Magazine. "Handango also maintains strong community ties with a recruiting alliance with Texas Christian University and close involvement in local charities and other community organizations. It's just the kind of community partner and corporate neighbor that our readers appreciate."
Fort Worth, Texas: The City's Magazine is the city's premier lifestyles magazine with a comfortable mix of in-depth editorial and award-winning photography, as well as coverage of local people and events. Handango was founded in 1999 in Fort Worth and moved to its headquarters in Hurst, a suburb of Fort Worth and Dallas later that year.
About Handango
Handango is the leading provider of mobile downloads, bringing over 50,000 applications and 25,000 digital media titles to market through an extensive global distribution network that reaches millions of mobile users. Handango's application management and provisioning platform, Handango AMPP, has been chosen as the mobile software delivery platform for Nokia, Motorola, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, T-Mobile, Orange SA, Sony Ericsson, palmOne, Microsoft, HP, Sega Mobile, AOL and more than 100 others. For more information, visit http://corp.handango.com.
Source: Handango
PhatWare Upgrades PenOffice to Version 2.6 Thursday, January 13 2005
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - January 13, 2005 (INB) -- PhatWare Corporation, a leading provider of software products and professional services for mobile and desktop computers, announces the new version of PenOffice, handwriting recognition software for Microsoft Windows Powered Tablet and Desktop PCs. Some new features this improved version of PenOffice includes are: a customizable keyboard with 13 predefined layouts; Auto Corrector which improves the quality of handwriting recognition; and support for multi- monitor systems.
PenOffice 2.6 is available in two editions: English and Multilingual. While both editions have the same feature set, the Multilingual Edition offers handwriting recognition in 8 Western European languages. In addition to Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, the new version now adds support for Swedish handwriting recognition.
"We are pleased to announce upgrades to PenOffice that will make it more user-friendly," said Seva Baykin, CTO of PhatWare Corporation. "This new version is the evidence that we value our customer feedback and implement it in the development of our products."
PenOffice's technology is based on the award-winning handwriting recognition technology used in CalliGrapher. PenOffice can be used in conjunction with PhatPad, an award-winning notes application, which is sold in a bundle with PenOffice at a discounted price directly from the PhatWare web site.
PenOffice 2.6 is available for the purchase price of only $49.95 on the PhatWare Web site, http://www.phatware.com. The upgrade is free to registered users of version 2.x and is offered at a discounted rate to users of previous versions.
About PhatWare
Founded in October 1997, PhatWare Corporation is a leading provider of easy to use powerful software products and professional services for the mobile and desktop computing marketplace. PhatWare specializes in handwriting recognition, digital ink, note taking, and database and network management software development. PhatWare Corporation is a founding member of Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council (MPAC) - a unique partner program developed by Microsoft Corp. to serve as a focused feedback mechanism for Microsoft Windows Mobile platform development, and provide leading companies with the tools and resources they need to bring the most innovative and successful mobility solutions to market - a Microsoft Certified Partner, and Microsoft Windows Embedded partner. To learn more about PhatWare, visit http://www.phatware.com.
* PhatWare is a registered trademark of PhatWare Corp. Other product, company, or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Source: Internet News Bureau Newsletter for Thursday, January 13, 2005
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